Ian Ng

Ian Ng

Chief Executive Officer at AIbyML SG

Qualifications

CEO of AIbyML SG, driving governed AI and agentic AI adoption across ASEAN

Former CEO of AISA Digital, which built proprietary NMT engines for Southeast Asian languages integrated with Smartcat, Memsource and others

Associate Faculty in Translation and Technology at Singapore University of Social Sciences; certified PMP

Expertise

Localization technology

Machine translation

AI

Localization

Globalization

Product management

Ian Ng is leading AI and localisation tech solutions business. He works with business owners and localisation/ marketing heads to automate the localisation process of multilingual online contents. With his extensive workflow and system design and consulting experience, clients look for simple and purposeful localisation solutions leveraging AI technologies and API integration to bring in immediate results. Ian has over 25 years of consulting, training, coaching, technology innovation and corporate management experiences in many large organisations. He founded a consulting & training company in 2009 during the global financial crisis. For 8 years, he had worked as lead consultant and managed several business process re-engineering + technology solution projects, as well as ICT risk & security related ISO projects for both private and public sectors across Southeast Asia. Prior to forming his consulting business, he had worked as PMO Head in the largest multipurpose seaport in the Southeast Asia. He had successfully implemented cross-functional BPR initiatives as integral part of the General Cargo Operation Automation projects, which had won the company the IDC-Enterprise Innovation Award in 2010. His academic achievements include Master in Business InfoTech at Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and Honours in Accounting & Finance at Lancaster University, UK. He is a certified PMP since 2010 and held an accreditation as PMP trainer from 2011 - 2015.

Experience

Chief Executive Officer at AIbyML SG

Mar 2025 — Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Leads the Southeast Asia growth and ecosystem arm of AIBYML Group, focused on governed AI adoption and agentic AI implementation across ASEAN.

Technology Consultant at Accels Works World Wide

Sep 2025 — Present · 10 mos

Partner consultant for Singapore Business Federation's Technology Implementation Advisory Services.

Associate Faculty, Translation and Technology Master Programme at Singapore University of Social Sciences

Jul 2022 — Present · 4 yrs

Teaches on the Translation and Technology master programme.

Fractional Product Advisor at FortisLearn

Jan 2022 — Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

Product advisory for an education technology venture.

Fractional CFO at Palm Bespoke

Jun 2025 to May 2026 · 11 mos

Startup finance and digital strategy leadership.

Product and Project Director at Elite Asia

Jun 2021 to Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Led product and delivery for a regional language services firm, deploying AI transcription, subtitling and client-portal systems.

Qualifications

CEO of AIbyML SG, driving governed AI and agentic AI adoption across ASEAN

Former CEO of AISA Digital, which built proprietary NMT engines for Southeast Asian languages integrated with Smartcat, Memsource and others

Associate Faculty in Translation and Technology at Singapore University of Social Sciences; certified PMP

Expertise

Localization technology

Machine translation

AI

Localization

Globalization

Product management

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