Team of Professionals (Tinker Tanker)
Note: The session will be facilitated by either one of the trainers.
Michael Gonsalves
Mike is a curriculum developer and educator with a degree focused in actuarial science, statistics, and mathematics. He has data science experience as an actuarial analyst, computer science experience as a web consultant, as well as over thousands of hours of classroom time teaching programming and technology. He’s taught and developed lesson plans for all ages in topics and tools as diverse as Blockchain, Machine Learning, Data Science, Python, Swift, Minecraft, Azure, IBM Watson, Raspberry Pi, Micro:bit, littleBits, and Scratch.
Kent Tan
Kent is a senior IT and Technologies practitioner and manager of more than 20 years. Passionate in integrating business with technologies for the betterment of human society. He has experience in building and managing IT team in a listed corporation. He oversaw digitalisation roadmap, data protection and IT policies, technologies refresh implementation and business IT continuity plan execution. Currently, he is an associate lecturer in Replublic Polytechnic teaching infocomm related courses. He also has hand-on experience and working knowledge in .NET, C#, HTML, CSS, JS, AI/ML, Business Analytics, Python, Flutter, Swift, Xd, UiPath.
John Su
John is an educational coach and the founder of his own education firm, with a degree in psychology and over 8 years of experience in coaching. He has covered a wide range of topics, including data science, programming languages such as Python and Swift, and various educational tools such as Minecraft, Azure, Raspberry Pi, Micro:bit, littleBits, Unity, and Scratch. John is passionate about passing on his knowledge and experience to the next generation and has mentored and trained students in STEM, design thinking, coding, and problem-solving. He is a registered MOE educational coach and has experience in lesson planning and consulting for student projects. John is also skilled in business development, networking, and in-house training programs, having served as the Managing Director and Business Development Manager for different companies.