1920T2 NewYorkCity/Participant Information/Wan Ding Yang

About Ding Yang

SMU email: dywan.2018@sis.smu.edu.sg
Academic Year: 2
Degree: Information Systems
LinkedIn: Ding Yang
Applying for Subsidy: Yes

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Why TSM New York City?

• What motivates you to join TSM? TSM is a great opportunity to explore, make friends and get real world experience in terms of entrepreneurship.

• Why pick New York City? New York’s tech scene is expanding. With huge venture-capital investment, tech giants and tons of local startups in the city. With other industries such as finance, media and advertising, greater gender and racial diversity and the city’s centuries-old status as a center of global commerce, New York provides a contrast to Silicon Valley, which has been criticized for being out of touch with the rest of the country and overly homogeneous in both company employees and the people for whom they create products.

Starting a business

• What types of business interest you?

Anything that revolves around Technology really, but primarily cybersecurity or analytics.

• What plan do you have in starting a business? (list existing business)

Before coming into University, I participated in ICE71 Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. My idea revolved around automating the process of helping SMEs get around with the PDPA regulation without the need to train, retrain employees to save cost while abiding by the new regulation. I presented to a board of Directors and was given an opportunity to expand my idea, however, as I was more inclined to focus my time on school, I kindly declined.

Since then, I have participated in many hackathons to keep the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit burning, to constantly innovate and think out of the box.

Also, I have a tiny instagram shop selling some of my semi-precious gemstones but I have not been updating it since army :) https://www.instagram.com/krxpire/

Past Experiences

I was awarded a scholarship by Kaspersky to participate in the Global Cybersecurity Camp 2018 in Korea earlier this year.

I interned at InsiderSecurity, a cybersecurity startup in Singapore before University and the experience allowed me to get involved with the cybersecurity startup scene in Singapore.

Past Internship Experiences
SMU ISFS603 Corporate Banking & Blockchain Teaching Assistant - (August 2019 - Present)
Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology & Cyber Risk Supervision Department - Division II, Intern - (July 2019 - August 2019)
KPMG Forensics F-Tech Internship - (May 2019 - July 2019)
Hackwagon Academy Part-Time Teaching Assistant (DS102 - Data Analysis with Python) - (May 2018 - Jan 2019)
InsiderSecurity Research Internship - (April 2018 - June 2018)

Past Hackathon Experiences

CitiHackathon 2019 - Best Application Award
Cyber Defenders Discovery Camp 2019 - Bronze Award
Bits & Bolts NUS IOT Hackathon 2019 - 2nd Runner Up
HackoMania 2019 - 2nd Runner Up (Rakuten API)
LIT Hackathon 2019 - 1st Runner Up & Special Recognition Award
HackSmith v2.0 (Singapore Cybersecurity Hackathon) - Honorary Tool
7th Singapore Games Creation Competition 2012 - 1st Place
Scinemation 2011 - 1st Place & Best Presentation Award

Other Activities

Global Cybersecurity Camp 2018 (Advanced Cybersecurity Course)
ICE71 Inspire Bootcamp (Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship Camp)

I hope these are enough to showcase that I am serious and sincere in my learning and ultimately want to use my skill sets for the betterment of the world.

What keeps you ticking?

I want to keep chasing after my dreams and burn so bright that I can light up others up!