Siow Seet Ting - President
System Safety Engineer
Singapore Technologies Kinetics

Chapter President's Message

Seet Ting has more than 9 years of experience working in system safety in ST Kinetics. She specialises in software safety and has teamed up with a task force with members from various fields of ST Engineering to establish a software safety analysis guideline within her company in 2004.

She is an avid supporter of Chapter activities amid her tight schedule supporting projects. Seet Ting has written papers and given presentations on software safety to the local community. She has presented a paper in the International System Safety Regional Conference (ISSrC) last year and has also co-authored a paper to the International System Safety Conference in 2002.

Fan Yue Sang - Immediate Past President
Senior Manager (System Safety Assurance)
Defence Science & Technology Agency, System Engineering

Yue Sang leads a team of system safety engineers in DSTA Systems Engineering Division to develop the methodology to align the principles of system safety with the MINDEF Life Cycle Management Process.

His staff also participates in pilot programmes throughout DSTA to promote system safety practice in DSTA during this initial implementation phase. He is an essential outreach of the Chapter to project management teams in DSTA as well as to the SAF.

Yue Sang is untiring in promoting training of system safety in the defence community as well as to counterparts in the industries. In his capacity in DSTA, he leads in promoting system safety to DSTA and SAF management.

His effort has culminated in the significant milestone of the establishing a system safety management framework for the acquisition of RSAF weapon systems.

Principal Engineer, Quality and System Safety
Singapore Technologies Kinetics

Eng Ling was the first Chapter President. She was instrumental in starting the Singapore Chapter, working closely with then President of Society, Clif Ericson and past President Paige Ripani. With ample support from ST Kinetics, she assembled the first Chapter EXCO and the Chapter Constitution. She leveraged on her links with the System Safety Society to invite prominent trainers and speakers on system safety to Singapore to actively promote the knowledge of system safety in the Singapore defence community. The results are evident from our Chapter Sharing Sessions. As Immediate Past President, she continues to play an active role in the Chapter, maintaining links with corresponding safety bodies in other Singapore ministries, academia and transport safety community. She is currently holding the OVP (Asia Pacific) position with the System Safety Society.

In 2003, the Society awarded Eng Ling the International Award in recognition of her contribution in the International Advancement of System Safety. In the same year, she received personal recognition from the System Safety Society Founder, Mr Roger Lockwood, for her effort in starting the Singapore Chapter.

Eng Ling works for ST Kinetics performing corporate system safety functions. Her roles include system safety capability built-up, policy requirements establishment and audits. Her experience on system safety has helped Singapore Chapter started with the right footing.

Ten Lin Mei - Secretary
Manager, Product Assurance
DSO National Laboratories

Lin Mei is the manager of a group of product assurance analysts in DSO Systems Engineering Centre. She is also responsible for up-keeping and promulgating the system safety process in DSO. She had assisted to launch in DSO QMS in 2002. Besides supporting projects in FMECA, FTA and participating in hazard analyses, she also planned and organized system safety engineering courses for project system safety groups and has conducted numerous system safety briefings to project managers and members.

Lin Mei was the Secretary of the Chapter when it was first formed in year 2003. She was also the committee member for the first International System Safety Regional Conference organized by thisChapter in 2008.

Lee Lai Heng - Treasurer
Principal Engineer
Defence Science & Technology Agency

Lai Heng heads a group of system safety engineers in DSTA supporting system safety support for acquisition and management of armament systems.

Assistant Director (Armament Systems)
Defence Science & Technology Agency

Michael was pesident of the Chapter from 2006 to 2007.

He is happily married with three boys. His involvement in safety started way back in the early 90s when he spent six months at the UK Ordnance Board (Safety) working as a Technical Staff Officer.

Upon his return to Singapore, he was involved in the development and acquisition management of various weapon systems and more recently, including the provision of engineering support for in-service weapon systems.

It is no surprise that for work in the area of weapons and munitions, safety receives high priority. Following a spate of unfortunate armament incidents in 1997, Michael played a key role in building a robust safety culture, in developing competency training and safety management framework, including the adoption and implementation of system safety.

Recognising the benefits of system safety, Michael endeavours to reach out to various communities in Singapore, beyond the defence eco-system to promote system safety. Michael continues to maintain and establish links with counterparts in the US and UK on safety management and system safety.

Yap Kwee Seng - Council Member
Manager, Systems Assurance & Integration
Land Transport Authority

Kwee Seng leads a team of systems assurance (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) engineers in LTA Systems Assurance & Integration Division. His responsibilities include areas such as Safety Certification, RAMS management, software assurance etc. in both transits and road tunnel projects. In addition, Kwee Seng has also been actively involved in some overseas projects providing systems assurance consultancy works in project such as Dubai Metro.

He joined LTA after graduating from NTU in 1997 and was actively involved in the development of Systems Assurance processes within the Railway industry in Singapore. He is keen to pursue his career in this field and has further his studies in UK.

Eileen Seah - Council Member
System Safety Engineer
Singapore Technologies Kinetics

Eileen has been working in Singapore Technologies Kinetics (Advanced Material Engineering) as a system safety engineer on mainly large calibre ammunition projects.

Eileen has voluntarily assisted at the Chapter's sharing sessions in the past.

A/Prof David Chua - Council Member
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
National University of Singapore

About A/Prof Chua (NUS site)

Evelyn Lui - Council Member
Quality Assurance Manager
Singapore Technologies Aerospace

Evelyn is the Head of Quality Engineering Group in Quality Assurance Department. She leads a team of engineers in areas of reliability, maintainability and system safety.

Evelyn and her team participated in numerous military projects (man-aircraft and mini UAVs) as system safety leads. In addition, she has experience in leading system safety programmes in commercial projects such as Passenger-to-Freighter (PTF) project where a FAA process of certification is used.

As an advocate for system safety in ST Aerospace, she promotes system safety through establishing procedures and conducting system safety training for all design staff in the company.

Oei Su Cheok - Council Member
Principal Engineer (Safety)
Defence Science & Technology Agency, Armament Community

Su Cheok worked closely with Eng Ling during the formative period of the Singapore Chapter. He has actively supported all programmes of the Chapter with a view that system safety practice is the fundamental principle of safety management.

In his role in DSTA, he has influenced the organisation to adopt system safety and worked with system safety engineers to bring about a practicable approach to implement system safety in the organisation.

Having been amongst the first in our organisation to be enlightened to the benefits of system safety approach, he has conducted numerous introductions to system safety to DSTA staff as well as to SAF.