EDUCATION
& Co-Curricular Activities
ZhongHua Primary School
2009 - 2013
Completed & Received a PSLE certificate
Montfort Secondary School
2014 - 2017
Completed & Received a GCE 'O' Level certificate
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Achieved Edusave EAGLES award in 2016
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Achieved SSSCC's Colors Award in 2016
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Achieved 4th place in 'C' Division Softball Nationals
UNIVERSITY (TBC)
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
2018 - present
Diploma in Business & Social enterprise (BZSE)
GPA: 3.722 / 4.00
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HMS Society Executive Committee - Events Head
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Students' Union Executive Committee - General Secretary
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Harvard Business School Mentorship Programme
ACADEMIC AWARDS
NGEE ANN SCHOLARSHIP 2019
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Director's List for Semester 1.1 & 1.2
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2nd Most Outstanding in Semester 1.1
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Most Outstanding in Semester 1.2
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Best in level for Academic Writing & Presentation (1.1)
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Best in Principles of Accounting (1.2)
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Edusave Certificate of Academic Achievement 2019
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NGEE ANN SCHOLARSHIP 2020
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Top 10% in cohort
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Best in Financial Management
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Best in Macroeconomics
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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME AWARD 2020
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GEIP Hackathon "Most Data-Driven Team"
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GEIP Startup Challenge Finalist
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Pitched & Won NP Kickstart Fund $2,000 Grant
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Moderated Panels for GEIP Programmes
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Part of GEIP Alumnus Network
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Top 10 Teams
Team Intent- Isaiah Chia
Mission: Unite Hackathon
MINISTRY OF CULTURE, COMMUNITY & YOUTH
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MISSION: UNITE HACKATHON
Over 8 days online, I made it past 40 teams with over 300 participants from all ages and careers.
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Won $30,000 in grant funding
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Live 4-minute pitch with (GOH) President Halimah Yacob
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What I learned:
- Working under pressure and deadline
- Managing and organising a team
- Pitching confidently and effectively
What I did:
I lead the team of 5 to develop Tonvo, a social game app that helps to facilitate racial & religious conversation.
I did the business pitch and lead the market research and prototype creation process.
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Challenges:
- Speed was key and time was running against us
- Over 40 teams to compete against
- Live pitch to a panel in 4 minutes
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GEIP ACHIEVEMENTS
Winning the Sandbox Kickstart Fund worth $5,000
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Winning the Sandbox Kickstart Fund worth $5,000
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GEIP Hackathon "Most Data-Driven Team"
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GEIP Startup Challenge Finalist
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Pitched & Won NP Kickstart Fund $2,000 Grant
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Represented GEIP for a pitch to Minister Lawrence Wong
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Moderated Panels for GEIP Programmes
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Part of GEIP Alumnus Network
What I did:
I lead the team of 5 to further develop TableTalk, a social game that helps to facilitate meaningful conversation.
I did the business pitch and lead the market research and prototype creation process.
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Challenges:
- Speed was key and time was running against us
- Live pitch to a panel in 5 minutes
- Only non-tech startup idea to win
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic
2018 - present
HMS Society Executive Committee
Position: Events Head
- Overall-In-Charge for Bonding Day 2019
- Overall-In-Charge of Games Department for Compulsory School Orientation Programme 2019
- Liaison-in-charge in the Publicity Department for HMS CCA Fiesta 2019
- Events Head for Leadership Adventure Camp 2019
What I did:
- Event planning for the large camps and orientations
- Leading the team of 6 in EVENTS
- Attended core meetings and planned HMSS timeline
- Proposal writing for events
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Challenges:
- Meeting deadlines amidst school assignments
- Energy & Time Management throughout
- Organising manpower of 40 group leaders
- Innovating and creating a new event programme
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What I learned:
- Proper communication between departments
- Teamwork and event planning
- Leadership within small teams
- Perservering through the tough times
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Montfort Softball Team
2014 - 2017​
Being in the Softball team has taught me the value of working in a team. My trainings were always together and if one person lagged behind the team would move at his pace. This quality of moving as a team is one that stuck with me.
