Aaron Chua Kim Koon

Roles and Responsibilities
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• Support the development for Digital Agility and Digital Strategy & Leadership education
• Deliver, manage, market and execute Digital Agility and Digital Strategy & Leadership courses
• Collaborate with specialists within ISS to develop new curriculum in strategies for enabling digital agility
• Perform competency-based assessment for SkillFuture accredited Digital Agility courses
• Explore new areas of practice and… Show more

Roles and Responsibilities
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• Support the development for Digital Agility and Digital Strategy & Leadership education
• Deliver, manage, market and execute Digital Agility and Digital Strategy & Leadership courses
• Collaborate with specialists within ISS to develop new curriculum in strategies for enabling digital agility
• Perform competency-based assessment for SkillFuture accredited Digital Agility courses
• Explore new areas of practice and innovative pedagogy to improve learning outcomes for students and course participants
• Engage with industry through research, joint projects and consultancy, using best practices, processes and methodologies to advice on the design of strategy and implementation of digital agility
• Explore the use of new methodologies and technologies through student, research and consultancy projects with local/regional industry

Teaching
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• Advanced Agile Project Management
• Agile Fundamentals
• Business Analysis for Agile Practitioners
• Coaching for Agile Teams
• CIO Milestone Module 2 - User-Centric Design & Product-Centric Agile Delivery
• Essential Practices for Agile Teams
• Foundation of Technology Management
• Health Informatics Jumpstart Course
• Systems Thinking and Root Cause Analysis
• System Development Lifecycle

Course Management
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• Certified Scrum Product Owner
• Certified ScrumMaster
• CIO Milestone Module 6 - Sourcing Strategies

Presentation
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• NUS-ISS Learning Festival 2020: Topic “Excuse Me, Are You an Agile Coach?”
• Scoots Learning Festival 2020: Topic "Agile Awareness"
• NUS-ISS Webinar: Topic "Demystifying Agile Coaching"
• Regional Scrum Gathering 2021: Topic “Excuse Me, Are You an Agile Coach?”
• MHA Webinar 2024: Topic "Unlocking Agile Excellence"

Additional Appointment
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Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics Programme Committee - Member (2024) Show less

• Work with division head to establish an agile transformation roadmap
• Lead the agile transformation in Business Technology division
• Work with leadership teams to adopt consistent, disciplined Agile delivery capabilities
• Coach and support at the team and program levels of the division on adoption of agile practices in their day to day project and operation work
• Conduct Agile Awareness training for departments under Business Technology division to create common understanding… Show more

• Work with division head to establish an agile transformation roadmap
• Lead the agile transformation in Business Technology division
• Work with leadership teams to adopt consistent, disciplined Agile delivery capabilities
• Coach and support at the team and program levels of the division on adoption of agile practices in their day to day project and operation work
• Conduct Agile Awareness training for departments under Business Technology division to create common understanding of Agile Show less

Roles and Responsibilities (Client - A Global Bank - Wealth Management )
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• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement , Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings
• Instill a mindset of Being Agile and not just Doing Agile
• Work with other Scrum teams and management to find and implement improvement
• Coach and work with Product Owner to define product vision and roadmap
•… Show more

Roles and Responsibilities (Client - A Global Bank - Wealth Management )
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• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement , Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings
• Instill a mindset of Being Agile and not just Doing Agile
• Work with other Scrum teams and management to find and implement improvement
• Coach and work with Product Owner to define product vision and roadmap
• Promote a culture of self organizing and self directing environment for the Scrum team
• Prepare fortnightly vendor's Agile metrics report for management meeting with vendor
• Facilitate Scaled Daily Scrum, Scaled Sprint Review, Scaled Planning meeting and Scaled Retrospective meeting
• Release coordination for all feature teams landing on smartphone platform
• Active participation in weekly Scrum Masters Chapter
• Coach and mentor junior Scrum Masters
• Manage multiple scrum teams
• Wealth Management Smartphone (Apr 2017 to Dec 2018). A distributed team with members from Philippines, Vietnam, Switzerland, India and Singapore
• Chat application (Sep 2018 to Jan 2019)
• Digital onboarding (Jan 2019 to May 2019)

Achievement
• Scrum Master for one of the first two teams in the division on the agile transformation journey, setting the foundation and standards for the subsequent Scrum teams in the same dvision
• Proposed and implemented scaled scrum framework for all feature teams landing on the smartphone platform
• Setup a sustainable Agile collaboration environment for working with offsite vendors doing the development work

Roles and Responsibilities (For Viseo)
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• Conduct Scrum trainings for internal employees with trainees taking PSM I at the end of the training
• Configure and administrate JIRA
• Coach and mentor junior Scrum Masters in Cebu, Philippines

Achievement
• 100% pass rate for PSM I for trainees with 100% attendance during training Show less

• Communicate the value of Scrum
• Teach the organization on Scrum to maximize business value
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Retrospective Meetings
• Create the Task Board and Sprint Burndown Chart at the start of every Sprint
• Preserve the integrity and spirit of the Scrum framework
• Maintain the focus of the Team
• Make the Team aware of impediments and facilitate efforts to resolve them
• Serve as a coach and mentor to members of the… Show more

• Communicate the value of Scrum
• Teach the organization on Scrum to maximize business value
• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews and Retrospective Meetings
• Create the Task Board and Sprint Burndown Chart at the start of every Sprint
• Preserve the integrity and spirit of the Scrum framework
• Maintain the focus of the Team
• Make the Team aware of impediments and facilitate efforts to resolve them
• Serve as a coach and mentor to members of the Team
• Respectfully hold the Team, Product Owner and Stakeholders accountable for their commitments
• Continually work with the Team and business to find and implement improvements Show less

Strategy, Vision and Leadership
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• Advise the CEO and other key members of senior management on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow and policy matters
• Contribute to the development of Keritos strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization
• Maintain continuous line of communication, keeping the CEO informed of all critical issues

Team… Show more

Strategy, Vision and Leadership
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• Advise the CEO and other key members of senior management on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow and policy matters
• Contribute to the development of Keritos strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization
• Maintain continuous line of communication, keeping the CEO informed of all critical issues

Team Development/Leadership
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• Agile coach for the development team using XP, Scrum and Lean principles
• Develop company Agile model
• Oversee, direct, and organize the work of the development and operations teams
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality
• Ensure staff members receive timely and appropriate training and development
• Establish and monitor staff performance and development goals, assign accountability, set objectives, establish priorities, conduct annual performance appraisals, and administer salary adjustments
• Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach: assign accountability; set objectives; establish priorities; and monitor and evaluate results

Operations
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• Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures
• Provide analytical support to Keritos's internal management team including development of internal management reporting capabilities

Projects
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1) Online Gaming Platform
Client: Confidential (Mar 2014 – Present)
Role: Project Manager, Product Owner and Scrum Master
• Led team of 8, to deliver full system development life cycle implementation of online gaming platform, both front and back end systems.
• Manage project using Scrum, Kanban, Lean Software Development and Extreme Programming
• Manage external vendor for product integrations into gaming platform Show less

• Oversee, direct, and organize the work of the development teams using Agile methodologies like Scrum, XP
• Works within general methods and procedures and exercises considerable independent judgement to select proper courses of action.
• Selects and assigns staff, ensuring equal employment opportunity in hiring and promotion.
• Coordinates activities by scheduling work assignments, setting priorities, and directing the work of subordinate employees.
• Evaluates and verifies… Show more

• Oversee, direct, and organize the work of the development teams using Agile methodologies like Scrum, XP
• Works within general methods and procedures and exercises considerable independent judgement to select proper courses of action.
• Selects and assigns staff, ensuring equal employment opportunity in hiring and promotion.
• Coordinates activities by scheduling work assignments, setting priorities, and directing the work of subordinate employees.
• Evaluates and verifies employee performance through the review of completed work assignments and work techniques.
• Identifies staff development and training needs and ensures that training is obtained. Maintains records, prepares reports, and composes correspondence relative to the work.
• Serves as liaison between the partners/vendors/suppliers and users concerning requests, usage, standards, and other developmental and production matters.
• Directs or participates in the development of documents for service requests.
• Manages and oversees large, long range, or multiple complex projects.
• Evaluates, reviews, and approves requests for information systems hardware, software, or services.
• Provides guidance to the systems, programming, and operation staff in the solution of hardware/software related problems.
• Directs the implementation and maintenance of computer software. Coordinates implementation of data communication equipment and applications with user departments, partners, vendors, and suppliers.
• Develops cost estimates, human resource requirements, work plans, time schedules, and makes work assignments to meet objectives. Establishes and monitors program priorities, objectives, and procedures, determining area objectives, targets of service, and needs resource allocation. Show less

• Responsible for the on-going delivery, management and strategic direction for the Motorola CWO program.
• Responsible for managing a team of 7 vendor management specialists located at various APAC countries that manage the day to day CWO operation for Motorola.
• Responsible for coverage across Singapore, Malaysia, India, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Japan and Thailand.

Duties and Responsibilities (Operation Manager):
• Manage a team of 7 human resource specialists (4 in Singapore and 3 in Malaysia) to deliver workforce management, benefits and leave administration to clients in Southeast Asia.
• Manage operation team in the delivery of workforce management, benefits and leave administration to clients in SEA
• Conduct monthly SLA reviews with clients

Duties and Responsibilities (IT Manager):
• Manage a team of developers in the… Show more

Duties and Responsibilities (Operation Manager):
• Manage a team of 7 human resource specialists (4 in Singapore and 3 in Malaysia) to deliver workforce management, benefits and leave administration to clients in Southeast Asia.
• Manage operation team in the delivery of workforce management, benefits and leave administration to clients in SEA
• Conduct monthly SLA reviews with clients

Duties and Responsibilities (IT Manager):
• Manage a team of developers in the development of the company main product “hrworkwayasia” (A Human Resources Management System) and “Cyborg ST” (A payroll system). This product is used in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand and India.
• Manage clients’ requirements
• Manage Singapore development team (6 members include one technical lead/architect)
• Manage Chennai development team (3 members)
• Manage external IT vendor (Vietnam) for outsourced IT work
• Support pre-sales consultants in sale presentation Show less

Development of wireless applications/products for mobile phones like Mobile Office and Mobile Banking using WML and Java Server Pages for client-side and Java programming (Java Servlets) on server-side.

• Involved in support, development, maintenance and enhancement of Financial Management and Accounting System (FMAS) residing in SAP R/3 technology.
• Develop reports in ABAP/4 for FMAS.
• Develop ad-hoc applications using Lotus Script.