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Riz Ainuddin
Date of Birth: 12 March 1978
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rizainuddin
Personal: adplist.org/mentors/ainurizam
I have a unique talent for bringing people together across departments, fostering strong collaboration and synergy. I'm the type of person you can connect with within minutes, building relationships effortlessly. Additionally, I possess exceptional operational skills and excel in driving operational excellence.
As an accomplished design leader, I possess a unique ability to drive efficiency, foster collaboration, and elevate user experiences through my expertise in Design Ops. With a solid foundation in Product, Design, and UX, I utilize data-driven insights to guide strategic decision-making. My primary focus is empowering diverse teams, enabling designers and product professionals to excel in their roles and deliver exceptional results.
With over 20 years of experience, I have successfully navigated the landscape of both scrappy startups to multi-national companies, consistently delivering impactful solutions. Throughout my career, I have dedicated years to delving deep into product design, design operations, and lean product management, constantly seeking ways to innovate and push boundaries.
As a passionate design enthusiast, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to every project, consistently striving for excellence and leading by example. My proven track record, combined with my unwavering dedication to the field, positions me as a sought-after design leader who can drive impactful outcomes and inspire teams to achieve greatness.
Skills: Stakeholder Management, Leadership and Management, Operational Excellence, Systems Thinking, Change Management, Design Thinking, Communication, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience
Lead Design Operations, LottieFiles, Remote Anywhere in the World, Jun 2022 - May 2023; Collaborated with design leadership to identify and address critical problems, resulting in enhanced efficiency, simplicity, and strengthened relationships. Supported operational success of product teams, allowing increased focus on design, development, and product delivery. Enhanced design process efficiency and collaboration, streamlining processes and rituals to foster seamless communication between designers. Developed tools, systems, and learning initiatives to facilitate Design Org growth, improving recruitment, onboarding, offboarding and training processes for designers. Promoted a creative culture by prioritizing user-centric design, serving as a design advocate within the company and driving adoption of LottieFiles’s company-wide design system.
Product Design Manager, airasia, Kuala Lumpur, Jan 2022 - May 2022; My team designs experiences to connect people with a diverse portfolio of products such as Flights end-to-end, Hotels, Holidays, Healthcare, Bookings, Payments, Search engine optimisation, and agent booking. airasia Super App bags two awards at at World Travel Tech Awards 2022; World’s Best Low-Cost Airline App & World’s Best Low-Cost Airline Website
Senior Product Designer, airasia, Kuala Lumpur, Apr 2021 - Dec 2021; Designing airasia, The ASEAN Super App. A travel and lifestyle app that does it all for you. Product design lead for airasia Health, IKHLAS (a brand new line of business under airasia aims to support Muslim communities around the world), Payments and Bookings experience.
Lead Product & UX Trainer, airasia, Kuala Lumpur, Jul 2020 - Mar 2021; airasia Academy is a collaboration between AirAsia Group’s corporate venture arm, RedBeat Ventures, with Google. Lead, planned and participated in multiple design sprints and design workshops solving complex problems and solutions to launching products quickly. Reskilled and upskilled AirAsia Allstars from non-tech (pilots, cabin crew, ground staff, marketing, customer service, etc.) to career ready junior entry level positions within the group of companies and partners.
Product Manager, Tripfez Travel, Subang Jaya, Feb 2019 - Mar 2020; Lead and champion Tripfez's web product, a B2C e-commerce travel website. Monthly active users grew 3x to 35K. Monthly page views increase to 31% (114K). Engaged with over 300+ customers online and offline for UX and CX user research. UX and CX user research increased online conversion by more than 4x.
Lead Product Design & Co-founder, Code Ar.my, Kuala Lumpur, Oct 2013 - Nov 2018; As a Product Design Lead & Co-founder at Code Army, my role encompasses a broad range of responsibilities, all focused on developing and guiding the strategic direction of our product offerings and fostering entrepreneurial growth within the company. In 2013, I helped establish Code Army in London, UK as a unique online platform that assists non-technical business entrepreneurs in developing their products and launching their startups with the aid of experienced CTOs. This venture was possible through successful fundraising from Malaysian angel investors and government agencies. As part of our expansion, in 2014, Code Army became the head for Lean Startup Machine (LSM) in Malaysia, conducting our early program in partnership with Microsoft Malaysia. The following year, we became Asia's first representative for Lean Startup Machine's Global Advisory Board, subsequently signing a partnership agreement to act as the official regional partner for 14 countries. One of our landmark achievements was in 2015, when we partnered with Khazanah Nasional, the strategic investment fund of the Malaysian Government, to launch Project Brainchild. This was Malaysia's first-ever program aimed at existing employees of Khazanah and Khazanah-linked companies, intending to unearth and develop entrepreneurial talents. Under my leadership, Code Army has developed a detailed curriculum, lesson plans, training session plans, and instructional content, delivering knowledge transfer from training workshops to behaviour changes. These efforts transformed 1,000 entrepreneurs and professionals in less than three years and validated over 500 products, leading to a combined startup valuation of RM15mil (USD3.6mil) and RM3mil (USD722k) in funding raised. As the Product Design Lead, my duties include overseeing end-to-end product design for our global online platform. Using game thinking, we assist startups and companies of all sizes in building virtual teams remotely. Leveraging my extensive product design experience, I collaborate closely with game design experts, designers, and engineers to create a world-class application. Moving forward, I am responsible for overseeing both the short and long-term learning, operational, and management improvements across all venture pre-accelerator, accelerator, and incubation programs. In sum, as a Product Design Lead & Co-founder, my role is to drive innovation, foster talent, design superior products, and ensure Code Army remains a leader in the entrepreneurial development space.
Director of Ecommerce & Digital Media, Popmycase, Shah Alam, May 2012 - Oct 2014; Popmycase is South East Asia’s major player in making premium custom cases that protects smartphone devices with style. Founded in 2012, Popmycase has become a household name for one-of-a-kind solution to express individuality and creativity on smartphone cases. Popmycase also acts as a platform for emerging and established artists to sell their artworks for their fans and art lovers. My roster of local and international artists includes Amy Search, Bunkface, Nini Marini, Orkibal, Super Sunday, Muid Latif, Edi Yuzri, Afdlin Shauki, Clogtwo and more. With the aspiration to be Asia's premium customized cases for smartphones, we appeared in the press with positive rave and reviews. "Cool Stuff!" - The Star, Metrobiz 16 Jun 2012. “Popmycase is the producer of innovative custom cases in Asia. Professing one’s love for a team on smartphones are the in-thing” - The Star, StarMetro 26 Jun 2012. “Trendsetters. Awesome designs, artists and exclusive!" - Harian Metro, Variasi 28 Jul 2012. “What makes Popmycase exclusive is the artwork and superior printing quality. Colors comes out alive and vivid." - Utusan Malaysia, Mega Gajet 9 Jul 2012. “Cases gets a touch of creativity from collaborating celebrities and artist. Produces very exclusive designs only available on Popmycase" - Kosmo!, Rencana Utama 5 Sep 2012.
Director Of Ecommerce & Digital Media, One Drop Perfumes, Shah Alam, Jan 2012 - Oct 2014; One Drop Perfumes entered the Malaysia market in 2007 to fill in the gap in the perfume industry that does not contain alcohol or water, which commonly termed as fine fragrance. Since then, One Drop Perfumes has taken the market by storm. Over 20,000 distributors and independent retailers, more than 10 million boxes sold nationwide and 900,000 happy customers. Success of growth has scaled product to enter the Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Kenya and Russia markets with promising numbers.I am responsible for the online sales channel and collaborating with other multiple channel business leader units for One Drop Perfumes. Day to day tasks required to managed all aspects of the Ecommerce business including, business planning, user experience, content strategy and development, promotional campaigns and other online marketing, website design, customer service, web analytics and web technologies.
Creative Director, Friedchillies Media, Kuala Lumpur, Dec 2007 - Dec 2012; I'm responsible for leading creative development and overseeing execution for food photography assignments, food styling, book-publishing materials, online magazines, web design, production set designs and video programs that I collaborate closely with Head of Content to create. As well as involvement in various processes outside of the typical creative role. During my role here I have achieved numerous international and local accolades for the work we have produced to promote Malaysian cuisine to the world. Here are the list of accolades. Nominated for a Le Cordon Bleu Award for Best Food Website In The World - Le Cordon Bleu. Winner "The Sloppiest Burger In Malaysia": Best Super Shot Film New York County Food Film Festival. Winner Digi WWWOW Award for Best Food Website. Listed for three consecutive years, Best 88 websites, 88 Most Noteworthy website - The Edge. “The highly interactive site is on its way to achieving its mission -- getting Malaysian food worldwide recognition.” - CNN. “Blogs like FriedChillies and Penang Street Foods have sprouted in recent years, deliciously chronicling the pan - Asia flavors of dishes” - The New York Times. “Outstanding and almost too voluminous reviews….lively, imaginative, clearinghouse for K.L's foodies…” - Wall Street Journal. “Introduced me to Malaysia’s culinary cultures in a day set a belly busting challenge...” - Times UK. “Food Media describes what FriedChillies does best ” - The Edge. “A specialist topic content brand that provides food guides, editorial, reviews and community information for afficionados of Asian food including street food.” - Adobe Success Case Study. “Plenty of mouth watering suggestions for the Epicurean…” - FHM Magazine. “Bouyant, bold and thigh slappingly funny….” - The Sun
Creative Director, Digitalyst, Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2006 - Nov 2007; I was accountable for developing and executing creatives for all email marketing campaigns that drives high open rates and click through rates. I report directly to the CTO and CEO while working closely with senior copywriter, systems engineer and other stakeholders. We were the only licensed media vendor to market 4,000,000 permission based emails.
Art Director Interactive, Leo Burnett and Arc Worldwide, Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2005 - Jul 2006; I joined reputable advertising agency Leo Burnett reported directly to one of Malaysia's leading creative executive creative director, Tan Kien Eng as the first Art Director under Arc Worldwide (Subsidiary of Leo Burnett Malaysia) to lead all interactive and digital marketing creatives. I was responsible for Malaysia Airlines first web reservation system application design, customer experience, digital campaign creatives across all 13 operating Malaysian Airlines countries websites. When I'm not at the account, I've produced creatives for Ford, Petronas, Phillip Morris and Leo Burnett.
Imaging Director, Intecture, Kuala Lumpur, Mar 2004 - Mar 2005; Following on the success of the imaging department setup, I lead a team of smart individuals to develop design parameters for all projects, develop design briefings, and lead development of new businesses. Faced many design challenges to persuade local councils to adopt cutting edge interfaces, integration of legacy systems, councils user behaviours and user experience model. In this role, I'm required to lead the imaging department capabilities and build it as a business unit. I'm responsible for process cost estimates, purchase orders, profitability and related financial reportings.
Senior Imaging Technologist, Kuala Lumpur, Nov 2003 - Mar 2004; I moved to join Malaysia's first e-submission application for building plans submission; the VAE. Reporting directly to the CEO, I was hired as the first team member to setup the internal imaging department that I'm responsible for all product imaging requirements that includes; creative and art direction across all mediums, product design, technology strategy and development, marketing communications and collateral designs. I successfully helped the CEO to developed and established the imaging department internally needed to ensure product designs and imaging requirements are kept at a very high standard.
Senior Design Technologist, Motionworks, Kuala Lumpur, Oct 2001 - Oct 2003; I made a career jump to join a two-man design boutique agency, Motionworks to play on the next level as a digital designer. I report and work directly to a talented Australian creative director and designer on all digital related projects. Started as a two-man agency when I joined, the team grew to a total of 15 people working on huge multi-million digital projects with multi national corporations and brands such as Tabung Haji, Proton, and Proton Edar. I developed a high sensitivity of design and detail which contributed to the credibility of the agency to grow and continue in the years to come. I face the most demanding client ever in history and that had shaped me to developed client servicing skill as a designer. It is with that demand that had shaped and propel my skill forward to the next level.
Web Designer, CICAKnet, Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2000 - Sep 2001; I decided CICAKnet as my first company to start my digital design career because the founder, Izham Ismail was crazy enough to believe in my capabilities, attitude, and determination to become a great designer. I was accountable to ensure that all designs and development activities was to be produced by me. I determined the creative direction and concepts. Translating those ideas by using standard HTML/CSS practices. Working and dealing with client is one of the responsibilities. I enjoy interacting with clients as I get first hand understanding and empathy of their problem. The greatest challenge working here was the fact I have a steep learning curve to learn new web technologies such as Macromedia flash, dreamweaver and director to produce digital interactive applications. I was on constant research and learning to get on the next level.
The Interaction Design Foundation, www.interaction-design.org, 2019 - 2020.
Bacher of Arts - BA (Hons) Accounting with Business Information System, Middlesex University, London, 1996 - 2000.
A Levels, David Game College, London, 1995 - 1996.
GCSE, Kensington Park School, 1994 - 1996.
PMR, Sekolah Menengah Damansara Utama, Malaysia, 1991 - 1994.
1000 Mentorship Minutes, adplist.orgadplist.org, Issued Mar 2023, Credential ID 90545. 500 Mentorship Minutes, adplist.orgadplist.org, Issued Dec 2022, Credential ID 65995. 10 Mentorship Sessions, adplist.orgadplist.org, Issued Nov 2022, Credential ID 60631. 1 Mentorship Sessions, adplist.orgadplist.org, Issued Jul 2022, Credential ID 20104. 100 Mentorship Minutes, adplist.orgadplist.org, Issued Jul 2022, Credential ID 22303. Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design, Coursera, Issued Mar 2021, Credential ID 6WZJLY2MDBUD. Certificate of Membership, The Interaction Design Foundation, Issued Apr 2019, Credential ID 53758. Building and Maintaining Your UX Design Portfolio, LinkedIn, Issued Jan 2019. Job Interview Strategies for UX Designers, LinkedIn, Issued Jan 2019. Sketch Essential Training: The Basics (2017), LinkedIn, Issued Jan 2019. UX Design: 3 Creating Personas, LinkedIn, Issued Jan 2019. Certified Train The Trainer, HRD Corp - Human Resource Development Corporation, Issued Jun 2018, Credential ID TTT/20836. Playing Lean Game Master (PLGM), Playing Lean, Issued Nov 2017.
Mentor adplist.org Apr 2020 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos Top areas of impact includes General mentorship, Resume and portfolio review, Design career path, Practice mock interviews, Changing roles, Breaking into tech and Design operations.
Due Diligence Committee (DDC) MOHE Entrepreneurial Awards (MEA Ministry of Education Malaysia Mar 2018 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos The Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) introduced MOE Entrepreneurial Awards (MEA) to act as a catalyst for the creation of a conducive entrepreneurial ecosystem and holistic entrepreneurship development in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The Awards in Malaysia are meant to give recognition to HEIs demonstrating excellence in terms of promoting entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial development in their institutions. They also aim to recognize the importance of developing entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviors in all students as well as supporting those seeking to become graduate entrepreneurs. I hand-picked the 10 best student enterprises from thousands of application to compete for the winning prize.
PanelistPanelist Multimedia University Nov 2017 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos The MMU Research Innovation Commercialisation & Entreprenuership Showcase (RICES) is an initiative under the Research & Innovation Division that took place at MMU Cyberjaya on 15 November 2017. The goal of the RICES event is to enable new collaborations to take place and strengthening existing professional ties in MMU.
Jury: Piala Usahawan Inovasi Piala Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi 2017 Ministry of Education Malaysia Oct 2017 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos The first ever competition in 2013 was the initiative by the Ministry in enhancing the ecosystem that supports the development of Entrepreneurship Development of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in line with the wishes of the 2015-2025 Malaysia Education Development Plan to produce graduates who dare to act as a "job creator".
Speaker Tune Protect Group Aug 2017 - Present · 6 yrs The Tune Protect SOS Challenge takes a stand for improved safety for all road users – including pedestrians. It is a competition among tertiary students of all backgrounds, that calls for unique concepts to elevate awareness and cultivate behavioural change to address national road safety issues. The Challenge is organised by Tune Protect in partnership with the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), the Road Safety Department Malaysia (JKJR), and Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). I shared with the audience that ideas can be generated and validated using one of the world's best innovation methodology, the Lean Startup within minutes.
Keynote Speaker Global Islamic Economy Entrepreneurship Convention (GIEEC) May 2017 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos GIEEC is the only global platform dedicated to empowering the spirit of entrepreneurship & SME's in the global Islamic Economy. Join the 2nd global edition in Kuala Lumpur in May 2017. I delivered the opening Keynote on the topic "Startup Lessons from the Prophets' Mosque".
Speaker Maxis Oct 2016 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos Maxis Inspire 2018, Maxis connected proactive, ambitious individuals with some of the best and brightest entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Maxis brought together successful individuals from the corporate and start-up worlds to share their stories on how having a relentless mindset made them champions in their fields and how actualising their ideas made an impact on their work and the society. Maxis concluded the evening with an exclusive networking session where shortlisted participants had the chance to get up close and personal with some of the top corporate and start-up leaders. I delivered a workshop to a room of the best and brightest entrepreneurs and individuals on the how to design a lean business model using Lean Canvas.
Guest Lecturer Taylor's University Sep 2016 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos To achieve balanced excellence and be recognized as a leading international university ranked in the top 100 universities in Asia by 2022. Taylor's want to be recognized by all of our close stakeholders and the higher education sector worldwide as a world class international university. I shared with a group of engineering students on the power of thinking lean. How can they benefit from a world class methodology to build the most quickest and fastest way to test their business idea.
Guest Speaker Technology Park Malaysia Sep 2016 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos The Innovation Incubation Centre (IIC) aspires to accelerate the growth of technopreneurs in the renewable energy, ICT, biotech and engineering industries to grow from ideation to commercialisation via provision of intervention programmes in critical areas. I shared the best practises of a world class incubator programme to the group of Accelerators and Incubators in the Government and Private sector.
Mentor Digi Telecommunications Dec 2016 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos The Digi Challenge for Change is an open and inclusive programme and competition for Malaysians to contribute ideas for mobile applications that benefit society. Their mission for Season 7 is Building Mobile First Solutions for Social Impact. I offered knowledge in the area of Product Development and Execution.
Mentor Lean Startup Machine Nov 2015 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos The biggest risk in starting a business is not being able to acquire customers. LSM is a 3-day workshop that teaches you how to build something customers want and run the right experiments to steer your business in the right direction. Lean Startup Machine is an educational workshop with a rigorous curriculum. Our focus is to teach entrepreneurs the process of validating business ideas through hands-on experimentation and mentorship. Three days is an extremely short amount of time, but it’s enough to test multiple business concepts, identify which one has the most potential, and even collect $4,500 from customers. While Lean Startup Machine and Startup Weekend share the same spirit of experiential learning over a few days, Lean Startup Machine emphasizes validating ideas before building. Some view Lean Startup Machine as the step before Startup Weekend. See additional thoughts from people who have attended both events here. I delivered a session sharing my knowledge on possible idea solutions to validate ways to solve it.
Community Volunteer Al-Khaadem Foundation Jul 2015 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mos ‘Al-Khaadem’ means ‘The One Who Serves’. This philosophy of selfless service underpins the purpose behind the establishment of Pertubuhan Al-Khaadem, which is to help all mankind, spiritually and physically. Established in 1984 and officially launched in 1992, Al-Khaadem is a Malaysian humanitarian charitable body committed to helping those in need through effective charity and as guided by the Noble Qur’an and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We serve mankind regardless of colour or creed, to reflect Islam’s compassion. Our community-based work focuses on engaging the public through education at our centre, seasonal activities/outreach programmes and mission-based initiatives. Worldwide, Al-Khaadem deploys aid and relief on a need-is-greatest basis to help the marginalised and vulnerable in communities affected by crises such as military and political conflicts, famine and poverty, and floods and earthquakes.
Mentor Lean Startup Machine Jun 2015 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos The biggest risk in starting a business is not being able to acquire customers. LSM is a 3-day workshop that teaches you how to build something customers want and run the right experiments to steer your business in the right direction. Lean Startup Machine is an educational workshop with a rigorous curriculum. Our focus is to teach entrepreneurs the process of validating business ideas through hands-on experimentation and mentorship. Three days is an extremely short amount of time, but it’s enough to test multiple business concepts, identify which one has the most potential, and even collect $4,500 from customers. While Lean Startup Machine and Startup Weekend share the same spirit of experiential learning over a few days, Lean Startup Machine emphasizes validating ideas before building. Some view Lean Startup Machine as the step before Startup Weekend. See additional thoughts from people who have attended both events here. I delivered a session sharing my knowledge on possible idea solutions to validate ways to solve it.
Mentor StartupMalaysia.org May 2015 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos 1MET 3.0 Bootcamp 2015. The 1MET program is a series of intense hands on entrepreneurship bootcamps designed to sensitize nascent and first time entrepreneurs in the basics of entrepreneurship i.e. venture building.1MET 3.0 Bootcamp 2015. The 1MET program is a series of intense hands on entrepreneurship bootcamps designed to sensitize nascent and first time entrepreneurs in the basics of entrepreneurship i.e. venture building.
Mentor StartupMalaysia.org Mar 2015 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos Global Startup Youth ASEAN @ 1AES (1 ASEAN Entrepreneurship Summit 2015). Mentoring in a 3-day action-packed event to 300 youth from 10 countries. 3 mentored teams Won.Global Startup Youth ASEAN @ 1AES (1 ASEAN Entrepreneurship Summit 2015). Mentoring in a 3-day action-packed event to 300 youth from 10 countries. 3 mentored teams Won.
Community Volunteer Al-Khaadem Foundation Jun 2014 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos ‘Al-Khaadem’ means ‘The One Who Serves’. This philosophy of selfless service underpins the purpose behind the establishment of Pertubuhan Al-Khaadem, which is to help all mankind, spiritually and physically. Established in 1984 and officially launched in 1992, Al-Khaadem is a Malaysian humanitarian charitable body committed to helping those in need through effective charity and as guided by the Noble Qur’an and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We serve mankind regardless of colour or creed, to reflect Islam’s compassion. Our community-based work focuses on engaging the public through education at our centre, seasonal activities/outreach programmes and mission-based initiatives. Worldwide, Al-Khaadem deploys aid and relief on a need-is-greatest basis to help the marginalised and vulnerable in communities affected by crises such as military and political conflicts, famine and poverty, and floods and earthquakes. ‘Al-Khaadem’ means ‘The One Who Serves’. This philosophy of selfless service underpins the purpose behind the establishment of Pertubuhan Al-Khaadem, which is to help all mankind, spiritually and physically. Established in 1984 and officially launched in 1992, Al-Khaadem is a Malaysian humanitarian charitable body committed to helping those in need through effective charity and as guided by the Noble Qur’an and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We serve mankind regardless of colour or creed, to reflect Islam’s compassion. Our community-based work focuses on engaging the public through education at our centre, seasonal activities/outreach programmes and mission-based initiatives. Worldwide, Al-Khaadem deploys aid and relief on a need-is-greatest basis to help the marginalised and vulnerable in communities affected by crises such as military and political conflicts, famine and poverty, and floods and earthquakes.
Speaker Lean Startup Machine May 2014 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos The biggest risk in starting a business is not being able to acquire customers. LSM is a 3-day workshop that teaches you how to build something customers want and run the right experiments to steer your business in the right direction. Lean Startup Machine is an educational workshop with a rigorous curriculum. Our focus is to teach entrepreneurs the process of validating business ideas through hands-on experimentation and mentorship. Three days is an extremely short amount of time, but it’s enough to test multiple business concepts, identify which one has the most potential, and even collect $4,500 from customers. While Lean Startup Machine and Startup Weekend share the same spirit of experiential learning over a few days, Lean Startup Machine emphasizes validating ideas before building. Some view Lean Startup Machine as the step before Startup Weekend. See additional thoughts from people who have attended both events here. I delivered a session sharing my knowledge on possible idea solutions to validate ways to solve it. The biggest risk in starting a business is not being able to acquire customers. LSM is a 3-day workshop that teaches you how to build something customers want and run the right experiments to steer your business in the right direction. Lean Startup Machine is an educational workshop with a rigorous curriculum. Our focus is to teach entrepreneurs the process of validating business ideas through hands-on experimentation and mentorship. Three days is an extremely short amount of time, but it’s enough to test multiple business concepts, identify which one has the most potential, and even collect $4,500 from customers. While Lean Startup Machine and Startup Weekend share the same spirit of experiential learning over a few days, Lean Startup Machine emphasizes validating ideas before building. Some view Lean Startup Machine as the step before Startup Weekend. See additional thoughts from people who have attended both events here. I delivered a session sharing my knowledge on possible idea solutions to validate ways to solve it.
Community Volunteer Al-Khaadem Foundation Jul 2013 - Present · 10 yrs 1 mo ‘Al-Khaadem’ means ‘The One Who Serves’. This philosophy of selfless service underpins the purpose behind the establishment of Pertubuhan Al-Khaadem, which is to help all mankind, spiritually and physically. Established in 1984 and officially launched in 1992, Al-Khaadem is a Malaysian humanitarian charitable body committed to helping those in need through effective charity and as guided by the Noble Qur’an and the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We serve mankind regardless of colour or creed, to reflect Islam’s compassion. Our community-based work focuses on engaging the public through education at our centre, seasonal activities/outreach programmes and mission-based initiatives. Worldwide, Al-Khaadem deploys aid and relief on a need-is-greatest basis to help the marginalised and vulnerable in communities affected by crises such as military and political conflicts, famine and poverty, and floods and earthquakes.
World’s Best Low-Cost Airline AppWorld’s Best Low-Cost Airline App World’s Best Low-Cost Airline WebsiteWorld’s Best Low-Cost Airline Website Issued by World Travel Tech · Oct 2022Issued by World Travel Tech · Oct 2022
Associated with AirAsiaAssociated with AirAsia airasia Super app bagged two awards at the prestigious second edition of World Travel Tech Awards, namely the World's Best Low-Cost Airline App and the World's Best Low-Cost Airline Website.
Held annually, the World Travel Tech Awards, serves to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence in travel technology; and is the sister event of the World Travel Awards. Both are voted by industry experts and consumers from across the globe, making each award truly a world-class recognition.
This recognition for the airasia Super App’s excellence in travel tech follows another recent win, where the one stop travel super app platform was named as the Best in Future of Digital Infrastructure at IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2022. The two recognitions in the past two months reinforces all the efforts from the airasia Super App are in the right direction, as it continues to strive towards creating better value and enhancing user experience.airasia Super app bagged two awards at the prestigious second edition of World Travel Tech Awards, namely the World's Best Low-Cost Airline App and the World's Best Low-Cost Airline Website. Held annually, the World Travel Tech Awards, serves to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence in travel technology; and is the sister event of the World Travel Awards. Both are voted by industry experts and consumers from across the globe, making each award truly a world-class recognition. This recognition for the airasia Super App’s excellence in travel tech follows another recent win, where the one stop travel super app platform was named as the Best in Future of Digital Infrastructure at IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2022. The two recognitions in the past two months reinforces all the efforts from the airasia Super App are in the right direction, as it continues to strive towards creating better value and enhancing user experience.
NEF-AWANI ICT AWARDS 2013 Top 5 Bumiputera NomineeNEF-AWANI ICT AWARDS 2013 Top 5 Bumiputera Nominee Issued by NEF-Awani · Oct 2013Issued by NEF-Awani · Oct 2013 Associated with PopmycaseAssociated with Popmycase The Malaysian Association of Bumiputera ICT Industry & Entrepreneurs (NEF) has announced the NEF-AWANI ICT AWARDS 2013 Top 5 contestants, presented by the evaluation committee meeting leader, Pn. Lilyana Abd. Latiff for ICT Category and Pn. Zainariah Johari for Creative Category. NEF-AWANI ICT AWARDS 2013 is to give recognition to deserving Bumiputera companies via an integrated media platform.
The NEF-AWANI Awards comprises of two main sections, The ICT Category and People�s Choice Category. The Top 5 Bumiputera Technopreneurs in the 7 categories of the ICT Awards has to undergo a pitching session and will be aired on Astro Awani 501 Channel. NEF-AWANI The Pitch! reality program series takes cameras behind the closed doors of the pitching sessions as the finalists will go head to head to win the hearts of professional judges of the ICT & Creative industry. The Malaysian Association of Bumiputera ICT Industry & Entrepreneurs (NEF) has announced the NEF-AWANI ICT AWARDS 2013 Top 5 contestants, presented by the evaluation committee meeting leader, Pn. Lilyana Abd. Latiff for ICT Category and Pn. Zainariah Johari for Creative Category. NEF-AWANI ICT AWARDS 2013 is to give recognition to deserving Bumiputera companies via an integrated media platform. The NEF-AWANI Awards comprises of two main sections, The ICT Category and People�s Choice Category. The Top 5 Bumiputera Technopreneurs in the 7 categories of the ICT Awards has to undergo a pitching session and will be aired on Astro Awani 501 Channel. NEF-AWANI The Pitch! reality program series takes cameras behind the closed doors of the pitching sessions as the finalists will go head to head to win the hearts of professional judges of the ICT & Creative industry.
Finalist: DiGi Wwwow Awards Best App of the Year Award by SamsungFinalist: DiGi Wwwow Awards Best App of the Year Award by Samsung Issued by DiGi Telecommunications · Jul 2012Issued by DiGi Telecommunications · Jul 2012 Associated with PopmycaseAssociated with Popmycase DiGi Wwwow Awards are Malaysia's 1st and only Internet For All awards created with the aim of showcasing the incredible creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurialism of ordinary Malaysians using the Internet in extraordinary ways. For the second year running, we will be spotlighting mavericks, creative geniuses and innovators across all different fields of online innovation: blogs, videos, shops, charities, start-ups, techies, events, music, apps, and much more.DiGi Wwwow Awards are Malaysia's 1st and only Internet For All awards created with the aim of showcasing the incredible creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurialism of ordinary Malaysians using the Internet in extraordinary ways. For the second year running, we will be spotlighting mavericks, creative geniuses and innovators across all different fields of online innovation: blogs, videos, shops, charities, start-ups, techies, events, music, apps, and much more.
Winner: DiGi Wwwow Awards Fave Makan ExpertWinner: DiGi Wwwow Awards Fave Makan Expert Issued by DiGi Telecommunications · Jul 2012Issued by DiGi Telecommunications · Jul 2012
Associated with Friedchillies MediaAssociated with Friedchillies Media DiGi Wwwow Awards are Malaysia's 1st and only Internet For All awards created with the aim of showcasing the incredible creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurialism of ordinary Malaysians using the Internet in extraordinary ways. For the second year running, we will be spotlighting mavericks, creative geniuses and innovators across all different fields of online innovation: blogs, videos, shops, charities, start-ups, techies, events, music, apps, and much more.DiGi Wwwow Awards are Malaysia's 1st and only Internet For All awards created with the aim of showcasing the incredible creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurialism of ordinary Malaysians using the Internet in extraordinary ways. For the second year running, we will be spotlighting mavericks, creative geniuses and innovators across all different fields of online innovation: blogs, videos, shops, charities, start-ups, techies, events, music, apps, and much more.