2324T1 Tokyo/Participant Information/Seth Yap Ziqi

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SMU email: sethyap.2021@scis.smu.edu.sg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-yap-ziqi/
Academic Year: Year 2 (2021)
Degree: BSc Information Systems (Major in Digitalisation and Cloud Solutions & Business Analytics)

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Why TSM?

- What motivates you to join TSM?

Being an IS Major, I am interested in learning more about the IT ecosystem present in different industries and how technology plays a role in various aspects of startups and firms and how it is being leverage on to propel the company forward. Having learnt about a wide spectrum of technologies and tools available at our disposal and the business value that derives from them, I'd like to see firsthand how it is being implemented and used in firms across the industries.

With the advent of emerging developments in technologies such as AI and VR, I am particularly interested in how these developments will disrupt industries and what new use cases will companies identify that can solve the customer needs. With this opportunity to explore Tokyo, I wish to experience a culture and environment different from the one we are used to here in Singapore, and observe how these differences influence the direction and decisions that businesses and startups have.

- Where would you like to visit?

Tokyo: Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Sony, Cognitee, Geniee, doublejump.tokyo

Starting a Business

- What types of business interest you?

I am interested in the gaming companies in general and the direction that the industry is headed towards.

There are many gaming firms that have tried to integrate technologies such as cryptocurrency into their games to entice players and have faced mixed levels of success. I wish to find out more about what works and what doesn't and whether there is a future direction in offering cryptocurrency for users through gaming. Additionally, with the advent of generative AI, I'm curious to see how firms will integrate its use into games in the future, especially with the potential of it being highlighted by the recent research done by Stanford and Google Researchers.

- What plans do you have in starting a business?

While I have no plans to start a business now, I have plans and ideas to venture into the gaming industry to innovate and offer new experiences for the users. I believe that TSM could potentially offer insight into this industry and space and I hope to gain skillsets and experience that will lend itself to my future ideas. Additionally, I hope that through this experience, I can identify key areas of the industry to improve on and identify demands of the users to create a new innovate product or solution.

Past Experiences (optional)

Freelance:

• Sea Ltd - Media Monitoring Assistant | Aug '23 - Dec '23

Internships:

• CapitaLand - Intern, Digital International (incoming) | May '23 - July '23

CCA:

• Samba Masala - Member | Sept '21 - Sept '23
• Caretalyst - Member
• SMU Freshmen Orientation - Programmes Associate | April '22 - July '23