Fu Song Chiam

Head Of Product Development at Konica Minolta

Singapore

About

Experienced program manager with a demonstrated history of working on innovative projects. Able to effectively communicate with international teammates. Strong engineering professional with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Applied Science focused on Supply Chain Management.

Experience

  • Konica Minolta FORXAI Business Promotion Center APAC (Singapore)
    • Head Of Product Development and Engineering
      Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

      - Led a team of five in the research and development of innovative robotics and smart workplace solutions and services based on input from regional business development managers and customers - Developed and executed budget plans and resource allocation strategies to optimize R&D project timelines and deliverables to achieve product milestones within budget - Conducted market studies to formulate five-years product road-maps and strategies, create implementation plans, as well as secured buy-in from internal and external stakeholders - Increased product development velocity by 70% through leveraging on regional software teams and global outsourcing partners - Collaborated with the Head of Robotics Portfolio to develop, implement, and refine pricing strategies for existing products and services, as well as upcoming remote monitoring services

    • Product Engineering Specialist
      Mar 2020 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Headed a study with Chinese consulting firm and internal stakeholders to perform competitive analysis as well as identify alternative robot partners for APAC region - Created an Excellence Centre to upskill business development via facilitating knowledge transfer and providing tools for a data-driven approach, ensuring scalability and sustainability of portfolios - Leveraged robotics expertise to drive customer success across the entire sales cycle, from pre-sales to post-sales, within the manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare sectors

  • Country Garden Group (Foshan, Guangdong, China)
    • Senior Program Manager
      Jun 2019 - Mar 2020 · 10 mos

      - Built a team of eight to review and optimize existing construction pipelines using robotics solutions - Identified and evaluated automation use cases through conducting market studies and building models to estimate financial returns using parameters such as prototype efficiencies - Presented team findings to senior management resulting in successful funding and start-up of two robotics projects - Crafted weekly company-wide research reports which kept staff updated on state-of-the-art technologies and shortened the research timelines of different robot prototypes

    • Senior Engineer
      Sep 2018 - May 2019 · 9 mos

      - Participated in cross-functional projects aimed at the conceptualization, design, and building of robot prototypes for use in the construction industry - Created KPIs for tracking and quantifying the performance of prototypes by developing an understanding of practices in the construction industry through consulting construction experts and conducting market studies - Set project milestones and selected the best methods of achieving desired robotic functions through working closely with the Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), Robotics Controls, Computer Vision, and Procurement departments - Optimized prototypes through designing experiments and performing data analysis on experimental data

  • Graduate Researcher at NUS Multiphase Flow Loop Facility
    Aug 2013 - Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    - Designed and fabricated a test loop for testing multiphase flow in a commercial Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) - Performed Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) studies of accuracy within 4% to investigate and visualize the ESP multiphase performance - Conducted parametric studies by modeling critical design elements of an ESP and investigated the interactions between these elements to improve multiphase capabilities - Actively participated in design and fabrication of testing loop of a centrifugal pump with Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) - Conducted experiments to validate the CFD model of the IHPC pump - Obtained WDA certifications for ANSYS CFX, ANSYS Fluent, and ANSYS Workbench

  • Thesis Student at NUS Alternative Energy Sources Laboratory
    Aug 2012 - May 2013 · 10 mos

    - Researched the synthesis and testing of Phosphate Based Electrode Materials for Energy Storage Applications in Sodium-ion Batteries - Created a procedure for reliable production of high purity Sodium Vanadium Phosphate Fluoride (NVPF) - Tested the practical applications of the NVPF in batteries and achieved comparable performance to other electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries - Represented NUS as part of the team presenting Novel Sodium-ion Battery Technology for Large Scale Renewable Energy Storage in the 2013 TECO Green Tech Contest

  • Research Student at Osaka University Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry
    Mar 2012 - Aug 2012 · 6 mos

    - Provided new insights into the field of texturization of Silicon using different chemical etching techniques and testing the samples - Achieved comparable efficiencies between current methods and newly developed method