Wallace Wong is a multifaceted professional with over 24 years in the ICT, Software Development, and Data Science fields. He has held various roles including project manager, technical specialist, technical director, and head of department. His current role as Chief Data Officer of Smart City Academy, a company focuses on the transformation of smart cities, whereby he is primarily responsible in designing and operationalising the Digital City Governance Services, and capacity building programmes pertaining to data governance and data management.
Throughout his career that constitutes various scopes involving leadership, supervision and practitioner, Wallace has gained expertise in data governance, data management, data literacy, data analytics, competency development, wireless technologies, and IR4.0. Wallace’s career highlights include contributing to projects that are related to development of data management framework and capacity building programmes for smart cities, deployment of 2G, 3G, 4G & 5G wireless technologies, end-to-end project management, and training and competency development in various companies and countries. He has led teams to generate millions in revenue and deliver successful training programs, demonstrating his strong leadership skills and technical expertise.
His interests include the impact of IR4.0 and AI on the future of humanity, the application of data analytics in policy formulation and programme rollout, and effective governance in AI development for a better world. His core strengths and skills set include:
- Technical Management
- Solution & Strategy Development
- Training & Competency Development
- Transformation Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Operational Turnaround
- Risk & Issue Management
- Cost/Benefit Analysis
- Staffing & Resource Management