I'm a program builder and community person with ten years being part of something new in Sarawak, Malaysia. Now I'm moving to Banja Luka, Bosnia, to settle in, grow with the community, and find where I can contribute.
The common thread across everything I have done: arriving somewhere with no infrastructure and leaving it with something that runs on its own.
From community needs research to annual government proposals to program delivery and team handover. 241 programs delivered, 7,165 participants across two government-contracted hubs.
Government agencies, universities, private sector, and international networks. Built Sarawak's first multi-stakeholder innovation partnerships from scratch and connected the state to ASEAN and APAC ecosystems.
Built a team across two hubs that now independently manages all programs, trainers, facilitators, and speaker engagements. The goal was always to make myself replaceable — and it worked.
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10 years running government-contracted Digital Innovation Hubs from the ground up. Annual program calendars submitted as formal government proposals, multi-stakeholder coordination, and a team built to run independently.
Introduced Techstars Startup Weekend to Sarawak, appointed GBG Chapter Lead by Google APAC, and founded Startup Grind Sarawak. Built relationships with ecosystem builders across ASEAN and APAC, representing the state at regional summits.
Launched a Digital Innovation Hub in Betong, a rural town with no prior infrastructure, through community research, stakeholder mapping, and building the first formal partnerships between government, civil society, and the private sector. Ran a free youth program at Salvation Army Boys Home for four years.
Certified facilitator with 25+ Startup Weekend events and a Malaysian Government Train-The-Trainer qualification. Built a facilitation and panel moderation capability from scratch within the hub team, then documented it in a playbook so the team could deliver independently.
Founded Gathering of Tribes Borneo, an annual international Capoeira festival drawing practitioners from 20+ countries. Race Director of Sabal OCR, Sarawak's first government-officiated obstacle course race, officiated by the Premier of Sarawak. Produced 10+ Spartan community events as Brand Ambassador for Malaysia.
9 languages across 4 language families. The three Balkan languages are actively in progress ahead of relocation to Banja Luka.
Whether you have a specific role, a program to build, or just want to explore what working together might look like — I am open to the conversation.
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