Royson Poh 119 Jurong East Street 13 #01-111 Ivory Heights 600119 (65) 9752 5935  [email protected]

EXPERIENCE

Society for the Physically Disabled Nov 2007 to Present

A voluntary welfare organisation serving persons with disabilities in Singapore, with a focus on rehabilitation, assistive technology, vocational training and employment services.

Positions Held:

Senior Assistant Director, Advocacy & Outreach Senior Assistant Director, Technology & Vocational Training Assistant Director, Vocational Training Manager, IT Apprenticeship Programme

Key Achievements

Strategic  Manage $12.5 million funding portfolio for a national IT training programme Planning for people with disabilities.  Provide strategic direction in programme development and maintain market leadership  Member of the Enabling Masterplan 2012 – 2016 Steering Committee

Operations  Manage $5 million annual operating budget for technology and vocational Management training programmes.  Supervise the division of 20 staff through 3 managerial reports  Setup 3 new programmes including: o Infocomm Accessibility Centre o IT Apprenticeship Programme o Employment Support Programme

Stakeholder  Manage relationship with key sponsors including: Management o Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore o Ministry of Social and Family Development o National Council of Social Service o Microsoft Singapore

New Media  Setup and manage programme website www.iacentre.org.sg and Facebook fan page for Infocomm Accessibility Centre.  Conceptualise and executive social media campaign for programme outreach and public education.

Public Speaking  Microsoft Accelerating Asia Pacific Conference 2011 (Singapore)  Assistive Technology Conference 2011 (Qatar)  AT Leadership Network Panel Discussion 2012 (United States)

Singapore Cooperation of Rehabilitative Enterprises Jan 2005 to Oct 2007

A statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs providing rehabilitation and employment assistance for ex-offenders.

Business Development Manager

Business Unit  Responsible for budgeting and achieving top line sales targets as well as net Management income targets to generate revenue to support the rehabilitation of offenders in the Singapore Prisons.  Managed 4 business units including Subcontracting, Industrial Space Leasing, Digital Media as well as Food Services over length of service.  Supervision of sales, after sales and operations personnel.

SPH MediaWorks Ltd Feb 2001 to Dec 2004

Free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster that brought two new channels, and to TV audience in Singapore. SPH MediaWorks was subsequently merged with in Jan 2005.

Media Sales, Special Projects, Research & Pricing

Sales & Key  Manage key accounts, including Citibank, United International Pictures, Account MobileOne and Health Promotion Board. Management  Service advertising agencies to increase media‐ buy with the station.

Content  Developing customize programmes together with production team for Development advertisers.  Conceptualise interactive campaigns, including online and SMS to complement traditional advertising campaigns.

Pricing Strategy  Analyze media statistics and monitor competitor pricing.  Develop pricing strategies to enhance advertising share.  Planning and implementing sales targets and incentive system for media sales representatives.  Manage pricing negotiations across agencies and key accounts.

DBS Finance Ltd July 2000 to Feb 2001

A Subsidiary of DBS Bank providing financing services to small and medium enterprises. DBS Finance Ltd was folded with DBS Bank in 2001.

Associate, Credit & Marketing

Relationship  Service SME banking customers to increase utilisation of financial servies. Management  Ensure that customers financing needs are met in a timely manner.

Credit  Perform credit analysis and prepare credit reports for approval by credit Management committee.  Review loan portfolio and manage credit risk in accordance with credit policy.

Credinet (Singapore) Pte Ltd Aug 1999 to July 2000

Local credit bureau providing credit analysis, credit ratings and business intelligence reports for businesses as well as private individuals.

Assistant Manager Operations

Credit Analysis &  Responsible for maintaining efficient workflow and productivity in the Operations credit evaluation department to ensure timely delivery of credit reports to Management customers.  Supervision and training of junior credit analyst.

EDUCATION

Full Sail University, Florida, USA Completion in Dec 2013 Masters of Arts in New Media Journalism

Subjects Completed:

1. New Media & Communications A 2. Writing for Interactive Media A+ 3. Legal Aspects of New Media Journalism A+ 4. Research & Investigation Skills Development A+ 5. Multimedia Development & Editing A+ 6. Digital News Production A+ 7. Multimedia Reporting A+ 8. Mobile Technology & Communications A+ 9. Social Media and Online Community Engagement A+ 10. Public Relations and Reputation Management In Progress 11. New Media Publishing & Distribution In Progress 12. New Media Journalism Final Project In Progress

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 1996 to 1999 Bachelor of Business (Banking)

National Junior College 1992 to 1993 4 GCE ‘A’ Level Credits with 2 Distinctions

River Valley High School 1998 to 1991 9 GCE ‘O’ Level Credits with 7 Distinctions

OTHERS

Independent journalist & new media producer

Website: Sharing The Lion City Focus: Disability & Inclusion of Persons with Disability in Singapore

Advocate for persons with disabilities and champion for the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities under the National Council of Social Service.

IT SKILLS

Office: Microsoft Word, Excel & Access

Presentation: PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi

Multimedia Editing: Adobe Photoshop, Premiere

Web: WordPress, Google Analytics

New Media: YouTube, Vimeo, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest,