Benjamin Tan

Benjamin Tan

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  • About me

    #Akan Datang | PNPT | PJOR

  • Education

    • National University of Singapore

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of Social Science Economics 2nd Upper Class Honours

      Activities and Societies: Guitar Ensemble NUS

    • Republic Polytechnic

      2020 - 2021
      Specialised Diploma in Applied Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Passed

      Self-Sponsored Part Time Diploma that i took to advance my knowledge in the world of machine learning and artificial intelligence. For my capstone project, i tried to create a Twitter Bot detector based on features extracted from twitter accounts.

    • National University of Singapore

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor in Social Sciences (2nd Upper Class Honours) Economics

      Activities and Societies: NUS Guitar Ensemble, ExCo and Section Leader

    • National University of Singapore

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of Social Sciences (2nd Upper Class Honours) Economics

      Activities and Societies: Guitar Ensemble NUS from 2011 to 2015 (ExCO member in 2013-2014)

    • Sciences Po

      2014 - 2014
      Student Exchange Programme Econo
  • Experience

    • Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE)

      Jan 2009 - Apr 2009
      Part time teaching

      Developed and delivered a three month lesson plan for English to Secondary 4 Normal Technical ClassDrafted mid year exam paper for my Secondary 4 Normal Technical Class

    • The Digital and Intelligence Service

      Jul 2015 - Oct 2022

      Distinguished Graduate for Junior Mid Level Officer Professional Course (Tri-Service Warfighter)Currently doing operational development work within a small team (less than 5) at MINDEF HQWork with other WoG agencies and reconcile different perspectives from within MINDEF/SAF and WoG agencies Led a team of 10+ men to establish a new company in the midst of a disruptive pandemicSupervised efforts by staffers to generate new SOPs, new operational linkages and new capabilitiesMentored and took care of the professional development of my people Lead and coordinate with a team of 20+ personnel to conduct daily current operationsSense make collected data to inform operationsWork with DSO and DSTA to draft operational requirements paper for capability development in AI/DA tech Best in Knowledge for Domain Expertise Course (Top Student)2nd in Advanced Domain Expertise Course

      • Senior Analyst

        Apr 2021 - Oct 2022
      • Company Commander

        Mar 2019 - Apr 2021
      • Operations Analyst

        Jan 2016 - Mar 2019
      • Trainee

        Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
    • Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)

      Nov 2022 - May 2024
      Senior Assistant Director

      With my team, we work with Singapore government and private entities to facilitate and create opportunities for bilateral economic and investment collaboration with the markets under our division. This includes the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar, Oman and South Africa.As the lead for the KSA file, I have facilitated the visits and meeting of Saudi Ministers to Singapore and exposed them to Singapore capabilities in connectivity, digital economy, energy and human capital development. Together with my Saudi Co-Secretariat for the key Saudi Singapore cooperation platform the Saudi Arabia-Singapore Joint Committee, we have successfully conducted the 3rd Joint Committee in Riyadh in October 2023 which saw the signing of seven MOUs. Show less

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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Helper

      Issued by Willing Hearts
      Willing HeartsAssociated with Benjamin Tan
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Singapore International Foundation on Oct 2018
      Singapore International FoundationAssociated with Benjamin Tan