Chi-Loong Chan

Experience

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  EnWorkz Pte Ltd

  Sept 2001 - Oct 2003

  Software Engineer, Energy Consultant

  Database admin and engineer at this energy IT startup.Was database lead for a project involving a GLC and a government regulatory board in Singapore with a small programming team. Handled project management, user training and designed the UATP (User Acceptance Test Plan). Other roles handled include technical writing and documentation, plus routine system administration work for the company's web server.

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  Chan Chi-Loong

  Mar 2003 - Aug 2011

  Freelance Writer / Journalist

  Freelance writer / journalist working for multiple IT media companies.Publications include Network Computing Asia, Teledot.com, Asia Computer Weekly (CMP Asia), eWeek Asia (Medialink Technologies)and GameAxis (Hardware Zone). In later years, also mainly Digital Life (for Straits Times), especially for supplements when they needed help.Advertorials include content done for Nokia, Cisco and Checkpoint. Marketing materials include case studies and whitepapers prepared for Ditium, Hello Technology and ANTLabs. Also lots of feature pieces for Digital Life in later years.The work includes liasing with clients and designers, doing research, and conceptualizing and coming up with content. Show less

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  Singapore Press Holdings

  Aug 2004 - Mar 2005

  Journalist, Straits Times and Digital Life

  Journalist for Straits Times, and for weekly supplement Digital Life, writing on the IT tech beat.Stories are very varied: game reviews, how-tos, analysis pieces, enterprise case studies, people features, product trackers, edgy short features, and hard news.

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  Primetrica Inc.

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2006

  Editor

  Editor for Convergence Techplanet, a web-based publication that covers the mobile, fixed telco and networking industry for the Asia Pacific market.Duties include reporting, copy-tasting, managing freelancers, marketing support, driving conference content , and building publication relationships with external agencies.

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  British Telecoms

  Sept 2006 - Jul 2008

  Analyst Relations Manager, Asia Pacific, Media and Corporate Communications, SE Asia

  Dual communications portfolio in a global telco.Started an AR (analyst relations) practice in Asia Pacific for BT and put together a structure for reaching out to the telco and ICT analyst community. Handled media relations for BT in South East Asia, reaching out to trade media, wires, dailies and broadcast.Execution of duties were done by combination of internal and external resources which I managed – PR, events management, media clipping agencies.Examples include quarterly PR/AR planning, big press conference execution for Frontline acquisition , putting together briefings for senior BT executives and analysts, running a series of mergers and acquisition events (analyst, media, industry and internal). Show less

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  JamiQ

  Jun 2010 - Sept 2011

  Director, Client Leadership

  I did sales and client management for JamiQ (www.jamiq.com), a social media insights company.I was responsible for looking after the execution of custom projects by my analyst team, bringing in new customers and growing the sales portfolio for consulting services.Services rendered include real-time crisis communications insights, digital marketing campaign tracking, and business insights reports based on social media data.Customers come from a wide range of industries, including banking, technology, digital/marketing agencies and government. Show less

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  GolinHarris

  Oct 2011 - Aug 2012

  Director

  I was responsible for helping to grow the technology and social media practice for GolinHarris SE Asia.I was directly responsible for the health of my client accounts, and managed teams to help run them.Project and retainer clients included big brand names from the government, retail, IT, and telco space.

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  VslashR

  Jan 2013 - now

  Founder

  In the last 9 years, I have been working in the data visualization space as a practitioner / consultant - both in design and implementation.V/R (www.vslashr.com) is the data visualization studio that I setup to do work in this space. We do product development and also experiential art projects for clients.https://decks.vslashr.com/creds/#/Projects done for our clients span government, corporations and SMBs. This includes names like Fortinet, A*Star, BASF, Temasek, Stalford and many others. Show less

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  Various Companies

  Jul 2017 - now

  Adjunct faculty / Code school instructor

  This year 2024 I am teaching Interactive Data Visualization for master and phd students at Singapore University of Technology and Design (Jan to May). This year's version of the course:https://chi-loong.github.io/HASS02.526/Various other undergraduate courses at SIT (visualization, frontend software architecture, UX):https://chi-loong.github.io/CSC3007/https://showcase.vslashr.com/sit_csc2005/I have in the past also taught paid data visualization workshops / curriculum at NUS, SGCodeCampus, General Assembly and HyperIsland. Show less

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  MOGUL.sg

  Dec 2021 - Feb 2023

  Head of Product / Engineering

  Started out as head of product, in charge of feature specifications, product management, working closely with UX design.Eventually also took over as head of engineering role to ensure technical execution by the dev team.Job scope includes managing and looking after the developers, inheriting existing engineering processes and sharpening them, running the sprints / stand-ups, setting deadlines and managing expectations of company stakeholders on product features and development timelines. Work was split 3 ways: A 3rd of it was spent on management issues (up and down), another 3rd on my own technical coding / UX design work, and the last 3rd on planning and driving processes to make the entire product / dev life cycle more robust. Show less