#27 – Syed Ali Abbas, Epitome

Syed Ali Abbas [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedaliabbashr/] is the ChiefStrategy Officer of Epitome Global, a next-generation employability technology,services and analytics company headquartered in Singapore.Epitome [https://epitome.global/] is an employability technology, services andanalytics company. It was founded in Singapore in mid-2016 as CXS Internationaland won the Alibaba Cloud Startup contest held in Malaysia in 2017. Afterinitial success in the talent assessment and analytics space; they expanded intolearning management systems and learning experience platforms.In this role, he is responsible for company strategy, people, partnerships andcorporate matters.Previously, Abbas was the Group HR Director for Global Fashion Group (GFG), aglobal portfolio of fashion e-commerce startups in various regions of the worldincluding ZALORA in Asia.Abbas also served as the Chief HR Officer for the Pacnet Group, a leading Asiantelecom and data centre operator, and Executive Director of HR (the Asia Pacificand India) for AT&T Inc, a leading Fortune 500 company.In addition to his day job, Abbas serves as a member of both the ExecutiveCouncil of the Singapore Human Resources Institute and the Board NominationsCommittee of AWWA Limited.He volunteers as a Mentor at the Workplace Accelerator, South East Asia'spremier startup accelerator exclusively focused on the Future of Work.Abbas is also an angel investor focused on the "people tech" space, advisesearly-stage companies on strategy and advises large corporates on HRtechdecisions.If you are looking to learn more about their talent assessments and talentanalytics, reach out to them via e-mail or LinkedIn. And if your message istitled "Adrian Tan is my kaki" then they promise a nice discount.SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE * Syed Ali Abbas [https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedaliabbashr/] LinkedIn * Epitome [https://epitome.global/] website * Epitome [https://www.linkedin.com/company/epitome-global-pte-ltd/] LinkedIn---☕ Help me create more Work Tech and HR Tech content on my blog and podcastchannel by supporting me on buymeacoffee: http://buymeacoffee.com/adriantan18—-📲 Follow me on social: * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/tanadrian18] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/adriantan18] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/adtan/] * LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriantanck/]Check out my website: * adriantan.com.sg [http://adriantan.com.sg/] Get full access to Will That Work? at www.adriantan.com.sg/subscribe