AI and Digital Resilience with Mr. Howie Lau by Taeyoung Kang

 

In an interview with Channel News Asia, Mr. Howie Lau How Sin, shed light on Singapore’s progress in AI technology adoption and its benefits for everyday citizens.

Mr. Lau’s involvement with organizations like the Singapore Computer Society and SGTech reflects his dedication to fostering collaboration and innovation. He emphasized the unique advantage of Singapore’s close-knit ecosystem, where strong connections among stakeholders facilitate partnerships and collective progress towards common goals.

The session with Mr. Lau at the Project Pascal Forum provided profound insights into the transformative power of visionary leadership in driving sustainability and technological innovation. His call to embrace chaos as an opportunity for innovation serves as a powerful reminder of the potential for collective progress towards a sustainable future.

About Mr. Howie Lau, Managing Partner of NCS Group

Mr. Howie Lau brings with him years of deep experience and thought leadership in the Info-Communications and Technology (ICT) sector. Prior to joining NCS, he was the Assistant Chief Executive, Media & Innovation Group at Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), which has oversight of developing the technology, telecommunications and media business in Singapore as well as technology capability development.

Prior to IMDA, Howie was the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Consumer Business at StarHub, and Vice President of Corporate Development at Lenovo. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate development, business leadership and marketing in Lenovo and IBM across Asia Pacific, China, India and Latin America.

Mr. Howie Lau serves on several advisory committees and boards, including the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors, Board Member & Chairman of Science Centre Singapore, Board of Governors of Cyber Youth Singapore, Board of Governors and Chairman, Nanyang Polytechnic.  He was recognised as IT Leader of the Year 2020 by Singapore Computer Society, and received the Philip Kotler Marketing Excellence award in 2018.

About NCS Group

NCS Group (also known as NCS Pte Ltd or “NCS”, previously known as National Computer Systems) is a multinational information technology company headquartered in Singapore. Founded in 1981 as an agency of the Singapore government, it was privatised in 1996 and subsequently become part of the Singtel group in 1997. NCS has over 13,000 staff located in more than 20 cities across Asia Pacific.

NCS Group is the leading information, communications and technology (ICT) service provider across Asia Pacific, providing services and solutions in consulting, business process outsourcing, system development and integration, infrastructure management and solutions, network and security services and technology solutions.

For more information, visit  www.ncs.co/en-sg/ NCS Singapore