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Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Summary

A distinguished leader of APAC Senior IT Management with experience in consulting and end user environment. Expertise in diverse range of technologies and industry. Over 24+ years of IT experience from network, database, software design & development, project management, ERP and security. Strong leadership and results oriented driven individual. Solid management skills, capable of building up and transform underperform team by leading and motivating team to achieve target and goals to meet business challenges. Dive into organizational critical business process and leverage IT platforms to resolve business pain points and maximize business productivity and growth. Passionate hands on leader with keen interest to mentor team member in their management skills and technical knowledge. For the last few years, focusing on cloud and digital transformation of existing on-prem IT landscape to a highly sustainable and scalable cloud platform landscape for organization.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

PRINCIPAL PROJECT DIRECTOR

NCS PTE LTD
Singapore, SINGAPORE
02.2023 - 06.2023
  • Crafted, negotiated and signed off a $22m digital transformation project with the C-suite customer stakeholders
  • Build a delivery team consist of 65 x NCS resources and 15 x external vendor resources
  • Spear head the adoption of project tool like Jira, Confluence and SharePoint Online for agile and waterfall execution
  • Establish the project governance framework for all the project managers to adhere to.

Senior E-Commerce Manager

Avnet Asia Pte Ltd
Singapore, SINGAPORE
01.2016 - 01.2023
  • Accountable for a collection of custom bespoke product (Java, .NET) and EDI (webMethods) system within Asia and Japan region
  • Manage outsource vendors for support and project work and ensure SLAs are met
  • Conduct weekly cadence meeting with vendors on support issue and resolutions
  • Quality check on vendor’s documentation (functional & technical) and issues/resolutions
  • Grew and scale the following in house products from a proof of concept to APAC regional use :
  • ML Pricing Engine for integration with WebQuote (~ 3000 users) using Azure Function App, Azure SQL, ADF, Data Lake and Synapse
  • WebQuote – Automated quoting tool for APAC regional users (~ 3000 users)
  • Forecast Inventory – Automated ETL solution (Microsoft SSIS) to forecast customer and supplier stock inventory
  • Warehouse Goods Receive – Build AI Builder solution to scan and auto read item label to database
  • Support WebQuote application (Java, JBOSS) with Oracle DB
  • Hands-on with Oracle DB SQL and API design and testing using Postman
  • Manage resourcing (in house and managed services) and annual budgeting (US$1.5m) for the APAC Open Systems team
  • Lead regional project in Agile and Waterfall methodology using tools like Jira, Confluence and SharePoint Online
  • Spear head the APAC Innovation Team (5 team members) in GIS to explore new off the shelf products that can deploy to business for improve productivity and efficiency
  • Discuss business requirements with APAC regional business leads and drive business improvement initiative through introduction of new tools and solutions (e.g
  • Power Platform, AI builder, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Query, UiPath, Azure Machine Learning, JIRA, Office365, Azure Logic App/Function App, Azure ADF, Azure DevOps, Microsoft SSIS + ADO.NET, IAC – Azure Biceps, API with Postman, Microservices)
  • Prepare yearly strategy workplan and solution proposals for Senior IT Leadership and Business Leadership for buy-in and approval
  • Lead the digital transformation of legacy APAC applications by re-platform and re-design to Microsoft Azure
  • Lead the Power BI citizen programme within APAC to standardize and introduce Data Visualization tool for IT and Business user
  • Lead the Azure DevOps implementation for APAC users (Developers, Project Managers, Business)
  • Lead the low code (Microsoft Power App and Power Automate) citizen development programme in APAC for IT and Business teams
  • Hands-on development of some of the low code solutions for HR, Procurement and Product team
  • Architect and re-solution regional IT landscape (App and Infra) with Global (USA) IT team to adopt global cloud architecture framework for existing APAC application to meet APAC business challenges and requirements
  • Lead and coordinate complex global projects with various departments of the IT organization and business units
  • In-charge of the global IT SharePoint Online site
  • Report direct to Global CIO on new revamps and updates on the global IT intranet site
  • Formulate yearly DR plan for applications, and exercise DR plan yearly with global infrastructure team to ensure the availability and recoverability of critical production systems.

Senior MANAGER

ACCENTURE PTE LTD
Singapore, SINGAPORE
02.2010 - 04.2015

Release 2a & 2b – SAP Portal Tech Arch Lead

  • Executive leadership team within Service Delivery Team reporting to Service Delivery Lead
  • Core team lead in Singapore in charge of the SAP Global Portal delivery under Service Delivery Team
  • Special task force to deliver SAP Global Portal technical upgrade in record time (4 weeks) given by client and rewarded with incentives for Accenture
  • Manage 2x Tech Arch team member and offshore technical team (IBM) to support the SAP Global Portal setup, administration and delivery
  • Delivery work worth US$1.2m was delivered to the client

Release 3 – SAP Portal Lead (Functional & Technical)

  • Overall lead for the SAP Global Portal for both functional and technical
  • Executive leadership team within Functional Team reporting to Functional Program Lead
  • Manage 5 x Portal Functional Analyst, 3 x Portal Tech Arch and 10 x Portal Developers (offshore)
  • Delivery work worth US$6.6m was delivered to the client

Release 4 – SAP Security Lead

  • Overall lead for the SAP Security & GRC for Release 4
  • Executive leadership team within Functional Team reporting to Functional Program Lead
  • Manage 6 x SAP Security Analyst, 12 x SAP Security Developers (offshore)
  • Delivery work worth US$8.9m was delivered to the client

PRINCIPAL IT ANALYST

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
Singapore, SINGAPORE
03.2009 - 02.2010
  • Lead a team of 2 x Business Analyst and 1 x Tech Arch to support SAP Basis, MM, Travel Management.
  • Solution and implement new technology and methods (SAP Knowledge Management), to allow better collaboration and enhance business user effectiveness and productivity

SENIOR SAP NETWEAVER PORTAL CONSULTANT

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC) AUSTRALIA
Melbourne, Victoria
10.2006 - 02.2009

Client - BHP Billiton

  • Support consultant based in Melbourne support clients’ SAP Portal system (technical and functional)
  • Worked with Portal Team Lead to upgrade different SAP Portal instance worldwide in Australia, Europe and Americas in record time of 72 hrs with only 2 resources working 12 hrs shift for 3 days.
  • Provide consultancy to customer on revamp and design of the SAP Portal UI and functionalities

PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL STAFF

TECH Semiconductor Pte Ltd
Singapore, SINGAPORE
04.1999 - 06.2006

· Started as Automation Engineer, Software Developer (C# . NET) and DBA (MSSQL Server) from Year 1999 - 2003

· Started SAP project implementation in TECH Semiconductor on Dec 2003. SAP projects completed at TECH Semiconductor:

· Project: SAP HR R/3 4.7

· Duration: 12/2003 - 06/2004

· Role: SAP Basis Team Member (6 months)

· Project: SAP BW Implementation

· Duration: 01/2005 - 03/2005 (3 months)

· Role: SAP Project Team Member

· Project: SAP HR Upgrade R/3 4.7 to ECC5.0 & SAP EP Upgrade (WebDynpro)

· Duration: 04/2005 – 10/2005 (6 months)

· Role: SAP Project Team Leader

· Project: SAP E-Recruiting Upgrade 2.00 to 3.00

· Duration: 08/2005 – 10/2005 (2 months)

· Role: SAP Project Team Leader

· Project: SAP Enterprise Portal Patch

· Duration: 11/2005 – 12/2005

· Role: SAP Project Team Leader (1 month)

· Project: SAP ERP (FI/CO/MM/PM) Upgrade 4.6C to ECC5.0

· Duration: 12/2005 – 04/2006 (4 months)

· Role: SAP Project Team Leader

Education

BEng (Hons) - Electrical & Electronics

University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
07.1997

Diploma - Electronics & Communications

Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore
06.1993

GCE "O" LEVEL -

Balestier Secondary School
12.1989

PSLE -

Balestier Primary School
12.1985

Skills

Management Skills:

  • Vendor Selection
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Work Planning and Prioritization
  • Project Management
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Technical Presentations
  • Budget Control
  • Team Collaboration
  • Conflict Resolution

Technical Skills:

  • Solution Architecture
  • Application Architecture & Design
  • MS SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • C#NET
  • JAVA
  • SDLC
  • Agile
  • JIRA
  • Vendavo Pricing
  • Microsoft Power Platform
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft SSIS
  • SAP ERP
  • ADONET
  • Azure DevOps
  • SharePoint Online
  • Microservices
  • APIs
  • JSON

Accomplishments

Accenture

· Participated and delivered the 1SAP business and IT transformation (SAP) project as a Core Portal Team Lead with customer BHP Billiton

· Estimated project revenue generated for Accenture was over US$1 billion for a period of 4-5 years.

NCS

· Crafted, negotiated and sign off a $22 miilion digital transformation project with a social enterprise customer.

Avnet

· Top 3 finalists in Avnet Global CIO Innovation Award for Year 2022.

· Presented the innovation solution (Machine Learning Pricing Engine) to Avnet Senior Management at Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Interests

Financial Investment, Entrepreneurship, Reading, Jogging, Travelling

Additional Information

Year 2015 - Certified Google SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Timeline

PRINCIPAL PROJECT DIRECTOR

NCS PTE LTD
02.2023 - 06.2023

Senior E-Commerce Manager

Avnet Asia Pte Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2023

Senior MANAGER

ACCENTURE PTE LTD
02.2010 - 04.2015

PRINCIPAL IT ANALYST

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
03.2009 - 02.2010

SENIOR SAP NETWEAVER PORTAL CONSULTANT

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (CSC) AUSTRALIA
10.2006 - 02.2009

PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL STAFF

TECH Semiconductor Pte Ltd
04.1999 - 06.2006

BEng (Hons) - Electrical & Electronics

University of Glasgow

Diploma - Electronics & Communications

Singapore Polytechnic

GCE "O" LEVEL -

Balestier Secondary School

PSLE -

Balestier Primary School
Mike Lee