1415T2g1 South Korea/Participant Information/Koh Bi Fang

About Me

Name: Koh Bi Fang
Academic Year: 3
Degree: Information Systems Management
Second major: OBHR
Interests: Swimming, Ice skating, roller blading, dancing, singing! Anything with friends, really.
Email Address: bifang.koh.2012@sis.smu.edu.sg {Drop me a mail!
Contact Number: +65 8157 8824
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/k.bifang

Why TSM Korea

What motivates you to join TSM?
Like what one of my prof said, "Take advantage of the opportunities that the school is giving you!". Now that SMU has given me this opportunity to sign up for a TSM, why not?! A module that I'm currently taking - IT and Business Innovation - sparked my interest in discovering and exploring innovations. This module made me realised that there are a lot more things that are undiscovered (by me at least). Since I enjoy the module, I bet that a TSM that collaborates with SMU IIE will teach me even more stuff that I yearn to know. Furthermore, it is not an everyday chance whereby I get to interact with technology start-ups. Start-ups are interesting to explore as most of them lack the manpower, capital and knowledge. For me, I feel that start-ups are more relatable and are probably the best place to learn from. I'm also interested to see how these start-ups can transform into huge MNCs over the years by applying the best practices.

Why South Korea?
On a superficial level, it's not too far away from home and I'd like to challenge myself to see how well and fast I can adapt to the new environment with existing language and culture barrier. On a more serious note, Korea has plenty of technology related start-ups which would be more relevant to me and I'm keen to witness the country that took technology by stomp in a pretty short period of time.

Internship Opportunities

What types of internship opportunities interest you?

• Companies that deals with products and services innovations
  
• Business Analyst
  
• Events marketing and planning
  
• Public relations
  

Any ideal firms (based in South Korea) that you wishes to join?

• Kakao Talk
  
• Coupang
  
• Samsung
  
  

Starting a Business

What types of businesses interest you?

• Technology
  
• Business innovations
  
• Social Media
  
• E-commerce
  
• Event marketing and planning
  
  

What plan do you have in starting a business?
I think I still have a lot more to learn before being able to start my own business. Now I'm at the learning stage and hopefully, soon enough, when the right innovation, time, market and technology is ready, I'll be able to be my own boss!

Past Experiences

• Interned at Neptune Orient Lines where I did UAT testing for a project
• Interned at Thatz International where I was a Business Analyst. I also did UI designing for their in-house mobile application and brand marketing for their events.
• Was a sponsorship director for the annual IS bash event - Glow. Together with my co-director, we had to source for sponsorship ranging from clothes to electronic gadgets.
• Was a education leader for an OCSP - Project Sunshine 5. I led a team to develop the learning materials for English Language and basic IT skills.