Gerard KOH

Vice President, People & Culture, NCS Group

NCS is excited to be one of the lead industry partners for the inaugural SCIS BSc (Software Engineering) Degree. A career in IT is about solving problems and not just coding. So, Software Engineers who can bring together strong technical abilities with real-life industry and creative problem experience will be much valued.

NCS’s industry experts will co-develop and co-teach the curriculum. NCS Dojo, our learning organization, will provide a mentor-apprentice learning opportunities and rich on-the job experiences when students spend their apprenticeships with us.

Ben KING

Country Managing Director, Google Singapore

We see learning as not just about content and knowledge, but also about experience and application. When we practise what we have learned, retention and ownership of the content increases significantly as we are no longer passive recipients of knowledge. Our experience with place and train programmes has shown that it’s a model that works. It benefits all parties. It benefits trainees, host companies and the broader ecosystem. Undergraduates are more equipped to take on jobs by leveraging what they have learnt both in school and also during their hands-on industry experience.

Steven KOH

Director, Government Digital Services, GovTech

The role of a software engineer is to solve problems. Writing code is only one part of the entire process. What’s more important than the solution, is to first understand the problem and decide if it’s worth solving, before writing a line of code.

A good software engineer is resourceful and humble to learn from others. There will be lots of learning, learning how-to learn, how-to evaluate solutions, and make design trade-offs every single day.

Heng U SAN

Software Engineer, Google Singapore

SCIS Alumna, Graduating Class of 2016

I like being a software engineer because it gives me the opportunity to make a huge impact. I get really excited coming to work each day knowing that the things we do can impact so many people and in so many different ways. This could be enabling users to accomplish basic tasks like making payments, ordering food, or making their life better by presenting the most useful information at the most appropriate time.

Rachel YAP

Senior Business Analyst, GIC Pte Ltd

SCIS Alumna, Graduating Class of 2016

When you’re in a university environment, most things you learnt stay as theory. When you get out there and take on an apprenticeship, you will really begin to appreciate and apply what you’ve learnt. Beyond that, you can pick up things that just can’t be taught in a classroom, like people skills - what it’s like to deal with users with real needs; or project management – how methodologies can be applied to real projects; or even just general exposure to what IT infrastructure really looks like!

Darryl Sw

Associate DevOps Engineer, Government Digital Services, GovTech

SCIS Alumnus, Class of 2019

I really like building things, conceptualising and developing solutions that has lasting impact. I love automating and streamlining processes so that we achieve multiples of what we could have done by ourselves. As a DevOps Engineer, I like that I can do all that and more. There is a huge euphoria coming from the sense accomplishment when you see your work out there in action, keeping the figurative lights on.