Stephen has delivered keynotes, breakouts, and training in:
Stephen has spoken at conferences and conventions and led training programs across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australasia. His speaking experience includes:
Some of Stephen’s clients have included Boeing, RGA, Salesforce, BNP Paribas, Global Foundries, SMBC, VISA, BASF, Applied Materials Inc, Alcon, UBS, OCBC, DBS Kelly Services, CBRE, Monsanto, Hisense, YUM, ANZ, CB&I, FMCT, Telkom Indonesia, Mandiri Bank, Khazanah Nasional, South East Asia, National Parks Board, NUS, WSU, UW, Yum! Brands, LM Ericsson, Fiserv ASPAC, Fluke SEA, and Youth Olympics 2010 Organizing Committee.
Stephen has spoken at multiple events worldwide has run numerous training programs, and has spoken in countries across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East:
Stephen’s career spans 25 years in senior training and learning roles at Fortune 200 companies, including Starbucks Coffee Company, Yum! Brands, PepsiCo Restaurants International, and Motorola.
At Starbucks, he led global learning, implementing an enterprise-wide learning strategy for 140,000 partners across 12,800 stores in 37 countries. At Yum! Brands, he served as VP of Yum University and Global Learning, directing the development of the company’s top 3,000 executives. At PepsiCo Restaurants International, he was Regional Director, designing and developing programs for company-owned and franchise operations across the Asia Pacific region. At Motorola, he started as an Instructional Designer and rose to regional manager for supplier-customer training. He began his career as a training consultant at the Singapore Institute of Management. These senior training and education roles have enabled him to develop and train leaders around the globe.
Stephen currently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific. He is associated with major professional organizations and has served as President of the Association of Psychological Type, Singapore, VP of Asian Regional Training and Development Organizations (ARTDO), and is now a member of the National Speakers Association and American Society for Training and Development in the U.S. He was included in WHO’S WHO INTERNATIONAL (2000) and received numerous internal awards at Yum! Brands and PepsiCo. He instructed as an adjunct faculty member at University of London and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
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