Fiabci Mentoring Programme-My career story;-From Slave Employee to Cloud Entrepreneur

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FIABCI-MALAYSIAMentoring Programme:<My Career story>

Fiabci MentorTalk-my career story-slides-eg,r.1-28061

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Ice Breaker

FIABCI-MALAYSIA Mentoring Programme: My Career story

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Subject TopicFrom Slave Employee to Cloud Entrepreneur:<A roadmap for the young, not so young and forever young


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How it began


Met Eddie Idea mentoring via story telling

brainstorm

Structure story as visual map

See hyperlink>Fiabci young member talk-EG 1 pg format-eddie,r.1-290613.xlsx

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How it began


How it began Met eddie Idea/ brainstorm

mentoring via story telling

Structure story as visual map

execute Need

champion CongratsEddie and

team

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1] Early school years[Primary/secondary]

> parents:-Chinese school teachers

>english mission school

>yellow banana

> Classmate:Ajib Kor

Hyperlink>>Najib-PM -pic-SJI-1967.jpg

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Early school years[Primary/secondary]

> parents:-Chinese school teachers

>english mission school

>yellow banana

> Classmate:Ajib Kor

>1Msia PM famous quote

> You hmihu

>what it means in Biz

Lesson learnt> win-win

>what about stakeholders?

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2] University years

>1 week in UM >went to NUS>arch [4th choice]

>Caught by spore needs

Lesson learnt No career guidance

Education don’t match skill

>spore focused need [ housing]

> Story of cat catches mice

Overstay 1 year>lazy/Punting

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3] 1st 5 Employee years

>from Asst Architect to China Man autocratic developer

>slave employee>midnight meeting

>project architect >[Wisma Sime darby]

>learnt good documentation>piling disaster

Headhunted>Petronas>1st in-house PMTFor Petronas HQ Bldg> Project aborted

Lesson learnt >don’t apply to advertised jobs> Search for target cos.

Petronas agenda on “shadow employee”

>Bonus found ???

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Lesson learnt >don’t apply to advertised jobs> Search for target cos.

Petronas agenda on “shadow employee”

>Bonus found ???

Storyline>Suffer to gain something good

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4] Next 10 Employee Years

>Senior Architect[proj Architect]>Promet in-house Architect firm

Langkawi [Dr M’s dream]

>The rise & fall of Promet

Recession Went to HDB-

spore

Lesson learnt Hunt for ceo Proj mgr rules over

architect > mgmt shake-up

>HDB spin off>Surbana as global company

Repeat story of cat catches mice

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5]Next 5 Employee years

Return Msia to Sunrise

1st 3 mths>jaga pintu iso/QA Mgr Learnt process

mapping

Sunrise> the good, bad and ugly

Sunrise politics The story of 6

kingdoms

Managing The emperor The generals Soldiers Authorities Client Home minister

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Lesson Learnt TKM Mgmt Style Staff engagement Monthly pep talk Call-up lunch Mgmt by small note

book Be 1st in something

1st iso Co. 1st alum form constrn 1st sky gym/lounge/beach 1st strata bungalows

2 steps ahead of competitors

Revitalize Fiabci Msia

From site office

Lesson learnt Make a difference TKM>do good to win respect Gain followers

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5]Next 5 Employee yearsCon’t

Left sunrise GM for proxy co.

of 2nd most powerful politician

Went to west africa

Ghana/ivory cost/Senegal

Era of Dr M Era of a thousand

MOUs Msia Boleh at its

peak RM 1 b undersea

cable

Lesson Learnt

the power of the pen

Mgmt by proxy

1997-98>Asian currency crisis

Business collapses

Employees cut pay/Retrenchment

Out of job Entrepreneur

by default

Lesson Learnt;Be prepared for the worst> maximize your credit card limit

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6] Entrepreneurs Years

Self start with laptop

K+E not good enough

Client don’t trust start-up

Survival by; >giving seminars Lecturing PM

programs to master students

Fiabci NetworkingAs connector

Encounter with young up-start in manila

Personal financial crisis>reborn

TAK connect to Dubai

The Vietnam Years

Encounter with Vietnam CEOVia mentor

Lesson Learnt: Network X3 Have your CV

always on

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7] Biz Transformation>Self re-invention

K+E Not enough Consultancy not good

enough >no brand, no

recognition

New Biz model

K-developer> K in the

clouds

Hyperlink>RED Cloud bizModel-b2cd Map.r.3-050613.ppt

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8] The rise of social media

Virtual networking via>BF>Linkedin>Twitter

Speaking and deliver Seminars via the cloud

Latest Seminar to Africans participantsGreat testimony from African CEO

See next slide

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Eric, you stole the show! You broke down scientific approaches into simple terms for all non scientific people to understand. Thank you so much, surely I will get back to you when I settle in office.Thanks [From David Alimubanji-CEO, Uganda Micro Credit Foundation, Uganda]

Lesson Learnt Ready to go when opportunity arises

Return to africa?

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The speaker started his career as an employee architect, project manager, quality / management systems manager and general manager- property before embarking on entrepreneurship as a seminar trainer, project management consultant, strategic advisory consultant and Cloud Entrepreneur. He uses the Cloud Platform as a business tool to enhance his work deliverables. He is on a journey to become a transformed RED Mobile Entrepreneur seeking to pull all his knowledge to the clouds and push to mobile devices/ gadgets.

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