TRAINER PROFILE

Name

David Guan Yong Soi

Nationality

Malaysian

Education Background:

Bachelor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Institute of Technology Jaya, Malaysia

BACKGROUND:
David Guan has more than 15 years of practical working and training experience in project management for
diverse industries.
He regularly conducts training on Managing Projects, Managing IT Projects, Scheduling and Cost Control and
Project Management. He also designs training programs to improve project managers skill and competency
levels leading up to certification base on their respective industry compliance.
Clients that are benefits from him are Shell in Malaysia & Brunei; Standard Chartered Bank in Malaysia, Sri
Lanka and Singapore; Motorola; Telekom Malaysia; Grameenphone Bangladesh; Ford Motors in Thailand;
Fairchild Semiconductor in Philipines; Cargills International; Singapore Cisco China and etc.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Master Certificate in Project Management

Project Management Professional, PRINCE2

OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

AWARDS:

GTS Case Study Review Expert Award 2007 (GTS 2007 )

Golden Pen Award, Huawei Service magazine 2007(2007 )
Huawei University Monthly Star award in achieving the most number of training hours
Huawei University Q2 Honorable Excellent Employee Award 2008
SPOTS award from Lucent Technologies, 2001 for project outstanding performance.
BRAVO award from Motorola, 2004 for meeting project GSM 1800 Swap project ahead of schedule by 4 weeks

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Presented Conflict Management Paper at PMI Congress (Hong Kong 2007).

PMP Certified 2000 and Prince 2 Certified Foundation (2009).
Selected and sponsored representing the APAC region by PMI to do PM studies (Hong Kong & USA 2004).
Won the ISO9001 Certification award for Lucent project management department.
Elected as Secretary for the PMI Malaysia chapter (2004-2005), as a Planning Director (2005-2006) and as
a Vice President (2011).
Published PMP Certification values in project planning and PMP Passport, Project Management Institute USA.

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WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Position Title

Project management Trainer

Duration

May 2011- present

Company

Huawei Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Project Management Office Director

Duration

Oct 2009 - May 2011

Responsibility
:
Support project managers in undergoing project planning using WBS, schedule development, resource planning,
risk management to output the project plan.
Coach and mentor project managers in their competency development in their career.
Design and initiate training programs and accreditations to improve project manager skills and competencies.
Organize workshops and case studies with project community to conduct lessons learnt for all projects
executed whether successful or failed.
Streamline processes, templates, and techniques to help the project management community to improve
delivery capabilities in their projects.
Mobilize and provide support to newly acquired projects especially in the planning stage to ensure a greater
chance of success in project deliveries.

Company

Huawei Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Senior Lecturer, Huawei University

Duration

May 2007 - Sept 2009

Responsibility
:
Conduct project management training for all the project managers, deputy project managers, team leaders and
relevant project team members located at regional Huawei representative offices globally.
Developed courses on Conflict management and Art of Reaching to A Yes-Yes for project management
training curriculum (This conflict management paper was selected to be presented at the PMI 2007
congress held in Hong Kong).
Organize workshops and case studies with the Huawei project community to conduct lessons learnt for all
projects executed whether successful or failed to provide a platform for projects learning.
Initiated (My English My Responsibility) a platform for improving conversational and business English classes to
Huawei University employees.

Company

Huawei Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Senior Project Manager

Duration

April 2005 - May 2007

Responsibility
:
Project
manage a team of both Chinese and local Vietnamese staff comprising of RF manager,
engineers, NSS/BSS team leaders, transmission manager, sub-contractors for the deployment of CDMA
2001x all over Vietnam and also the UIN project.
Organized project into three regions of Vietnam each supported by a regional project manager overseeing total
project scope of 3 MSC and 214 BTS to be deployed.
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 Participated in presales activities budgeting on resource requirements, scheduling, risks management

and provide support to the bidding team on winning strategies

Company

Maxis Communications Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Senior Manager

Duration

February 2003 - Dec 2004

Responsibility
:
Participated in the Asia Role Delineation Role study for PMPs at Hong Kong organized by the Project
Management Institute PMI USA.
Initiated the Project Manager Forum which is held monthly to bring in all project managers to share and learn
from each other by highlighting lessons learnt from previous projects etc.
Project manage TimeCel decommissioning project with 250 BTS sites which comprise of in-building, vacant
and tower sites.
Developed the master Project Plan for all project managers utilization which consist of project scope, charter,
risks management, responsibility assignment matrix, project schedule, major milestones and work break down
structure template to facilitate new projects creation and planning.
Project manage Maxis Project Managers Accreditation and Development Program (PMAD) by training and
certifying new project managers in collaboration with IPS and Maxis Academy.

Company

Motorola Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Programme Manager

Duration

January 2002 December 2002

Responsibility
:
Awarded the BRAVO outstanding performance reward in meeting SCHEDULE excellence in the TMTOUCH
DCS 1800 project in Sarawak.
Managed a diverse team of resources for Telekom Malaysias TMTOUCH project worth RM168 million.
Established the global project management platform (Project Plan) which consist of work break structure,
project schedule, project budget, responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) and risk analysis in the
implementation of the project.
Developed Project Change Request, Emergency escalation process, Swap process, Engineering Services
project processes.

Company

Lucent Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Project Manager

Duration

November 1999 December 2001

Responsibility
:
Managing a team that consists of lower level and high level staff for the Telekom Malaysias xDSL project worth
RM 12 million.
Developing Work Break Structure and Responsibility Assignment Matrix for the project.
Awarded Customer Operations & Project Management Spot Award in Year 2000 for outstanding
performance.

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Company

Local Customer Support (LCS)

Position Title

Process Manager

Duration

March 1997- October 1999

Responsibility
Developing processes, procedures and conducted training for all personnel to obtained ISO9002
certification within three months and received ISO Certification Award in 1998.
Developed monthly tracking tools for Trouble Ticket Report measurement for Malaysia and Brunei which
resulted in a 25% improvement of ticket closures.

Company

Celcom GSM project

Position Title

Wireless Project Manager

Duration

October 1994 February 1997

Responsibility
Managed ten field engineers in their various functional roles from switching, radio frequency planning, drive
testing, and installation and site surveys.
Coordinated customer acceptance process for customers approval and improved invoicing process.
Monitored and controlled implementation progress to avoid any deviation from the project schedule to win
customer satisfaction.

Company

Binariang Sdn Bhd

Position Title

Senior Engineer (GSM / Trasnission Network)

Duration

Jan 1993 -September 1994

Responsibility
Managed and supervised six junior engineers for the GSM transmission network.
Planned and designed microwave networks including feasibility studies and site surveys to select cell sites.
Prepared and compiled transmission tender which involves cabins and tower specifications for network
requirement documentation.

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