Mr Alex Siow is currently the
Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales in StarHub Ltd,
a position he assumed since 1 Feb 2005.
Mr Siow received his tertiary education in Germany under
a PSC scholarship where he obtained his Bachelor of Engineering
(civil) degree in 1979 from the Stuttgart Institute of Technology.
In 1986 he obtained his Master of Science in Engineering with distinction
at the Birmingham University, U.K. graduating as top student in
his class. In 1991 he completed his Senior Management Programme
at INSEAD, Fontainebleu, Paris.
Before joining StarHub, Mr Alex
Siow joined the Housing and Development Board in 1980 and served
as a Structural Engineer before being appointed as Chief Information
Officer in 1991. Under his leadership, the IT department of HDB
won several accolades and awards and Mr Siow was conferred the
Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 1993 and (Silver) in 2000.
Mr
Siow is also very active in the IT community in Singapore. He
was a past President of the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) and
Information Technology Management Association (ITMA). As President
of the SCS, Mr Siow initiated the Certified IT Project Management
Programme. Currently he is a Vice President of the Singapore Manufacturing
Federation and Chairman of its IT Function Committee. He also sits
on the IT Advisory Committee of the Singapore International Chamber
of Commerce and also of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
and Industry. He was the past Secretary General of the Asia ICT
Confederation and past Chairman of the e-Learning Chapter of the
Singapore IT Federation. He is the immediate Past President of
the Singapore Chapter of the Project Management Institute. For
his involvement and leadership in the IT community, Mr Siow was
conferred the IT Leader's Award for Person of the Year in 2002.
Mr Siow is
a Board member of CISCO Security Pte Ltd and P.T. CISCOMAS Sekurititama,
Jakarta. He is the Chairman of the Industry Advisory Committee
for the School of Computing, NUS, a member of the National IT
Advisory Committee, a member of the National Grid Steering Committee,
and a member of the National Trust Council.
Mr Siow has published
many articles in the Computer Times, Digital Life and other publications
and has delivered many papers and presentations on project management,
information technology and business value of IT at local and international
conferences. He was Adjunct Associate Professor at the Nanyang
Business School, NTU and at the NUS Business School. He is currently
Adjunct Professor at the School of Computing, NUS.
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