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Experience

Illumina
Genomics / Product and Workflow Development

Singapore

Worked in regulated healthcare and genomics contexts where technical outputs needed to support real-world interpretation and action.

Staff Bioinformatics Scientist, Clinical Genomics May 2023 – Aug 2025
  • Led requirements definition and rollout of an internal cloud-based sequencing analytics platform, materially improving turnaround time for internal users.
  • Defined product metrics and benchmarking approaches for a clinical oncology algorithm.
  • Automated design-verification test workflows, improving analysis speed and enabling more self-serve quality checks for non-technical users.
  • Supported scientists across multiple teams in adopting reusable data workflows and coding practices.
Staff Bioinformatics Scientist, Open Innovation Oct 2021 – May 2023
  • Delivered a cloud-scale machine learning platform to support an external drug discovery collaboration.
  • Defined use cases and product requirements for new analytical features on a genomics analytics platform.
  • Evaluated privacy-preserving approaches to inform data-sharing requirements.
  • Translated research-user needs into reproducible product demonstrations for population genomics contexts.
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Commercial Bioinformatics Oct 2019 – Oct 2021
  • Captured and synthesised customer feature requests and pain points across APJ, helping inform roadmap and quality-improvement priorities across multiple genomics software products.
  • Identified and escalated an undocumented product limitation, coordinating stress-testing and supporting clearer documentation of the constraint.
  • Developed and delivered technical training workshops and product demonstrations for customers and partners across APJ.



Engine Biosciences
Computational Biology / Infrastructure and Workflow Development

Singapore

Worked across technical systems, scientific workflows, and early capability building in a fast-moving biotech startup environment.

Lead Bioinformatics R&D Apr 2018 – Oct 2019
  • Helped establish a new computational discovery capability by defining requirements for compute, tooling, and analytical workflows.
  • Built cloud-based computational infrastructure and translated research goals into practical execution plans across scientific and engineering teams.
  • Coordinated cross-functional work across multiple teams to keep analytical deliverables aligned with collaboration timelines and broader business priorities.
  • Helped shape the direction of an oncology analytics effort by clarifying use cases, analytical needs, and execution priorities for leadership discussions.
  • Automated a high throughput genetic-screening analysis workflow, materially reducing turnaround time and improving reproducibility.
  • Hired and supported a growing computational team during an early stage of capability buildout.



Duke-NUS Medical School
Computational Biology / Bioinformatics / Analytics

Singapore

Built a strong technical foundation in computational biology, genomics, and data-intensive research through PhD training.

PhD Researcher, Computational Cancer Genomics May 2013 – Apr 2018
  • Designed and launched an next-generation sequencing (NGS) cancer gene panel, defining the clinical use case and leading cross-disciplinary development with clinicians and biologists.
  • Co-authored 10 peer-reviewed publications in computational cancer genomics.
  • Organised annual data analytics workshops for 40+ postdoctoral fellows and clinician scientists across 3 years, translating complex computational methods for non-technical healthcare audiences.



Core Strengths

  • Workflow and requirements definition
  • Technical translation across scientific and software teams
  • Analytical workflow development
  • Cross-functional program execution
  • Risk assessment and issue escalation
  • Healthcare, genomics, and regulated-environment context