Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Shahril & Shahriman Shamsuddin

Dato ' Shahriman Shamsuddin, yang berusia 44 tahun, telah dilantik ke Lembaga SapuraKencana Petroleum sebagai Pengarah Bukan Eksekutif Bukan Bebas pada 9 Disember 2011.

Dato ' Shahriman juga merupakan ahli Jawatankuasa Risiko SapuraKencana Petroleum. Dato ' Shahriman merupakan Pengarah Bukan Eksekutif Bukan Bebas SapuraCrest Petroleum sebelum penggabungan perniagaan antara SapuraCrest Petroleum Kumpulan dan Kencana Petroleum Group .

Dato ' Shahriman memulakan kerjayanya dengan Kumpulan Sapura pada tahun 1991 dan telah memegang beberapa jawatan kanan utama di dalam Kumpulan. Beliau menguruskan portfolio kumpulan syarikat pelbagai yang termasuk pelaburan hartanah , penerbangan perniagaan dan pendidikan.

Dato ' Shahriman kini merupakan Pengarah Urusan Sapura Resources Berhad. Beliau juga merupakan Pengarah Eksekutif Sapura Industrial Berhad dan Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd Dato ' Shahriman memegang Ijazah Sarjana Sains dalam Kejuruteraan Perniagaan dari Warwick University, UK dan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains dalam Teknologi Industri dari Purdue University, Amerika Syarikat

Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin, yang berusia 52 tahun warganegara Malaysia, telah dilantik sebagai Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan ( "CEO ") dan Lembaga Pengarah sebagai Pengarah Eksekutif Bukan Bebas pada 9 Disember 2011. Beliau juga merupakan ahli Jawatankuasa Lembaga Imbuhan.

Sejak bercakap menerajui di SapuraKencana , Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Shahril telah memacu syarikat itu ke dalam pelbagai perniagaan dan projek-projek baru di Malaysia, Australia , Brazil , Mexico , Vietnam , China, Afrika Barat dan beberapa negara lain.

Sebelum penggabungan antara SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad ("SapuraCrest" ) Kumpulan dan Kencana Kumpulan Petroleum Berhad, Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Shahril merupakan Naib Pengerusi Eksekutif dan Presiden SapuraCrest. Beliau juga dahulunya adalah Pengarah Bukan Eksekutif dan Naib Pengerusi Eksekutif di dalam Lembaga Pengarah SapuraCrest.

Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Shahril adalah ahli Lembaga Pemegang Amanah , Bendahari dan ahli EXCO Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana ( "Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana" ) dan ahli Panel Penasihat Antarabangsa Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Antara anugerah yang Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Shahril telah diberi termasuk Panglima Jasa Negara ( PJN ) daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan Malaysia yang membawa gelaran "Datuk" (Jun 1998), Darjah Seri Paduka Tuanku Ja'afar ( SPTJ ) dari Negeri Sembilan , Malaysia, yang membawa gelaran " Dato 'Seri " (Julai 2007), Legion d' Honneur dari Republik Perancis (November 2007) dan Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) yang membawa gelaran " Tan Sri " (Jun 2013).

Beliau memenangi Malaysia Ernst & Young Usahawan Anugerah Tahun pada tahun 2009 .

Pada bulan Mei 2013, Tan Sri Dato 'Seri Shahril telah dianugerahkan Doktor Kehormat Pengurusan Teknologi oleh Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Beliau memperolehi Ijazah Sarjana Sains Pengurusan Teknologi dari MIT Sloan School of Management dan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains dalam Teknologi Industri dari California Polytechnic State University.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Mokhzani Mahathir

Dato ' Mokhzani Mahathir, yang berusia 52 tahun warganegara Malaysia, telah dilantik menjadi Lembaga SapuraKencana Petroleum pada 9 Disember 2011 sebagai Pengarah Eksekutif Bukan Bebas dan Naib Pengerusi Eksekutif. Beliau juga merupakan ahli Jawatankuasa Imbuhan SapuraKencana Petroleum .

Beliau juga berkhidmat sebagai Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pilihan dan ahli Jawatankuasa Imbuhan Kencana Petroleum. Beliau memulakan kerjayanya pada tahun 1987 sebagai jurutera operasi wellsite dengan Sarawak Shell Berhad , bekerja luar pesisir Sarawak pada kapal penggerudi bantuan tender . Beliau meletak jawatan pada tahun 1989 untuk mengejar peluang perniagaan di Kuala Lumpur. Dengan melabur dalam Tongkah Holdings Berhad (disenaraikan di Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur pada masa itu ), dia meneroka ke dalam sektor pembuatan, minyak dan gas, kewangan dan penjagaan kesihatan komponen. Beliau memegang jawatan sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan Pantai Holdings Berhad ( kesihatan) dan Pengerusi Eksekutif Kumpulan Tongkah Holdings Berhad (minyak dan gas, kewangan) . Usaha pelupusan pelaburan pada tahun 2001 menyaksikan beliau melepaskan semua jawatan dan ekuiti dalam syarikat-syarikat ini . Beliau menubuhkan Kencana Capital Sdn Bhd sebagai sebuah syarikat pegangan pelaburan pada tahun yang sama .

Pada masa ini beliau portfolio pelaburan melalui Kencana Capital termasuk perniagaan dalam IT, perkhidmatan minyak dan gas, perdagangan dan pengedaran automotif dan pembangunan hartanah. Beliau kini adalah Pengerusi Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd, yang menjadi tuan rumah Formula Satu FIA Kejohanan Dunia, FIM Moto GP dan merupakan GT berjaya pemandu perlumbaan kereta . Beliau juga berkhidmat sebagai Pengerusi dan Pengarah Bukan Bebas Bukan Eksekutif Pengarah Opcom Holdings Berhad dan Bukan Eksekutif Maxis Berhad ( "Maxis "), pada masa ini syarikat telekomunikasi mudah alih terbesar Malaysia. Beliau juga adalah ahli Jawatankuasa Audit Maxis dan mempengerusikan Jawatankuasa Imbuhan mereka.

Beliau adalah seorang Jurutera Petroleum berkelayakan , setelah dikejar pendidikan tinggi di Universiti Tulsa, Oklahoma , Amerika Syarikat di mana beliau lulus dengan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains dalam Kejuruteraan Petroleum.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Azman Hashim

YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Azman bin Hashim dilahirkan di Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur pada bulan Julai 1939. Beliau bersekolah di Malay Boy’s School, Setapak dan kemudiannya ke Methodist Boy’s School di Sentul dan menamatkan sijil persekolahan pada tahun 1954 ketika berusia 15 tahun.

  Pada tahun 1955, beliau telah pergi ke Perth, Australia untuk melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidang perakaunan. Di Perth, beliau telah berpeluang bekerja di Messrs O L Haines & Co. (Chartered Accountants) sehingga tahun 1960. Apabila pulang ke tanah air, beliau berkhidmat dengan Bank Negara Malaysia sehingga Mei 1964. Setelah empat tahun di Bank Negara, beliau memulakan syarikatnya sendiri dengan nama Azman & Co pada Mei 1964. Kemudiannya dikenali dengan nama Azman Wong Salleh & Co. (Chartered Accountants). Beliau meninggalkan syarikat itu pada Mei 1971 dan menyertai Malayan Banking Berhad sebagai Pengarah Eksekutif (Jun 1971-Dis 1980). Beliau juga merupakan Pengarah di bank yang sama semenjak tahun 1966.

  Kini beliau merupakan Group Chairman bagi Arab-Malaysian Group of Companies. Di antara kumpulan yang mana beliau menjadi pengerusinya adalah AMMB Holding Berhad Group, Arab-Malaysian Corporation Berhad Group, Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad, Arab-Malaysian Credit Berhad, Arab-Malaysian Property Trust Management Berhad, Arab-Malaysian Development Berhad Group dan Redifussion Berhad Group. Beliau juga menjadi pengerusi bagi South Peninsular Industries Berhad, Pembangunan MasMelayu Berhad, Malaysian South Corporation Berhad dan MIMOS Berhad.

  Penglibatan beliau dalam bidang kewangan, meliputi bank saudagar, bank perdagangan, saham, insurans hayat dan insurans am, amanah harta dan pengurusan unit amanah, pembangunan harta termasuk kediaman dan rumah rehat, pembuatan, pelancongan dan percutian amat membanggakan. Beliau pernah di antaranya dinamakan sebagai seorang dari Asia’s Banker of the Year (1985) oleh Asian Finance, dianugerahkan ASEAN Businessman of the Year (1993) oleh ASEAN Busines Forum dan Manager of the Year (1995) oleh Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Ahmayuddin Ahmad

Ahmayuddin bin Ahmad adalah pengasas bersama Westports Malaysia, terminal utama di Pelabuhan Klang dengan G. Gnanalingam yang memiliki 17% kepentingan. Berkhidmat sebagai Pengarah Kuala Lumpur Sentral, yang membangunkan hartanah di sekeliling hab transit terbesar bandar ini. Beliau adalah yang paling kaya ke-32 di Malaysia pada $315 juta.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Eleena Azlan Shah

Eleena Azlan Shah , atau dikenali sebagai Yang Amat Mulia Raja Eleena binti Sultan Azlan Shah adalah anak perempuan Sultan Perak. Dilahirkan pada 3 April 1960, dia membuktikan bahawa dia bukanlah sekadar seorang puteri yang biasa. Dengan tekad dan mempunyai nilai keusahawanan di dalam diri, dia pergi untuk menubuhkan firma guamannya sendiri yang dipanggil Tetuan Raja Eleena, Siew, Ang & Associates pada tahun 1987 selepas mendapat ijazah undang-undang dari Universiti London dan memperoleh Barrister -at- Law daripada Lincoln Inn di United Kingdom.

Walau bagaimanapun, beliau menghabiskan sebahagian besar masa beliau di dalam bidang infrastruktur . Beliau adalah 'official Non Independent & Non-Executive Director of Gamuda', infrastruktur , pembinaan dan kumpulan hartanah sebanyak 6 % yang dimiliki oleh keluarganya. Syarikat ini adalah bertanggungjawab untuk beberapa projek infrastruktur terbesar di Malaysia, termasuk terowong untuk sistem rel transit massa Kuala Lumpur yang berharga $ 2.7 bilion dan tidak termasuk menaik taraf $ 2.5 bilion daripada Keretapi Nasional sejauh 329 kilometer.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Abdul Hamed Sepawi

Datuk Amar Abdul Hamed Bin Haji Sepawi , berumur 64 tahun, telah dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Naim Holdings Berhad pada 25 Julai 2003. Sebelum penyenaraian Kumpulan Naim , beliau merupakan Pengerusi Bukan Eksekutif Naim Land Sdn. Bhd sejak 12 Okt 1995 .

Beliau menerima pendidikan awal di Sekolah St Columba , Miri dan Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar. Beliau memperolehi Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains ( Kepujian ) dari Universiti Malaya pada tahun 1971, menyambung pengajian ijazah dalam bidang perhutanan di Australia National University 1974-1975 , dan kemudian memperolehi MSc Hutan dari Oregon State University , Amerika Syarikat. Beliau juga merupakan ahli Perundingan Ekonomi Negara Majlis II.

Masih aktif dalam industri kayu dan perladangan, Datuk Amar Abdul Hamed mengembangkan kerjayanya ke dalam sektor pembinaan, yang mana, projek pertama yang diperoleh dengan melalui pekerjaan percutian sekolah di Miri. Selama lebih daripada 30 tahun, beliau telah aktif sebagai pelabur , pengurus dan pengarah dalam syarikat-syarikat yang menjalankan kerja-kerja awam , kejuruteraan luar pesisir, pembinaan, perumahan dan pembangunan hartanah.

Datuk Amar Abdul Hamed adalah Pengerusi Eksekutif Ta Ann Holdings Berhad, dan Pengerusi Sarawak Plantation Berhad dan Smartag Solutions Berhad, syarikat yang tersenarai di Bursa Malaysia. Beliau juga merupakan Pengerusi syarikat yang 'non-listed' , Sarawak Energy Berhad.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Nazir Razak

Dato 'Seri Mohd Nazir bin Tun Abdul Razak (lahir 1966) adalah salah seorang Eksekutif Perbankan di Malaysia. Beliau adalah Pengarah Urusan dan Ketua Eksekutif CIMB Group, yang merupakan salah satu pembekal perkhidmatan kewangan yang terbesar di Malaysia.

Beliau mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah St John dan Alice Smith School kemudian melanjutkan pelajaran menengah di United Kingdom dari usia 13. Beliau memperolehi Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains dalam Ekonomi dan Politik dari Universiti Bristol dan seterusnya memperolehi Sarjana Falsafah dalam Pembangunan Ekonomi dari Universiti Cambridge.

Selepas pulang dari United Kingdom, Nazir menyertai Jabatan Penasihat Korporat di Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad. Beliau menjadi Pengarah Urusan dan Ketua Eksekutif bank itu, yang pada masa itu dikenali sebagai CIMB, pada tahun 1999.

Nazir dinamakan salah satu daripada 50 tokoh yang paling berpengaruh di Asia pada dekad yang lalu oleh FinanceAsia pada tahun 2006. Beliau juga dinamakan sebagai "Eksekutif Teratas Terbaik di Malaysia" oleh Asiamoney untuk dua tahun berturut-turut, pada tahun 2009 dan 2010.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Hamdan Mohamad

Tan Sri Hamdan Mohamad adalah salah satu daripada beberapa ahli perniagaan Bumiputera yang menerajui syarikat-syarikat Malaysia yang berada di luar negara. Beliau adalah Pengarah Eksekutif, Presiden dan Ketua Eksekutif Ranhill Berhad. Beliau menyertai Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn Bhd pada tahun 1981 dan telah dilantik ke Lembaga Pengarah Ranhill pada 15 November 2000. Beliau menamatkan pengajian di Universiti Australia Barat pada tahun 1981 dan diberi Sarjana Sains Advanced Konkrit Struktur ijazah pada tahun 1986 dari Imperial College Sains dan Teknologi di London, United Kingdom.

Digelar sebagai Air Baron Malaysia, beliau turut menganggotai Lembaga Pengarah beberapa syarikat sendirian berhad termasuk Ranhill Corporation Sdn Bhd dan Lambang Optima Sdn Bhd di mana beliau juga adalah pemegang saham utama.

Beliau juga mengambilalih Ranhill pada tahun 2011 melalui perjanjian pindahmilik sebanyak $290 juta. Syarikat mengeluarkan kenyataan pada tahun lepas ia menjangka untuk menjana $ 315 juta hasil daripada 9 projek air di China.

Brief Profile of Malaysia's 20 Richest people - Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar

Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar dilahirkan di Alor Setar, Kedah pada tahun 1951। Keluarganya berasal dari Hadhramaut, Yemen. Sebenarnya, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar bukanlah orang yang berpendidikan tinggi। Beliau tidak pernah belajar hingga ke peringkat universiti. Namun, ini tidak bermakna beliau seorang yang tidak berilmu. Kebanyakan ilmunya diperoleh melalui pengalaman secara langsung apabila beliau bergiat dalam dunia perniagaan sejak kecil lagi.

Beliau mula menjual daging secara kecil-kecilan. Sebenarnya, Beliau pergi dari pekan ke pekan di sekitar Alor Setar bagi membeli daging yang tidak terjual dan kemudiannya membungkus daging itu bersama ais dan menjualnya kembali kepada peniaga Bumiputera dan restoran-restoran di sekitar Alor Setar. Pada tahun 1974, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar membeli rumah kedainya yang pertama di Jalan Telok Wan Jah di bawah perjanjian sewa beli dengan UDA atau Perbadanan Kemajuan Bandar.

Syed Mokhtar dan Zainal memulakan perniagaannya di Kedah pada tahun 1990-an berniaga beras. Beliau bekerja lebih keras selepas dia telah dianugerahkan lesen perdagangan beras daripada Lembaga Padi Negara , dan kemudiannya telah dianugerahkan syarikat berkaitan kerajaan kontrak pembekal sebagai rakan kongsi dengan Zainal Hatim Hj Ambia Bukhary .

Kemudian beliau berpindah untuk berkembang untuk mempelbagaikan perniagaan yang lain. Langkah seterusnya adalah dalam perniagaan logistik , dengan matlamat awal untuk mengangkut bahan-bahan dagangan mereka. Hari ini, empayar perniagaannya telah berkembang menjadi bidang-bidang seperti perladangan, pembangunan hartanah, pembinaan , kejuruteraan , penjanaan kuasa , infrastruktur dan pelabuhan.

Beliau memiliki 51.8 % saham dalam Malaysian Mining Corporation melalui syarikat milik penuh beliau, SYARIKAT Terminal Pelabuhan ( Johor ) Sdn Bhd , anak syarikat SYARIKAT Indra Cita Sdn. Bhd Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar dan Zainal Hatim secara peribadi memiliki SKS Ventures , yang telah dianugerahkan tugas membina tapak untuk 2100 arang batu stesen kuasa di Tanjung Bin, Johor. Tan Sri Syed Mohktar mempunyai bahagian 32% pada PERNAS melalui syarikatnya sendiri, SYARIKAT Ratu Jernih . SYARIKAT Perdana Padu Sdn. Bhd dan Masjid Raya Kukuh Sdn. Bhd Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar dan Zainal adalah ahli-ahli lembaga Syarikat Bina Puri Holdings Berhad , di mana, dia mempunyai 7.34 % bahagian.

Suntrify: Wireless charging powerbank + Wifi

Product Name: Suntrify
Product Description: Wireless Power Bank with Wifi connectivity
Product Features:

1. Equipped with a built-in 3G modem
2. HSPA+ supported with up to 21.6Mbps download and 5.76Mbps upload speeds
3. Powerful 10500mAh Power Bank to charge smartphones or tablets
4. LED Display provides at-a-glance information
5. Supports up to 10 users simultaneously
6. Fusion Reactor (solar power transmitted over Satellites)

Problem Identification:

1. Smartphones with data plan enabled takes a lot of resources. It is common that we need to charge our phone twice a day to power up our phones.
2. Having a wifi device around us all the time can removes data plan subscription in our phone. But, that too need to be charge.
3. Wired charger is a mess: Having a lot of electronic devices means a lot of charger cables.
4. Having a cable-charging power bank adds up more device to be charged.
5. Always being disturbed by the low battery alert.
6. Wired charging takes too much effort. To look for available power port, or to wait for the device to fully charged.

Suntrify is the perfect combination of 3G Wi-Fi Hotspot, portable power bank and fusion reactor (which comes from the sun energy). It is equipped with a built-in 3G modem, which you can instantly establish your own Wi-Fi hotspot simply by inserting a 3G SIM card. With up to 21.6Mbps download and 5.76Mbps upload speeds, Suntrify able to provide 3G wireless sharing to up to 10 users simultaneously.

Its pocket-sized design and powerful 20 500mAh internal battery make it an ideal travel companion, allowing users to work or play for hours and even while charging smartphones or tablets while on the go. What’s more, with its innovative LED display, users can have a much more intuitive view of the device’s operating status, such as traffic statistics, Wi-Fi status, user numbers, network type (2G/3G), signal strength, and Internet connection status.

With it's fusion reactor technology, coupled with Satellite transmission, Suntrify received unlimited supply of power. With that, it could even powered up your devices, wirelessly.

How Suntrify help to recharge your device automatically, and wirelessly?

When you subscribe our Suntrify, you will received the device. In order for Suntrify to recognize your device, you will need to do a one-time installation to your device. This installation will act as an agent that will transmit the frequency to Suntrify. Based on that frequency, Suntrify will recognize your device, and start charging it automatically.

Upon installation, you will be prompt with a setting menu, that you can set the threshold of battery status level. You have the option to set it yourself, on what percentage you want Suntrify to start charging your device. Also, this installed agent will help your device to connect automatically to Suntrify WiFi, should you enabled the Suntrify WiFi functionality.

After setting up the threshold, you're done. You just have to let Suntrify do all the dirty job of recharging your device. You can now totally forget to charge your device. And, the sweet part of it, you don't have to worry about charging Suntrify as it is capable or recharging itself, from the power of the sun transmitted by our own Satellites.

And all of this are being done wirelessly, without a shred of cable involved! So, you can totally forget about charging your device when you subscribe our Suntrify.

Target Market:

1. Electronic devices consumers
2. Electronic Business Enterprises

Market Potential:

1. Suntrify can replace nowadays electricity by providing a uniquely new source of energy by consuming sun energy directly via satellites, and channels it to Suntrify. Suntrify consumers can power up their electronic devices by connecting their devices to Suntrify. Once connected, the devices will never run out of battery.
2. The technology can be applied in future electronic devices development. Instead of relying on battery, they can now connect to our Satellites, and receive the energy directly to their devices.
3. Suntrify concept might replace electricity in the future.

Marketing Plan & Promotions:

1. Seminar (IT updates)
2. Brochure
3. Social Media
4. Advertisement
5. Magazines
6. Newspaper

Business Model:

1. The product will be sold on subscription basis. The user will have to buy Suntrify device, and subscribe to our monthly/yearly plan to receive unlimited energy power. Upon terminating the subscription, their Suntrify will stop getting the energy from our satellites, rendering the device useless. However, they can still use Suntrify by charging it up using conventional charging method.
2. The starting selling price per unit will be RM999.00
• Upon purchasing, consumers will get a two-months free unlimited power source subscription
3. To continue the unlimited power source for Monthly subscription: RM60.00
4. To continue the unlimited power source for Yearly subscription: RM660.00

Profile of Successful Entrepreneurs in ICT Area in Malaysia - Part 2

CHRISTOPHER CHAN HOOI GUAN – Founder and CEO of TMS Asia

CHRISTOPHER CHAN HOOI GUAN, a Malaysian, aged 46, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Group and is a Director of the Company since 9 April 1996. He is also a member of Remuneration Committee of the Company. He graduated from the University of Central Arkansas, USA, with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1993. He is the co-founder of TMS. He has more than 18 years experience in the IT industry. He is involved in the overall management of the TMS Group and developing the strategic direction of the Group.

He started his career as a Graduate Assistant at the School of Business, University of Central Arkansas in Arkansas, USA in 1993. In 1995 he took up the post of a Consultant at Acxiom Corporation, a data mining company, in USA, where he was involved in exploring business opportunities in Asia and in the Pacific realm upon coming to Malaysia in 1996, he founded TMS.

In 2001, he won the PIKOM-Computimes ICT Award for ICT Entrepreneur of the Year. He was also the finalist at the 2004 Ernst and Young ICT Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Between March 2003 to February 2005, Chris was also the President of the Technopreneurs’ Association of Malaysia. He is also a council member of PIKOM. Christopher Chan does not hold any directorship in other public companies.

TMS Enterprise Knowledge Portal enables organiations to create, exchange and manage information across a single business-centric workplace, generating knowledge connectivity within enterprises through a user-friendly desktop environment. Example it combines Dynamic Content Management System, Knowledge Assets, Sales Force Automation System etc together.

It is not just for publishing content but also for knowledge management and fostering collaboration. In terms of its business model, the company will be complementing the service model with a licensing approach. So instead of being a portal builder, it will work with resellers, system integrators and other portal builders in Malaysia and abroad. Mr Chris Chan mentioned that software development requires time and money for research and development, but once it’s created, there’s unlimited potential in the licensing revenue. Hence he believes the licensing portion is the most scalable portion of the business.

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Mathavan Chandran -CEO of InfoValley

His idea of “Chinaman” doing business is quite unique. His approach to keeping operations going was simple : Don’t spend money. The best part of building a business is when you have no money. When you are not spending any money, any revenue you make quickly becomes profit. His company deal in bioinformatics. Biotech is basically a tech-based approach to living organisms. To do biotech you need informatics tools.  Biologists generate a lot of data, in bits and pieces, and in multiple formats from different types of equipment. We put it in a common format for them and output it in such a way that they are able to see the combined effects of all that information. I guess this speciality may have something to do with his background as it was mentioned that he always loved science (especially chemistry) during his schooldays. He graduated with a degree in biochemistry and chemistry.

Interestingly, he does not agree with conventional approach to knowledge management that is portal based. This contradicts with Mr Chris Chan, one of the technopreners whose business is in licensing of usage of knowledge management portal. Mr Chandra feels that data can be stored, crunched and presented but knowledge can never be captured in that way.

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Ganesh Kumar Bangah – CEO of MOL AccessPortal

Ganesh Kumar Bangah is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of MOL Global Pte. Ltd. In this capacity he leads the two wholly owned subsidiaries of MOL Global, namely MOL AccessPortal Berhad (“MOL”), a global online payment service provider and Friendster Inc. (“Friendster”), the world’s pioneer social network. He co-founded and built MOL from scratch to become one of the biggest online payment service providers in Asia with annual revenues of over USD200Million. MOL today has over 680,000 physical payment channels across 80 countries worldwide and handles over 5,000,000 transactions a month.

In December 2009, Ganesh led MOL Global in the acquisition of 100 per cent of Friendster Inc., a leading global online social network with more than 115 million registered members worldwide. MOL Global today is one of Southeast Asia’s biggest internet companies both in terms of revenue and member base combining the huge member base of Friendster with the content and monetization capability of MOL.

Ganesh was certified by the Malaysia Book of Records as the Youngest Chief Executive Officer of a Public Listed Company in Malaysia when he listed MOL AccessPortal Berhad on the MESDAQ Market of Bursa Malaysia at the age of 23. In 2012, he was the Malaysian Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year and was the Top Winner for the Prestige Top 40 Under 40 2012 Awards. His other awards include the JCI 2009 Creative Young Entrepreneur Award, Technopreneur Excellence Award at the PIKOM ICT Leadership Awards 2009 and the Young Indian Entrepreneur Award 2009. In 2013, Malaysia Tatler listed him in the A-List of Who’s Who in Malaysia and Top 10 of Malaysia listed him among the 10 most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs. Recognized as a regional business and technology thought leader, Ganesh was also acknowledged by Society Magazine 2004 as one of the 100 people you must know in Asia.

Ganesh is active in IT industry development and is currently the Treasurer of the National IT Association of Malaysia (“PIKOM”). Ganesh is also a member of the IT Industry Advisory Board at Help University.

MOL AccessPortal’s flagship offering is MOLePoints, an online micropayment system that allows members to pay for online content and services without the use of credit cards. It was one of the first online micropayment systems approved by Bank Negara Malaysia, and boasts some 200,000 members who can purchase MOLePoints through its various physical and virtual channels across the country.

I think this is very promising plan as MOLePoints are working with cybercafes. It is helpful as young students or those who just started to work had no credit cards, they can very well use MOLePoints to purchase their online games etc. Ganesh’s business model is to build an eco-system around which his e-payment services can thrive.

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Norbik Bashah Idris – CEO of Scan Associates

Prof. Dato' Dr. Norbik Bashah bin Idris is Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Scan Associates Berhad. He is Founder of the Company. He has been Board Member since September 9, 2000. He is also Member of Remuneration Committee. He graduated in 1982 from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Later, he obtained a Master Degree from the University of Queensland in 1985. In 1995, he received a Doctorate in Computer Security from the University of Wales United Kingdom and Professional Certificate in Software Engineering from Universite' Thales Paris. As security professional, he obtained his credentials as early as 1987 from the Computer Systems Security Professional Inc., Rhode Island United States (USA). Later, he added to his list the CISSP (Certification for Information System Security Professional) from ISC2, Florida, USA and more recently the CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) from ISACA, Illinois, USA. His career started as academician at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1983. In 1996 he helped to establish the Center for Advanced Software Engineering (CASE) in UTM and later became its Director and Visiting Professor to other universities. In the formative years of the Company, he was responsible to strategically engineer the Company to become a brand name in Information Security in Malaysia and the region. This he achieved when in 2007 he received the "Distinguished Senior IT Security Professional Award for Asia-Pacific" from ISC2, and the "Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year" from the Malaysian Malay Chamber of Commerce. In May 2009, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

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Harres Tan – CEO of HT Consulting
 

 
Harres mentioned that today software doesm’t offer that kind of huge profit margin as before anymore. In fact, it is heading towards free with open source alternatives readily available. Hence he co-founded a new business HT Consulting in 1994. The company started off providing pure IT consulting services but later added software development to its offerings. It started HT Softlab to create its own suite of enterprise applications.

It then offered its software together with suitable hardware conceptually designed by the company and contract manufactured in Europe. Hence offering a complete solution to the companies.

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Articles on Goh Peng Ooi (Silverlake Innovation Partners Sdn Bhd)

MBSB labur RM100j ganti sistem perbankan.

MALAYSIA Building Society Bhd (MBSB) melabur RM100 juta bagi sistem Perbankan Teras Bersepadu (MBSB Integrated Core Banking (MICOB) dalam usaha mencapai matlamat menjadi institusi perbankan menjelang November tahun depan.

Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Datuk Ahmad Zaini Othman berkata, pelaburan RM100 juta dianggap strategik bagi tempoh lima tahun akan datang bagi menggantikan sistem sedia ada.


“Sistem teras perbankan baru ini membolehkan MBSB meningkatkan tahap daya saing selain membantu MBSB merapatkan jurang dengan institusi perbankan lain. “Selain itu, kami dapat meningkatkan platform perbankan kami seterusnya dapat memudahkan laluan MBSB menjadi institusi perbankan sepenuhnya tahun depan,” katanya pada majlis menandatangani perjanjian menggunakan MICOB dengan rakan penyedia teknologinya, Silverlake Innovation Partners Sdn Bhd (SIP) di Kuala Lumpur, semalam.

Perjanjian itu ditandatangani antara Ahmad Zaini dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif SIP, Chin Jit Pyng dengan disaksikan Pengerusi MBSB Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali serta Pengerusi Eksekutif Kumpulan Silverlake, Goh Peng Ooi. Ahmad Zaini berkata, menerusi pelaksanaan MICOB itu, ia akan memberi penilaian serta kepercayaan kepada pemegang saham MBSB untuk menjadi institusi perbankan sepenuhnya.


“Apabila pemegang saham kami bersedia melihat kejayaan sistem yang kami miliki sekarang ini, laluan untuk menjadi satu institusi perbankan akan menjadi lebih mudah dan mengharapkan menjelang November tahun depan, hala tuju kami ini tercapai,” katanya.

Artikel ini disiarkan pada : 2012/09/13
Sumber daripada Harian Metro 

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Articles on Datuk Shahril bin Shamsuddin (Sapura Telecommunications Berhad)

Sapura ready to export its ICT expertise

PUTRAJAYA Oct 17 - Equipped with home-grown technology, Sapura Telecommunications Berhad plans to export its information communication technology (ICT) expertise to regional markets.

Its chief operating officer Rodzlan Akib Abu Bakar said Friday the company was targeting markets in West Asia, China, India and Australia.

"We are ready to go into these markets. Malaysian information technology (IT) industries can provide alternative solutions to these countries and also an alternative to western ICT solutions," he told Bernama at the Expo OIC 2003 site.

Rodzlan said Sapura had a range of technologies, such as the e-government and e-learning systems, that could be exported to growing IT markets like China.

"Much of this knowledge can be transferred over. Many of our products can fit into their environment," he said.

He said Sapura gained sufficient knowledge in the software industry mainly by completing major government projects locally.

One of the company's milestones is the Total Airport Management System implemented at the KL International Airport. The system is the first of its kind in the world.

Rodzlan said in order to be a global player, especially in the rapidly changing IT sector, companies need to have effective intellectual property.

"ICT is all about value creation and you need to have competitive intellectual property and competency," he said.

Artikel ini disiarkan pada : 17/10/2003

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Articles on Datuk Wan Mohamed Fusil (Mesiniaga Bhd)

Mesiniaga raih dua anugerah Cisco

KUALA LUMPUR 5 Okt. - Mesiniaga Bhd. telah berjaya meraih dua daripada lima anugerah kecemerlangan Cisco Systems (Cisco), iaitu anugerah pertumbuhan tahunan terbaik, pasaran dan teknologi termaju.

Tiga buah lagi syarikat yang mendapat anugerah itu ialah Datacraft Sdn. Bhd., Ingram Micro Sdn. Bhd. dan Hewlett-Packard Sales Sdn. Bhd., masing masing menerima anugerah integrasi sistem terbaik, pengedar terbaik dan penyedia khidmat jualan terbaik.

Pengarah Urusan Cisco Johnson Khoo berkata, anugerah itu diperkenalkan bagi mengiktiraf rakan niaga syarikat itu yang banyak membantu dalam perkembangan Cisco di negara ini.

``Sasaran Cisco pada tahun 2004 ialah meningkatkan hubungan dengan rakan pengedar kami di peringkat global,'' katanya dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan di sini hari ini.

Tambahnya, program rangkaian Cisco yang menjaga kepentingan setiap rakan niaganya dikatakan sebagai yang terbaik dalam industri dan pihaknya akan memastikan ia terus menguntungkan semua rakan niaga.

Katanya, Cisco baru-baru ini telah memperkenalkan program nilai insentif Cisco untuk rakan niaga yang lebih memfokuskan kepada teknologi syarikat itu.

Cisco merupakan syarikat multinasional yang terlibat dalam penyediaan jaringan Internet dan di senaraikan di pasaran Nasdaq di bawah nama Cisco Systems Inc.

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Articles on CHRISTOPHER CHAN HOOI GUAN (TMS Asia Bhd)

CEO Chan takes a chance on business process automation to change company's fortunes.

IF ever there was a group of “bad boys” of the stock market, Internet-based solutions provider The Media Shoppe Bhd (TMS) could probably be one of them.
It’s infamous for its erratic stock behaviour and makes news which always catches the attention of the market, to say the least.
Case in point, the TMS stock price shot up to over five times – from 9 sen to 44 sen – in less than a month in January last year. Volume ballooned almost as many times.
Those massive increases attracted a flurry of attention as punters flocked in droves towards the stock, hoping for a chance to book in massive profits.
Naturally, it piqued the attention of the regulators as well.
TMS directors sold into that rally amid criticism from several quarters. It later announced that the company had decided to buy up two firms, namely Viewnet Computer System Sdn Bhd and Open Adventure Sdn Bhd for diversification and synergistic purposes.
Soon after, the stock price came off as the excitement slowly died away and TMS faded into the background.
That episode certainly didn’t do much for the reputation of the company.
If anything, it appeared to have sealed investors’ perception of the company as a mere “punter’s stock”, one short of a good, solid growth story.
Then, just this week, the TMS stock bounced back to life, reclaiming its position as one of the most heavily traded stocks on Bursa Malaysia.
In the past one week alone, the loss-making firm has seen its stock gain some 70% to 18.5 sen after StarBiz reported on Monday that it had plans to cooperate with China’s giant telco ZTE Group to fund information communication technology (ICT) projects in Malaysia, specifically in Johor.
While that deal is still under discussion and yet to materialise proper, TMS CEO Christopher Chan says the company has put in place several other organic growth plans.
“TMS has been around for 17 years, we’ve been in the red for so many years, yet we are still around, that should say something about us.”
The company was listed on Bursa Malaysia in 2004.

The early years

After many years of making mistakes that the company is still paying for, Chan says TMS has a new strategy in place.
“Our business partner passed away after a stroke in 2009.
After that, my wife and I sat down and revised and reviewed our company’s strategy and made a few changes.”
“In the past we sold technology, now we use technology – to save and make more money,” the 46-year-old tells StarBizWeek.
Chan, who describes himself as an IT geek with a degree in music founded TMS in the 1990s taking advantage of the Internet phenomenon at that time.
Together with his wife and their late partner, they started their company from a rented premise in Subang Jaya, starting off by setting up several cybercafes known as The Java Shoppe.
That foray, exciting as it was, turned out to be their first business failure.
“It was great at first but then there was always someone else with more money and a better marketing plan than us and having better, faster computers.”
In the end, they sold a few of their cyber cafes and closed down the rest.

TMS version 2.0

TMS consequently went through the works – evolving from Intranets to content management systems, knowledge management and finally now, business process automation.
Chan says that in the early days, TMS’s mistake lied in the inability to distinguish between a product and a service.
“We invested a lot of money in research and development (R&D), which we are still paying for to this day... R&D requires a long gestation time, we will never ever do that again.
“We could not monetise fast enough, a huge chunk of money was going to customising.”
“It’s like having to build the planes when you are running an airline... can you imagine the cost?”
Lessons learnt albeit the hard way, it’s a different ball game for the TMS of today.
“Those days, we built our own technology and then we implemented it for specific clients, the markets and our wallets were just not big enough!
“That’s how we stumbled.”
Now, TMS “uses” technology to make money.
Its new way of doing business is just starting to gain traction, Chan says.
An example is Joget, an open source web platform for developing workflow applications which is one of TMS’ main focus and which has been commercialised for a year now.
“We invested in a group of guys who created Joget, they are former TMS staff who wanted to strike it out on their own.
“I had this fear where it would take too long to cover our investments in them – so we have a small position in the investment but we found another venture capitalist to help fund the rest.”
What TMS does with Joget is that it takes it and makes solutions from it, duplicating those solutions thereafter for a huge clientele here and globally.
Its clients include Intel, BaoSteel, Corning Glass and BlueBird Group.
Also under its software segment, TMS is focusing on business process automation, which it considers its core business.
Business process automation, Chan says offers great opportunities for TMS especially in the E-Government segment.
“Government departments involve much documentation, you see forms everywhere, all these forms go somewhere, we help to track and store, automate them.
“The Government offers a huge opportunity for us in this area.”
To this end, TMS has already been providing information communications technology (ICT) systems to some 88 Government schools nationwide.
Chan is hopeful that the company will be able to obtain more school-related contracts as margins for this are “quite substantial.”
More contracts could potentially be a game-changer, he says and could possibly contribute to a turnaround for TMS this year.
Its experience in school ICT systems started by it developing one for an international school in Brunei. “They knew what they wanted, we built it from there...”
Apart from software, the other part of TMS’s new strategy is retail where it has nine stores in the Klang Valley selling IT hardware and gadgets.
It managed to get into retail via its acquisitions of Viewnet and Open Adventure.
“We don’t want to be 100% software, the problem with software is that earnings are lumpy... if ever let’s say the Ministry of Education (MOE) projects materialise, then suddenly we have a huge revenue with nice margins, if not we dont..
“My take on future projects from the MOE is that they are already using the system that we built, so hopefully we’ll get more.”
Chan claims that TMS has no close competitor for such projects locally.
“Globally, we had enquiries from Saudi Arabia and we are trying to do something bigger in Brunei.”
Right now, earnings from overseas are minute but Chan intends to build it up, banking on its products like Joget which it can easily duplicate for clients overseas.
Chan is hopeful that with its new strategy gaining momentum, the TMS stock would one day find its way into the hands of real investors, instead of mere punters.
TMS narrowed its losses, reporting a net loss of RM1.18 mil for its most recent quarter from a net loss of RM1.51mil for the same period a year ago.
Revenue surged to RM58.56mil from RM18.71mil before.  


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Articles on Harres Tan (CEO of HT Consulting)

Artikel ini disiarkan pada : 31 August 2013
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Watch RFID Indicator for Sepang International Circuit

Product Name: WATCH RFID INDICATOR

Product Description: WATCH RFID INDICATOR for Sepang International Circuit 

Product Features:

-    Watch
-    RFID indicator
-    E-wallet
-    Touch ‘n Go compatible

Target Market: Sepang International Circuit 

Marketing Strategy: 

1. Advertisement

Gallery:

SmartCom V1 Presentation

Product Name: SmartCom V1
Product Description: Smart Portable Computer
Product Features:

1. Virtual Monitor
2. Wireless Connection
3. Mini CPU
4. Cloud Storage
5. Thin Client

Target Market: All range of computer user

Promotion Tagline: Your view, simplified

Marketing Strategy: 

1. Advertisement
2. Corporate Partnership (DELL, HP, IBM)
3. Commercialize product

Pricing Scheme: Initial value starts at RM2000.00

Gallery:

Product Early Stage

In the making

The Monitor, Microphone, Speaker, Volume Control, all in one

Mini CPU with Wireless Connectivity. Cloud Storage made this size possible

Marketing Video:

Profil Ringkas: Ananda Krishnan

Profil Ringkas: Robert Kuok