I have always found that the most consequential decisions live in the tension between data and conviction.
Be it in the equities market, where sole conviction without data can lead to asymmetrical downside risk, or in the boardroom, where a single misjudged assumption can cost millions, I have learned that the ability to navigate this tension is what separates good decisions from great ones.
A dashboard or deck is useless if it only captures the surface. Real leverage comes from exposing the core mechanics of a problem, stress-testing assumptions and risks, and structuring an argument and actionable plan robust enough to drive measurable upside.
My focus is in translating complex environments - unstructured market data, operational bottlenecks, strategic trade-offs — and distilling them into clear, actionable mandates and roadmaps that leadership can confidently back and act on.
Simply put, I'm obsessed with optimization and building efficient systems.
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I'm a first-class honours Computer Science graduate from Lancaster-Sunway University, majoring in Artificial Intelligence, and I constantly find myself in the intersection of data and strategy.
During my academic life, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with some of the world's leading organizations, including Citi and L'Oréal, where I gained hands-on experience in data science, analytics, and market intelligence.
Internships aside, I have also been actively involved in leadership roles, having co-led a 50-person committee to the university's Most Outstanding Club Award for non-sport clubs, and founded and directed a team of 16 analysts to form the proprietary research arm of the Sunway Business Investment Society.
I also have a reputation for being the 'go-to' person for anything market-related, specifically in trading and investing. I have been running my own trading portfolio since the age of 15, and have founded several social initiatives in the space. Most famously, I managed to scale an initial capital of RM600 into more than 6-figures from 2020 to 2025, successfully funding a fully paid-for tuition and comfortable lifestyle for present me.
Where I studied, and what I studied there.
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Specialization in Big Data & Artificial Intelligence. Dual award with Lancaster University.
Foundation in Information Technology
First-class honours.
My professional experiences throughout my career.
Associate, Strategy & Operations — Financial Services
Data Science & Model Management Intern
Citi Independent Compliance Risk Management, Kuala Lumpur Citi Service Center.
Data Science & Analytics Intern → Consumer Market Intelligence Intern
Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer. Rotation from Data Science to Consumer Market Intelligence as part of internship extension offer.
Executive and committee roles across university societies and student organizations.
Vice President & Director of Research
Co-led a 50-person committee to the university's Most Outstanding Club Award for non-sport clubs. Fun fact: I was the only committee member from the Tech faculty, yet directed the Research team.
Head of Events → Business Development → President
Awarded the Uprising Club Award during my tenure as Head of Events. The conditional presidency converted to a full offer for 2025-2026, which I turned down to focus on other ventures.
Director of Public Relations
Student Associate
Subdirector, Event Management & Secretarial
Management Core Team Member
Initiatives I led and built from the ground up, outside of my professional and academic work.
Founder & Quantitative Trader
A Kuala Lumpur research and trading partnership among friends, working hybrid discretionary-systematic strategies in US equities and derivatives. We do not manage external capital.
Founder, Chief Investment Officer
A student-founded organization built to be a serious investment community for the next generation of Malaysian talent. Wound down deliberately once it had outlived the need it was built for.
Independent Market Maker
Three years market-making digital assets on the Steam Community Market exchange, leveraging previous market illiquidity and inefficiencies to arbitrage bid-ask spreads and cross-exchange mispricings.
Founder & Community Manager
Two communities I solo-founded and built at 16, during the COVID-19 lockdown. VALORANT Malaysia reached 8,000 members in four months and was acquired into Riot Games' official VALORANT Asia server; The Coffee Shop became the fastest-growing MY/SG social server of its era.
A selection of my academic and personal projects.
Volatility forecasting under a proxy-robust lens
A comparative study of GARCH-family econometric models against LSTM deep learning approaches for forecasting volatility in US equities and ETFs. The real question underneath it: does deep learning actually beat GARCH, or does it only look that way when your volatility proxy is quietly doing the work?
This site, and the four before it
A personal site I keep rebuilding from scratch — each iteration an excuse to learn a new part of the frontend stack properly rather than superficially.
In case you were wondering what I can do, technically.
Top 6 individuals out of more than 1,400 teams in the national Nescafé Youth Entrepreneurs Programme 2025.
The highest scholarship quantum awarded, given to enrolling freshmen for academic excellence prior to admission.
Awarded to Sunway Business Investment Society for non-sport clubs during my tenure as Vice President.
Awarded to Sunway Blockchain Club during my tenure as Head of Events.
08 — Beyond the résumé
It started at 15 during the COVID lockdowns. While everyone else was hopping on the Dalgona coffee trend, I found myself trading digital commodities (skins) on the Steam Community Market, completely unaware at the time that I was essentially arbitrage trading. I started my trading journey with just RM600 (which I had to beg my parents to lend me), all in the mission for more allowance money. Five years later, that measly RM600 has compounded into fully paid-for tuition and a comfortable lifestyle for present me.
Since young, I've started viewing the word through the lens of game theory and behavioral economics. I was, and am, obsessed with analyzing and predicting human behavior and irrationality, whether it's in the financial markets, competitive gaming, or social dynamics.
This obsession explains why I treat hobbies like competitive sports. I didn't just play video games, I actually grinded to become a top-nation esports player in a game called Brawlhalla and osu!mania. I didn't just play VALORANT, I built the VALORANT Malaysia Discord until the official VALORANT Asia server absorbed us. I didn't just chat on Discord, I founded 'The Coffee Shop' and 'unintentionally' grew it into the region’s fastest-growing server, breaking growth records just to see if I could.
Even my downtime is associated with competition. I used to be really into Chess (1500 FIDE), I was a KL state-level debater (I love adversarial thinking), a competitive programmer (I type and think fast), and a speedcuber (fast hands). When I’m not literally obsessing over the markets, I’m usually trying to bench press 1.5x my bodyweight (100kg @ 67kg) without passing out. I also love having deep, late-night talks and mock debates about existentialism because if we aren't challenging our priors, are we even learning?