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Advanced Professional Certificate

Advanced Professional Certificate in Digital Leadership and Strategy

Training Roadmap


Completion of Stages 1 to 3 curricula earns the participant an Advanced Professional Certificate in this programme.

Programme Objectives

This Advanced Professional Certificate will equip learners with the following competencies:

  • Apply leadership agility and transformation skills to lead and transform the business effectively
  • Identify your organization’s digital transformation journey and create a robust change plan to address today’s issues and prepare the organization for the future
  • Design dynamic business models based on system dynamics
  • Understand the digital transformation pillars, stages, and ability to assess one’s own organisation’s maturity level
  • Understanding the dimensions of enterprise agility, identifying the relevant KPIs to measure and reflect on use case implementations, and identifying lighthouse projects to jumpstart digital transformation tasks
  • Develop technology capability as a core differentiator for the organizations and learn to manage human capital for a digitally driven organization
  • Develop and Implement Project Management Skills as well as manage people and organizations.

Job Role Readiness

It will prepare learners in the following job roles to perform their responsibilities more effectively:

  • Technology and business leaders who are interested to learn how to plan, drive and navigate change for digital transformations
  • Business Analyst, Project Management and Development

Who Should Attend

Senior or mid-level leaders and managers

Prerequisites

  • Minimum polytechnic diploma or equivalent
  • A few years of working experience
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Types of Available Fundings

  • Enhanced Training Support
  • SFEC
  • PSEA

    • Instructors


    A/Prof Tan Chuan Hoo

    A/Prof Tan Chuan Hoo

    A/Prof Tan Chuan Hoo is Associate Professor (tenured) and Deputy Head (Administration and Research) in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics, School of Computing at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the curriculum chair for the department. Prior to joining NUS, he held a tenured faculty position in Hong Kong. Chuan Hoo conducts research in the area of the digital economy, digitalization and future of work with a range of organisations and institutions. His work has appeared in premium journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of AIS, ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology, Long Range Planning among many others. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers (http://goo.gl/gZcd47). He serves or has served on the editorial boards of leading journals including MIS Quarterly (Associate Editor), Journal of AIS (editorial board member), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (editorial board members), among others. Chuan Hoo is the recipient of the INFORMS ISS Design Science Award (2013), MIS Quarterly outstanding associate editor award (2016), Journal of AIS best reviewer award (2016), and NUS School of Computing faculty teaching excellence award (2017).

    Dr Jenson Goh

    Dr Jenson Goh

    Dr Jenson is sought after by companies around the world for business and IT consultancy particularly for his insights on business excellence, systems thinking, design thinking and organisational learning. He was awarded the prestigious Business Excellence Green Jacket Assessor by Enterprise SG. He is an expert certified in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Associate Certified Coach by ICF and Professional Coach by SMU, WSQ Advanced Certification in Learning and Performance, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, LEGO® Six Bricks and Playbox facilitator. Dr. Jenson was the former Chief Information & Learning Officer of a public listed company worth $1B operating in Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and the UK. He led the IT function and was also responsible for designing and implementing group-wide learning strategies and programs to cultivate systems thinking based learning culture in the organisation. Dr. Jenson dedicated more than 2 decades of his career with the National University of Singapore, where he earned his PhD in Information Systems, researching into ways an organisation can strategically renew itself through IT innovation towards social, environmental, and economic sustainability. In his last role in NUS, he was Director of Studies with Residential College 4 where he designed transformative programme to develop students into proficient system thinkers and in the application of innovative teaching methods to drive learning. Prior to that, as the Chief Enterprise Architect/Senior Manager, he led many strategic and mission critical IT initiatives to support the University’s teaching, research, and administration. His work in the University has won more than 20 international and national awards in innovation, quality, case writing and teaching. Dr. Jenson volunteers passionately in numerous organisations, for example he is the President of Asia Pacific Coordinating Policy Council of System Dynamics Society, co-opted executive member of Tech Talent Assembly, Chairman of Singapore My Home SG75 Competition and board member of Casa Raudha Woman Home to name a few. Most of all, he served his country as the Head, Manpower and Logistics (NS) in the Singapore Police Force and held the rank of Superintendent, one of the highest accolades given to National Servicemen, and was responsible for the operational readiness of 1,600 NSmen for more than 10 years. For his dedication, he received multiple awards from the Commissioner of Police and Division Commander including the most prestigious Home Team NS man of the year award in 2018.

    Dr Yong Hsin Ning

    Dr Yong Hsin Ning

    Dr Yong Hsin Ning is an adventurer. In her 25 years of career, she has experienced the joy (and woes) of being a tax accountant, a management consultant, adult student, an entrepreneur and an educator. She is currently the co-founder of Change Voyage Consulting, a consulting firm dedicated to help companies manage organisational change through change capability building. She has recently started a second venture, The Biz Lab, which is a consulting firm focused on preparing early-stage startups to grow and scale sustainably. Hsin Ning is also an Adjunct faculty at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business in the Singapore Management University (SMU). She teaches a variety of business courses to undergraduate students, entrepreneurs and matured SME business owners seeking their next S curve. Hsin Ning has been recognised for her passion in teaching through multiple awards including the SMU School of Business Top Adjunct Faculty Award (2018-2021). She has recently been nominated for the SMU-X Excellent Teacher Award (2021). Hsin Ning graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Accountancy. She subsequently pursued her interest in the field of Organisational Behaviour at the University of New South Wales, where she obtained a Masters in Commerce specialising in Organisation and Management Studies. She continued her lifelong learning journey by pursuing a Ph.D. in General Management at SMU where she studied the decision-making anomaly of part-time knowledge workers voluntarily working overtime.

    Mr Sarat Mohanty

    Mr Sarat Mohanty

    Sarat Mohanty is a senior global digital business leader, lived and worked out of Australia, Singapore, UK, Germany, Dubai, Tokyo, Hong Kong & India assuming Global & regional responsibility in Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa & Middle East. Sarat’s core competency includes digital transformation in financial Institutions, payments, receivables, supply chain finance, supply chain management & sustainable supply chain financing. Sarat is the Deputy General Manager at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporate (SMBC) in Singapore responsible for driving digital transformation for the commercial & FI clients. Sarat is also an Executive Fellow at ACE, NUS School of Computing focusing on Digital leadership development programmes for C suite executives. Sarat had produced AI in Finance online course along with 2UGetSmarter for ACE, NUS-SoC (https://www.getsmarter.com/products/national-university-of-singapore-ai-in-finance-delivering-business-value-online-short-course). Sarat is a part-time lecturer at NUS School of Computing teaching digital transformation in financial institutions to master’s in digital finance technology students. Sarat was the global head of international trade & supply chain finance customer implementation for Standard Chartered Bank. Sarat had held MD & regional head roles in Greater China & North Asia, ASEAN, Africa & Middle East with Standard Chartered Bank. Sarat was Global head of supply chain business process & system at adidas in Germany, regional head of IT for Black & Decker in England, regional head of IT for Levi’s in Australia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore & head of IT in Levi’s India. Sarat holds Digital Transformation Specialization from MIT-USA, MBA degree in Strategic Management (UK), Postgraduate in IT (Bangalore, India), and bachelor’s degree in finance (India). Sarat is a certified Six Sigma supply chain process expert & certified Project Management Professional. Sarat also specializes in Green Ledger Accounting methodology for green financing. Sarat is an active keynote speaker in reputed industry events, forums, specializing in Digital Disruption, & Blockchain. Sarat is recipient of various industry (BFSI) awards & accolades. Sarat is passionate about Odissi dance, one of the famous Indian classical dances, he actively promotes Odissi dance in Singapore & in Asia Pacific region. Sarat is an active field hockey sports lover.

    A/Prof Danny Poo

    A/Prof Danny Poo

    A/Prof Danny Poo brings with him 35 years of Software Engineering and Information Technology and Management experience. A graduate from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England, Dr Poo is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems and Analytics, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining the University, Dr Poo was with the System Operations at DBSBank, Singapore. A Steering Committee member of the Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, Dr Poo is actively involved in Information Management and Healthcare Analytics research. A well-known speaker in seminars, Dr Poo has conducted numerous in-house training and consultancy for organizations, both locally and regionally. Dr Poo is the author of five books on Object-Oriented Software Engineering, Java Programming language and Enterprise JavaBeans.

    Dr Poo notable teaching credentials include:

    • Data Strategy
    • Data StoryTelling
    • Data Visualisation
    • Data Analytics
    • Machine Learning
    • Data Management
    • Data Governance
    • Data Architecture
    • Capstone Projects for Business Analytics
    • Software Engineering
    • Server-side Systems Design and Development
    • Information Technology Project Management
    • Health Informatics
    • Healthcare Analytics
    • Health Informatics Leadership.
    Industry Credentials
    • Deutsche Bank
    • Gemplus
    • Micron
    • NCR
    • PIL
    • PSA
    • Rhode-Schwarz
    • Standard Chartered Bank
    • ST Electronic
    • Monetary Authority of Singapore
    • Infocomm Development Authority
    • National Library Board
    • Ministry of Manpower
    • Nanyang Technological University
    • Nanyang Polytechnic
    • National University Hospital.

    Dr Guo Lei

    Dr Guo Lei

    Dr Guo Lei is an active educator and researcher in data science, behavioural study and design thinking, with extensive experience in delivering practice-based learning programmes and applied research projects with successful results. Starting her career in Singapore as a marketing practitioner, Dr Guo worked across manufacturing, entertainment and education industries. She was the Chief Representative in China for a Singapore listed company. She was also responsible for setting up Shanghai Office and promoting executive education programmes for NUS Business School in Greater China market. With the aspiration of bridging the gap between research and practice, Dr Guo pursued her PhD in the UK, where she worked on large-scale research projects with Cambridge University Service Alliance, BAE Systems and China Mobile. Dr Guo returned to Singapore and joined NUS as a faculty member in 2011. She has particular experience in tackling complex challenges through applied research and education. She was the Principal Investigator for a series of research projects to inform better public transport policy decisions. She consults corporate clients on data analytics, user experience design and service innovation. Dr Guo teaches executive programmes of Data Analytics and Design Thinking at NUS. She has a passion for engaging and inspiring working professionals at all levels by applying the theory to real world business applications. Dr Guo holds a PhD in Marketing from University of Exeter, an MBA from University of Adelaide University and a BA in Literature from Beijing Normal University.

    Dr Lek Hsiang Hui

    Dr Lek Hsiang Hui

    Dr Lek Hsiang Hui is a Specialist in Data Analytics, System Analysis and Development. He is an IT techie who is passionate about computer systems and technology. He is involved in a few startups and is constantly looking into innovative IT solutions which can be translated to business ideas, with the recent one in the area of Big Data Analytics. He is also a mobile application developer and has produced more than 10 mobile apps. Dr Lek has been teaching various undergraduate courses and executive courses in National University of Singapore (NUS) since 2006. Some of these modules include programming methodology, enterprise system analysis and development, and data mining. During this period, he has won a number of teaching awards such as NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18) and NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Honor Roll (2018/19), Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17), and Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Honor Roll (2017/18). Dr Lek received his Doctor of Philosophy (Information Systems) from NUS in 2013. His research area is in Natural Language Processing (Sentiment Analysis). He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (1st class Honors) in Computer Engineering from NUS. Industry Credentials Shopping Malls (UOL, Marina Square, ION), Healthcare (SingHealth), Government (STB), various SMEs in F&B, Apparels, Cleaning Solutions, Photography, Health Products, Baby Products

    Programme Fees


    Singapore Citizens Singapore PRs Enhanced Training Support for SMEs International Participants
    39 years old or younger 40 years old or older
    S$6,589.05 S$2,559.05 S$6,589.05 S$2,559.05 S$21,963.50
    1. Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, including GST, after additional funding from various funding schemes.
    2. Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components for all short courses within an advanced professional certificate to be eligible for SSG funding.
    3. Please note that all external funding for courses is limited in duration and subject to eligibility and availability.

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