Executive Committee

President

Mr Ng Kok Chuan

Ng Kok Chuan is currently the Deputy Directory (Knowledge Manager) at Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA). Kok Chuan plays key role in facilitating the development of DSTA as Knowledege Enterprise, and works closely with various business entities to incorporate KM practices within their business processes and KM applications to support continuous learning, collaboration and innovation. He holds Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from NUS, and MSc(Operations Research) from Naval Post-graduate School (NPS), US. He also studied at Advanced Management Program at the Information Resource Management College (IRMC), National Defence University, US.

Email: ng_kok_chuan@ikms.org

Vice President

Mr Alvin Tan

Alvin Tan is the Practice Leader of the Financial Services sector in a Multi-National Corporation focused in IT services. He was previously from the government sector, involved in the area of Infocomm Security and Trust. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in Information Systems and Marketing and a Masters degree in Electronic Commerce from Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. Alvin also holds a Masters degree in Knowledge Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interest is in Knowledge Management and the effects of culture on the use of technology.

Email: alvin_tan@ikms.org

Vice President

Mr Mark Hamilton

Mark Hamilton is a Research and Development consultant for an international educational organisation. He scopes, explores, prototypes and assesses the best means and methods for engaging with internal and external customers. His role includes Knowledge management and knowledge sharing support in Singapore and across the SE Asia region. He has pioneered the use of wikis, blogs and other collaborative technologies for KM. He has championed the use of online social tools as part of staff training and development, to extend knowledge sharing across the organisation. He is passionate about usability and user-centred design. He has a Masters in Online and Distance Education and is a qualified project manager. He is a founding member of Singapore's Sharepoint Community of Practice.

Email: mark_hamilton@ikms.org

Secretary

Ms Noor Faridah

Noor Faridah is a lecturer with the TemasekInformatics & IT  School, Temasek Polytechnic. She has ten years of academic experience in various areas including web design, Internet & market research, marketing & public relations and information & knowledge management. Prior to teaching, she has had eleven years of industry experience as an Information Specialist in a Business Information Centre of Singapore’s national trade promotion agency, Singapore Trade Development Board (STDB), now known as IE Singapore. Her KM interests include organisational structure, culture, KM tools and knowledge discovery. She graduated with MSc (Information Studies) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, BA from National University of Singapore and Graduate Diploma of Social Science in Professional Counselling from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

Email: farida@ikms.org

Treasurer

Mr Lim Kwang Kok

Kwang Kok is the Deputy Director of the Knowledge and Quality Management division of the National Library Board of Singapore. His involvement in the various areas of KM has seen him handle projects for government and private sector organisations while working with Ernst & Young and the Dow Jones Consulting Group. Holding a Master in Business Administration, from University of Bradford, his earlier experiences included working in the field of quality improvement for a Japanese multinational in Malaysia. KK (as he likes to be called) has been interested in the area of KM for more than a decade, with lately an interest in taxonomy design and the effects of web technologies on collaboration.

Email: lim_kwang_kok@ikms.org

Member

Mr Olivier Amprimo

Olivier Amprimo serves as Associate Director, Digital Resources and Services Division of the National Library Board of Singapore. He was previously a consultant at Headshift, a British social computing consultancy. He had also been working on international network and community management, designing and implementing CRM, reporting and community tools. He gave some lectures around KM at EM Lyon, a European leading Management School and participated in the we are smarter than me initiative as chapter moderator. He graduated a PhD in Management with a focus on the rejuvenation of Management in a knowledge-driven economy. His current interest is in knowledge management (KM), communities of practice (CoP), enterprise social computing (Enterprise 2.0), but also KPIs, behaviors and authority, representation and organization of the collective. He blogs at Veni Vidi Luxi.

E-mail: olivier_amprimo@ikms.org

Member

Ms Lee Foon Yee

Ms Lee Foon Yee is a lecturer with the School of Information Technology, Nanyang Polytechnic. Her current teaching areas include knowledge management, electronic commerce, internet application development, XML and web services. She is a graduate from National University of Singapore with a M.Sc in Computer and Information Science. Prior to teaching, she worked on infocomm projects for Ministry of Defence, Telco, bank and publishing house. Her KM interests include strategic management of knowledge, KM tools and knowledge discovery. She has previously served iKMS as an Exco Member, with responsibility for organising the Society’s Evening Talks.

E-mail: lee_foon_yee@ikms.org

Member

Mr Simon Goh

Simon Goh is presently working as KM Architect in the NCS Pte Ltd. In NCS, he is responsible for designing the KM programme and to enhance both work and social collaboration. Prior to joining NCS, he worked in the KM department of the Singapore Sports Council, where he led its corporate Intranet redesign and assisted in various KM initiatives. His work at HP has brought him both implementation and operational experience in ECM tools. His interest lies with designing good Intranets and enhancing collaboration.He graduated with a Bachelor of Computing from the NUS and a Diploma in IT from NYP. He reflects his experiences in a KM blog.

E-mail: simon_goh@ikms.org

Member

Mr Maish Nichani

MaishNichani is founder of Information design studio PebbleRoad and a well-respected thought leader and a practitioner in the field of design. He is also the Singapore ambassador for the User Experience Group, a global community effort to spread the gospel of good design. Maish is also editor of the popular blog elearningpost.com, which in addition to e-learning is on intranets, corporate websites, usability and user experience design.

E-mail: maish_nichani@ikms.org

Member

Mr Edgar Tan

Edgar is co-founder of Singapore-based KM research and consulting firm Straits Knowledge. For the past seven years he has worked with several organisations in their KM implementation programmes. He has co-authored numerous reports, case studies, a set of method cards and a guidebook on KM. His interest is towards the people side of KM, ie how influencing an organisation’s culture can improve the outcome of its KM initiatives. He holds a MSc in Training and Performance Management.

E-mail: edgar_tan@ikms.org

   Member

   Ms Eileen Tan

  Member

   Ms Syn Peck Khay

Syn Peck Khay has spent the last 4 years in the Knowledge Management Department at Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA). Peck Khay handles KM initiatives in DSTA, working closely with the business owners and end-users to incorporate KM practices into their business processes, to support continuous learning, collaboration and innovation. Prior to this, Peck Khay has more than 10 years of experience in large-scale project management and complex system engineering. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) and Masters of Science (Computer Science) from National University of Singapore.

E-mail: syn_peck_khay@ikms.org

  Member

   Mr Mohd Bismillah