Instructor
Thia Wei Soon
Instructor, SUTD Academy
Wei Soon has more than ten years of experience working in the manufacturing and IT sectors. He worked as a data scientist using data analytics and machine learning to deliver actionable insights and drive strategic marketing initiatives. In recent years, as a technology consultant, he successfully helped clients to streamline enterprise operations and achieved cost saving through the adoption of robotic process automation.
Wei Soon has a Master of IT in Business Artificial Intelligence from Singapore Management of University and a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. He is proficient with tools such as Tableau, Jupyter, RStudio, MS Visual Studio, Automation Anywhere, UiPath, and programming languages such as Python, R, C#, HTML5, and JavaScript.
Narayan Venkataraman
Assistant Director, Data Management & Informatics, Changi General Hospital
Narayan (Nari) is a Data Science and Biomedical professional with more than 22 years of experience in healthcare with diverse portfolio spanning data science, health informatics, data governance, medical technology, clinical quality and operational analytics, patient safety and risk management.
He is currently the Assistant Director, Data Management & Informatics at Changi General Hospital, Singapore. Recipient of the Singapore Commendation Medal 2022 for Covid19, he is a member of the CGH Covid19 Taskforce and many strategic committees at CGH and SingHealth (SHS). He has completed many medical projects across the Asia-Pacific region representing Singapore MOH and MFA. He is also an honorary biomed consultant for Smiles Asia and has volunteered for many surgical missions in Asia and Oceania. His current academic interests cover robotic process automation, AI/Machine Learning, data visualisation, risk analytics and enterprise data literacy.
Ivan Tan En-Howe
Deputy Director, Group Finance Analytics, SingHealth
Being a multi-disciplinary professional, Ivan’s experience and skill set ranges across consulting, strategic planning, brand building, data science and analytics. He is a recognised advocate of implementation science across the healthcare landscape.
He has built up multiple data analytics teams in SingHealth, partnering external collaborators to further advance patient care through clinical quality improvement and cost effectiveness. His teams specialize in data visualisation, statistical analysis, predictive modelling, geospatial analysis, and other healthcare innovation solutions. He currently leads the Group Finance Analytics team and places focus on Value Driven Care, Population Health Management and Financing Frameworks.
Ang Woo Boon
Assistant Director, Office of Improvement Science, Changi General Hospital
Woo Boon obtained his BEng from Nanyang Technological University and his MBA from U21 Global Online Graduate School. He has over 18 years of professional quality improvement experience across industrial and healthcare areas. Currently holding the designation of Assistant Director in Changi General Hospital, he often engages key stakeholders to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of processes through improvement science approach. He also oversees, facilitates, coordinates and monitors various facets of Quality Improvement (with QI) and Patient Safety (PS) activities.