Dr Tom Tan holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Newcastle, Australia with a primary focus in Online  Consumer Behavior and has over 34 years of experience in training, entrepreneurship, operations, information technology and  consulting.

Tom understands both technology and business and is able to synthesise the impact of technology in today’s business. His experiences  in the corporate sector which ranges from providing leadership in strategy management and operations in various industry ranging from  finance, consulting, online gaming, B2B commerce and software development in addition to his entrepreneurial experience in starting up  a training college, one of the first Internet training college in Malaysia and the establishment of a full-fledged university in Malaysia  allows him to effectively link both theoretical and practical application.

He was a business coach for Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia, United Nations Capital Development Fund, MAGIC, Cyberview as well as SME  Corp for developing start-up and scale-up entrepreneurs and was one of three people selected by British Computer Society and working  with MDEC to be an external assessor for Computational Thinking. He was recently selected as a business coach for MDEC’s Jetro  (Japan External Trade Organisation) project and is also an Advisor to SME Association Academy.

He also holds a Certification in Case Study Teaching Methods conducted by Harvard Business School. The case study teaching method is  a powerful method to develop critical thinking through case studies and has been popularised by Harvard Business School and some of  the top business schools globally. He is an Adjunct Professor with the Asia Pacific University and is currently a Certified GrowthX  Instructor, Certified ExO Consultant, Certified ExO Trainer and Certified Game Thinking Coach with all certification from USA.