Kevin Ng | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Kevin Ng is CEO of Thunderquote.com (ASEAN's most comprehensive business services portal),with hundreds of thousands of dollars of contracts handled per month from clients like NTUC, Mediacorp, Singtel, ST Kinetics and Singapore Press Holdings. It has been featured & contributed procurement knowledge in various news media such as Business Times, New Paper, Straits Times, Tech In Asia, E27, Yahoo News and many more.

He was the Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 for Singapore (GSEA National Champion), and was crowned World Top 6 Student Entrepreneurs (Global Grand Finalist) in Washington D.C. on behalf of the nation, and is the current Mentor-In-Residence for the ACE Youth Wing (EDGE).

A sought after speaker and media favourite, Kevin was the keynote speaker at YouthHack 2015, Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium 2016, and shared his expertise with entrepreneurs there. He is involved in various panels & speakerships about Public and Private Procurement (Annual SME Study On Public Procurement 2016/2017, Global Supply Chain Council Indirect Procurement Forum 2018, presented the paper’Smart Cities Need Smart Procurement’, Smart Cities In East Asia, ICMAC Bali 2017) represented Singapore at the ASEAN +3 (ROK,PRC,JPN) Y&E Entrepreneurship Economic Forum 2017 in PP, Cambodia, and has been featured in Zaobao (Aug 5 2015), Huffington Post, Inc.com magazine and Yahoo Finance.

A veteran technology entrepreneur certified in project management and quality assurance(CAPM/Six Sigma), he has worked on over 5 technology product fields (including mPOS, event app engines, manpower scheduling, web ERP systems, and more), and is Vice Chair (Membership Engagement & Government Advocacy) & Vice President of the Association of International Procurement Technology & Standards.

Current position (3)

CEO

ThunderQuote e-Procurement Exchange

Vice Chair (Community Engagement & Advocacy)

AIPTS

Mentor-In-Residence

EDGE

Degrees (1)

BBA, Marketing, Strategic Management

Singapore Management University

2011 to 2014

Presentations

Presentations (5)

Indirect Procurement in ASEAN

This interactive talk shows how the ASEAN region is lagging in indirect procurement practices. It drives a compelling notion for private and public sector to view procurement as a strategic function that must be automated to deliver multiple benefits such as significant cost savings, creating a truly integrated supply chain from supplier to end-user, while meeting compliance needs effortlessly.

Smart Cities and Smart Procurement

Discover how smart procurement strategy will be the key driver of not only future smart cities, but also any other organization that seeks to thrive.

Be lazy, do it once - why automated pipelines is the way to go

Kevin shares about his obsession about automation, why it is the bedrock of ThunderQuote and for any individual or company that seeks to maintain lightning fast agility.
Gain new recommendations on proven tools for automation and the philosophy of automation.

Validating your Business Opportunity

Too often, we struggle between extremes - no business idea and multiple business ideas. Speaking from his experience as a seasoned technopreneur, Kevin delivers a light-hearted talk on his insights on generating and validating your business idea.

Is your dream team turning to a nightmare?

Kevin shares his tips on finding the right co-founders to create a balanced team. In this talk, you'll also get to learn of the ways to propel and embed the right culture in your organization.