Here is the latest portfolio on our consultants:


Colin Yow
(B.BUS, FAMI, FAIM, CPM; based in Singapore and Australia)

Colin, managing consultant and founder of YTF Consultants, started his professional career with some of Australia’s top 50 public-listed companies: Adelaide Steamship, Mayne Nicholas and TNT Transport. Between 1983 and 2001, he honed his entrepreneurial skills by establishing two highly successful IT and infocomm companies with group sales in excess of $40 million. One of the companies was ranked Australia’s second fastest growing private company in 1990 by Business Review Weekly and PriceWaterhouse. A year later, Colin was named Businessperson of the Year by the National Australia Bank Ethnic Busines Awards. He went on to win Achiever of the Year in 1992 from WAITTA (Western Australia Information Technology and Telecommunications Award), the premier IT&T award in Australia.

Check out Colin's full profile.

Jeffrey Goh
(Grad. Dip Mathematics, HND (Maths, Stats & Computing), MBCS, MACS, MBIM, GradIMA; based in Malaysia)

Jeffrey brings to the table 23 years of experienced in the IT industry. He started off as a analyst/trainer in the U.K., followed by a lecturing stint at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. Later, he served a short stint as a senior lecturer in Australia Business College (Perth) and as IT Departmental Head.

Jeffrey was also appointed the general manager of an Australian public-listed company and held various senior management positions in the Australian government, IT companies and consultancy firms.

He is well versed in a wide spectrum of management issues -- from P&L responsibilities to human resources -- in both local and international arenas. In 1988, whilst representing the Western Australia Government, he successfully led a Western Australia trade delegation (of Perth-based private companies) to Asia and Europe to facilitate strategic alliances. The finalized sales agreements and agency partnerships were worth in excess of AUD450 million. In 1992, his company (Dynachart Sdn Bhd, and later Bracnell Sdn Bhd) grew from RM2.00 paid-up capital company to one that won major contracts from PETRONAS and various Kuala Lumpur banks.

Jeffrey is a member of several professional bodies including the British Computer Society, the Australian Computer Society, the British Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications and the British Institute of Management


Salman Ali Hyder
(MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; BS Electrical Engineering and BS Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; based in Singapore)

As the CEO of SynesicAsia, Salman brings 22 years of global experience in implementing leadership, strategy, quality & service, change and risk management initiatives. He has provided his expertise to global clients in North & Central America, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and Asia Pacific. He is associated with Citigroup, Standard Chartered, and ABN-AMRO, Oracle and United Overseas Bank Group and other blue-chip firms. Global clients have commended Salman for his outstanding contributions in developing leadership, implementing change and risk management.


Vincent Chua
(Master of International Management and Master of Business Administration; based in Singapore)

Vincent offers 20 years of experience in management, implementation and setting up of manufacturing operations in Asia. His core competencies are in troubleshooting product development issues and process engineering problems that caused subpar quality and deliveries issues. He was previously President Director and General Manager of PT Plexus Manufacturing Indonesia and Plexus Manufacturing (Far East) Pte Ltd; both subsidiaries of Jurong Technologies Group of Companies.


Professor Richard Watson
(Global consultant on information systems; based in the U.S.)

Dr. Watson is the J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy in the Terry College at the University of Georgia. He has published more than 100 journal articles and written books on electronic commerce and data management. His work has been accepted by leading academic and practitioner journals and has been translated into several languages. His most recent research focuses on Information Systems (IS) leadership, the role of IS in creating sustainable business practices, and Energy Informatics. Dr. Watson has given invited presentations to practitioners and academics in more than thirty countries.

In 2001, John Wiley & Sons appointed him as its consulting editor for its net-enhanced organization (NEO) series. He is a visiting scholar at the University of Agder in Norway, the International  Coordinator for the PhD in Information Systems at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and the Research Director for the Advanced Practices Council of the Society of Information Management, an exclusive forum for senior IS executives. Dr. Watson has served as President of the Association for Information Systems, the major academic society for IS faculty, and was co-conference chair for the 2004 meeting of the International Conference on Information Systems, the pre-eminent IS conference. He has served as a senior editor for MIS Quarterly, the leading IS journal. He founded and co-leads the Global Text Project, which aims to create a library of 1,000 open content textbooks for students in the developing world and in the process create a multi-dimensional educational platform for business students.

Professor Watson received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, where he studied on a Fulbright award, and his MBA from Monash University in Australia. In addition he holds a Diploma in Computation and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Western Australia. He is a fellow of the Association for Information Systems and the Royal Society for the Arts.


John Argenti
(Global Strategic Planner; based in the U.K.)

John Argenti prepared his first strategic plan in 1963 -- some years before any book on the subject was published. Some of the lessons he learnt then were very painful and that led him to write a book, Corporate Planning: A Practical Guide, in 1968. Immediately calls for his advice poured in from companies all over the world, prompting him to establish himself as a consultant.

Following his consulting experience in various companies, he published another book. That brought in more clients, and more books, articles and lectures all over the world followed. In Kuala Lumpur, Tunku Abdul Rahman awarded John the nation's Annual Management Medal.

John's depth of experience is unique. He has personally introduced strategic planning to dozens of companies and nonprofit organizations -- covering, in his words, "everything from a Paris fashion house to a Mexican steel conglomerate".

Thirty years ago, he condensed his rich experience into a highly disciplined system called The Argenti System of Strategic Planning (www.argentisys.com) which has been purchased by 2000 organizations around the globe. This must be the world's most popular process for developing strategic plans.


Michael Smith
(FAMI, FAIM, MIMC and CMC; based in Australia)

Michael Smith is one of Australia’s acknowledged authorities on marketing management. Since founding The Marketing Centre thirty years ago, his firm has provided strategic marketing advice to an unrivalled client list including many of Australia’s most iconic brands. 
 
In addition to overseeing all significant projects undertaken by The Marketing Centre, Michael contributes at board level to the direction of some of Western Australia’s highest profile organisations. He currently chairs Synergy, iiNet, and The Perth International Arts Festival. He is also the Vice President of the Western Australian council for the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a director of 7-Eleven Stores, a chain of 376 convenience stores on Australia's east coast. He was formerly chairman of the West Coast Eagles, Scotch College, the Pearling Industry Advisory Committee, and Barking Gecko Theatre Company and was a director of HOME Building Society and Indian Pacific Ltd.

Michael has been awarded the Patron’s Medal by His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, in recognition of his services to marketing by the Australian Marketing Institute.
 
Michael’s high level counsel is informed by extensive experience of marketing strategy across a wide range of industry sectors, as well as through a broader understanding of corporate imperatives at senior management and director level.
 
Michael is past president and Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, Executive member of the American Marketing Association, member of the Institute of Management Consultants and a Chartered Management consultant.


Paulette D. Lirio
(PMC, MIMC, ACTA, CPA; based in Singapore and the Philippines)

After earning her Bachelor of Science in Commerce (Accounting) degree from De La Salle University, Paulette worked with Ernst & Young’s Business Advisory Services and was involved in corporate training & development projects, corporate planning, organisation development and programme development and management in the food manufacturing & distribution and non-profit sectors, and operations consulting with SGV&Co (Arthur Andersen/Ernst & Young) in Manila. She has served clients in various sectors including agriculture, consumer products, retail & wholesale, real estate, construction, public & non-profit sector, media, technology, transportation and communications.

In total, she has fifteen years of business skills and qualifications in advisory and consulting experience, ten years in organisation, learning and development, and seven years in financial management, reporting and managed services. Her skills include finance and accounting skills, finance process efficiency and IT systems, internal control and risk assessment, business planning and functional requirements analysis skills, facilitation and people engagement skills.

Paulette is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed Practicing Management Consultant (PMC), licensed Training and Assessment Practitioner (ACTA), and an Assessment Centre Assessor (for SGV-Development Dimensions Inc).

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