Managing Director of 6 Sight Studio Sdn Bhd

Senior General Manager (Asset Development) TNB Transmission

• To plan, develop and coordinate the business and project development activities for Transmission Division
• To ensure Transmission Projects are implemented on Time, within Budget and to the required quality standards.
• To develop Transmission Division Asset Management Plan.

Major Accomplishment

• Reduced the Monthly Delay Index for 300 Transmission Projects from 12 months to 5 months in a period of 3 years
• Enabled budget utilization of greater than 90% for annual budget of 1.5 Billion Ringgit for last 3 years.
• Reduced Project Variation order of greater than 10% to less than 1% for last 3 years.
• Set up Safety Management System for Transmission projects.
• Created an Online Database System for monitoring all the Transmission projects.

General Manager (Asset Development) TNB Transmission

• Planning capital expenditure for all Transmission Projects and ensuring all projects are implemented to meet planned targets and quality standards.
• Optimal Transmission Assets performance (technical and financial).
• Providing engineering solutions for Primary and Secondary Systems.
• Responsible for way leave acquisitions for Projects.

Major Accomplishment

• Revamped the Transmission Project Implementation Process by introducing Dynamic Control of Project Implementation. A key factor was the introduction of Monthly Delay Index (KPI) to monitor progress of works.
• Another key issue was to use PIR (Project Implementation Report) to ensure accurate scope before issuance of Tenders and the introduction of Quality Check Point Audit during project implementation.

Chief Engineer (High Voltage Equipment) Engineering Services, TNB Transmission

• Responsible for the policies and engineering development for all High Voltage Equipment including switchgear, lines, cables and HVDC and SVC Schemes.

Major Accomplishment

• Responsible in setting up a new department in TNBT in two (2) months to enable the Regional units to seek engineering reference on all high voltage activities.
• Led the unit in the investigation of the failure of several earthing transformers in the system. The analysis revealed defective manufacture and poor-quality control by MTM.
• Corrective action on 30 earthing transformers units has been undertaken by MTM as a result.
• Led the unit in the investigation of a major failure of a 240 MVA transformer. Investigations have succeeded in establishing that inadequate design and construction by the manufacturer caused the transformer to short-circuit. The manufacturer agreed to replace the $5 million unit (f.o.c.) as a result of the findings.

Chief Engineer (Engineering Operation and Maintenance) TNB Transmission

• Responsible for the operation of the 500kV System and HVDC Scheme. Also in charge of the Engineering group which included the Condition Monitoring Department.

Major Accomplishment

• Implemented the 500kV live line program. This involved the training and development of the life line teams and the engineering process and procedures of safe work at 500kV.
• Formulated the Condition Monitoring Policy for switchgear, transformer and cable for the Transmission System. This document is the basis for a major shift in the maintenance philosophy of TNB.
• Transmission maintenance is now centred on performance measurement of equipment as opposed to time based maintenance periods.

Regional Manager (Central) TNBE

• Responsible for the implementation and commissioning of all transmission and distribution projects including substations, lines and cables for Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor.

Major Accomplishment

• In 1987, was responsible for the construction and commissioning of 50 substations which represented 65% of all projects successfully commissioned by TNBE whilst the remaining three (3) Regions of TNBE commissioned 35%.
• Introduced a project coordination system which allowed the implementation of substation building works, switchgear, transformers, cables and lines to be coordinated for timely commissioning of the necessary projects.

Assistant General Manager (Operation & Maintenance) Engineering Division, Distribution

• Responsible for the Engineering development of all operation and maintenance issues for the Distribution System.

Major Accomplishment

• Introduced the concept of measurement of reliability of supply to customers (SAIDI)
• This index has enabled TNB to compare its reliability performance with other utilities.
• Developed a software program to capture daily breakdown data and to perform cause analysis and this was installed in all 52 districts.
• As Head of Engineering Group, was responsible for the reduction of the national breakdown of 20,000 interruptions a month to 9,000 interruptions a month in a 6-month period. This entailed the creation of an engineering master plan which was strictly implemented by all districts.
• Introduced live line work for the 33kV network. This included the creation of the Northern Area workforce and the use of `hot sticks for safe work.

Deputy Area Manager (Operation & Maintenance) Wilayah Persekutuan

• In charge of the Operation & Maintenance of the 33kV, 11kV and Low Voltage Supply Network of Wilayah Persekutuan serving 500,000 customers.

Major Accomplishment

• Upgraded the Bangsar Regional Control Centre by commissioning a new SCADA System.
• Upgraded the Low Voltage breakdown system by introducing Customer Information System in conjunction with a new fault restoration scheme.

Senior Distribution Engineer, Distribution Division

• In charge of the National planning of the Distribution Network.

Major Accomplishment

• Formulated the Distribution Planning Guidelines which now serves as the basis for all Distribution Planning and District proposals. This Guideline has emphasized the concept of reliability and quality of supply to customers.
• Introduced a 5–year planning cycle process for the development of Distribution Network to cater for the systematic development of the Network.
• Formulated the Distribution Planning Forecast. This includes the introduction of methodologies which led to a more accurate forecast of load growth, both nationally and for every district.

Design Engineer (Transmission System Projects)

• Responsible for the design, specifications and engineering approval for switchgear, transformers and cables for Transmission System up to 275kV.

Major Accomplishment

• Personally, did all the design, specifications, tendering and engineering approval for more than 15 major gas insulated substations including the 1st Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) at Dang Wangi Kuala Lumpur.
• Other substations included Serdang, Galloway, TNB HQ, Bayan Lepas and Merlimau. This involved the substation layout, schematics, and the equipment design for switchgear, isolators, lightning arrestors, transformers, the control and protection schemes and the complete building design including the fire-fighting system.
• Responsible for updating the TNB specification of 275kV, 132kV, 33kV & 11kV switchgear and ancillary equipment.
• Introduced a new substation concept – double-story substation with cellar design.

Planning Engineer Transmission (Planning Dept.) LLN.

• Assisting the Senior Planning Engineer in the Planning of Transmission System for the Northern Area.

Major Accomplishment

Conducted a study for System improvement for the States of Perak and Kedah.

Assistant Protection Engineer (Protection Dept.) LLN.

• In charge of the Protection team for Central & Eastern Areas.

Major Accomplishment

Commissioned several Diesel substations in Pahang & Terengganu and several substations in Central Area.

Assistant Construction Engineer (Overhead Lines – Transmission)

• Assisting the Senior Construction Engineer (Overhead Lines) in the construction of high voltage lines.

Major Accomplishment

• Completed the route profiling of the overhead lines from Kuala Lumpur – Kg. Awah.
• Constructed the 33kV overhead line from Alor Star to Kepala Batas substation.

Assistant Construction Engineer (Substation) in Project & Planning Division (Transmission), LLN.

• Assisting the Senior Construction Engineer in project supervision of Transmission and Distribution Substations.

Major Accomplishment

Supervised the construction of Kamunting 132kV substation.