Harry Azhar
Product Wizard & Career Mentor
13/06/2024
Many of my colleagues are flying home this Eid. May your Eid be a blessed one. And may the hujaj have a mabroor haj.
09/05/2024
Reading this book at 40, and I wished I had this book in high school. Developed by professors from d.school, the book is used by students in a course of the same name, to help them build their best life. Frameworks in the book has helped me understand what I love and am good at and where my energy levels are. I recommended this book to nearly anyone I meet and when I was giving a talk to students at . If you’re at the crossroads, pick this book up. It’s life changing.
24/04/2024
I was invited by .sg to be on a panel called Discover@YIJC: E-Commerce at the where I imparted my story and wisdom to the Y1 and Y2 on what I do as a Product Manager, the E-Commerce industry, and my education and career journey. Moderating for me was ._ who made me look good and was excellent emceeing and moderating with her questions.
Helping students figure out what they want to do in life is important to me. Lacking the environment and network that limited my worldview and thinking affected my decision making that made me take the path less travelled. I wished I had a mentor with me early in my life to help challenge my thinking and help inform me of what’s the best way for me forward.
Today, I keep 4 to 6 people I identify as my role models and mentors whom I reach out to on regular and as-needed basis, when I need some help figuring out what’s the best way for me forward.
This event nearly never happened. But luckily God was on our side. And I hope the students came away with some nuggets of golden wisdom.
21/04/2023
From everyone at
عيد مبارك!
Eid Mubarak!
May you continue to be blessed this Eid.
كل عام وانتم بخير.
Congratulations to students who received their O level results today. I hope you did well and go on to achieve more at Tertiary level.
For those that didn’t do too well or not as expected, remember that this is only the beginning and the only way is up!
I have met many people who did poorly in O levels and still managed to earn their degree. And I know many people who don’t even have O levels and are very successful millionaires by being willing to work harder than anyone else.
You are not defined by your grades. You’re defined by the impact you leave on others. So keep building towards your dreams!
- Haz, Career Mentor
About Me
I am hands-on and it makes me a better Product Leader.
I have built 5 startups myself, exiting 3x.
I was part of other startups in industries like Fintech, Machine Learning and Logistics.
I’ve won an entrepreneurship programme in my Polytechnic.
I am a servant-leader in the Singapore technology community and founder of DevSG and WPUGSG.
Expertise
Geospatial, Logistics and Transportation
• Delivered parcels, food, groceries and am a licensed private hire driver.
• Trained and certified supply chain executive and had setup the warehousing and supply chain of an automotive maintenance workshop in the army.
• As a result, I've built Logistics Technology solutions that has helped ground ops do a great job and keep customers happy.
E-Commerce and Fintech
• Built my own e-commerce stores under different brand names selling categories from software to apparel.
• Setup my own operations, and integrations with financial and logistics software.
• Learnt how to use guerilla marketing with a bootstrap budget to hack sales.
• Built payment gateways and integrated others such as Stripe, Paypal, Braintree, Smoovpay, and Telco charging like Singtel and Maxis.
• As a result, I was able to sustain my own revenue from automating as much as possible and sell online on my own.
Industrial Design and Engineering
• Enrolled in Product and Process Engineering course offered to only the top 5% of Polytechnic Y1 students
• Part of programme is joining an Entrepreneurship contest
• Solved user problem on having too many writing utensils in pencil case and lose pens while competitive products do not provide refills
• Ideated and sketched a prototype of a stackable pen with multiple inks and refillable pods
• My solution was chosen among those submitted by team members
• With the help of other team members involved in actual machining, go to market plans and pitching sessions, we won first prize and cash money and graduated with Certificate in Product and Process Engineering
I am a proven Product Leader in the intersection of Tech, UX and Business.
Value System
I look for 3 things before I commit to your company
• Family First - You trust me to do my job and let me have the flexibility to work from home.
• Professionalism - I am a professional and just want to get things done. Politics? No time for that.
• Agility - Your organisation has an Agile mindset and a commitment to building productive teams.
If my profile summary sounds interesting to you, then we might be a fit.
For more about me, visit https://www.hazrulazhar.com
To connect with me on LinkedIn, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazrulazhar
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