Express Yourself
About Joshua Tseng Shi-Hao
SMU Email: joshuatseng.2017@sis.smu.edu.sg
LinkedIn: Connect with me on LinkedIn!
Academic Year: 3
Degree: BSc in Information Systems
Major: Digitalisation & Cloud Solutioning
Why Virtual TSM?
- What motivates you to join TSM?
- Where would you like to visit virtually?
Though many of us feel passionately about technology, its advancements, and how it works under the hood, it is ultimately just a tool. What truly excites me about technology is how it is actually used, and that is what I hope to gain a greater appreciation of through TSM. Historically, enterprising technopreneurs have always been a key driving force in making technology “work” for us, and this is what I hope to see beyond the confines of our horseshoe-shaped seminar rooms through TSM.
I see a virtual TSM as a great opportunity, and not a constraint, because it means we have many more options available to us. Examples of places I would be excited to visit virtually in Asia alone would be:
China: an ever-evolving competitor to the US every year, and the country my father worked in for about 10 years as an IT professional</li
India: another mega player where technopreneurs and unicorns are being made, India is already a key rival to the US and China
Vietnam: the place some people are calling “China 2.0”, I feel like Vietnam is sometimes overlooked by us students as an up and coming hub for technopreneurship
Korea: the popular choice but for good reason, Korea (like Singapore) has advanced greatly in less than a century, and is a major source of innovation
Indonesia: another source of technopreneurs and unicorns, Indonesia has a breadth of new firms popping up that I personally find exciting for the SEA region
Starting a business
- What types of business interest you?
- What plan do you have in starting a business? (list existing business)
Past Experiences
Solo
Freelance Marketing Copywriter (2017 – present)
Public Speaker, Accessibility Advocate (2015 – present)
Digital Content Creator (WIP 2021)
Audio Hardware Modder, 6down Audio, funded by Temasek Polytechnic Small Project Funding (2017 – 2018)
Work / Internship Experiences
Coding Curriculum R&D, Curriculum Marketing, Empire Code (May 2018 – May 2019)
Digital Marketing Advisor & Website Copywriter, Enter the Void Deck / Sei Shuttle Records (June 2017 – December 2017)
Digital Marketing Advisor & Website Copywriter, Life Affinity LLP (April 2017 – August 2017)
Marketing Communications (Writer, Part-time), Grand Hyatt Singapore (February 2017 – August 2017)
Marketing Communications Intern, Grand Hyatt Singapore (September 2016 – December 2016)
Others
Restaurant Host (Part-time), Nox Dining-in-the-Dark (2017 – 2018)
Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, Etch Empathy (2015 – 2019)
Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, Big Heroes (2017 – 2018)
Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, Glow-in-the-Dark (2017 – 2018)
Highlight Projects
Invited Speaker, Microsoft Tech Community APAC Online (2020)
Speaker & Representative, The Purple Parade by National Council of Social Service (2019 & 2020)
Wire Sculpturer (for fund-raising auction), IC2 Prephouse (2018)
Invited Speaker, TEDxYouth @ Methodist Girls’ School (2018)
“Teaching the Blind How to Cook”, Team Member for pilot programme (2017)
What keeps you ticking?
