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'''Name''': Agurz Gary Leong <br>
 
'''Name''': Agurz Gary Leong <br>
 
'''Academic Year''': 3 <br>
 
'''Academic Year''': 3 <br>
 
'''Degree''': Information Systems Management <br>
 
'''Degree''': Information Systems Management <br>
 
'''2nd Major''': Operations Management<br>
 
'''2nd Major''': Operations Management<br>
'''Interests''': Soccer, Foosball, Snooker, Percussion, Drums, Events Organisation, Outdoor Activities such as camping, travelling.<br>
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'''Interests''': Soccer, Foosball, Snooker, Percussion, Drums, Events Organisation, Outdoor Activities such as camping, travelling<br>
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'''Past CCA''': InnovateIT13
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'''Current CCA''': Samba Masala Percussion Band <br>
 
'''Facebook''': https://www.facebook.com/AgurzGary | [https://www.facebook.com/AgurzGary facebook]<br>
 
'''Facebook''': https://www.facebook.com/AgurzGary | [https://www.facebook.com/AgurzGary facebook]<br>
 
'''Email Address''': agurz.leong.2011@sis.smu.edu.sg | [mailto:agurz.leong.2011@sis.smu.edu.sg Email me]<br>
 
'''Email Address''': agurz.leong.2011@sis.smu.edu.sg | [mailto:agurz.leong.2011@sis.smu.edu.sg Email me]<br>
 
'''Contact No''': +65 9221 1006
 
'''Contact No''': +65 9221 1006
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* <font color=#0099FF><b>What motivates you to join TSM?</b></font>
 
* <font color=#0099FF><b>What motivates you to join TSM?</b></font>
  
It will be my first time travelling to South Korea!!
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It will be my first time travelling to South Korea!! Besides having the fun travelling in South Korea, I believe in learning outside of classroom. This is one of the rare opportunities where I can put my learning and my experience into good use.  
 
 
 
 
Currently it is  one of the Asia's Fastest Changing City. In the midst of their rapid modernization and expansion, Seoul is moving onto the world's stage of as one of Asia's most vibrant and exciting cities. I hope to gain more exposure and broaden my knowledge on their business work.
 
 
 
Through this overseas study mission, I can immerse into the Korea culture they possesses a rich history spanning thousands of years. I believe in learning outside of classroom where I can apply my knowledge and experience with this study mission.
 
  
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I have learnt so far is that during IS101, I have understand every company has their own problems. Now given a chance overseas at Korea as Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a major player among the world’s top exporting nations, I wish to experience first hand what are the actual challenges and difficulties a company faces and what how technology solution was considered to be a solution to their problem.
  
 
* <font color=#0099FF><b>Why pick South Korea?</b></font>
 
* <font color=#0099FF><b>Why pick South Korea?</b></font>
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Currently it is  one of the Asia's Fastest Changing City. In the midst of their rapid modernization and expansion, Seoul is moving onto the world's stage of as one of Asia's most vibrant and exciting cities. I hope to gain more exposure and broaden my knowledge on their business work.
  
There are several areas which fascinates me, among which are
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Under the historical records of Korea, we know that there is a war between the North and the South between 1950 to 1953, and within a short 2-3 decades. By choosing Korea, I hope besides gaining educational knowledge, I also wish to gain first-hand experience in deeper understanding of the subject between them, searching the root cause of the issue, how it escalated to where it is today.
 
 
South Korea's main economy drivers includes electronics, telecommunications and auto production. Furthermore, South Korea's largest corporations namely Hyundai, Kia, LG and Samsung have made significant breakthroughs in gaining market shares internationally. I would like to gain insights on the essentials and the components in which South Korean companies do differently in order to compete head to head with western brands and to learn from the best.<br>
 
 
 
Places of interest - Yeojwa Stream (경상남도 진해 여좌천 벚꽃길), Suncheon Bay (순천만), Hyeopjae Beach, Jeju Island (제주도 협재 해수욕장), Korean DMZ (demilitarized zone)
 
 
 
  
 
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* <font color=#0099FF><b> What types of internship opportunities interest you?</b></font>
 
* <font color=#0099FF><b> What types of internship opportunities interest you?</b></font>
  
In my previous internship, I worked at Daimler's IT Management Office, which was spearheaded by the CIO.<br>
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Opportunities such as Assistant Project Manager of IT-related project or any IT-related position in which I will be able to transfer the knowledge I have learnt in school thus far.
 
 
The areas of responsibilities include support project lead in current running projects, assist CIO on ad-hoc project / program coordination, assist IT Team on troubleshooting systems, follow-up of incident management with 2nd level vendors & business units in Mercedes-Benz offices for proper closure of issue and to communicate & coordinate with respective parties to perform demand management. I am glad that I was given this opportunity to work at Daimler and I truly benefited and gained from this internship. The journey has expose me to multilevel (Front, Middle & End Office) interaction as well as the privileged to seat in 2 departments (IT Helpdesk & CIO IT Management).          [https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/1213T2is427g1/Image:Clinston_Internship_Poster.png Attachment:Poster]<br><br>
 
 
 
I would like to broaden my horizons in areas of business consulting and project management preferably. Nonetheless, I will be glad to
 
take on any opportunities to experience how corporations operates in another country especially in South Korea.<br><br>
 
  
* <font color=#0099FF><b> Any ideal firms (based in South Korea) that you wish to join?</b></font>  
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* <font color=#0099FF><b> Any ideal firms (based in South Korea) that you wish to join?</b></font>
  
I wish to join - Samsung, KIA, LG and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부, 文化體育觀光部).<br>
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I am very interested to join and learn the culture of Kakao. It is a free mobile messenger application for smartphones with free text and free call features. Originated from Korea and for some reasons, it got some of my friends in Singapore to start using it too! In less than 2 years in the market, they have reached 57 million users registered on August 2012! It is definitely one of the most inspiring start-up stories in South-East Asia and will be more than happy to learn from them if opportunity is presented to me.  
  
I will be glad to receive the golden opportunity to work in these corporations or agencies, not only to learn but to expose myself to a different working environment. Furthermore, I hope that I can contribute back to the company whenever I could during the course of my internship. This opportunity would allow me to explore careers and gain professional experiences.<br>
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At the same time, I am also very interested in having an opportunity to work in Samsung. This South Korean multinational conglomerate company has many things to learn from with more than 70 years of history that has grown to become one of the world's leading electronics companies. With the internship offered with Samsung, I hope to have a breakthrough of ideas in products that will help shape the history of the digital revolution.
  
The experience and exposure which I potentially gain from would strengthen me as a person.<br>
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* <font color=#0099FF><b>What types of business interest you? All</b></font>
* <font color=#0099FF><b>Describe your past experience (entrepreneurship, or works in start ups etc)</b></font><br>
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# Hospitality
<b>Entrepreneurship</b><br>
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# Technological
Currently, I do not have any prior experience in entrepreneurship. However, it has always been my aspiration to set up and run my own business.<br>
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# Gaming
It is necessary to have an idea which transforms into a sound business model and essentially a key foundation to run a business. In addition, there are many other key components which contributes to the success of running a business, such as market point of entry, market adaptability, sales and marketing, idea innovation and sourcing of funds.<br>
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# Event management
  
It would be great to have first hand experience to gain insights from the Koreans on the methodologies and frameworks that they use to run their businesses.<br>
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* <font color=#0099FF><b>What plan do you have in starting a business? (list existing business)</b></font>
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I have strong interest in using technology in alignment with Tourism industry. I have worked in Pan Pacific Singapore during my internship and realise the strong dependency on technology. Be it from Finance or Marketing to Information Technology or even Housekeeping department, all of them use different applications to help them with their daily work. I would like to explore this area of business with the right team of people.
  
Prior joining SMU, I took part in the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition and managed to clinch a spot in the top 20. It was a great and fulfilling experience to be able to pitch the business idea - Grapevine to venture capitalist and top management executives. 2 key takeaways from it was that it boils back down to 2 main factors. Firstly, the ability to sell - is there a market for it? Secondly, the sustainability - rate of return of investment.<br><br>
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<b>Experiences</b><br>
 
My strengths lies in project and events management. I have managed projects of various scales ranging from school events to community level, attracting a participation strength over 3000. I am glad to spearhead and gained the support from my peers to lead school & community events in my alma mater - Republic Polytechnic namely Clean and Green Week, Open House, PBL International Symposium, Prime Minister Visit, President Visit. I continued my passion in SMU by organising events such as SMU 10th Anniversary Photo Inspiration, InnovateIT 12, APEX Global Business Challenge 11 & 12, StarringSMU (Largest Community Service Society in SMU), SIS Metamorphosis Camp.<br>
 
 
 
I am outgoing and always look forward in meeting and interacting with people. I always seek to challenge myself to take on different roles and to explore areas that is beyond my comfort zone, ie Floorball Goalie, Master of Ceremony (Emcee), Parade Commander, Guard of Honor  (GOH), Public Announcement (PA) Crew, VVIPs Ambassador, Commander's Secretary, Interior Designer.
 
 
 
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“One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up,
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* <font color=#0099FF><b> Describe your past experience (entrepreneurship, or works in start ups etc</b></font>
add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire,
 
large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends;
 
needless to say that individuality counts but team work dynamites.”
 
  
Master Jin Kwon quotes (South Korean Martial Arts master, b.1957)
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I do not have much entrepreneurship experiences to share with or work in start up before. But what I have is a set of experience that is different from others which I believe will help me in start up if I get the opportunity. Through the years, it has developed perseverance, determination and looking optimistic in all situations in me. Now, there is a opportunity presented to me and allows me to work with my IS480 team (DR.Jean Labs) together with a start up company called Sqkii to be my first stepping stone towards entrepreneurship. Furthermore there is a chance that I can learn from the successful start-up companies in Korea to learn from them. Building on giants allow me to achieve greater heights!
  
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I am currently working in a start-up to develop a new advertising platform called Sqkii. This is also under my IS480 project together with Eleazar Lim, Janan Tan, [https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/is427/Wong_Kar_Lin,_Denise Denise Wong], [https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/is427/Loh_Yi_Song,_Rafael Rafael Loh] and [https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/is427/Li_Jiacheng_Nicholas Nicholas Li]. The concept of advertising is as a content rather than a sideline. We gotten a patent for this and have 100% acceptance from 20 over companies that are interested to invest in us.
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 21 October 2013

About Agurz Gary Leong

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Name: Agurz Gary Leong
Academic Year: 3
Degree: Information Systems Management
2nd Major: Operations Management
Interests: Soccer, Foosball, Snooker, Percussion, Drums, Events Organisation, Outdoor Activities such as camping, travelling
Past CCA: InnovateIT13 Current CCA: Samba Masala Percussion Band
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgurzGary | facebook
Email Address: agurz.leong.2011@sis.smu.edu.sg | Email me
Contact No: +65 9221 1006

Why TSM South Korea?

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  • What motivates you to join TSM?

It will be my first time travelling to South Korea!! Besides having the fun travelling in South Korea, I believe in learning outside of classroom. This is one of the rare opportunities where I can put my learning and my experience into good use.

I have learnt so far is that during IS101, I have understand every company has their own problems. Now given a chance overseas at Korea as Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a major player among the world’s top exporting nations, I wish to experience first hand what are the actual challenges and difficulties a company faces and what how technology solution was considered to be a solution to their problem.

  • Why pick South Korea?

Currently it is one of the Asia's Fastest Changing City. In the midst of their rapid modernization and expansion, Seoul is moving onto the world's stage of as one of Asia's most vibrant and exciting cities. I hope to gain more exposure and broaden my knowledge on their business work.

Under the historical records of Korea, we know that there is a war between the North and the South between 1950 to 1953, and within a short 2-3 decades. By choosing Korea, I hope besides gaining educational knowledge, I also wish to gain first-hand experience in deeper understanding of the subject between them, searching the root cause of the issue, how it escalated to where it is today.

Internship Opportunites

  • What types of internship opportunities interest you?

Opportunities such as Assistant Project Manager of IT-related project or any IT-related position in which I will be able to transfer the knowledge I have learnt in school thus far.

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

I am very interested to join and learn the culture of Kakao. It is a free mobile messenger application for smartphones with free text and free call features. Originated from Korea and for some reasons, it got some of my friends in Singapore to start using it too! In less than 2 years in the market, they have reached 57 million users registered on August 2012! It is definitely one of the most inspiring start-up stories in South-East Asia and will be more than happy to learn from them if opportunity is presented to me.

At the same time, I am also very interested in having an opportunity to work in Samsung. This South Korean multinational conglomerate company has many things to learn from with more than 70 years of history that has grown to become one of the world's leading electronics companies. With the internship offered with Samsung, I hope to have a breakthrough of ideas in products that will help shape the history of the digital revolution.

Starting Business

  • What types of business interest you? All
  1. Hospitality
  2. Technological
  3. Gaming
  4. Event management
  • What plan do you have in starting a business? (list existing business)

I have strong interest in using technology in alignment with Tourism industry. I have worked in Pan Pacific Singapore during my internship and realise the strong dependency on technology. Be it from Finance or Marketing to Information Technology or even Housekeeping department, all of them use different applications to help them with their daily work. I would like to explore this area of business with the right team of people.

Past Experiences

  • Describe your past experience (entrepreneurship, or works in start ups etc

I do not have much entrepreneurship experiences to share with or work in start up before. But what I have is a set of experience that is different from others which I believe will help me in start up if I get the opportunity. Through the years, it has developed perseverance, determination and looking optimistic in all situations in me. Now, there is a opportunity presented to me and allows me to work with my IS480 team (DR.Jean Labs) together with a start up company called Sqkii to be my first stepping stone towards entrepreneurship. Furthermore there is a chance that I can learn from the successful start-up companies in Korea to learn from them. Building on giants allow me to achieve greater heights!

I am currently working in a start-up to develop a new advertising platform called Sqkii. This is also under my IS480 project together with Eleazar Lim, Janan Tan, Denise Wong, Rafael Loh and Nicholas Li. The concept of advertising is as a content rather than a sideline. We gotten a patent for this and have 100% acceptance from 20 over companies that are interested to invest in us.

In the Nutshell

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