Board of Directors
Associate Professor Dr Sureswaran Ramadass, Chairman/Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He is presently the Company's Head of R&D. He obtained his Bachelor in Computer Engineering and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Miami, USA in 1990. He also holds a doctorate from USM. He started off his career in 1990 as a senior member of the technical staff of the research team of MODCOMP, Inc., a Florida-based research company focused on the R&D of real-time systems. He has worked with numerous customers to benchmark their needs, including National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineers. He left in 1991 and joined ICON Business System, Inc. (Florida) as Senior Consultant. He was subsequently promoted to Vice President Engineering and was responsible in overseeing the entire engineering and R&D divisions of ICON Business Systems, Inc. (Florida). He joined USM in 1992 as a lecturer and is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of the National Advanced IPv6 Center, USM. During his tenure at USM, he has been a research partner/consultant to many companies in Malaysia including Telekom Malaysia Berhad, NCR Corporation, IBM Inc., MIMOS Berhad, Cabletron Systems Sdn Bhd and Compquest Sdn Bhd. He also holds numerous positions in global organisations including AI3 project, which is a research-based project sponsored by the Japanese Government. He was also a nominated candidate for the position of Director of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in 2000 (ICANN). He is also the Head of APAN for Malaysia. Over the years, he has published over sixty (60) national and international level research papers as well as written chapters and provided writing materials for a few books in the area of multimedia conferencing.
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Vena A/P Jaganathan, Managing Director. She graduated from USM in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science, Honours in Biology (Micro). In 2001, she obtained a Master of Science, majoring in Information Technology from USM. She started her career as a medical technologist in 1990 with the Royal Australian Air Force. She left to join Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur in 1991 as a microbiologist. In 1992, she joined Lablink Sdn Bhd as the Head Technologist in charge of the Penang operations. Her interest in the IT industry led her to start her own entrepreneurial pursuit by establishing ICON Computer Systems, a sole proprietor involved in the marketing of computers and computer peripherals. In 1993, she formed Compquest Sdn Bhd, a company involved in the development and programming of computer systems and to carry on the business as a computer software house. She joined Mlabs Systems Berhad as Operations Manager in 1997 and was promoted as the Operations Director in 1998 before assuming her current position as Chief Operations Officer in 2004. She is primarily responsible for the overall business operations and strategic planning of the Group. She also sits on the board of directors of a few private limited companies.
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Tan Sri Amar Haji Abdul Aziz bin Dato Haji Husain, a Independent Non Executive Director . He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Bus.Adm.) from University of Malaya. He also holds a Master in Business Administration (Finance) from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. He joined Sarawak State Government Office as Assistant Secretary of State Planning Unit in 1973. He then moved to the State Financial Secretary's Office working as Principal Assistant Secretary in 1979. In 1981, he was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Sarawak State Economic Development Corporation. In 1987, he assumed the position as Deputy Financial Secretary of Sarawak State Financial Secretary Office and moved to Ministry of Infrastructure Development as Permanent Secretary in 1990. In 1993 he was promoted to Senior Administrative Officer (Special Function) of State Secretary's Office and subsequently in 1994, he was appointed as Deputy State Secretary (Human Resources) at Chief Minister's Department. In August 2005, he was appointed as Sarawak State Secretary till 31.12.2006. He is also currently a director of Malaysian Airline Systems Berhad, Sarawak Enterprise Corporation Berhad, Borneo Housing Mortgage Finance Berhad and Koperasi Koppes Berhad.
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Zaidi Bin Shamsuddin, Independent Non-Executive Director . He graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University, Kansas, USA in 1985. He started his career with Nortel, SEA Manufacturing Operations as the Process Engineer in 1986. His last ten (10) years with Nortel was as at Senior Management level for the SEA Operations where he headed various functions such as Business Development, Manufacturing Management, New Product Introduction (Radio Frequency Products), Products Development, Customer Service, Quality Assurance and Production Planning. He is one of the founders of OTC Security Solution Sdn Bhd. Currently, he acts as a consultant to ETI Tech (M) Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the board of directors of a few private limited companies.
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Khairil Anuar Bin Aziz, Non-Independent Non Executive Director. He graduated from Coventry University, United Kingdom, with a Bachelor of Business Administration BA (Hons) Majoring in Marketing Management in 1993. He started his career in Malaysia Renong Berhad in 1993 now known as UEM World Berhad. He was posted to several companies in the Renong Berhad group of companies namely The Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad (CIMA), a subsidiary of United Engineers Berhad and Pemasaran Simen Negara Sdn Bhd (PSN). Khairil Anuar Bin Aziz was then promoted to the Sales Manager position at TIMEDotCom Berhad (TIME) where he was responsible for the telecommunication, broadband and internet business for customers from various sectors.
He left Renong Berhad in 2000 to join Jaring Communication Sdn Bhd (JARING), then Internet Unit of Mimos Berhad as a Senior Manager Head for Sales and Channel Management Division before moving to Atlas One Sdn Bhd as Senior General Manager, Marketing Division. Khairil Anuar Bin Aziz was former Chief Executive Officer of Mlabs Group. He is currently attached to SCAN Associates Berhad (SCAN), a listed Mesdaq company at the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad as the Director, Sales & Marketing & Business Development Division and International Business.