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cto scaling ai-driven product & engineering across apac and the us

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01AI & Automation

02Cloud Architecture

03Product Strategy

04Platform Engineering

05Data Commercialization

01AI & Automation

02Cloud Architecture

03Product Strategy

04Platform Engineering

05Data Commercialization

01AI & Automation

02Cloud Architecture

03Product Strategy

04Platform Engineering

05Data Commercialization

06Mobile at Scale

07Security & Reliability

08Team Building

09Digital Transformation

10Delivery Excellence

06Mobile at Scale

07Security & Reliability

08Team Building

09Digital Transformation

10Delivery Excellence

06Mobile at Scale

07Security & Reliability

08Team Building

09Digital Transformation

10Delivery Excellence

About me

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Experience

2026 — Present

RapinnoTech — APAC & USA

Chief Technology Officer

Setting technology strategy and building the product & engineering org across five countries.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2020 — 2025

PETRONAS Digital Sdn Bhd

Chapter Lead, Data Automation & Commercialization · Head of Product & Technology

Led data automation and commercialization products from concept to enterprise rollout.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2019 — 2020

iwonder

Lead Full Stack Developer

Built and scaled the streaming platform's web and service layer.

Remote — Singapore

2017 — 2020

MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems (Astro)

Senior Software Engineer

Delivered high-traffic media apps across web and mobile.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014 — 2017

Tripoto

Senior Software Engineer

Scaled a consumer travel platform through rapid growth.

Delhi, India

2012 — 2014

Infostretch

Software Engineer

Shipped enterprise web and mobile products for global clients.

Ahmedabad, India

What i do

Technology Leadership

Setting technical direction, operating models, and delivery cadence for multi-country product and engineering teams.

AI & Digital Transformation

Turning AI and automation from experiments into production capability that changes how a business actually runs.

Product & Platform Strategy

Bridging commercial intent and engineering reality — roadmaps, platform bets, and the trade-offs behind them.

Cloud & Architecture

Scalable, secure, cost-aware systems on AWS and Azure, with reliability designed in rather than retrofitted.

Engineering Org Building

Hiring, chapter structures, and technical mentorship that make teams durable long after any single launch.

Not bound by a stack

Fifteen years of shipping digital products across very different industries. The technology changes every few years — the outcomes people need do not.

Energy•Media & Entertainment•Travel•Telco•Retail•FinTech•Healthcare•Logistics•Public Sector•SaaS•

Stack follows the problem

The right tool is the one the team can run in production for years — not the one that trends this quarter.

Architecture over tooling

Boundaries, data flow and failure modes decide whether a system lasts. Frameworks are an implementation detail.

Same discipline, any domain

Energy, media or travel — the delivery craft is identical: understand the business, ship small, measure honestly.

Tools I've shipped with — not allegiances

React · Node.js · TypeScript · Next.js · React Native · Swift · Kotlin · C# · Power BI · AWS · Azure

Selected work

Enterprise · Energy

Data Commercialization Platform

Productising internal data assets into a governed, sellable platform — from pricing model to delivery pipeline.

Data automation
Enterprise rollout
Product & tech lead

AI · Automation

AI Operating Layer

Embedding AI and workflow automation into day-to-day operations, with guardrails for security and reliability.

LLM workflows
Human-in-the-loop
Production grade

Media · Consumer

Streaming at Scale

Web and mobile streaming experiences serving high-traffic audiences across markets and devices.

Web & mobile
High traffic
Multi-market

More work · 22 projects

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Energy2024

Data Commercialization Platform

Governed internal data turned into a sellable product

AI & Automation2025

AI Operating Layer

LLM workflows with guardrails, embedded in daily operations

Media2019

Streaming at Scale

High-traffic web and mobile viewing across markets

Energy2023

Enterprise Data Marketplace

Catalogue, entitlements and pricing for internal data assets

Enterprise2022

Process Automation Programme

Robotic and workflow automation across back-office functions

Analytics2021

Executive Analytics Suite

Power BI decision cockpits for leadership reporting

Org Design2021

Digital Chapter Operating Model

Chapter structure, hiring and delivery cadence for a digital org

Cloud2022

Cloud Migration Track

Legacy workloads moved onto a cost-aware Azure footprint

AI2024

Document Intelligence Pipeline

Extraction and classification over unstructured enterprise docs

Enterprise Mobility2020

Field Operations Mobile App

Offline-first capture for teams working away from the desk

Media2018

OTT Playback Revamp

Player, DRM and continue-watching rebuilt for reliability

Energy2024

Data Commercialization Platform

Governed internal data turned into a sellable product

AI & Automation2025

AI Operating Layer

LLM workflows with guardrails, embedded in daily operations

Media2019

Streaming at Scale

High-traffic web and mobile viewing across markets

Energy2023

Enterprise Data Marketplace

Catalogue, entitlements and pricing for internal data assets

Enterprise2022

Process Automation Programme

Robotic and workflow automation across back-office functions

Analytics2021

Executive Analytics Suite

Power BI decision cockpits for leadership reporting

Org Design2021

Digital Chapter Operating Model

Chapter structure, hiring and delivery cadence for a digital org

Cloud2022

Cloud Migration Track

Legacy workloads moved onto a cost-aware Azure footprint

AI2024

Document Intelligence Pipeline

Extraction and classification over unstructured enterprise docs

Enterprise Mobility2020

Field Operations Mobile App

Offline-first capture for teams working away from the desk

Media2018

OTT Playback Revamp

Player, DRM and continue-watching rebuilt for reliability

Media2019

Content Discovery Redesign

Personalised rails and search for a regional streaming service

Telco2018

Subscriber Billing Integration

Payments, entitlements and lifecycle across partners

Travel2016

Travel Community Platform

UGC itineraries, feeds and creator tooling at consumer scale

Travel2015

Trip Planning Mobile Apps

iOS and Android experiences for planning and sharing trips

Marketplace2017

Marketplace Booking Flow

Inventory, checkout and post-booking service journeys

Platform2021

Design System & Component Library

Shared UI foundations across web and native products

Reliability2023

Security & Reliability Uplift

Threat modelling, SLOs and incident practice for critical apps

Platform2022

Partner API Programme

Versioned public APIs and developer onboarding for integrators

AI2025

AI Knowledge Assistant

Retrieval-grounded assistant over internal policy and process

Enterprise2023

Delivery Governance Framework

Portfolio visibility, funding gates and delivery health metrics

Org Design2026

Multi-Country Engineering Setup

Distributed teams across APAC and the US on one delivery model

Media2019

Content Discovery Redesign

Personalised rails and search for a regional streaming service

Telco2018

Subscriber Billing Integration

Payments, entitlements and lifecycle across partners

Travel2016

Travel Community Platform

UGC itineraries, feeds and creator tooling at consumer scale

Travel2015

Trip Planning Mobile Apps

iOS and Android experiences for planning and sharing trips

Marketplace2017

Marketplace Booking Flow

Inventory, checkout and post-booking service journeys

Platform2021

Design System & Component Library

Shared UI foundations across web and native products

Reliability2023

Security & Reliability Uplift

Threat modelling, SLOs and incident practice for critical apps

Platform2022

Partner API Programme

Versioned public APIs and developer onboarding for integrators

AI2025

AI Knowledge Assistant

Retrieval-grounded assistant over internal policy and process

Enterprise2023

Delivery Governance Framework

Portfolio visibility, funding gates and delivery health metrics

Org Design2026

Multi-Country Engineering Setup

Distributed teams across APAC and the US on one delivery model

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Advisory, technology leadership, or just a good conversation about building things that scale — I'm based in Kuala Lumpur and work across APAC and the US.

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