My Journey

Background & Experiences

A chronological overview of the things I've been up to

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024202520262027
Aug/2018 - Aug/2020

Singapore Armed Forces

39 SCE CBRE

Mar/2017 - Aug/2017

ST Electronics

Assistant Engineer

Oct/2021 - Feb/2023

Bugg Design & Services Pte Ltd

Embedded Systems Engineer

Buggs
A one-man embedded systems and 3D printing department, building interactive hardware and rapid prototypes for live events, as well as data-collection systems to log real-world usage and visitor interactions

Fast-paced, chaotic, and immensely satisfying!

Letter of Recommendation

Jan/2022 - Mar/2022

KISTAR Pte Ltd

Assistant Engineer

Crane
Commissioned anti-collision sensor packages on container gantry cranes and produced end-to-end documentation, including PLC update procedures, to support knowledge transfer to new engineers

Dec/2024 - Sept/2025

Singapore Institue of Technology

Research Assistant

Research role focused on building, testing, and understanding speech AI systems

  • Adapted existing research into real-time pipelines
  • Designed experiments, analysis pipelines, and reported findings
  • Drove research outcomes through to publication
Sep/2025 - Apr/2026

STMicroelectronics

AIoT Development Engineer

STM
Designed and deployed edge AI systems on live semiconductor equipment, pairing hands-on workshops and mentorship to scale expertise across the team

APR/2015 - MAR/2018

Singapore Polytechnic

Diploma in Engineering
with Business

APR/2022 - MAR/2023

Singapore Polytechnic

Specialist Diploma in Data Science (Artificial Intelligence)

APR/2023 - Sep/2023

Singapore Polytechnic

Specialist Diploma in Data Science (Vision and language Analytics)

AUG/2023 - May/2026

Singapore Institute of Technology

BSc (Hons) in Applied Artificial Intelligence

Nov/2016

SP String Ensemble

Arts Fiesta 2016 Concert

Concert
My first performance at the School of the Arts' concert hall. Messed up gloriously, remembered fondly.

Nov/2017

SP String Ensemble

Arts Fiesta 2017 Concert

Aug/2019

Singapore Armed Forces

NDP 2019 Mobile Column

NDP
Proudly selected to represent our unit in the drivepast alongside the EOD team, a rare highlight in my otherwise ordinary NS life, made even better by unlimited bubble tea

May/2021

NTU Physics & Applied Physics

Withdrew from Programme

Physics is fun, but engineering is my jam

Nov/2025

APSIPA 2025

First-Author Publication

APSIPA
Presented our paper Speech Emotion Recognition via Entropy-Aware Score Selection during the APSIPA conference at Shangri-La

Co-Authors:
JunKai Wong
Xiaoxiao Miao
Chengxin Chen

Jan/2026

Google Developers Space

Gemini 3 Hackathon Singapore

Google Developer Space
Participated in the first Gemini Hackathon in Singapore. We built a one click VS Code extension that containerizes and deploys to Google Cloud via agents

Mar/2018

Singapore Polytechnic

CCA Gold with Honours

Feb/2022

Wong Fong Academy

Perform Work at Height

Feb/2024

AI.SG

AI4I - Literacy in AI

May/2025

AI.SG

AI4I - Foundations in AI

APR/2024

MakeIT @ NLB

Laser Cutting Certification