For this year Board of Governors talk, it was Mr Alex Siow's turn. He came to gave an inspiring talk to the Director List students about how to excel in an IT career. The Board of Governors are the people who manage Informatics & IT School and they take turns to come to our school to give talks and share information with the students.
Mr Alex Siao & Mr Ng Koon Seng, Deputy Director of Temasek Polytechnic Informatics & IT School.
Our Director List students attending the talk
Here is some background information about him. Being Head of Business Excellence and System Technology, Starhub, he is well-known personality in the industry. In 1995, he was nominated by Computerworld Singapore as one of the top 10 most powerful IT personalities and IT Person of the Year 2002 by the Singapore Computer Society. He was formerly the Chief Information Officer(CIO) of the Housing Development Board of Singapore and was conferred the Public Administration Medal Bronze award in 1993 and the Silver award in 2000.
He shared with us lots of his wonderful experiences. One of the most amazing thing is he was a civil engineer yet he created a huge wave in Singapore's IT industry. At first he did not want to enter the IT industry. However, in the end, he still became one of the first few CIO in Singapore. One of the main reason was his success was that he taught his subordinates all his skills and knowledge. Even if he hates his job, he still give it his best and never complains.
Mr Alex Siow also shared about soft skills necessary to become a CIO or basically any job. Skills such as communication is very important, he emphasised on being good at English as its the language we use to communicate. Having the basic soft skills is not enough, we also need to learn to mentor others and be selfless. He mentioned that we have to teach others how to be good at what we do so as we can move on to other jobs. Learning is an endless process and we have to keep learning to improve ourselves and prove that we can be capable in other jobs so as to move up the working ladder.
Mr Alex Siow also shared about soft skills necessary to become a CIO or basically any job. Skills such as communication is very important, he emphasised on being good at English as its the language we use to communicate. Having the basic soft skills is not enough, we also need to learn to mentor others and be selfless. He mentioned that we have to teach others how to be good at what we do so as we can move on to other jobs. Learning is an endless process and we have to keep learning to improve ourselves and prove that we can be capable in other jobs so as to move up the working ladder.
Finally, I would like to end this post with his favourite saying, Never say never.
Our senior students studying New Media Strategy and Analytics had the chance to listen to a guest speaker on the topic "New Media Strategy and Web Analytics".
Mr Tan Kian Ann is a TP graduate from 2001 and set up his own business 4 years ago. He started with web development and proceeded onto Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as he realised the importance of it for businesses.
He shared with us his knowledge on SEO and analytics. He also share his experience on working with clients and the practices he use. Showing us some of his clients and the results of the work, he explained what he does for his clients and how it has impacted the clients' businesses.
Mr Tan Kian Ann is a TP graduate from 2001 and set up his own business 4 years ago. He started with web development and proceeded onto Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as he realised the importance of it for businesses.
He shared with us his knowledge on SEO and analytics. He also share his experience on working with clients and the practices he use. Showing us some of his clients and the results of the work, he explained what he does for his clients and how it has impacted the clients' businesses.
Our senior students who are soon to go for internships with companies attended a talk on the topic "Looking at Life" on the 21st June. It was in collaboration with Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS). The speaker Don Lowe shared with us many interesting ideas on how to face life as we are entering a different phase of life. Graduation will approach us next year and its time for us to think about what we are going to do when we graduate and what we hope to achieve. Imagine yourself in 5 or 10 years time, where are would, what are you doing, what have you done. These are things we have to think about now so as to set a goal to target for the future. Don shared with us many thoughts and got us to think carefully about our future. Everyone gained a new perspective and learnt much from him. I believe it was a great learning experience from us especially with his enthusiasm.
Wishing all our seniors success in the future!
Our students standing up for an activity
Don Lowe sharing his experience
Don sharing some quotes about life.
"And in the end its not the years in your life that count, its the life in your years."
Don showing us his family picture and sharing the story behind the photo
Our students listening to his viewpoints and stories
Ms Farida, our lecturer who arranged this and the speaker Don Lowe
To all the Interactive Media Informatics Graduates, Congratulations to you for completing your three years in Temasek Poly! Time has passed very quickly hasn't it? Soon you will be on your way to further education or join the working force. Join the alumni and be part of the school. Always remember the times you had spent at TP, your friends, the hard work and happiness. Always remember that we will welcome you back with open arms!
Embrace your new life and work towards your goals! Be courageous and take on challenges!
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
Embrace your new life and work towards your goals! Be courageous and take on challenges!
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anais Nin
Graduation ceremony at Temasek Convection Centre
Our graduates taking a photo with the board
Great job to our medalists! You are a role model to all of us!
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