Education Qualifications

BBA (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1985 PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993

Academic and Professional Experience

Vice President (University and Global Relations), National University of Singapore, 2004 - 2007 Secretary General, Association of Pacific Rim Universities, 2002 - 2007 Managing Director, Centre for Testing and Assessment Pte Ltd, 2000 - 2007 Associate President, National University of Singapore, 2002 - 2004 Resident Fellow, Kent Ridge Hall, National University of Singapore, 1994 - 2003 Associate Vice-President, National University of Singapore, 2001 - 2002 Special Assistant to Vice-Chancellor, National University of Singapore, 2000 - 2001 Director of Corporate Communications, National University of Singapore, 2000 - 2001 Special Assistant to Deputy Vice-Chancellor, National University of Singapore, 1999 - 2000 Deputy Director & Head, Quality Planning, Office of Quality Management, National University of Singapore, 1999 - 1999 Deputy Director of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, 1997 - 1999 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1996 - 1998 Director, Productivity and Quality Research Centre, National University of Singapore, 1994 - 1996 Sub-Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1993 - 1996 Deputy Director, Centre for Management of Technology, National University of Singapore, 1993 - 1994 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993 - 1993 Research Associate, Teaching Assistant, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990 - 1993

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Job orientation, perceptions, and satisfaction: A study of information technology professionals in Singapore, with C. S. Sankar and W. Y. Yeong, Information & Management, No. 29 : pp. 239-250, 1995 (United States) The adoption of corporate governance mechanisms: A test of competing diffusion models, with Venkatraman, N. and J. Koh, Management Science, Vol. 40, No. 4 : pp. 496-507, 1994 Diffusion of information technology outsourcing: Influence sources and the Kodak effect, with N. Venkatraman, Information Systems Research, Vol. 3, No. 4 : pp. 334-358, December, 1992 (United States) Determinants of information technology outsourcing: A cross-sectional analysis, with N. Venkatraman, Journal of Management Information Systems: JMIS, No. 9 : pp. 7-24, 1992 (United States)

Consultation and Executive Experience

Andersen Consulting (USA) IBM (USA) Asian Productivity Organization (Japan) Infocomm Development Authority Agency for Science, Technology and Research Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board

Research Interests

Strategic Planning & Management Information Technology Strategy Technology & Innovation Policy