International trainer and consultant
Twelve years building an international advisory and training practice. Four years lecturing in a business faculty. A researcher extending that experience into AI-era transformation, digital government and inclusive workforce policy.
hohsuhsia@gmail.comGovernment and corporate programmes in digital transformation, data and public policy.
Leads the company’s strategy and its expansion overseas.
Taught management information systems to undergraduates, rated 8.9 out of 10 overall.
Advises senior stakeholders on strategy, capability development and learning design.
2013 to present
Leadership and advisory
2021 to 2024
Higher education
2001 to 2017
Financial services
1996 to 2001
Banking and healthcare technology
Skills
Eight areas of practice, from data and digital government to adult, school and vocational learning.
Portfolio
Training programmes and advisory work, and the countries I have worked with.
Countries I have worked with.
Programmes designed and delivered for government, 2018 to 2024.
Change management
Digital transformationBig data and analytics
Digital economyHealth policy and the role of data and technology in healthcare
Digital strategy. Delivered twice.Privatisation and financial reform
Capability buildingDigital pedagogy and technology-enabled learning
Capability buildingPublic policy reform
Leadership developmentAdvisory work with senior stakeholders, turning institutional and policy priorities into programmes with measurable learning outcomes.
Advising senior stakeholders on putting institutional and policy strategy into practice.
Building the skills and delivery capacity that institutions need.
Curriculum and programme design, learning needs analysis and evaluation.
Recognition
Two awards, and what each one means.
National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), Singapore
NVPC is Singapore’s national agency for volunteerism and philanthropy. Its Company of Good Recognition System honours organisations for corporate purpose and impact across five areas: people, society, governance, environment and the economy. Recognition is tiered from one to three Hearts, with a separate Champion of Good recognition for exemplary organisations. The system was developed with partners including the Singapore Business Federation and the Singapore Institute of Directors.
The practice I direct is one of 1,046 organisations, but only 128 achieved Two Hearts in the areas of People, Society, Governance, Environment and Economic dimensions.
APAC Insider, Singapore Business Awards 2024
APAC Insider is a quarterly business magazine covering the Asia-Pacific. Its Singapore Business Awards, now in their eighth year, honour companies and individuals that have grown and made a positive impact on Singapore’s business landscape.
I direct the company that received this award, based on the evaluation criteria of Innovation, Performance and Impact and transformation.
Qualification
Licences and professional certifications are kept separate from short courses, and can be filtered by theme.
OTHM Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice
Ofqual-regulated qualification. Awarded March 2025.
Diploma in Tourism Management
Temasek Polytechnic. August 1996.
English: C2 Proficient. Chinese: fluent.
Digital transformation and digitalisation
Open data, data analytics, e-government, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and near-field communication (NFC) technologies.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
Inclusive workplaces, neurodiversity and autism employment, and disability-inclusive employment.
Human capacity development
Hybrid work and workplace productivity, global skills transferability, job mapping and adult learning (andragogy).
Public policy and administration
Digital government and data governance, employment policy, disability and inclusion policy, industry transformation and public–private partnerships.
OTHM Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice
OTHM Qualifications. Ofqual-regulated. March 2025
Introduction to Statistics
Stanford University. October 2024
IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate
IBM. 9 courses. May 2024
IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
IBM. 10 courses. May 2024
Autism Certificate (AC)
International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards. Valid through 2023
Certified ScrumMaster
Scrum Alliance. Awarded December 2020, active through December 2022
Neuroplasticians and Neuromyths
Central Queensland University. September 2020
Understanding Autism, Asperger’s and ADHD
University of Derby Online Learning. 18 CPD hours. September 2020
Learning and Memory: Understandings from Educational Neuroscience
Central Queensland University. September 2020
Orientation to Educational Neuroscience
Central Queensland University. September 2020
Supporting and Engaging People with Autism
Swinburne University of Technology. September 2020
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Identify the Patterns Undermining Your Confidence
University of Southern Queensland. September 2020
Introduction to Psychology: Developmental Psychology
Monash University. August 2020
COVID-19: Psychological First Aid
Public Health England. August 2020
What Is Genetic Counselling?
Wellcome Genome Campus. August 2020
Introduction to Psychology: The Psychology of Personality
Monash University. August 2020
e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. June 2020
Microsoft Office Specialist Expert: Word 2016
Microsoft. June 2020
Microsoft Office Specialist Expert: Excel 2016
Microsoft. May 2020
Introduction to E-Learning Theory and Practice
Alison. May 2020
Alison Publisher Tool Training Course
Alison. May 2020
Advanced Skills for the Practical Trainer
Cudoo. July 2019
Developing Your Training Program
Cudoo. July 2019
Train the Trainer
Cudoo. July 2019
Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment
Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications. February 2015
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Financial Planning Association of Singapore. July 2012
Associate Wealth Planner (AWP)
Financial Planning Association of Singapore. May 2005
Associate Financial Planner (AFP)
Financial Planning Association of Singapore. July 2003
Diploma in Tourism Management
Temasek Polytechnic. August 1996
Articles
Analysis and opinion on technology, education, health, finance and sustainability, with an international lens.
Employees like hybrid work and report higher productivity, yet many large companies are pushing people back to the office. A reading of about twenty-four sources from 2021 to 2025 on what works, what does not, and why.
Read the article (16 min)
The missing enablers from the IoT ecosystem of Maritime 4.0
Shipping is heading towards autonomy, yet its cheapest, lowest-power IoT technologies are barely used at sea. This article asks why, and where simple robots could close the data-acquisition gap.
Read the article (13 min)
Contact
For training, advisory, speaking and research collaboration.