About Me
A professional in Aviation and Management Strategies; actively involved in training Managers, Professional Pilots and Student Pilots to realize their dreams. I facilitate CRM/HF training for Managers, Airline/Military Pilots/Aeronautical Engineers including training on Human Factors at Military Staff Colleges, National Defense Colleges and Military Universities.
Academic Qualifications:
Professional Qualifications:
- Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- Aviation Human Factors Specialist, accredited to the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP)
- Senior Member; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Flight Leader and Instructor – Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA),-Oshkosh/Wisconsin Oct 1994
- Founder Member of the EAA Malaysian Chapter in 1994
Employment History
- Regional President/Managing Director
- Wacker Neuson Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Apr 2014 – Present
- Overall responsibility for sales, operations and financial spheres in the ASEAN and SAARC regions. Enhancing the brand image of the Group in the Region
- Managing Director
- Wacker Neuson Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru/ India Aug 2008 – Mar 2014
- Setting up the Indian Company, starting overall operations including all salient departments.
- Establishing dealers across India and introducing suitable equipment
- Overall responsibility for bottom line financial results
- Senior Vice President Sales
- Wacker Machinery Ltd.; Jun 2005 – Jul 2008
- Overall sales responsibility for India and South East Asian Countries.
- First Training strategies executed for Sales teams across China
- Dealer development across China
- Planning and execution of Strategies for various Business Fields across South East Asian region including China and India.
- Managing Director
- Wacker Machinery Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Jun 2002 – May 2005
- Parallel responsibilities as Managing Director for Companies in Thailand and Malaysia with bottom line P&L responsibility
- Overall responsibility for sales operations and dealer development in rest of South East Asian countries
- Managing Director,
- Wacker Machinery Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., May 1991 – May 2002
- Setting up the new company in Malaysia and staffing all departments
- Setting up the Malaysian key customer base and introducing key equipment to the construction field together with the sales team
- Training Manager for Affiliated Companies in Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand with regular training seminars conducted on Product training and Sales Training
- Technical Manager for coordinating all technical issues on products
Volunteering
Flight Leader, Aviation Human Factors Instructor
EAA, Aviation
Education
I have been training cadet pilots, professional pilots (B737, B727, MD 11), cabin crew, aviation personnel, senior managers, lawyers and Armed Forces personnel + Front line Fighter Pilots on Human Factors and Crew Resource Management for the past 17 years. Introduced “Human Factors” including Prevention of Fratricide to Military Staff Colleges + Defense Colleges + Military Universities
Honors and Awards
“Special achievement award”
Issued by Wacker Neuson SE · Jan 2013
Associated with Wacker Neuson Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Special Award presented (first time in the 174-year-old history of Wacker Neuson SE), for contributions to the Group in all theaters around the world.
“Flight Leader”
Issued by Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)/Oshkosh/WI-USA · Aug 1996
Special commendation and award from the EAA President and US General “Chuck” Yeager (first human to break the sound barrier) for flying multiple sorties in the South East Asian Region towards the EAA’s “Young Eagles” programme and for the project of entering names of 1 million children in a “world log-book” in preparation for the centenary celebrations (2003) of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s epic flight in 1903.