Experience

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  National university of singapore

  Jan 2004 - Oct 2004

  Research engineer (biomedical)

  Key Responsibilities• Participate in specific research projects in the field of reconstructive surgical procedures.• Contributed a wholly new design concept for mechanical testing of specimens. • Construct and assemble unique bespoke jigs for experimental testing. Conceptualise and propose new testing design for hypothesis testing.• Conduct and collect experimental data for external stakeholders.• Analyse data and compile research findings for academic presentation purposes.• Conduct or assist in medical research work related to the field of Orthopaedic Surgery.• Assist with cadaveric procurement and preparation tasks.RESEARCH PAPER*“Contribution of the interosseous membrane to forearm torsional stiffness, during pronation & supination.” Bryan Y. Siow, James S.Y.Loh, Ashvin Thambyah, Lim Beng Hai, Barry P. Pereira.*Presented at the 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore) - May 2004 Show less

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  St engineering

  Jul 2005 - May 2007

  Technical service engineer

  Technical Support• Provide engineering technical support to the Pratt & Whitney JT8D jet engine production line (duties include engineering troubleshooting, workscope planning, warranty & engine investigations, analysing test performance data, air directives compliance, handling customer queries and others).• Work closely and communicate daily with external and internal customers.• Conduct feasibility studies and technical evaluation on ideas/innovations/suggestions proposed in continuous improvement programs.• Conduct engine certification course for training company personnel.Dedication to Customers• Face-to-face liaising with local and overseas customers on a regular basis to resolve any outstanding issues.• Dedicated monitoring and tracking of our customers’ aircraft engine health on a daily basis (JT8D/CFM56/V2500).Value-added Services to Company• To provide engineering perspective in the company’s marketing strategy.• To assist in new engine model business capability set-up. Show less

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  Nordam

  May 2007 - May 2009

  Senior repair development engineer

  • Lead an engineering team to analyse, design and develop a variety of in-house structural repair solutions for aircraft flight structures.• Provide OEM support to our valued aviation partners by offering cost-effective repair options that fulfill required engineering safety standards.

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  Air accident investigation bureau

  May 2009 - Jul 2016

  Air accident investigator

  The Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of Singapore is the predecessor of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) which is the present day multi-modal agency tasked to promote safety of the travelling public.• Lead investigations into aviation incidents and accidents for the betterment of safety.

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  Transport safety investigation bureau

  Jul 2016 - now

  Senior air safety investigator

  • Lead investigations into aviation incidents and accidents for the betterment of safety.• Pioneering the use of AI, machine learning, engineering, science and technology to create innovative solutions to transport safety challenges and improve the way investigators work. • Chief programmer of an AI web application that uses machine learning to assist in the classification of incidents.• Building data-driven performance dashboards and data visualisation to facilitate trend discovery and achieve gainful insights.• Training instructor for our 5-day accident investigation course conducted in support of other States. Participated in the course runs for Brunei, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Show less

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  Intellectual property office of singapore (ipos)

  Apr 2023 - Oct 2023

  Data scientist / programmer

  Volunteered to be part of the Public Service Division (PSD)'s Gig Work initiative, a whole-of-government programme where officers are provided with the opportunity to contribute their expertise in cross-agency STEM projects. I was selected by IPOS to be the lead developer for a six-month tech project to create a forecasting software. The software improves upon the econometric forecasting method used by IPOS to predict their Intellectual Property (IP) filing applications and entirely automates and simplifies their time-series forecasting process.In-depth mathematical discussions with the in-house economist to ensure an accurate translation of the 'math into code'. Active management of the product development timelines including providing progress updates to management. Towards the conclusion of the project, I conducted user demonstrations to showcase the software's ease of use and sought users' feedback when finetuning the software and crafting the user instruction manual. The final tech product utilised a recursive form of the autoregressive distributive lag model and tapped on the power of iterative computing to derive meaningful insights and plausible filing predictions from the most recent economic datasets. Show less