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Wesley Chen Yi.

Hello — I'm Wesley, Regional Managing Director for APAC at 3forge, leading a team of 20 engineers across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. I bridge technical engineering with commercial strategy for Tier-1 Global Banks, driving regional expansion and delivering production-ready solutions at scale.

Experience

Managing Director, Senior Solutions Engineer

3F 3forge · Singapore · APAC Full-time

Established and set up two new business entities in Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Scaled APAC headcount from 1 to 20 staff.

Secured a high-visibility mandate in Tokyo with a top-tier financial institute, delivering a successful launch which catalysed four follow-on projects worth over $500,000 in TCV.

Grew a product user base 10x to more than 200 active regional users.

Java SQL Python DevOps
2024 — Present

Solutions Engineer

3F 3forge Full-time

Led multiple client projects, translating complex requirements into deployable commercial solutions.

Contributed to the core product's feature set and spearheaded the company's automated test suite, slashing QA hours by 200% and freeing up developer time.

Led technical pre-sales and architectural workshops for prospective clients, directly supporting the closing of six new contracts.

Java Docker SQL Jenkins Python Selenium Git Perforce MySQL redis kdb PostgreSQL
Nov 2021 — 2024

Software Development Intern

MO Motional Internship

Refactored management Python modules to minimise code duplication, improve maintainability and efficiency.

Worked with Amazon Web Services to provide a scalable alternative solution for video streaming.

Converted an existing CMake project into a Bazel project to be deployed with Jenkins.

Bazel CMake Jenkins C++ C Python
May 2021 — Oct 2021

Teaching Assistant

DP DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore Contract

Assisted in teaching and conducting computer science and project modules.

Took part in teaching at the school's academic support centre.

C C++ OpenGL
Sep 2019 — Apr 2021

Air Warfare Officer

AF Republic of Singapore Air Force Full-Time
Jul 2016 — May 2018

Game Programmer

LI The Logistics Institution — Asia Pacific Internship
C C++ OpenGL
Sep 2019 — Apr 2021

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science, Real-Time Interactive Simulation

DP DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore CGPA 3.74

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Minor in Mathematics.

Dean's List — Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021.

Integrated Infocomm Scholarship — awarded by IMDA to pursue an infocomm-related diploma and degree.

2018 — 2021

Diploma in Game & Entertainment Technology

TP Temasek Polytechnic

Diploma Plus in Psychology Fundamentals.

2013 — 2016

Proficiencies

Programming
C++ C Python Java ASM Kotlin C#
Web
HTML CSS JavaScript
Languages
English (native) Chinese (native) Korean (TOPIK 1) French (DELF A2)
Graphics
OpenGL Vulkan RenderDoc CUDA
Databases
MySQL PostgreSQL redis kdb
Build Systems
Maven Gradle CMake Bazel
CI / CD
Jenkins Docker Selenium
Source Control
Git Perforce
Project Mgmt
Jira Trello
Cloud
GCP AWS Firebase
3D Tools
Maya 3ds Max
Game Engines
Unity Custom Built
Design
Photoshop Lightroom Premiere Pro
Audio / Music
Piano (ABRSM Gr.7) FL Studio Sibelius Audacity

Selected projects

A non-exhaustive list of projects I've worked on. See the Projects page for the full grid.

Contact

Best reached by email. Also on the usual social channels.

Email
LinkedIn
GitHub
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
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