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Problem Study

The seeds of changes are first sown by understanding a problem clearly. Researching history, contextualising that to geography and sociologya, are all critical ingredients. Contrary to popular belief, startups jumping to execute immediately often burn cash with subpar outcomes, largely miscontextualising their experiences or feedbacks.

Design and Plan

Project Planning

Ideas are only as good as their execution, but execution is only as good as its plan. At this phase, I lead your stakeholders and project members to clarify their desired outcomes, tempering these statements until they are aligned with the problem study and vision. It may emerge that the original project is a complex multi-year program in disguise. The prospect of such a long journey may kill progress completely. However, it is always far better to solve such conflicts of interests and power before rushing headlong into execution, saving everyone significant grief and resources.

Project Management

Journey Towards Your Desired Outcomes

Hiring developers? Seeking artists? Let me handle for you until we have it delivered. Execution should always be timebound and in scope, tracking closely to the objectives. At this stage, contingencies would have been planned for project stoppage or when to trigger additional resources.

Problem Focused

I am agnostic to tools, methods, and ideology. Focused on the problem, context, and desired outcomes, you can rest assured I craft what is required instead of blindly following agile frameworks.

Engineering Trained

Trained in electrical engineering, audio-visual technology, telecommunications structured cabling, software development, and deeply up to date with hardware R&D, you will receive the best stewardship from Day Zero.

Social Sciences and Statistics

With a Bachelors of Social Sciences and an MBA, I specialise in geopolitics, sociology, and social problems in Asia. Grounding your projects in real user problems is my forte!

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Projects Delivered

Failing Projects Saved

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Day Zero businesses started

Countries Engaged

It was an absolute pleasure to have Ethan on our team during our collaboration on a critical security project, where he served as the project manager.
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Despite our brief time working together, Ethan's leadership, attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to team success were evident and left a lasting impression. He cultivated a collaborative environment, adeptly navigated challenges, and consistently delivered results.

Beyond his professional capabilities, Ethan's innate ability to build bridges and foster meaningful professional relationships greatly enhanced the organization's development and success.

Ethan's holistic problem-solving approach renders him an indispensable asset to any undertaking.

Cybersecurity Researcher

Ensign Infosecurity

I had the pleasure of working with Ethan during a cross-company collaborative IoT security project spanning multiple years. Communication is a critical component to success, particularly when working across teams and timezones (US, UK, Singapore), and Ethan understood this well. He communicated his team’s concerns and roadblocks to our team in a manner that encouraged collaboration rather than confrontation, an important aspect when dealing with strict deadlines and complex deliverables.

Ethan made a point of understanding who was responsible for each aspect of the project on either side of the collaboration, enabling clearer communication pathways when resolving deeply technical queries. He knew when to be hands on, and when to leave engineers to work on the problem at hand while remaining in the loop about where everyone was.

I wouldn’t hesitate to work with Ethan again in the future!

Lead Engineer

Global Cybersecurity Alliance

Ethan was my counterpart in running project focusing on IoT security. The project involved the need to work with various overseas partners and ensuring the project is delivered on time within scope.

Ethan is a very organised and focused project manager which I enjoyed working with. He is always ready to go beyond the project scope and handles stuff beyond his responsibility in order for the success of the project in mind.

He will definitely be an asset to any organisation!I wouldn’t hesitate to work with Ethan again in the future!

Project Lead

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Clientele and Work History

Ethan

Leader . Visionary . Day Zero .

I am most alive facing our most humane challenges and uplifting people.