Alvin Tan
- Contact
- Save to list
-
About
A specialist in his own right with diverse exposures; spanning across Industrial Design, Consumer/Market Trend Analysis, Built Environment Design & Illumination.
Alvin sees 2 sides of the coin in all his endeavors & achievements; he applies Creative/ Design reasoning to his line of duty. He has also provided consultative services in his stride. His passion is fuelled by tides of positive feedback & compliments from the clientele he services.
To date, he functions as The Core in a local SME that has written more than 2 decades of lighting history in Singapore & the region.
He reviews food for leisure & runs commentary in his 3 blogs.
He is now giving vacationers more reason to give themselves a well deserved hiatus. Putting more smiles to faces… adding more Life into life.
Specializes in:
* Market & Consumer Trends
* Design Integration & Business Strategy
* Environmental Responsible Lighting Application -
Education
-
Bachelor of Built Environment & Engineering Industrial DesignQueensland University of Technology2002 - 2002* Highly Commended by The School of Design and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology and the Office Fair Trading, Queensland Government; Towards a Safer Shopping Trolley Design Project 2002
-
Diploma Product & Industrial DesignTemasek Polytechnic1996 - 1999* Honorable Mention | 1997 LG Electronics Design Competition * Commended by external critics | FYP - Inflatable Splint (Apparatus for Mass Casualty)
-
-
Experience
-
Vacationer | Business RepresentativeWorldVenturesSep 2012 - Present (12 years 2 months)Impacting & improving people's lives, grooming individuals towards making a living, Living. Teaching others to lead a work-life balanced lifestyle, liberating modern day slaves. Putting more smiles on faces, more Life into life.
-
Mobilisation Associate [NS]Singapore Armed ForcesSep 2011 - Present (13 years 2 months)Facilitating awareness & notification dissemination, personally provide briefing & conducting house-calls; to all servicemen in the command. Ensure servicemen readiness to respond when situation demands it.
-
Business Developer | Lighting Professional [Staff]D'Light Associates Pte LtdOct 2004 - Present (20 years 1 month)Functions as Middle Management personnel, responsible for establishing & bridging business relations with clientele, as well as broaden inter-continental material resource network for the company. Rendering Lighting Application & Eco-friendly Solutions to clients, Business Operations, Logistics and Project Management are among the core responsibilities.
-
Combat Service Support Administrator [NS]Singapore Armed ForcesFeb 2002 - Aug 2011 (9 years 6 months)Administrator of all Regimental & Disciplinary matters.
Organization & Execution of Administrative & Logistical chain in field operations.
* Letter of Commendation Singapore Armed Forces, 657SIR 2011
* CO Medallion, 657SIR 2011
* RSM Medallion, 657SIR 2011
* Good Service Medal, Singapore Armed Forces '09
* Best Soldier Award 2009, 657SIR -
Designer (CMFA) + Trends Media Lab [Staff]Lawton & Yeo Design AssociatesJul 2003 - Sep 2004 (1 year 2 months)Research & presents Consumer Trends (tele-communications markets) in Greater Asia for Japanese-
Swedish phone maker Sony Ericsson. Responsible for product cosmetics design, liaison & set QA/QC
samples with intercontinental appointed vendors. -
Regimental & Disciplinary Administrator [NS]Singapore Armed ForcesAug 1999 - Feb 2002 (2 years 6 months)Reports to Brigade Staff Officer, Unit Commanding Officer & Unit Manpower Officer - responsible for
administration of all Regimental & Disciplinary matters, includes; investigations for General Court Martial
proceedings. Facilitates work improvement initiatives towards productivity & cost savings; for the Unit.
Organization & participation in field operations included. -
Design InternNobel Design HoldingsApr 1998 - Jun 1998 (2 months)Assistant to the furnishing & décor In-house Designers- understudied operational schematics of the multi-disciplinary design corporation. Participated in the organizing of; marketing campaigns.
-
-
Awards
- Letter of Commendation SAF 657SIR 11
- CO Medallion, SAF 657SIR '11
- Good Service Medal, SAF '09
- Best Soldier Award, SAF 657SIR 09
- Highly Commended, Queensland Government & QUT '02
- Gold Award (WITs), SAF 2SIB '01
- Honorable Mention, LG Electronics '97 -
Skills
-
Elsewhere on the Web
-
On Coroflot@alvin10, member since 2003
-
-
Following 27
-
Followers 13
-
