1718T2 Silicon Valley/Participant Information/BenedictWee

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Email — benedictwee.2014@sis.smu.edu.sg

Academic Year — 4

Degree — Information Systems

Major — Advanced Business Techonology

Interests — Swimming, Technology, Gaming

Random Fact — Have an NON-IDENTICAL TWIN brother

Applying for Subsidy? — YES!

Why Join TSM Silicon Valley?
What motivates you to join TSM?

I have always love to travel and learn about new and the best technologies work are done at Silicon Valley. It is like a dream place to explore the world of technology. I believe TSM can help me in learning and gaining more new experience in creating new things.

Why pick Silicon Valley?

Silicon Valley is a hub filled with many young talents and technology startups. I would like to gain a greater experience and insights of how startups are like in the valley, and hence letting me apply to Singapore to creating my own startup or startups that I work for.

Ideal Role

1. Treasurer / 2. UOB travel/Guide contact

Starting a business
What type of business interest you?

IoT, Supply Chain, Financial Service.

What plan do you have in starting a business?

I am currently working with a United States startup name Bluefox.Io working to enable IoT sensors to recording readings of devices connecting via the network.

Past Experience

I was previously employed at YCH/Y3 Technologies to help create a human interactive chatbot for various Supply Chain clients as well as front-end development on their Dock Management System for Supply Chain City which was showcase in the Prime Minister Opening Visit on 22 September 2017 and gained great feedbacks and recommendations on the products that my team did.

I'm also the co-founder of Devera with Jared and Andrew, a software development interest club that also encourages members to be entrepreneurial and create their own solutions.

What keeps you ticking?

Challenges make life interesting and overcoming them make life meaningful.