I live in the overlap.

From systems to markets

My career started close to the machines: electrical engineering, databases, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems. It gradually moved closer to the market, where architecture diagrams meet budgets, buying committees, and the wonderfully non-linear reality of APAC.

Today, I work at RisingWave across APJ, helping teams turn real-time data into infrastructure for analytics and AI. I studied electrical and electronic engineering at NTU and later computer and information technology at the University of Pennsylvania. That combination still shapes how I think: start with first principles, then ask whether the idea survives contact with a customer.

Why rontime?

This is my place to connect dots across data, AI, B2B go-to-market, and the many markets inside “APAC.” Expect field notes, architecture sketches, experiments, and the occasional opinion that was too long for a meeting. The goal is not to predict the future. It is to notice the present a little earlier.

Outside work, I’ve spent more than a decade around community and youth programmes in Singapore. It is a useful antidote to technology hype: real people rarely behave like neat rows in a spreadsheet.

Connect

The easiest place to find me is LinkedIn. If you’re building something around data, AI, or B2B technology in APAC, say hello. Strong opinions are welcome; kopi is even better.