PRACTICAL TOGAF CERTIFICATION




PHOTOS


PRACTICAL TOGAF CERTIFICATION
4 DAY CERTIFICATION COURSE

19 - 22 OCT 2010 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
25 - 28 OCT 2010 SINGAPORE

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TOGAF certification course


Michael Schnellbuegel
Michael is a TOGAF certified expert with long years of experience in Process and Architecture consulting and training. He is a member of the Association of Enterprise Architects (a|EA), and through PROMIS Solutions AG, in the Open Group. After his study, Michael was working for long years as Programme Manager and has gained fundamental experience in the management of of complex international projects. This practical experience with processes and
architectures led to a consulting activity in process and architecture modeling and optimisation and finally in the foundation of PROMIS. Promis Solutions AG, has since its foundation, focused on enterprise architecture and has expanded its core theme by merging with a tool vendor. PROMIS offers its products and services worldwide and has international operating enterprises as well as administrations as customers.

Michael has conducted several public training courses with
participants from Hewlett Packard Belgium and Germany,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Switzerland, KPMG Austria, Metropolitan Railroads South Africa, General Motors Austria, to name a few. Michael has also conducted in-house training courses for a number of organisations including MTN Nigeria, Banif Bank Portugal and Colmobil Israel.


His consulting experience has included several engagements with customers in Germany in different verticals as well as public administration like the State of Hamburg.

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PHOTOS FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS

THE GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE FORUM '09
Creating Value, Driving Value, Showing Value
21 -24 APRIL 2009 PARK ROYAL HOTEL SINGAPORE



THE FORUM FACILITATORS AND PRESENTERS

Sushil Chatterji, Director and Principal Consultant, Edutech Enterprises (Singapore)
Sushil Chatterji is Director & Principal Consultant of Edutech Enterprises (a specialist advisory consulting and training company). Sushil has been providing consulting and training services in Europe and the South East Asian region over the last 10
years. His primary areas of engagement are in Business Governance of IT, and Enterprise Architecture for Business Transformation. He has worked with such client organisations as the European Commission, ABN AMRO, Hewlett Packard, Bank Negara Malaysia, DRB-Hicom Malaysia, Citibank, Petroleum Corporation of Thailand (PTT), Singapore Airlines, DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Central Provident Fund Board of Singapore, and Singapore National Library Board.

Sushil works independently and together with associates to provide learning, facilitation and strategy deployment services to assist organisations in integrating process, knowledge, technology and change approaches for improving business and organisational performance. A strong proponent of Business Governance of IT, and Enterprise Architecture for Business Transformation, Sushil advises, coaches, trains and mentors using best practices, frameworks and process-improvement
methodologies. He is a trainer and speaker at industry seminars, conferences and workshops.

At the forefront of developments in Governance of IT, Sushil is a member of the global expert development team of COBIT, the de facto IT Governance control framework from the IT Governance Institute (ITGI), and its related Value Management framework, Val IT. He is an accredited trainer in IT Governance (by the ITGI), and is adjunct lecturer at the Solvay Brussels School of Business and Economics for its Executive Masters in IT Governance programme.

Sushil is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) member of the ISO workgroup on IT Governance which recently published the first worldwide standard in this area. Among his affiliations, Sushil is partner of ICTControl in Brussels (www.ictcontol.eu). In this consortium of specialists, he is responsible for the Value Governance and Enterprise Architecture practice area. He is member of the Global Enterprise Architecture Organisation (GEAO), the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), and the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC). He holds a Masters degree in Business Management and has professional certification in Enterprise Architecture and also Managing Information Technology from the U.S.

Having more than 25 years’ experience in the IT industry, Sushil has held such positions as:
- Senior Consultant, META Group Asia Pacific
- Regional Director – Asia Pacific, Software Publishing Corporation
- Regional Sales Director – ASK Group/Ingres
- Deputy Director – Industry Division, Singapore National Computer Board
- Sales Director – SEMA Group Asia Pacific
- Business Representative – IBM Singapore

Sushil will draw the link between Business Value and EA.

Dr Leong Mun Kew, Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer,
National Library Board
Leong Mun Kew is responsible for ensuring the alignment of IT to business strategy, and for looking at future technology directions.
Prior to his current rolet, Mun Kew was Principal Scientist and Programme Director for Services Research at the A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research.

From 1999 to 2001, Mun Kew was VP and CTO at an IT startup delivering custom distributed deep search technologies and services. His personal research was in information retrieval, mobile and social information management, educational technologies, digital libraries and distributed multilingual search systems. He has published and patented in these areas, and is an invited speaker at many talks. Mun Kew received his PhD from Stanford University.

He has more than 20 years of R&D and commercial experience in IT. He serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of IT at Temasek Polytechnic, the advisory board of the AIRS Symposium series, and was formerly Adjunct Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education.

We chat to Mun Kew about EA developments at the NLB. 
 
Kevin Lee Smith, Director
Pragmatic EA (UK)

Kevin Lee Smith is the founder of Pragmatic EA, the company that launched the Pragmatic
EA Framework (PeaF) in November 2008 after many years of development. From a sea of EA
noise and hype, PeaF “Cuts EA to the Bone” and provides a quick start toolkit necessary to begin
and sustain an Enterprise Architecture initiative.

Kevin has been involved in numerous and varied consulting engagements such as Deutsche bank, BAA, GEC Marconi, Singapore Telecoms, Reuters, Which?, The Rural Payment Agency, The National Police Improvement Agency and Ordnance Survey. His engagements have taken him across the globe from Europe to South East Asia and America.

Pragmatic EA launched the Pragmatic EA Framework (PeaF) in November 2008 after many years of development.
From a sea of EA noise and hype, PeaF “Cuts EA to the Bone” and provides a quick start toolkit necessary to begin and sustain an Enterprise Architecture initiative.Pragmatic EA are committed to providing a no-nonsense EA framework which benefits organisations and government bodies on a global scale.

Kevin gives us an insight into Enterprise Debt and why its important for us to understand it.

David Goldwich, Director and Principal Consultant, Gold Star (Singapore)
Author of Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Lessons in Effective Communication

David Goldwich earned an MBA degree, concentrating in Business Management and Organisation.
He later earned a Juris Doctor degree and practiced law in the United States for over ten years. Recognising that lawyers focus on problems rather than solutions, David turned to education and training as ways of producing positive change.

He has lectured and developed course materials at institutions of higher learning in the United States and Singapore. David is also a trained mediator and has experience in managing a business.

David shows us how to negotiate like an expert.
John Grygorcewicz, Principal
Bispro Consulting (Indonesia)


John has been working with major government and private organisations in Asia in the areas of performance improvement enabled by technology. This focus has not only been on the effective use of technology but also about how the organisation
has to modify its operational workflows, and in many cases its operating structure to successfully introduce and manage automation that is brought about by technology.

As a previous Principal with Ernst & Young’s usiness Risk Services practice , focusing on systems and processes,and now Managing Director of his own performance improvement advisory consultancy, he has a strong understanding of the issues regarding visibility of both the technology environment as well as the business architecture to ensure informed and correct decision making can be carried out, as well as managing the risk and continuity issues that need to be considered. John is a seasoned EA consultant to both the corporate and government sector in Indonesia.

John will help us take better stock of where we are, driving a sense of realism in our EA project scope and getting us closer to project success.
Janice Lua, co-founder of the Facilitators Network Singapore. IAF Certified Professional Facilitator and PMI certified Project Management Professional
Janice Lua has more than 16 years experience with MNEs in computing, project management, quality management, training and 10 years experience in facilitating organisation-wide change management, business process re-engineering, team building, creativity & innovation & planning for government agencies in Singapore. She has several years of experience in supporting a national-scale project, involving cross-cultural interactions.

Janice leads a World Café session on the Technical Architecture Domain where we will discuss best practices, implementation and strategic planning.

Prabu K Naidu, co-founder of the Facilitators Network Singapore.
Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF)

Prabu K Naidu's 19 years of MNE experience (1980-1999) with Philips, AT&T and Compaq spanned diverse functions in Engineering, Materials, Project Management, TQM, HRD, Managing Change and Supply Chain Re-Engineering. These have set the foundation for his current ten years of training, facilitation and consulting work in organisational development.

A part-time lecturer of Organisational Behaviour at the Singapore Human Resources Institute, Prabu is also the only Master Facilitator in Relationship Awareness™ in Singapore (PSP USA).

Prabu will lead an Open Space Technology session on Performance Accountability : Essential Practices to EA Success.


Ricky Lien, Director
Mindset Media


Ricky Lien specialises in programmes for individuals and organisations on communication skills.

Ricky has breakthrough practices for creativity in all human enterprises. His genius for creating innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment is unexcelled. A professional speaker and trainer in leadership, communications, sales, motivation and self-confidence, Ricky is a trained facilitator, an accredited administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Whole Brain Technology, ThinkOnYourFeet©, DiSC Personal Profile, an NLP Practitioner & a certified National Australian Assessor & Workplace Trainer.

Ricky uses scenario learning to show us how to communicate better and take control of our conversations.
Sum Tuck Wah, Partner
Director of Technology Practice, Kepner-Tregoe Asia Pacific


An expert in applying Kepner-Tregoe's critical thinking process, Tuck Wah is well versed in the importance of managing operational improvements across the organisation.
Being a Six Sigma Black Belt, Tuck Wah has the expertise and vision to help clients reduce operational complexity and improve operational efficiency.

Tuck Wah has a bachelor's degree in engineering, graduating with honours from Nanyang Technological Institute, and an MBA in international business and finance, graduating with honours from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Kepner-Tregoe, he worked in process engineering, new product development and plant management.

Tuck Wah will show us how to ask the right questions in our quest to solve problems in the EA projects.

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THE 3C CONTACT CENTRE
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT '09
24 -25 FEBRUARY 2009 KUALA LUMPUR

THE SUMMIT FACILITATORS AND PRESENTERS



Dr Debashis Chatterjee has taught for more than a decade at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Lucknow and Calcutta.He pioneered and founded the global centre for Leadership and Human Values at IIM Lucknow.
Currently Dean of the Leadership Centre at the SP Jain Centre of Management in Singapore, Debashis is author of several internationally published books.

Dr Chatterjee has been described as one of the "thought leaders" of the world by Professor John Kotter of the Harvard Business School for his contribution to the theory and practice of leadership.

Dr Chatterjee will lead us in a transformation exercise by focusing on re-generating our mental models.
John L. Epps is one of the original designers of the LENS Technology of Participation (ToPTM). Dr. Epps has conducted seminars and consultations on an in-house basis for more than 300 organisations throughout Southeast Asia, the U.S.A., and Europe.
As a director of LENS International in Malaysia and Singapore, he consults with groups on the subjects of strategic thinking, facilitation methods, customer service, and leadership development.

Dr. Epps will facilitate the ideation session on driving execution of plans.
Sulynn Choong is a Positive Change Consultant / Coach with Human Capital Perspectives and the Founder / Chief Engagement Officer at the Asian Center for Applied Positive Psychology (ACAPP).
Sulynn works with organisations to energise their workforce for outstanding performance. Combining practical corporate experience with evidence-based research in positive psychology, she assists CEOs in evaluating their organisations’ existing and proposed change initiatives for coherence, congruence, relevance and positive impact through strategic road-mapping and targeted interventions.

Sulynn designs and implements strength-based programmes that facilitate building positive workplaces, and conducts in-house individual and group coaching sessions/ workshops that focus on enabling leaders and managers to fully engage in their roles while developing quality interpersonal relationships, thus enhancing both corporate results and individual well-being.

Sulynn says that every day is a good day and will show you how and why.
Olivia Ohlen is a counselling psychologist and a corporate coach specialising in developing and implementing Employee Assistance Programmes for large multinational organisations in the mining industry.
The programmes address all levels of the organisational structure from leadership coaching and training to counselling and stress management for the employee base. 

Wellness in the workplace improves performance, motivation and retention of staff. The new century corporations are transforming their organisational culture and the coaching process leads to empowerment, open communication and cohesive team work.

With prior bases in the Gold Coast, Australia and most recently in Noumea, New Caledonia, Olivia is now based in Kuala Lumpur.

Olivia will provide a live coaching session.

Julian Leicester is Director of Beat Fear Sdn Bhd and Malaysia’s leading subconscious specialist. He has trained MLM groups, Insurance teams, state government management groups, large corporations and conducted high tech publics seminars and media events.
Julian is a National Record holder in the Malaysia Book of Records for beat the fear of heights public seminar together with Menara Kuala Lumpur in July 2003.

Julian was also the Mental Coach for Adidas' 24 Hour Challenge Run - Impossible is Nothing campaign. A popular newspaper columnist on Hypnotherapy, Julian has also coached the team for the China Winter Games in 2007. A certified National Service Trainer for character building programmes in 2004, Julian also conducted Malaysia's first Choose to Stop Smoking Seminar, which achieved high results in the newspaper.

Julian will help you eliminate your fear.
Sum Tuck Wah is the Partner, Director of Technology Practice, Kepner-Tregoe Asia Pacific. An expert in applying Kepner-Tregoe's critical thinking process to the contact centre industry, Tuck Wah is well versed in the importance of managing operational improvements across the organisation.
Being a Six Sigma Black Belt, Tuck Wah has the expertise and vision to help clients reduce operational complexity and improve operational efficiency.

Tuck Wah has a bachelor's degree in engineering, graduating with honours from Nanyang Technological Institute, and an MBA in international business and finance, graduating with honours from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining Kepner-Tregoe, he worked in process engineering, new product development and plant management.

Tuck Wah will show us how to ask the right questions in our quest to solve problems in the Contact Centre.

Ann Epps, AF Certified Professional Facilitator and Assessor, LENS International (M) Sdn Bhd

Ann will facilitate a dialogue on Getting what You Need on 25 February.





Lolitta Suffian is the Site Director, Malaysia Operations
TeleTech.
Lolita started as an agent for a customer service helpdesk at a local outsourcing company servicing the Australian market.
Lolitta then moved on to become Team Leader in another local outsourcing company. With her vast experience in contact centre operations, she then accepted the role of Operations Manager at another contact centre.

Moving on upwards to become Senior Operations Manager, Lolitta now manages the Malaysian operations for TeleTech. COPC certified and Six Sigma trained, Lolitta values quality and has proved to be effective in developing and facilitating the implementation of a world-class strategy to enable customer service excellence in all, at TeleTech.

Lolitta will be featured in the live interview on 24 February.

Dr Allen Teh is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Centre for Customer Care (CCC) Malaysia. He has conducted extensive research worldwide on customer service as well as customer behaviour as related to business.
And his latest piece of research lies in Emotional Quotient (EQ) and how it impacts on business profitability through employee work performance.
With more than 28 years experience in service operations and Human Resource Management, Allen is an experienced Customer Service Consultant, HR Consultant and Executive Search Consultant.

Allen has held senior managerial positions in diverse industries such as food and beverage, entertainment, manufacturing, property development and construction.

A trainer and consultant, Allen has provided training and consultancy to a number of banks, governmental bodies, insurance firms, direct-selling outfits, fast-food restaurants and contact centres. Allen holds a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from Southern Cross University, Australia and an MBA from the University of Dubuque, Iowa in the US.

Allen will help us take better control of our conversations on 24 February.
Bhavesh S Patel is a Performance Coach, an NLP Master Practitioner and an Open Space Technology (OST) Facilitator. For the last 10 years he has been coaching, training and facilitating individuals and groups.
He has worked with both business and civil society in over 20 countries across the world. Having recently arrived from the UK, he is now based in Malaysia and runs Group Solutions, a practise area of People Potential. OST provides a method for engaging the whole system in identifying needs, developing solutions and building consensus in organisations.

Bhavesh will run a session on developing leaders using the Open Space format on 25 February.





 

 

 

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