Ian Loke's Resume

I’m a tech generalist based in Singapore with over 10 years of experience in Industrial Automation, IIoT, OT Security, and the Energy sector. My global career spans 8 cities across 4 continents, where I’ve contributed to multi-disciplinary systems through engineering expertise, technical solutioning, and customer-facing roles.

RELAVENT SKILLS INCLUDE

  • Architecting, designing and consulting SCADA and network solutions integrating OT and IT.
  • Business Development: Working with business-oriented people on technical issues, and technical people on business issues, both internally and externally.
  • Installing and commissioning complex systems such as Allen Bradley ControlLogix PLCs used in industrial gas turbines and Waterfall uni-directional gateways used to secure critical infrastructures.
  • SCADA and HMI system development: Working experience with WinCC Unified/Classic/OA/Advanced, Aveva Wonderware Intouch.
  • Networking: Configuring and troubleshooting many protocols including industrial (BACnet/IP, OPC UA/DA/HDA, OSI PI System, MQTT, Modbus), files (s/ftp/s, CIFS/SMB, NFS), security (SSL, SSH), mail (SMTP), IT monitoring (Syslog), SCADA/PLC (S7+, Profinet, Ethernet/IP).
  • OS Configuration: Working experience with Windows Server and Linux (High availability clusters).
  • Programming Languages: Previous experience scripting in Python, C, and PLC programming.
  • Certifications: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist, Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA), AWS Certified Solution Architect (SAA), ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP), Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM), Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Practitioner.

WORKING HISTORY

Siemens Digital Industries

Business Developer 2022 - Present, Singapore

  • Work across cross-functional teams to expand market presence, successfully introducing WinCC Unified SCADA to the APAC region.
  • Lead technical engagements for SCADA solutions, providing expertise in system architecture, cybersecurity, and integration to enhance operational efficiency and security.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conduct OT security assessments and develop compliance roadmaps for critical infrastructure, ensuring adherence to ISA/IEC 62443 standards.
  • Advocate for energy-efficient solutions as a Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM), helping clients reduce operational costs and improve environmental sustainability through automation.
  • Design and deliver training sessions and workshops on industrial automation, OT security, and energy management, empowering clients and internal teams with technical knowledge.

Waterfall Security Solutions

Senior Technical Support Engineer 2021 - 2022, Singapore

  • First person on the ground for Waterfall Singapore and the first point of contact for major customers and partners in the APAC region.
  • Onsite visits to perform the installation of Waterfall's unidirectional gateways, ensuring successful integration with the customer's IT/OT environment.
  • Manage all technical issues and provide training for customers in the APAC region.
  • Developed numerous tools and utilities (Python, Win32, Linux) to test with our own IT/OT software connectors. Analysing the behaviour of protocols from Wireshark traces with the objective of replicating technical issues for R&D team.
  • Assisted solutions architect team with proof of concepts and feasibility study of potential projects.

Siemens Energy

Senior Controls Engineer - Aeroderivative Gas Turbines 2020 - 2021, Singapore

  • Manage high priority customer technical issues, including onsite visits in the APAC region.
  • Provide technical leadership and support to Project and global Engineering teams to ensure project success.
  • Design, implement and test control system modifications, in both control and HMI/SCADA applications.
  • Support root cause failure analysis of technical issues and development of fleet-wide improvement initiatives.

Regional Technical Support Engineer 2017 - 2020, Singapore

  • Supporting installed control systems for industrial gas turbines.
  • Assisting with the implementation of control system upgrades, in both control and HMI/SCADA applications.
  • Interface between the Project and global Engineering teams to ensure that technical solutions are delivered on time and meeting customer requirements.
  • Conduct Unit Health Assessments on customer's ageing gas turbine assets, presenting the customer with OEM maintenance best practices, as well as available Mods and Ups opportunities to maximize machine reliability or upgrade existing functionality.
  • Analyze performance of electric fuel control valves and develop software to automate testing.

Graduate Engineer 2015-2017, Singapore

  • Developed the Siemens SGT-A35 training simulator as a digitalization initiative. Main code is in Python.
  • Completed a group project to develop SGT-A65 Trent Safety Instrumented System (SIS) proof testing procedures.
  • Ported and validated the SGT-A35 HMI application to Windows 10.
  • Did 3 job placements in Warwick (UK), Ohio (USA) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) as part of the graduate programme.

Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT)

Engineering Research Intern 2014, Singapore

CSIT is an agency in MINDEF that focuses on R&D and solutions development in information and communications technologies to fulfil the strategic needs of Singapore.

  • Implemented a USB sniffer / protocol analyzer on the BeagleBoard-XM (Angstrom OS).
  • Developed a USB driver in C to emulate the BeagleBoard-XM as a human interface device (Debian).

Appington

Software Engineer 2013, Palo Alto

Appington provides Rich Audio Ads to let publishers monetize mobile apps and advertisers engage audiences.

  • Developed components for analytics and reporting (MongoDB, Python).
  • Developed analytics portion of Appington Dashboard (jquery, bootstrap, Highcharts, AppEngine ndb \& memcache, Python).
  • Developed numerous internal company tools to improve productivity (mostly Python).
  • Developed Android (Java) and Unity (C#) applications to showcase the Appington SDK.
  • Worked closely with clients to integrate the Appington SDK; identifying areas of the product which can help improve the user experience.

Juubs

Co-founder 2012, Singapore

Juubs is a task-sourcing site which solves the problem of outsourcing. With a ready pool of task-runners, people can conveniently use Juubs to outsource tasks.

  • Adopted a lean startup approach to develop the platform.
  • Startup Weekend Singapore 2012 finalist and had startup incubated in the Garag3 at NUS.

Futuremate Electrical Services

Engineer Apprentice 2010-2012, Singapore

Futuremate Electrical Services sells, services and supports industrial pneumatic systems such as oil injected rotary screw air compressors, industrial water chillers and air dryers.

  • Part of a 4 man team installing, repairing and servicing industrial pneumatic systems (Air compressors, refrigerated air dryers \& industrial water chillers).
  • Provided documentation for risk assessment and risk management of company's work activities.
  • Prototyped a data logger on Arduino to log and process temperature and pressure readings of of air compressors.

PROJECTS

USB Key: A data protection and loss prevention solution for USB storage device 2014

  • As part of my university's final year project, I worked in a team to prototype USB Key. My role was to engineer a solution to provide an encrypted filesystem of the USB storage device and provide on-the-fly encryption during file transfer.
  • Prototyped USB Key on the BeagleBone Black using technologies such as Linux mass storage gadget driver and Linux Unified Key Setup

NUS Frugal Engineering Project 2012

  • A month long research trip to the BKL Walalwakar hospital in India, applying ethnography and exploring ways to improve the hospital with affordable and sustainable technology.
  • Studied how various departments of the hospital operated and identified problems which the staff faced during work
  • Prototyped a dental recording system and light emitting dental mouth mirrors for the dental department in the BKL Walalwakar hospital

EDUCATION

National University of Singapore (MSc) Electrical Engineering 2020- 2021

National University of Singapore (B.Eng.) Electrical Engineering 2010- 2014

NUS Overseas Colleges Silicon Valley Batch 23 2013