2020
Corporate
Shiau Wei
Who We Are;
8VI Holdings Limited (“8VI”) is a Singapore-based FinEduTech company operating under the brand name VI.
Established in 2008, VI is the representation of our beliefs and roots in Value Investing and empowers the average man-on-the-street to achieve sustainable wealth as part of their mission to make investments smarter, faster and easier.
VI App, a unique, proprietary stock analysis tool developed through 8BIT Global Pte Ltd (“8BIT”), crunches traditional financial data and simplifies the complex stock analysis and decision-making process for equity investors into easy-to-use visuals under a comprehensive framework. As a licensed Financial Adviser approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, 8BIT provides financial advice concerning securities and units in collective investment scheme through research analyses and research reports, through VI App.
With numerous offices across the Asia Pacific region, VI College supports a community of graduates and value investors from 29 cities globally through its flagship “VI Bootcamp” and other programmes. As the region’s leading FinEduTech provider, VI College leverages the power of technology and transforms the perception and application of value investing.
Our Journey;
Our Leadership Team;
Our leadership team comprises an aligned group of ordinary individuals who have put their hearts into achieving extraordinary results.
* Board of Directors
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As co-founder and executive director of parent company, 8I Holdings Limited, Clive is familiar with the strategic planning, business development, corporate policies and risk management practices for the financial education and asset management business.
Read Full BioWithin 8VI, Clive advises on corporate governance, strategic planning and overall direction of the Group.
Clive holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from the National Institute of Education and an Honours Degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University. He also attended the University of Technology, Sydney on an academic exchange programme. He began his professional career in the public education sector in Singapore.
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Ken is the co-founder of the Group and sits on the board of parent company, 8I Holdings Limited. As CEO of 8VI, he is involved in driving the all-round growth of the Group’s FinEduTech business under the VI brand.
Read Full BioHe has more than 20 years of professional experience across business development, operations, strategy and marketing from his past roles in data management firms including Quicken (Singapore) and Telekurs Financial. Prior to his current appointment, Ken held executive and management roles in 8I Holdings Limited and was the originator and key trainer of its financial education programmes.
Ken was awarded the Spirit of Enterprise, Honoree Award in 2005 by the President of Singapore for outstanding business results. He is also a Young Presidents’ Organisation member under the Singapore Chapter.
Ken graduated from the Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Banking and Financial Services, and the University of Queensland with a Bachelors’ Degree in Business Administration. He also attended Columbia Business School in New York and graduated from its Executive Program in Value Investing.
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Pauline is involved in the management and regional operations of the Company, leading VI College. She is also one of the key speakers for the various programs, seminars and coaching sessions that the Company undertakes.
Read Full BioUnder her leadership, VI College is currently the leading Financial Education provider in Singapore and Malaysia, with presence in Taiwan and mainland China. She leads 8VI’s retention team in terms of organising, planning the activities and topics for our subscribers, keeping conversations alive in the community.
Pauline is based in Singapore and has more than 10 years’ experience working as a public servant, primarily in the field of learning and development. During her days with Singapore Ministry of Defence and Civil Service College, Pauline led a team of course developers and had the full spectrum of experience in training and development, ranging from conducting learning-needs analysis to outcome evaluation.
Pauline graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a Master of Arts (Instructional Design and Methodology) and holds a Bachelor in Business Studies.
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Charles Mac
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: May 2019
With rich IT corporate experience comprising 15 years in the SAP industry dealing with multinational companies across the Asia Pacific region, Charles provides advisory and counsel on the operations, strategy and compliance for the Company.
Read Full BioCharles Mac was appointed Non-Executive Director in May 2019. Charles has more than 18 years of IT corporate experience, of which 15 years in the SAP industry dealing with multinational companies across the Asia Pacific Region. He has held various leadership roles for large, global multinational companies with extensive experience across Asia Pacific in Team Management, Quality Management, Audits, Business Development and Contract Deliveries.
Charles currently serves on the Board of Australian-listed companies, 8I Holdings Limited and Ennox Group Limited as a Non-Executive Director. Charles is an Australian citizen and holds a Bachelor of Computing (Information System) from Monash University.
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* Key Management
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Attlee Hue
CEO
8BIT GlobalAs the CEO at 8BIT Global Pte Ltd (“8BIT”), Attlee holds responsibility for its overall strategic performance, in line with the wider leadership team of the Group.
Read Full BioHe will also oversee all risk and compliance policies and work closely with the Chief Technology Officer to continually enhance our software through supervision of the R&D of our investment methodologies.
With its position as a Licensed Financial Adviser approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to provide financial advice concerning securities and units in collective investment scheme through research analyses and research reports, Attlee will also ensure to uphold the highest standards of regulatory compliance at 8BIT moving forward.
Attlee was the managing director of Asia Equity Partners Pte Ltd from 2005 to 2010, where he advised the company on investment and leverage strategies that required knowledge on a wide spectrum of financial instruments. Prior to that, from 1995 to 2005, Attlee was the managing director of Ng Chong & Hue LLC, where a significant part of his work involved advising clients on the Financial Advisers Act as well as the Securities and Futures Act and the Companies Act.
Attlee was a Council Member of the Economic Society of Singapore from 2011 to 2014 as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder since 2015.
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Bernard Siah
CTO
8BIT GlobalBernard leads the technology development at 8BIT, leveraging the digital economy for improved positioning and competitiveness.
Read Full BioWith 8BIT’s position as a Licensed Financial Adviser to provide financial advice concerning securities and units in collective investment schemes through research analyses and research reports, approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Bernard will focus on expanding and improving the proprietary features on VI App to enhance user experiences and information delivery.
He has more than 10 years of experience as a technology specialist. Bernard began his career in a start-up and led the R&D and product development team. During this period, he gained invaluable experience in building the R&D team and developing processes to deliver products in the intelligent CCTV industry. Eventually, he grew with the company through its IPO in SGX.
After his start-up experience, he joined a marine company and continued to apply his vast experience in product development to create a world-class system which provides advance vessel performance monitoring services. The entity was eventually acquired by a French company from the growing LPG market.
Bernard graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Computing (Technology Focus).
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Gary Yeow
Executive Director
8VI MalaysiaGary oversees the planning and implementation of marketing, operations and business development strategies across the regional markets and 8VI’s overseas expansion activities.
Read Full BioGary Yeow is the Director of 8VI Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He has been with the Group since May 2012.
Gary brings over 30 years of business experience, where prior to 8VI, Gary held the directorship of a building materials wholesale and manufacturing business. Gary graduated from Anglo-Chinese Secondary School in Sitiawan, Malaysia.
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Juanna Chua
Executive Director
8VI ChinaJuanna manages the Company’s strategic objectives and plans within the Chinese market.
Read Full BioPreviously, Juanna spent 9 years on distribution and central store management with Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd. She brings with her strong human capital and operations knowledge.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) in Marketing from Universiti Tenaga Nasional.
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Will Huang
Executive Manager
8VI TaiwanWill leads the Taiwan office’s operations and strategy.
Read Full BioWill is the General Manager of 8VI Taiwan, where he leads the office’s operations and strategy. As a leader, Will successfully bridges technical and business aspects, while handling high-level management and operations. He has been with the Group since 2019.
Prior to this, Will created and headed an ODM/OEM unit at Strongled LED Lighting Systems, a Taiwan-listed company and leading manufacturer of LED lighting, where he led market research and development, analysis of business model, team establishment, resource evaluation and coordination, process formulation and staff training. Will has more than 6 years of experience across quality engineering and customer service in multi-national companies. He was also a key member in Strongled’s IPO team, handling public relations and acting as a corporate spokesperson.
Will holds a Masters’ Degree in MSc. Management from the University of Southampton, as well as a Bachelor of Geomatics from the National Cheng-Kung University.
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* Advisors
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Grace Ho
Grace is the President at SWAT Mobility and is responsible for driving revenue growth, market expansion and developing talent & capabilities at the Singapore headquartered start-up. Her experience in marketing will provide strong counsel and support towards our acquisition strategy.
Read Full BioAt SWAT, she leads, alongside co-founders Jarrold Ong (CEO) and Arthur Chua (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairman), to execute on the firm’s vision to improve the way people commute, ease congestion and improve their quality of life. Her role also involves forging strong partnerships to scale SWAT’s differentiated mobility tech offerings in transportation and other verticals.
Prior to her role at SWAT, Grace was the APAC Chief of Staff and ASEAN Area Vice President at US software firm Commvault. She brings, to SWAT, more than 20 years of international experience spanning across business development, sales and marketing at technology heavyweights like Microsoft, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett-Packard. She has also held several transformational leadership positions, namely, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Strategy Leader at IBM ASEAN, Chief Commercial Officer at Singapore Post’s (SingPost), and Managing Director and Head of Marketing at SAP.
In addition to her corporate career, Grace also commits her time as an independent Board Member and in advisory roles at SQL View, NTUC Link, NTUC Income and The National Library Board of Singapore (NLB). Grace is an active member at the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a global leadership community made up of 29,000 chief executives in 130 countries; and is a newly elected EXCO member of The Singapore Computer Society (SCS).
Grace holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia; a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the National University of Singapore; and an Executive Diploma in Directorship from Singapore Management University and Singapore Institute of Directors (SMU-SID).
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Junxian Lee
Junxian is the CEO & Co-Founder of Moovaz, a machine intelligence driven technology for international relocation globally, as well as the Co-Founder & CFO of CashShield, an international online fraud risk management company with operations in the U.S.A, Europe, China and Southeast Asia and backed by Temasek Holdings. His rich experience is culminated from many years of building fintech and tech-related businesses which will prove invaluable to us.
Read Full BioJunxian also co-founded private investment platform, Fundnel, has prior experience in venture capital investments at SEA Group and operational/product experience as the founding and launcher team of Shopee, kick-starting the business across 7 countries in the region.
Junxian co-owns Reedz Café Pte Ltd, a chain of cafes and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the NUS Business School’s alumni association. He was recognised and conferred the Eminent Alumni Award by the university in 2018 and contributes actively to the Fudan University Singapore Alumni Club and the Harvard Alumni Club in Singapore. He is passionate about philanthropy and education and has spoken actively on Ted Talks on the importance of conducting our daily business from the heart.
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Wei Shi Khai
Wei Shi Khai is Chief Operating Officer at LongHash Ventures, where he is responsible for the operational excellence and management of the company’s blockchain acceleration and investment outreach. Shi Khai spearheads the development and rollout of LongHash Hatch Program, having raised over $20 million in funding to date. His deep expertise in blockchain and advisory in digital transformation and analytics will boost our development and positioning strategy.
Read Full BioShi Khai was previously a management consultant at McKinsey, with a focus on digital transformation and analytics across the financial and telecommunications sector across Southeast Asia. Shi Khai holds a Bachelor of Science from Imperial College London.
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Grace Ho
Grace is the President at SWAT Mobility and is responsible for driving revenue growth, market expansion and developing talent & capabilities at the Singapore headquartered start-up. Her experience in marketing will provide strong counsel and support towards our acquisition strategy.
Read Full BioAt SWAT, she leads, alongside co-founders Jarrold Ong (CEO) and Arthur Chua (Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairman), to execute on the firm’s vision to improve the way people commute, ease congestion and improve their quality of life. Her role also involves forging strong partnerships to scale SWAT’s differentiated mobility tech offerings in transportation and other verticals.
Prior to her role at SWAT, Grace was the APAC Chief of Staff and ASEAN Area Vice President at US software firm Commvault. She brings, to SWAT, more than 20 years of international experience spanning across business development, sales and marketing at technology heavyweights like Microsoft, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett-Packard. She has also held several transformational leadership positions, namely, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Strategy Leader at IBM ASEAN, Chief Commercial Officer at Singapore Post’s (SingPost), and Managing Director and Head of Marketing at SAP.
In addition to her corporate career, Grace also commits her time as an independent Board Member and in advisory roles at SQL View, NTUC Link, NTUC Income and The National Library Board of Singapore (NLB). Grace is an active member at the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a global leadership community made up of 29,000 chief executives in 130 countries; and is a newly elected EXCO member of The Singapore Computer Society (SCS).
Grace holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia; a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the National University of Singapore; and an Executive Diploma in Directorship from Singapore Management University and Singapore Institute of Directors (SMU-SID).
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Junxian Lee
Junxian is the CEO & Co-Founder of Moovaz, a machine intelligence driven technology for international relocation globally, as well as the Co-Founder & CFO of CashShield, an international online fraud risk management company with operations in the U.S.A, Europe, China and Southeast Asia and backed by Temasek Holdings. His rich experience is culminated from many years of building fintech and tech-related businesses which will prove invaluable to us.
Read Full BioJunxian also co-founded private investment platform, Fundnel, has prior experience in venture capital investments at SEA Group and operational/product experience as the founding and launcher team of Shopee, kick-starting the business across 7 countries in the region.
Junxian co-owns Reedz Café Pte Ltd, a chain of cafes and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the NUS Business School’s alumni association. He was recognised and conferred the Eminent Alumni Award by the university in 2018 and contributes actively to the Fudan University Singapore Alumni Club and the Harvard Alumni Club in Singapore. He is passionate about philanthropy and education and has spoken actively on Ted Talks on the importance of conducting our daily business from the heart.
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Wei Shi Khai
Wei Shi Khai is Chief Operating Officer at LongHash Ventures, where he is responsible for the operational excellence and management of the company’s blockchain acceleration and investment outreach. Shi Khai spearheads the development and rollout of LongHash Hatch Program, having raised over $20 million in funding to date. His deep expertise in blockchain and advisory in digital transformation and analytics will boost our development and positioning strategy.
Read Full BioShi Khai was previously a management consultant at McKinsey, with a focus on digital transformation and analytics across the financial and telecommunications sector across Southeast Asia. Shi Khai holds a Bachelor of Science from Imperial College London.
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Our People;
With teamwork and technology in our DNA, our people form the bedrock behind our achievements.
Dynamic, creative, courageous and always challenging the norm. We dedicate ourselves on working tirelessly to deliver our value proposition – to do good and operate with full integrity, alongside sound business reasoning.
Ultimately, our goal is to serve our community of value investors through technology-empowered investment analysis and education, and to create sustainable financial abundance and freedom for those around us.
We believe in a team-driven approach instead of a top-down, hierarchical approach to management, where we emphasise team work, respect, an open culture of collaborative discussion, and a strong spirit of family.
Led by a strong Board and Key Management team and driven by our core values, 8VI continues to raise the bar higher every day to achieve results beyond the ordinary.
Careers;
At 8VI, we are always on the lookout for great talent.
Our people form the bedrock behind our achievements. Read more about our people philosophy here.
Get a glimpse into a day-in-the-life of our team members, their thoughts on 8VI’s culture and management ethos, and what drives them everyday at 8VI.
If you are a motivated team player with a keen interest in FinTech, Education or Investing, you could be the one we’re looking for to join our dynamic team!
Write in to us at career@8viholdings.com today, or check out our latest career opportunities below:
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Content Writer
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Research industry-related topics (combining online sources, interviews and studies)
- Produce well-research content for publication online and in print
- Proofread and edit blog posts before publication
- Coordinate with marketing and design teams to illustrate articles
- Develop related content for multiple platforms, such as websites, email marketing, product descriptions, videos and blogs
- Monitor and analyse the performance of key performance indicators (KPIs) to offer suggestions for improvement
- Use search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies in writing to maximise the online visibility of a website in search results
- Ensure all-around consistency (style, fonts, images and tone)
- Update website content as needed
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, English, Journalism, or related field
- Proven work experience as a Content Writer, Copywriter or similar role
- Portfolio of published articles
- Experience doing research using multiple sources
- Familiarity with web publications
- Excellent writing and editing skills in English
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Effective communication skills
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Graphic Designer
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Study design briefs and determine requirements
- Design web pages, brochures, logos, signs, books, magazine covers, annual reports, advertisement, event banner, and other communication materials
- Create these materials by hand or by using technology, including computer software programs. Adobe’s Creative Suite-including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and more
- Select type size and style to enhance the readability of text and image
- Review final productions for errors and ensure that final prints reflect client specifications
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Fine Arts or related field is a plus
- Proven graphic designing experience
- A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics
- Familiarity with design software and technologies (such as InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop)
- A keen eye for aesthetics and details
- An understanding of the latest trends and their role within a commercial environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work methodically and meet deadlines
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Video Editor
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Capture studio-quality photographs and video
- Input music, dialogues, graphics, subtitles and effects
- Create rough and final cuts
- Edit videos shot in a way that is invisible to the audience
- Ensure logical sequencing and smooth running video
- Work both on and off-site
- Work with our creative teammates on projects
- Regularly collaborate with our marketing team
- Follow company’s brand guidelines
- Continuously discover and implement new editing technologies and industry’s best practices to maximise efficiency
What you need to have:
- Minimum 1 – 2 years of work experience as a Video Editor
- Creative thinker and great in storytelling
- Good time-management skills
- Ability to multitask and work toward several milestones on various projects simultaneously
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
- Proficient in Final Cut Pro X, Adobe After Effect
- Knowledge and good understanding of motion graphics is preferred
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Social Media Executive
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Strategize, plan and execute digital marketing strategy plan and communications to achieve company goals and targets
- Boost efficacy of social media presence
- Manage content posted on online platform
- Evaluate social trends so as to improve our current presence online
- Brainstorming ideas on how to improve public opinion of the company on online platforms
- Liaise with external parties for social media growth and management, and content ideation and production to achieve marketing objectives
What you need to have:
- Minimum 1 – 2 years of work experience in content and social media marketing
- Proven ability to generate content ideas
- Must be flexible with extended work hours and weekends
- Positive disposition and energy, with a can-do attitude and willing to push the envelope in bringing fresh & innovative ideas
- Flexible in meeting tight deadlines and has the ability to react to ‘last minute’ changes
- Flexibility to react to live events that resonates digitally
- Effective team player who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Good time-management skills and details oriented
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Operations Executive
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeIf you are a motivated team player with a keen interest in FinTech, Education or Investing, you could be the one we’re looking for to join our dynamic team!
And YOUR role is to ensure events run smoothly and engage with others.
What you will be doing:
- Be in charge of the execution of various programmes and events
- Create consistent Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to enhance the operational efficiency of the programmes
- Source and coordinate with potential suppliers for programme related matters
- Monitor and maintain inventory levels and to place orders as required
- Generate post event reports to support Operations and Finance teams
- Provide administrative, logistical and telemarketing support for all programmes
- Provide on-the-ground support and ensure that all aspects of the programme runs smoothly
- May be needed to perform some supporting roles as and when required
What you need to have:
- Passion for Investing and Serving
- High situational awareness & emotional stability
- Willingness to work on evenings and weekends
- Willingness to travel overseas if opportunities arise
- Demonstrate passion for excellence (Customer Centric)
- Portray a positive outlook and a high EQ personality
- Ability to multitask and possess good communication skills
- Effectively bilingual with a pleasant and cheerful personality
- Independent and self-motivated
- Effective team player who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
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Accounts Assistant
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Managing basic office administrative tasks including filing, printing, reporting and emailing
- Recording and processing all financial and accounting practices, including profit and loss reports
- Maintaining bookkeeping and office accounting needs
- Collecting payments and updating accounts payable and receivable records
What you need to have:
- Effective communication skills, including active listening, speaking and writing
- Professional business communication skills, including emailing, financial reporting and other department documentation
- Great customer service and interpersonal skills
- Collaboration and teamwork skills
- Project management abilities, including multitasking, prioritization and deadline management
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Working knowledge of accounting and financial processes
- Good math skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Comfortable with computers, accounting software, spreadsheet software and other financial computer application
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Human Capital Executive
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWe are looking for a Human Capital Executive to be part of our HC team, supporting and carrying out the full spectrum of Human Capital management for the company and its subsidiaries.
What you will be doing:
- Provide recruitment support such as liaising with the teams on staffing requirements, placing jobsite postings, scheduling interview and handling paperwork prior to arranging job offers
- Support with on-boarding and off-boarding of team members
- Prepare letters of appointment, termination of services and other related employment documentation for the team members
- Process monthly staff claims
- Provide advice and support to team members on all HC related matters
- Maintaining and updating HC data records and analyzing data for reporting
What you need to have:
- Diploma/Professional certification in Human Resources or any other related fields
- Demonstrated passion for excellence with respect to treating and caring for team members
- Ability to build rapport with team members and to understand their needs
- Effectively bilingual with pleasant and cheerful personality
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Effective team players who like to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
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Communications Executive
8VI Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Support internal and external communications strategy, write and disseminate publicity material, respond to inquiries from the public and media, and coordinate promotional events
- Collaborate with management to develop and implement an effective communications strategy based on our target audience
- Write, edit, and distribute content, including publications, press releases, website content, annual reports, speeches, and other marketing material that communicates the organization's activities, products and/or services
- Respond to media inquiries, arrange interviews, and act as a spokesperson for the organization
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with journalists, and maintain a media database
- Seek opportunities to enhance the reputation of the brand, and coordinate publicity events as required
- Maintain records of media coverage and collate analytics and metrics
- Manage PR conflict as it arises and escalate to management
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree with 2-3 years of relevant working experience in Public Relations/Financial Services agency or in-house Corporate Communication background
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Proficiency in design and publishing software
- Exceptional communications skills
- Good artistic flair and familiar with executing corporate identity, advertisements and corporate collaterals
- Meticulous and highly-motivated team player who is able to work in a fast paced and unstructured environment and able to multi-task
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Quantitative Developer
8BIT Global
Location:
SingaporeWe are seeking individuals for full-time work in our quantitative finance research team. Applicants must be keen in about machine learning models and stocks investing. Applicants will be working with a team comprising of data engineers, quantitative research analyst and portfolio manager. Basic financial knowledge is not a must but would be a bonus.
Quantitative Developers collect data from the global financial markets and works with the quantitative research analyst and portfolio manager to break them down and create patterns by leveraging on various statistical analysis skills and data mining skills to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models.
Quantitative Developers also works on optimising, maintain and deploy the models required for various, alpha research, portfolio optimization and backtesting.
What you will be doing:
Data scraping, pre-processing, and storing various types of structured and unstructured data via SQL
Working with the portfolio manager to build new financial models, back-test current model performances and optimise trading signals
Optimise the source code for the various modules (e.g. back-testing modules, and portfolio monitoring modules)
What you need to have:
- Fascination in quantitative research, machine learning models and curious about the financial markets – basic financial statement knowledge is not a must but would be a bonus for consideration
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Must be a self-starter and possess intellectual curiosity!
- Comfortable working with Python (Jupyter) and SQL. Comfortable in applying advanced mathematics / statistics concepts and working with large data sets.
- Completed or pursuing a BS (Hons) or MS in in Mathematics / Physics / Statistics / Economics or Engineering. Machine learning and/or statistical course work is a bonus
- Exceptional candidates without an advanced degree but with prior machine learning experience will be considered based on prior coding experience. (e.g. Participation in Kaggle, CrowdAnalytix, CrowdAI, DrivenData etc..)
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Data Scientist
8BIT Global
Location:
We are looking for an expert in machine learning to spearhead the AI/ML products development with various stakeholders. You will lead all the processes from data collection, cleaning, and pre-processing, to training models and deploying them to production. In this role, you should be highly analytical with a knack for analysis, math and statistics. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential for interpreting data. The ideal candidate will be passionate about artificial intelligence and stay up to date with the latest developments in the field.
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Understanding business objectives and developing models that help to achieve them, along with metrics to track their progress
- Managing available resources such as hardware, data, and personnel so that deadlines are met
- Exploring and visualizing data to gain an understanding of it, then identifying differences in data distribution that could affect performance when deploying the model in the real world
- Verifying data quality, and/or ensuring it via data cleaning
- Supervising the data acquisition process
- Defining validation strategies, the feature engineering to be done on a given dataset and data augmentation pipelines
- Training models, tuning their hyperparameters and analysing the errors of the model, and designing strategies to overcome them
- Deploying models to production
- Coordinates with Data Engineers to build data environments providing data identified by Data Analysts, Data Integrators, Knowledge Managers, and Intel Analysts.
What you need to have:
- Master’s degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, or related fields
- Proven experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst
- Understanding of machine-learning and operations research
- Analytical mind and business acumen
- Experience in data extraction and transformation using SQL/or Spark.
- Industry experience in developing and scaling production-grade machine learning/deep learning and/or optimization models for recommendations, ranking, and search.
- Familiarity with open-source data science frameworks such as Scikit Learn, Spark, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras.
- Familiarity with time series modelling and financial back-testing.
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Software Engineer (Microservices)
8BIT Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Work with cross functional team members, Development Leads, Architects,
- Quality Engineers in a highly collaborative development environment.
- Research newest back-end development technologies to leverage for our product suite.
- Support on the application when moved to production and provide support for fixes/issues including functional and non-functional requirements.
- Continuous on job learning and implement the prototypes in agile fashion with test driven and adherence to web interface standards
- Actively participate in Scrum processes.
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics or Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology or other related technical disciplines
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture
- Strong proficiency in handling databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Google BigQuery
- Solid background in programming languages like NodeJS, Ruby on Rails, Python and SQL
- Experience in developing RESTful web services and microservices in event-driven architectures
- Knowledge of schema design and data access methodologies in NoSQL and relational databases
- Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD best practices, techniques and supporting tools
- Knowledge of software management platform such as JIRA and Confluence
- Solid communication and interpersonal skills; with the ability to work constructively in a collaborative team environment
Good to have:
- Experience with Google Cloud solutions (Cloud Run, App Engine and Cloud SQL)
- Build & maintain RESTful API using NodeJS/Ruby on Rails/Python Flask
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Data Science Engineer
8BIT Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Develop AI/ML models with various stakeholders (Data Analyst, Software Engineers, Investment Analysts)
- Design, implement and conduct experiments to determine the effectiveness of various AI/ML models
- Provide support for research-based experiments in the financial markets
- Work with stakeholders to design ML products
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or other related technical disciplines
- Strong background in programming languages such as Python (Python and Pandas) and R
- Experience in data extraction and transformation using SQL/or Spark
- Industry experience in developing and scaling production-grade machine learning/deep learning and/or optimization models for recommendations, ranking, and search
- Familiarity with open-source data science frameworks such as Scikit Learn, Spark, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras
- Familiarity with time series modelling and financial back testing
- Deep understanding on feature selection and modelling. Familiarity with machine learning models such as Logistic Regression, Random Forests, Boosted Trees and Neural Networks
- Solid foundation in Math and programming
Good to have:
- Experience with Google Cloud solutions (Google CloudSQL, Google Cloud BQ, App Engine)
- Build & maintain RESTful API using NodeJS/Ruby on Rails/Python Flask
- Industry experience in building Knowledge Graphs
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Junior Data Engineer
8BIT Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Implement and maintain fault-tolerant and efficient ETL pipelines to ingest data from various data sources
- Optimize and improve on existing data pipelines
- Maintain and optimize relational databases
- Create, document and monitor highly maintainable code
- Work with stakeholders to design data products
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics or Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology or other related technical disciplines
- Minimum of 1 year hands-on experience in batch/real time data integration & processing
- Strong proficiency in handling databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Google BigQuery
- Solid background in programming languages like Python/Ruby/SQL. Python is a must!
- Real passion for data, new data technologies, and discovering new solutions to the company’s data needs
- Familiarity with dimensional data modelling, and data warehouse concepts and methodologies as well as distributed processing systems
Good to have:
- Experience with Google Cloud solutions (Google CloudSQL, Google Cloud BQ, App Engine)
- Build & maintain scalable ETL pipelines using Apache Airflow)
- Build & maintain RESTful API using Ruby on Rails/Python Flask/Python Django
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Software Test Engineer
8BIT Global
Location:
SingaporeWhat you will be doing:
- Test and prove that the software meets major architectural requirements
- Prove for scalability and performance of a software
- Ensuring the quality of the system as a whole
- Develop and automate tests for software validation
- Detect bug issues
- Prepare file defect reports and report test progress
- You will be working closely with the Solution Architect and CTO
What you need to have:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Software Testing or similar role
- Good understanding of the uses and methods of testing
- Experience using tools such as Jenkins, JMeter, Postman and Locust
- Excellent knowledge in testing skills (design test plan and test strategy, writing test cases, executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs)
- Knowledge of NodeJS, Ruby on Rails, Angular 5, Python and Node.js
- Experience working in an agile, fast-paced environment
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Good time-management skills
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform
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Front-End Engineer (Flutter)
8VI Malaysia
Location:
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWhat you will be doing:
- Develop well-designed, tested code using best practices for mobile development
- Develop mobile interfaces, using standard Flutter, Swift, Kotlin and HTML/CSS practices, while incorporating data from back-end databases and services
- Develop or validate testing schedules, addressing all browsers and devices to ensure various computers can access the web-app
- Maintain updated knowledge of new and emerging industry trends and technology
Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:
- Meet regularly with business stakeholders and management to understand and refine business and functional requirements and determine project scopes and specifications
- Ensure software stability via regression, support quality assurance, and perform unit and user-acceptance testing to identify bugs and ensure production operations run successfully
- Work quickly and carefully to complete tasks, develop plans for completing larger projects, collaborate with colleagues, and suggest new solutions
- Perform UI/UX coding, creating reusable objects and templates
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in mobile-developing, multimedia design, or related field
- At least 2 years’ experience planning and developing mobile applications
- Working knowledge of mobile applications, Flutter, Swift, Kotlin and web services, such as APIs, CSS, CSS3, cross-browser compatibility, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript security principles, REST, SOAP, and web user interface design (UI)
- Working knowledge of Flutter/Swift/Kotlin/Angular is a must
- Dedication to innovative, sophisticated designs and collaborative problem solving
- Working experience in MacOS and Linux environments
- Experience implementing and using modern web development workflows and operations using Scrum and Git
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Information Communications Technology (ICT) Executive
8VI Malaysia
Location:
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWhat you will be doing:
- Assist to implement processes to manage the Group's IT equipment
- Create and maintain IT equipment inventory list
- Network cabling and data points mapping for office
- Create and maintain network cabling maps and configuration layout
- Liaise closely with support vendor to facilitate maintenance and timely recovery of systems
- Provide advice and support for IT related challenges encounter by team members
- Assist with implementing and monitoring for compliance with IT policies
What you need to have:
- Relevant qualification in IT hardware, software and infrastructure support
- Minimum 1-2 years of relevant working experience in IT Support
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
- Effective team players who like to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
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Outbound Sales Executive
8VI Malaysia
Location:
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWhat you will be doing:
- Prospecting for new clients and lead generation through various marketing efforts
- Handle telephone or email correspondence from participants; follow up initial contacts
- Update information management system files with appropriate data and activity tracking
- Provide support for various programmes and events
What you need to have:
- Passion for Investing and Serving
- High situational awareness & emotional stability
- Demonstrate passion for excellence (Customer Centric)
- Portray a positive outlook and a high EQ personality
- Ability to multitask and possess good communication skills
- Effectively bilingual with a pleasant and cheerful personality
- Independent and self-motivated
- Effective team player who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment