Ian has more than 27 years of experience in the IT industry with wide industry experience spanning public sector to financial services. He has deep knowledge in senior management roles having served as a CISO, CTO and CIO for various organisations.
Today Ian is the CIO in a large conglomerate and responsible for the management of cybersecurity, infrastructure, architecture & data engineering for the group. Ian has introduced many modern approaches to technology management including implementing Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI), DevSecOps, FinOps, SRE, Risk Based Management, and the use of Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) platforms. This forward-looking mindset has enabled the organisations to improve their IT ROIs and help the business to be more agile in meeting market demands.
With 13 years of experience with a technology vendor and 13 years in an end-user environment, Ian is well placed to have a balanced view on technology acquisition strategies for organisations. With his background in running technology outsourcing, he has the unique experience to turn corporate IT from a cost centre to a revenue centre.
Besides the strategic roles he had played, Ian has held other senior appointments such as Director, Government Cybersecurity Operations and was responsible for managing cybersecurity operations for the whole of government in Singapore, which includes the monitoring of and response to cybersecurity incidents. With hands on experience in running operations at scale, Ian can truly appreciate strategic impact of policies and strategies on daily business operations.
Ian has also authored 2 books on Cybersecurity Architecture and Modern Secured Networks.
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My History
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My Early Education Journey
I spent my 1st 10 years of formal education at ACS. This is a pretty well know school in Singapore founded in 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham as an extension of the Methodist Church. I then furthered my education at the National Junior College (NJC) where I did my A-Levels.
What kind of boy is the ACS boy?
The ACS boy, even in my time, was an energetic, spry and unconventional creature. A sense of humour and mischief is not far from his fertile mind. Every time I see a group of them together, I observe this special characteristic. There are many symptoms of this. Unusual class or school projects. New initiatives taken by the boys. We had them also when I was in school. Perhaps a certain kind of swagger and over self-confidence - this makes boys from the more staid and conventional schools green with envy!
Even the creativity that goes into nicknames for favourite teachers - in my time we had Gobi Desert, Ah Gong and many unmentionable nicknames. I know the tradition still goes on!
The light-heartedness, the sense of fun and humour. Mix this with a serious determination to excel in the classroom and in the sports field. Mix this further with a sense of duty and a sense of what is morally right and Godly. You have a very powerful mixture. Am I realistic in my diagnosis of the ACS boy? I certainly hope so. ACS boys with such a mixture in them, challenged and inspired by their teachers will make their mark not only on the school, but also on our society.
- Dr. Tay Eng Soon 1988
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Singapore Armed Forces
COMMANDO
Serving my national service with the Commandos was one of the best times of my life. Established life long friendship and obtained valuable life skills.
I am an Airborne trooper! A paratrooper!
I jump by parachute from any place in flight.
I volunteered to do it knowing well the hazards of my choice.
I am an elite trooper, a sky trooper, a shock trooper, an elite trooper.
I blaze the way to far-flung goals-behind, before, above the foe's front line.
I never find a fellow trooper I cherish as a sacred trust the lives of the men with whom I serve. Leaders have my fullest loyalty, and those I lead never find me lacking.
I have pride in the Airborne.
I never let it down.
In peace I do not shirk the dullest duty nor protest the toughest training. In battle I fear no foe's ability nor under-estimate his prowess, power and guile.
I fight him with all my might and skill-ever alert to evade capture or escape a trap.
I never surrender though I may be the last. I belong to a proud and glorious team......
the Airborne, the Army, my country.
I am a trooper of the sky!
I am my Nation's best. In peace and war I never fail.
Anywhere, anytime, in anything......
I am Airborne!
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Life at Monash
While Studying in Australia, I also took up a few side classes to learn skills at being a car mechanic and a locksmith! This was the time of my life where I learned a lot about the F&B industry by working in a Chinese restaurant for 3 years.
This is a picture of Clayton Campus which is my home campus for Computer Science.
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My Days at HP
In this job I was based in Singapore and later Palo Alto, CA at corporate HQ.
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