Work

Replaced a one-person design bottleneck with a system the whole company can run, and cut logistics admin down from hours to minutes.

Self-employed — Software & Automation Engineer — Feb 2023 – Present · Remote

• Built a marketing pipeline letting staff generate photorealistic ads at scale without a skilled designer — reverse-engineered Photoshop into a custom image-processing API integrated with the company's inventory and marketing tools.
• Redesigned and automated a driver scheduling system for Hock Cheong Transport Co, cutting errors by 80% and improving efficiency by 50%.
• Built a Google Maps-integrated pricing visualisation tool for East Malaysian shipping routes.
• Developed an invoice automation system projected to save 3,000+ staff hours annually.

Rebuilt a parking dashboard's UX and shipped internal tools that non-technical maintenance staff could actually use.

Bayu Techventure Sdn Bhd — Software Engineer Intern — Apr 2024 – Jun 2024 · Kuala Lumpur

• Enhanced the UI/UX of an automated parking dashboard.
• Built internal Telegram tools for maintenance workflows.
• Published multilingual documentation (Gitbook) to support low-tech users.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams across Malaysia and India.

Flew and ground-tested experimental UAVs, and helped shape how Malaysia regulates them.

ALAF Defence Sdn. Bhd. — Operational Technician — Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 · Malaysia

• Ground operations lead for experimental UAV drone testing.
• Licensed to operate large UAVs in Malaysian airspace.
• Liaised with CAAM and government bodies to shape emerging UAV regulation frameworks.

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Took three hardware products from brief to functional prototype, managing designers, manufacturers, and clients at once.

Expedio Design Sdn. Bhd. — Product Design Engineer — Jan 2022 – Jul 2022 · Malaysia

• Project manager across three product development engagements spanning furniture design and agricultural automation.
• Designed Ripefresh's indoor hydroponic range as a single product family across three heights, sharing one set of parts.
• Designed movable furniture and in-built device holders for couches with furniture manufacturers — mechanisms that fit the frames they already build.
• Developed a custom powered tapping machine for rubber plantations and a modular drawer system built from a minimum part set.
• Coordinated between industrial designers, manufacturers, and clients from brief to functional prototype.

Solo-built a computer-vision exhibit that let untrained visitors safely interact with industrial robots.

ABB Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. — Robotics & Repair Intern — Nov 2019 – Feb 2020 · Malaysia

• Solo-developed an exhibition tool allowing untrained visitors to interact safely with industrial robots using computer vision and drawing inputs.
• Gained hands-on experience in industrial robot mechanics, programming, and repair.