About
A business graduate turned data engineer.
Background
I started in business — a Bachelor of Commerce (International Business) — and pursued my MBA at INTI College Subang in collaboration with Coventry University, UK, while working as a Management Associate at a Singapore-based startup.
When my Management Trainee contract at Huawei Malaysia wrapped up in 2021, I made the jump to data. In August 2021 I enrolled in the MSc Data Science and Business Analytics program at Asia Pacific University (APU) full-time.
During the MSc I picked up Ken Jee’s #66DaysOfData challenge — 30 minutes every day for 66 consecutive days (February–April 2022), covering data mining, machine learning, statistics, and SQL fundamentals. Small daily habit, outsized effect on how quickly the formal coursework clicked.
The Pivot
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped both how I learned and how I worked. My Diploma and Degree happened on campus; halfway through my MBA, classes moved fully online — Webex and Moodle overnight. The MSc was largely remote too, mostly over Microsoft Teams.
Same story at work. Most of 2021 was work-from-home. Hybrid arrangements followed when restrictions eased. I’ve now worked fully physical, fully remote, and everything in between — turns out the routine matters less than the communication tooling.
Career & Education Timeline
Specialist, Data Engineer · TNG Digital
Joined via Nadi Tech Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TNG Digital focused on high-traffic B2B platform solutions and digital infrastructure.
Wrapped at AirAsia
3.5 years building pipelines, LLM tooling, and operational dashboards. Time for the next step.
Promoted to Data Engineer II
Recognition for work on cabin crew, training compliance, AOG recovery, and data democratisation projects.
Joined AirAsia as Data Engineer I
The career switch into data lands its first role.
MSc Data Science & Business Analytics · Asia Pacific University (APU)
Full-time, full reset into data — R, SAS, SPSS, Tableau, Python, NLP, deep learning.
Pivot point
Management Trainee contract at Huawei Malaysia ends. Decision made to leave the business track and move into data.
MBA · INTI Subang × Coventry University, UK
Part-time, while working as a Management Associate (Digital Marketing) at a Singapore-based startup.
Bachelor of Commerce · University of Wollongong
International Business major. Early career as Associate Business Consultant.
Eight years, three higher-education milestones, and a deliberate pivot from business into data.
Certifications & Continuous Learning
Introduction to Data Engineering
DeepLearning.AI · Coursera · Issued Apr 2026
Application Development with LLMs on Google Cloud
Google Cloud · Issued Apr 2025
Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
Google Cloud · Issued Feb 2025 · Valid through Feb 2027 · Verify on Credly →
ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
PeopleCert (ITIL®) · Issued Jun 2024
Certified Associate in Data Analytics
TalentLabs · Issued Aug 2023 · Verify →