COACH PROFILE
Meet Victor, an Organisational Coach and Systems Guide with nearly two decades of experience empowering enterprises in their journey toward authentic and sustainable agility. As Singapore’s pioneer guide for both the Scrum Alliance and the Open Leadership Network, Victor is on a mission to help leaders reinvent themselves and unleash the full potential of their people.
Victor excels in cultivating thriving workplaces that consistently deliver exceptional business outcomes. He has driven transformative success for local and regional clients such as MAS, CTBC Bank, Income, Cognizant, SpeQtral, JR Group, Sertis Corp, and QIS Capital.
Victor is a prominent leader in the Agile community, serving as Organiser for Agile Singapore, as well as Founder and Conference Chair of Regional Scrum Gathering℠ Singapore. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the Malaysian Association of Certifi ed Coaches. A prolific speaker at conferences worldwide, Victor was honoured for his contributions to the fi eld with the SkillsFuture Fellowship Award presented by the President of Singapore in 2021.
Industry Credentials
● Master Certifi ed Coach (MCC), International Coaching Federation
● Certifi ed Enterprise Coach (CEC), Scrum Alliance
● Certifi ed Team Coach (CTC), Scrum Alliance
● Instructor, The Open Leadership Network
● Accreditor, Agile Coaches Alliance
● WSQ Advanced Certifi cate in Learning and Performance (ACLP)
● Advanced Certifi ed Industry Trainer (ACIT), Institute of Technical Education
● Training of Trainers, Sookmyung Women’s University
● Team Psychological Safety Certifi ed Practitioner
● Belbin Team Roles Accredited Provider
● WorkPlace Big Five™ Profi le Certifi ed Practitioner
● RMC Management Consulting, Institute of Management Consultants
● SPOT on Facilitation 3.0, Facilitators Network Singapore
● Project Management Professional (PMP®), Project Management Institute
● PMI-Agile Certifi ed Practitioner (PMI-ACP®), Project Management Institute
● Registered Scrum@Scale Practitioner, Scrum Inc.
● Certifi ed LeSS Practitioner (CLP), The LeSS Company BV
Education
● Exec. Cert. in Corporate and Environmental Sustainability, Nanyang Business School
● M.Eng., Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
● B.Eng. (First Class Hons.), Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Appointments
Conference Chair, Regional Scrum Gathering™ Singapore
Organiser, Agile Singapore
Instructor, The Open Leadership Network
Trainer, Singapore Business Federation
Associate Professional Coach, Corporate Coach Academy
Executive Committee, Malaysian Association of Certifi ed Coaches
Career & Entrepreneurship Mentor, College of Design and Engineering, NUS
Work Experience
[Nov 2021 - Present] Founder and Executive Director, Visionary Agility
[Jan 2020 - Oct 2021] Head of Agile Practice, Sertis International
[Jan 2019 - Dec 2019] Chief Product Owner, NUS GRIP
[Oct 2014 - May 2019] Research Scientist / Senior Project Manager, NUS
[Feb 2014 - Jul 2014] Assistant VP, Quant Prime Services, Barclays Capital Services
[Sept 2007 - Jan 2014] Senior Design Engineer, Xilinx Inc. (now AMD)
Recent Speaking Engagements / Publications
1. When the Light Bulb Goes Off. Regional Scrum Gathering Stockholm 2024, 9-10 Sept 2024.
2. Leadership in the Agile Organisation. Aha! Coaching Show. 23 Apr 2024,
3. When the Light Bulb Goes Off. Regional Scrum Gathering Egypt 2024, 16-17 Feb 2024.
4. Agile Roles & Responsibilities. Guest Panelist, Bank of Singapore. 19 Jul 2023.
5. Catalysing Change Through Leadership Invitation. Regional Scrum Gathering Sri Lanka 2022, 29-30 Oct 2022.
6. 开放模式与敏捷项目管理. 下一步,敏捷!云可达, 2 Aug 2022.
7. Journey Your Team to Greatness. Pune Agile Thought Leaders Meetup, 15 Jul 2022.
8. The Survivor's Guide to Liberating Product Ownership. Regional Scrum Gathering Hyderabad 2022, 8-9 Jul 2022.
9. Why Inviting Works. Scrum Day Stuttgard, 30 Jun-1 Jul 2022.
10. Service of the Executive Coach. Regional Scrum Gathering Nepal 2022, 16-17 Apr 2022.
11. Unravelling the Product Owner's Tapestry. Regional Scrum Gathering Egypt 2022, 5-6 Mar 2022.
12. SMEs: Moving from Secret Struggle to Sustainable Success. Singapore Insolvency Conference 2021, 13-14 Oct 2021.
13. Coaching Pill for the Languishing Organisation. Regional Scrum Gathering Pakistan 2021, 18-19 Sept 2021.
14. Patterns: The Executive Coach's Secret Sauce to True Business Agility. Regional Scrum Gathering Pune 2021, 4-5 Sept 2021.
15. Introspective Retrospectives - Taking the Team to Real Heights. Regional Scrum Gathering Kolkata 2021, 30-31 Jan 2021.
16. Coaching for Scrum Adoption: An Agile Coach's Perspective. New Straits Times, 13 Jan 2021.