Joanne Teh

Experience

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  HTL International Holdings Ltd

  Oct 2003 - Aug 2010

  Senior Designer

  At HTL International, a global furniture manufacturer listed by Forbe’s Asia as “Best Under a Billion Company”, she designed for international markets cutting across Asia, Americas, Europe, Australia and developed products for major international furniture brands like Muji, Ikea, Ethan Allen, Actus, Domicil, Harvey Norman, Freedom, etc. Responsible for new product development and management on B2B level, she worked across multiple business units, in diverse areas ranging from brand strategy and positioning, merchandising, marketing, market research, sourcing to quality management to ensure business outcomes. Show less

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  DesignSingapore Council

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2021

  As the lead of the Design for Public Service Transformation programme, she kick-started service innovation amongst public agencies using design-driven innovation approach, covering broad-based lifestyle groups to targeted groups like the elderly and persons with disabilities, through strong user insights.Her design research projects have helped Singapore enterprises sharpen their competitive edge through utilising human-centred approach to acquire a better understanding of the Asian cultural affinity, and identify business opportunities to better leverage from Asia's growth. Show less

  • Senior Assistant Director, Talent Development

    Dec 2018 - Sept 2021

  • Senior Assistant Director, Industry Development Office

    Nov 2016 - Nov 2018

  • Assistant Director, Asian Insights & Design Innovation

    Mar 2014 - Nov 2016

  • Senior Manager, Design Thinking and Innovation Academy

    Mar 2011 - Mar 2014

  • Assistant Manager, Design for Competitiveness

    Sept 2010 - Mar 2011
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  National University of Singapore

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2016

  Adjunct Lecturer

  Adjunct Lecturer for the Masters Programme at the Faculty of Engineering. The course on Integrated Design Thinking introduces students to the core philosophy of Design Thinking, a methodology which integrates design, technology and business research to facilitate service and product innovation as well as strategic planning and decision making for future scenarios.

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  IMDA

  Oct 2021 - now

  Leading Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at IMDA's Innovation Division, Joanne works at the intersections of business & technology. She drives corporate innovation, working closely with business leaders to understand their business challenges and solving these pain points through IMDA's Open Innovation Platform Joanne strategises and executes programmes to accelerate the pace of innovation. She works with her team at PIXEL Innovation Hub, IMDA's 28,000sqft space at the heart of One North, to support corporates and startups through "always-on" innovation programming and providing access to specialised 5G, AR/VR labs for experimentation, and spaces to work and collaborate. PIXEL is also the only government platform recognised as the top 10 launchpads in Southeast Asia.

  • Assistant Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Innovation

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Assistant Director, PIXEL Innovation Hub, Innovation

    Oct 2021 - Sept 2023