The KENNEDY RYDER MANAGEMENT TEAM

Originally invited to help the Malaysian ICT community to improve its process performance through the application of improved programme and project management skills and metrics, Kennedy Ryder now spread their knowledge and experience around the world..

The Kennedy Ryder management team is a joint UK and Malaysian partnership with each member bringing extensive international IT experience to the organization. This high level of international experience gives the company the flexibility to adapt to all cultural environment. The management team at Kennedy Ryder has developed a strong work ethic and customer focus that provides a delivery framework for consulting staff. We have achieved an exemplary degree of professionalism in order to realize superior results delivered with the highest standards of honesty and integrity.

 

"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him" - David Brink

Meet the Senior Team...

Harres Tan, Chairman, Kennedy Ryder

• Group CEO, Rototype International
• Group CEO, HT Consulting Group
• Chairman, PIKOM (Association of the Computer & Multimedia Industry of Malaysia) Malaysia 2004-2005
• Past President, Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry organization (ASOCIO) 2000-2002.
• Board of Directors, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)
• Board of Directors, MSC Venture Corporation and MSC Venture One

 

Harres Tan started his IT career as an IBM mainframe systems programmer in the UK in the early 70s. He returned to Malaysia in 1978 and worked for a couple of local IT companies where he honed his skills in the areas of technical support, marketing and financial management before starting out on his own.

In 1989, Harres founded HT Consulting Group and simultaneously established its offices in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Today, the group has direct presence in more than six countries and an impressive list of world class clients. In 2004, the group renamed all its overseas subsidiaries to become Rototype International and focused mainly in the areas of self-service banking and business process automation for the banking and finance industry.

Harres has more than 30 years experience in the areas of system architecture, software development and support, products and services development life cycle, sales & marketing, funding of startups and management of global ICT companies. He had on numerous occasions shared his vast experience with the industry as well as the user community in Asia via his efforts in ASOCIO, MNCC(Malaysia National Computer Confederation) and PIKOM. He was elected into the MNCC Council in 1978 and was its Vice President from 1983 for two years. He was awarded a fellowship by the MNCC in 1997. He was elected to the PIKOM Council in 1992 and held the position as PIKOM Chairman in 2004-2005. He also held the post as the 9th President of ASOCIO from 2000 to 2002. He was appointed as a member of the MDeC Board by the Prime Minister, YAB Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in April 2005.

Dr. Charles Ryder, Director of Resources, Kennedy Ryder

Charles is a life-long learner. He has gained an MSc in Training from the University of Leicester and a PhD and MA in History from the University of Liverpool. He is also qualified to teach English as a foreign language through CELTA (Cambridge)

He is an accredited PRINCE2 and MSP trainer and registered practitioner and holds membership of the Project Management Institute, the Association for Project Management and the British Computer Society. He also has successfully completed training in sales, marketing and business finance as well as the technical aspects of IT – programming, systems analysis and hardware repair.

Charles was introduced to IT in 1974 when he managed the introduction of computers into a UK laboratory. Since then he has focused on IT related training, especially project management, and HR.

He established the European software training school for Data General hardware engineers and the hardware training school for Cable and Wireless after which he formed his own IT company supplying systems, training and support to small and medium organization. In the late 1980’s he became Director of AES IT training company and transformed the organization into a successful business. From the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s he worked as an international IT consultant with Hoskyns, a career that took him to work in Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, USA and many European countries. Following this he became HR Director for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Switzerland and then Chef du Personnel for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). On returning to the UK, he was employed for ten years as an international IT consultant by Duhig Berry, specializing in project and programme management. He formed Kennedy Ryder to be an organization that operates for the benefits of its clients and staff.

TH Saw, Director, Kennedy Ryder

Mr. Saw started in IT as a trainee COBOL programmer in 1983. For the next eight years he served as a key member of various project teams involved in developing and implementing a broad spectrum on IT systems throughout Malaysia for large public and private sector customers. These included housing developers, stock registrars, port authorities, local councils, commodity traders, hospitals and manufacturers.

Looking back, he recalls his two years at Bintulu Port, Sarawak, as one of the most exciting...cave exploring, river trips deep into the Sarawak jungle in long boats, and cheap fresh seafood.

He rose quickly and was leading his own team and managing projects by 1989

In 1991, he joined the HT Consulting Group as General Manager at one of its subsidiaries. Although loaded with added responsibilities, he continued to use his knowledge and experience to successfully manage many of the ERP projects undertaken by the company. For the first six years alone, he managed no less than thirteen multi-million dollar projects before he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of HT Consulting in 1999. He has since helped manage the groups operations locally and abroad.

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