Key Contributors
- Airport and Aerotropolis planning,
- Technology park management
- Industrial development and promotion
- Plant maintenance and operations
- Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
YBhg Dato' Prof. Dr. Ir. Ts. Annuar Mohd Saffar is an engineer and a corporate person with experience in airport/aerotropolis planning, technology park management, industrial development and promotion, as well as petrochemical complex maintenance and operations. Among the senior positions that he had held before were as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KXP AirportCity Holdings Sdn. Bhd, and as the President & Group Chief Executive Officer of Kulim Technology Park Corporation (KTPC), Kulim Hi-Tech Park. Dato' Annuar is passionate about sourcing fund for R & D, and enterpreneurship programs at universities. He was instrumental in getting KTPC Board of Directors to provide RM 5.0 million R & D endowment to Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Universiti Malaysia Perlis, to conduct research and analytical works in resolving common industry problems at Kulim High Tech Park.
Dr Sanath is a Certified Knowledge Manager. He is also the head of Knoco Malaysia as sole affiliate partner of Knoco UK in Malaysia. Knoco is one of UK’s largest and prestigious KM organizations. His doctoral dissertation that he completed in 2017 was in Knowledge Management with an emphasis on strategic enterprise wide tacit knowledge elicitation exercise.
Dr. Sanath has the distinction of having conducted KM consultancy and training over a broad spectrum of industries namely automobile, legal, higher education, training, media, software development and banking. His notable work includes KM policy and governance framework for the largest department of the Malaysian civil service.
Dr. Sanath has published numerous research findings on Knowledge Management research and practice over the last 15 years. His research focuses on contemporary and renewed approaches towards KM systems development, elicitation of tacit knowledge and KM systems frameworks. He has presented his ideas on many Knowledge Management practices in international conferences in Malaysia and overseas. He is also in the editorial board of European Knowledge Management Conference which stands as the longest annual KM conference in the world.
Masha Ibeschitz is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Founder and Chairwoman of Think Beyond (www.thinkbeyondgroup.eu ) with over 25 years of experience in leadership and development. In addition to her business studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, NLP master’s degree and professional experience in HR and as a lecturer, she is a certified Kirkpatrick partner, PCM coach, DiSG trainer and chief transfer enabler at the Institute for Transfer Effectiveness, just to name a few.
Masha is a best-selling author of two books (“Success Reloaded” and “Impact”) and key note speaker at numerous international events. In 2021 she was voted “Top 10 Business Coaches to look out for” by California Herold.
Masha is committed to creating change that matters and loves passing on her knowledge in her Online Courses and Certifications for HRD Professionals and Leaders (https://shop.thinkbeyondgroup.eu/store).
- Conversational Leadership
- Organizational Leadership
- Knowledge Cafe Facilitation
- Training, Certificating & KM Leaders in US Government Agencies & all Major US Military Services
- Developed KM Institutes, KM Body of Knowledge, The KM Knowledge Maturity Model
- KM Consulting
He is a:-
- Scrum Certified Trainer
- Scrum Master Certified
- Scrum Product Owner Certified
- Scrum Developer Certified
Udhay Sharma is very passionate about the application of Agile methodologies. He specializes in areas of agile project management, specifically the Scrum framework.
An engineer by profession, he is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Developer as well as a Certified Scrum Trainer. He has conducted multiple Agile Project Management training courses for organizations such as Honda, Public Bank and Nestle.
He has also written a number of articles on the practical aspects of Scrum implementation and is presently working with an organization to improve upon their current Scrum practices.
- Knowledge Management consultant and researcher
- PhD in Knowledge Management
Seelan V. Karthi is a full-time corporate trainer, facilitator, coach, consultant and speaker. He has coached and trained students, fresh graduates, junior executive level to MD and C-Suites with the purpose to make them better individuals in what they do best and how they contribute back to the society and community.
He has an elaborate 22 years of work and project experience in more than 150 companies/institutions and industries combined namely semiconductors, academia, research & development, IT, telecommunications, BPO, media & broadcasting, investment holdings, omnichannel shopping, manufacturing, asset management, FMCG, banking, automotive, insurance, electronic, government, sports, utilities, healthcare, oil & gas etc. and engaged with participants from Malaysia, US, UK, Vietnam, Philippines, India, China, Bhutan, Singapore, HK, Indonesia, Japan, Holland and Germany. He has held various managerial positions with the last being Sr. Assistant Vice President & Head of Customer Experience and Management.
With his vast experience, today he is an expert in project-based Design Thinking and Design Sprints programs to spark innovation & have helped build up to 638 prototypes with a potential average combined revenue and savings of approximately US 3.43 Billion in the next 5 to 8 years. He is also an expert in Innovation Centric Company, E2E Innovation Process, Business Modeling, Pitching Ideas, Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, Digital Customer Experience, Strategic Thinking and Planning, Customer Service & Communication with Emotional Intelligence, Solution Selling with a Heart and Leadership with Emotional Intelligence.
Seelan graduated in BCompSc (Hons) from Disted-Stamford College in collaboration with USM and thereafter in MSc. in Computer Science specializing in Neural Network Application (AI) from University of Science Malaysia (USM). He has commenced his PhD in Design Thinking & Innovation Management with University Malaya. He is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt and Certified Dell Brand Champion both accredited by Dell Inc. He is also a Certified Training Professional accredited jointly by Asian Region of Training & Development Organization (Philippines) and Institute of Training Development (Malaysia) and a Certified Trainer by the Human Resource Development Fund, Malaysia. He is also a Certified Innovation Professional Level 1 trained by Amazon Web Services (Singapore), Certified Knolskape Simulation Learning Trainer & Facilitator accredited jointly by Knolskape (India) and Leaderonomics (Malaysia) and Certified Speed Learning Trainer (Superchampz).
His extensive career includes roles at prestigious institutions such as Universiti Sains Malaysia (1995–2021) and Tunku Abdul Rahman College (1991–1995), covering positions from Professor/Associate Professor/Lecturer to Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. He also served as a Site Engineer (Piping) at IHI Co. Ltd. (1987–1988).
Dr. Mani Maran has conducted numerous comprehensive training programs and workshops, including those on Dimensional Metrology, Image Processing Using MATLAB, and workshops on writing Journal Papers and MSc/PhD Theses. Notably, he has facilitated Training Workshops on Machine Vision focusing on Lighting, Optics, Cameras, and Image Processing Fundamentals for various companies and institutions.
His training expertise includes workshops at notable locations such as Mi Equipment (M) Sdn Bhd, Eastin Hotel, TT Vision Technologies Sdn Bhd, Vitrox Academy, Greatech Integration (M) Sdn Bhd, among others. Dr. Mani Maran's dedication to training extends to online platforms, where he has conducted workshops on Image Processing Using OpenCV-Python, emphasizing both basics and practical applications.
Through his extensive training and academic background, Dr. Mani Maran exemplifies a commitment to fostering knowledge and expertise across diverse domains.