Forum 1 - Transitioning into the Industrial World
Sat, 02 Oct
|Microsoft Teams
Registration deadline: 30th September 2021 (Thursday), 11:59PM. Join us in finding out more about the industrial world with Ho Phui Phui and Shariff Sarip-Abidinsa, who have ample experience in handling data in the airline and financial industries respectively.
Time & Platform
02 Oct 2021, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Microsoft Teams
About the Event / Speaker(s)
- Ms. Ho Phui Phui
Ho Phui Phui is an experienced in-house consultant in the airline industry, supporting the top management in strategic planning, specialized in commercial and network/fleet planning. Currently tackling sustainability challenges by growing the right business units for one of the largest airline groups in Asia.
She is enthusiastic and passionate about interpreting data and turning it into insights for decision making. Recently completed her MBA with ESMT Berlin, she’s fuelled with passions for turning ideas into scalable and sustainable businesses using decision making science.
She is interested in providing pro-bono consulting services to not-for-profit organizations. She has set up a business model for a not-for-profit education project and she is happy to talk more about finding ways to make the world a better place. Her key areas of expertise are decision making analysis in growth decisions or Airline Business Model.
- Mr. Shariff Sarip-Abidinsa
Shariff is a data professional working in the financial industry. He is currently an Associate Supervisor who oversees Money Services Business licensees for any suspicious activities that may link to possible financial crimes by using data analytics and artificial intelligence techniques. Previously, he was a Data Analyst focusing on driving commercial results through analytics and campaign studies. He had experience in using Python, Microsoft SQL, Qlik Sense and Google Analytics. In 2019, he worked as a Data Scientist where he ran corporate training in Data Science courses including Deep Learning, Statistics, Data Storytelling, etc.
Aside from work, Shariff is currently studying deep learning and exploring how artificial intelligence can be of good use to society, how we can better understand human behaviour through AI (specifically how artificial intelligence can improve mental health). Before getting into the industry, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics with an application in Actuarial Science. He is currently pursuing the Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS) part-time at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.