technopreneurship

To all Bio students, please MAKE TIME to attend these two talks. You never know when they can be useful to you. I'm sure you can get lots of ideas as well listening to the speakers. Come on, do something useful on your weekend and attend the talks.

dr.nurul
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Assalamu'alaikum and Good day,

We are pleased to invite all of you to our series of talks on Technopreneurship on 7 Feb and 21 Feb 2009.

Talk #1
Date: 7 Feb 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: DKG31
Title: "Technopreneurship Challenges in Malaysia "
Speaker: Dr Mohamad Salmi bin Mohd Sohod

Profile
DR. MOHAMAD SALMI BIN MOHD SOHOD - Managing Director of In Fusion Solution Sdn Bhd
BSc in Manufacturing ( Western Michigan University , USA ), MSc in Manufacturing and Industrial Management ( Western Michigan University , USA ), PhD in Management ( University of Bradford , UK ).

Dr. Mohamad Salmi bin Mohd. Sohod has over 16 years of experience as an academician at the Universiti Utara Malaysia in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Best Practice Management, E-Learning and Quality Management.
He held various managerial positions including Directorship of the Research & Consultancy Division, the Director of Entrepreneurial Development Institute in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Director of Malaysian Multimedia Entrepreneurs Corporation (MMEC) and Director of Malaysia Techno-Entrepreneurs Corporation (MTEC).

He has contributed tremendously to the thinking education community. Major publications contributed towards the international education sector included topics on Joint Ventures, Work Values, Organisational Studies, Management Issues and Human Resources Management.
Dr. Mohamad Salmi's contribution towards the growth of education through ICT is also recognized worldwide, evidenced by his appointments as the Associate Dean of eTQM College in Dubai , UAE. His corporate achievements include the successful development of UNITAR from conceptualization to business commencement.

Talk #2
Date: 21 Feb 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 9:15 am - 11:15 am
Venue: DKG31
Title: "The Success Story of Young Technoprenuer - Jeffrey Lim"
Speaker: Jeffrey Lim Tau Hoong

Profile
(Jeffrey) LIM TAU HOONG - CEO of Softphix Technology Sdn Bhd.
BSc IT and telecommunication
Australia IEEE Certified Chartered Engineer

Jeffrey Lim brings an excellent mix of hardware and software skills to the organization. His current work involves implementing Web-enabled software as a service systems.
He has a wide variety of industry experience at both software and engineering field. Jeffrey completed the IT and telecommunication Degree from University of Adelaide and is an MBA candidate at the School of Management at University of Tun Abdul Razak (UniTAR), Malaysia concentrating in financial management and e-commerce.
He is responsible for marketing development as well as overall responsibility for the strategic direction of the company. He also oversees new product development.
Jeffrey is responsible with consulting his views on the architectural designs of the technology combined with his understanding of financial management and e-commerce to develop a better business concept.

Jeffrey Lim has worked for a Malaysia based company called APC System Sdn Bhd working as the IT manager supporting all the system in the company from July 2001 to April 2002 while teaching part time in Inti College Penang for degree in electrical engineering and foundation course.
Jeffrey has also worked for an Australia based company called EchoMe Inc while studying in Australia from August 2003 to July 2004. He was the telecommunication support adviser on a project 1900record system for EchoMe which digitized the storage of data communication in server system for easy distribution. Beside that, he was also the 2004 Australia Entrepreneur Title semifinalist.

Today, he shares his knowledge and experience in ICT field through seminars and talks. He is also the director for International Business of the young entrepreneur Malaysia association Penang, PUMM (Persatuan Usahawan Muda Malaysia ,www.pumm.net). At the same time, he is holding the position of chairman of the inaugural chair of Software Consortium of Penang, SCoPe (www.scope.org.my)

Thank you.