Welcome to my website. I document my adventures and reflections in work, family, life and everything in between. Hope you have a nice stay!
I will focus on are the 3 transition chapters in my career:
From banking 🏦 to laser tag 🔫
From employer to startup employee
From untimely departure to ecommerce industry in Covid19
This video was made as a presentation to students at Singapore Management University (SMU), my alma mater, as part of a wider presentation / sharing session together with my Shopify colleagues. Video was filmed on 28 Jan 2022 and presented on 31 Jan 2022. Here lies summary of the video content.
Some background and context:
My tenure at Lazada spans from Nov 20219 to Jan 2022, a little over 2 years
It’s my opinion that e-commerce is a fast-moving industry, further accelerated by factors like Covid19 and competitors’ movements in the time I was at the company
I had 2 separate roles within my tenure - 1. merchant acquisition for LazMall (a channel within Lazada) 2. business development for Lazada omnichannel solutions (details on my LinkedIn)
Internally, I worked with local and regional teams and across functions like customer care team, product & tech teams
More than 60% of my tenure was Working-from-Home (WFH)
I took some time on the research and decision-making process and ended up getting the desk which I was adamant against from the beginning. I thought I'd document the process and considerations. If you're thinking about whether to get one and/or which one to get, I hope this benefits you.
Please note this article is not sponsored or affiliated to any of the brands mentioned.
Blog post picture source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZi903mkis0
As much as 2020 is a disaster year to most by most standards, I think I have been very lucky and I count my blessings:
1. Julian and family - it really takes a village to raise a child
Despite my wife suffering a prolonged painful labor, Julian was born safe and healthy - big thanks to our experienced and skilful gynae.
Yes it almost sounds like an understatement. Besides becoming a father in 2020, how I worked, lived and played have also been very unique in 2020.
What a crazy crazy year 2020 has been. Not just for the world at large (read: COVID19, US elections, etc) but also for myself. Let’s get down to it. This is the first of 4 posts.
