2122T2 Silicon Valley/Participant Information/Gary Lim Yi Hong

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About Gary Lim

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SMU email: gary.lim.2018@scis.smu.edu.sg

Linkedin: LinkedIn
Academic Year: 2018
Degree: BSc Infomation System (major in cybersecurity)


Why Virtual TSM?

  • What motivates you to join TSM?

Always wanted to explore the world to understand and interact with the various perspective and cultures. Explore various Technopreneurship and exposure into entrepreneurship and understand what goes behind the scene and get inspired and how is it different from Singapore. lastly, to clear Global exposure. During my free time, I also did some investments in US-listed tech companies. Was not exposed to entrepreneurship since young and would like to take this opportunity to expose and learn more about entrepreneurship.

  • Where would you like to visit virtually?

I am studying technology, Silicon Valley is definitely one of the places I would like to visit.
as well as China, such as Hangzhou and Shenzhen. just to name some of them.

Starting a business

  • What types of business interest you?
    Innovative Technology that would change how we live or do things or it would be great to start up a business that is related to what I have been studying and in the field of cybersecurity.
  • What plan do you have in starting a business?
    Not at the moment, but have always been talking with my friends that one day we would start up a business together but we didn't know how to and what to do so I would like to find out more and start up a business in the future.

Past Experiences (optional)

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) issued on Jul 2020
HTX - Cybersecurity Intern - (May 2021 - Jul 2021)
ST Electronics - Intern (Mar 2015 - May 2015)

Past Education

ITE(Nitec) - (2011-2012)
Nanyang Poly - (2013-2016)

Co-Curricular Activites

SMU Broadcast & entertainment - Member - (Aug 2018 - Present)
SMU whitehats - Member - (Aug 2018 - Present)
VolleyBall (2007 - 2012)
Dragonboat (2011 - 2012)

What keeps you ticking?

"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine." - Jack Ma