Dr. Tan Guan Hong
Vice President,
ST Engineering Land Systems
About Me
Dr. Tan is an Engineer with cross disciplinary experiences from R&D, Technology, Business Development, and a technopreneur and tech-investor. He has technology experiences which span from TRL (Technology Readiness Level) 3 to TRL 9.
He graduated from University of Sheffield with B.Eng. (1976) and Ph.D. (1980) in Electrical Machines. He started his career as Product Designer in Philips Consumer Electronics in 1980. He was job rotated to Quality Manager, Production Engineering Manager and Senior Engineering Manager.
He founded SysEng Pte Ltd to design and supply automated test systems for the electronic industry in 1994. He expanded the company to include real-time monitoring systems for civil and environmental engineering. In 2009, SysEng was acquired by Tritech Group for expansion to China.
He joined A*STAR I2R (2012-2016) as Technology Director, managing Technology Translation from R&D to Engineering. From 2016-2017, he was the Senior Director at GovTech overseeing the Smart Nation Group. In 2019-2020, he was Head of Autonomous Transport @ ST Engineering Land Systems.
He is also a Non-executive Director and investor in various technology start ups, Vice President of Singapore Industrial Automation Association, Member of IMDA Internet of Things Technical Committee, Co-chair for Video Analytics Working Group in Security Association Singapore.
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Dr. Tan Guan Hong
Vice President,
ST Engineering Land Systems
Dr. Tan is an Engineer with cross disciplinary experiences from R&D, Technology, Business Development, and a technopreneur and tech-investor. He has technology experiences which span from TRL (Technology Readiness Level) 3 to TRL 9.
He graduated from University of Sheffield with B.Eng. (1976) and Ph.D. (1980) in Electrical Machines. He started his career as Product Designer in Philips Consumer Electronics in 1980. He was job rotated to Quality Manager, Production Engineering Manager and Senior Engineering Manager.
He founded SysEng Pte Ltd to design and supply automated test systems for the electronic industry in 1994. He expanded the company to include real-time monitoring systems for civil and environmental engineering. In 2009, SysEng was acquired by Tritech Group for expansion to China.
He joined A*STAR I2R (2012-2016) as Technology Director, managing Technology Translation from R&D to Engineering. From 2016-2017, he was the Senior Director at GovTech overseeing the Smart Nation Group. In 2019-2020, he was Head of Autonomous Transport @ ST Engineering Land Systems.
He is also a Non-executive Director and investor in various technology start ups, Vice President of Singapore Industrial Automation Association, Member of IMDA Internet of Things Technical Committee, Co-chair for Video Analytics Working Group in Security Association Singapore.
