DS

Dr. Sam Li Weixian

Chief Data Officer | Global AI Leader | Chief Technology Officer | Board Advisor | Non-Executive Director| Mentor | Academic Supervisor

Singapore

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & Board Advisor

    2022

    • Provide and oversee business strategy for the organisation • Monitor the management performances • Support with opportunities, risks and value add contacts

2023 - 2024

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2023 - 2024

    • Developed and implemented innovative strategies for the US$MM organization. • Directed the activities of four functional teams, comprising more than 50 team members. • Successfully introduced pioneering products that catered to the needs of over 3 million customers.

  • Chief Data Officer

    2023 - 2023

2023 - 2024

  • Chief Data Officer

    2023 - 2024

    Advice on innovative data-driven initiatives aligning with business objectives.

  • Supply Supervisor (NSMen)

    2013 - 2023

  • Supply Supervisor

    2011 - 2013

    • Battery Quarter Master Sergeant: Managed the supply chain team in daily operations for more than 100 personals • Led the supply chain team in SAF day, oversea operations, and national day parade • Planned and coordinated public events to promote Singapore Armed Forces • Conducted supply chain seminars for new army personnel

2019 - 2022

  • Global Product Business Leader (AI & Data Science)

    2021 - 2022

    • Engaged in product innovation strategies and opportunities to achieve approximately USD$BB revenue target as part of the global management team • Business leader for global AI product group with R&D budgets of over USD$MM • Successful launches of products for millions of customers

  • Head of Artificial Intelligence

    2019 - 2022

    Experience Innovation Group- Global CTO Office • AI Technical Lead: Led AI projects with product teams • Assessed ongoing key AI projects as part of the Global Technology management team • Evaluates potential business partners to deliver key AI products • Authored multiple commercial patents for over 10+ AI solutions Research and Development in AI: -Natural Language Processing (NLP) -Computer Vision -Deep Learning -AR/VR -Knowledge Base -Statistics Projects: Recommender Systems, Emerging Technologies Forecast, Search Engine, Knowledge Base, Social Media Analysis, Meeting Contents Analysis, Contextual Privacy, Video Analytics, Health Analytics, E-Commerce Analyisis, GPT.

  • Data Science Manager

    2018 - 2019

    Asia-Pacific Region (APAC)- IoT Innovation Center • Team Lead for Asia Pacific Data Science R&D Lab: Supervised a team of 8 data scientists • Technical Lead: Spearheaded for 13 Global Research and Industrial AI projects • Presented for the Asia Pacific board meeting as an Honorary invitee • Formulated corporate strategies and analyzed opportunities as part of the R&D Lab management team • Received HPE Recognition Award for outstanding achievements • Technical industry projects Lead/Member: - Financial Institute (Sales and Marketing) - Anti-Fraud Detection - Image Processing - Driver Telematic - Supply Chain - Sentiment Analysis - Social Media - Transport • Technical Lead for Research and Development in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions - Federated Learning - Deep Learning (e.g. Reinforcement Learning, Transfer Learning, Online Learning) - Image and Video Processing - Natural Language Processing (NLP) - Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

2015 - 2019

  • PhD Student Researcher

    2015 - 2019

    Smart Grid (Internet of Things (IoT) based Energy Management System for Smart Homes) • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Machine Learning • Multi-Agent System • Internet Of Things • Data Analytics / Data Science • Energy Management System • Blockchain • Statistic • Quantitative Finance Publications • 6 International Journal (3 IEEE IF:7.596), • 7 IEEE Conference • 4 Poster and 1 Invited Seminar Presentation Awards • Student Travel Scholarship from IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo 2018 • Industrial Postgraduate Programme Funding 2015 • IEEE PES Student Travel Grant Award 2015 • IEEE PES Conference Support Grant 2015 • Postdoctoral Researchers’ Networking Tour (Postdoc-NeT 2019)

  • Data Science Consultant

    2015 - 2018

    Singapore Institute of Manufacturing (SIMTech): • Technical Lead and Covering Project Lead: Spearheaded for 15 Research and Industrial projects near SGD 1.2 million • Advised technical solutions through industry engagement across various industries including Fortune 500 companies such as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and Becton, Dickinson and Company • Conducted lectures for industries through Workforce Singapore • Contributed to corporate strategies as an energy subject matter expert

2011 - 2015

  • Technical Support Executive (Part-Time)

    2011 - 2015

    • Provide IT support and inspect items

  • Assistant Engineer (Part-time)

    2011 - 2011