Denis Tan
Director (Supply Chain Resilience) at Singapore Food Agency
Singapore
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Top SchoolDenis Tan is a public-sector resilience leader with 11 years’ experience shaping Singapore’s food security and crisis preparedness, currently directing supply chain resilience and contingency operations at the Singapore Food Agency. Trained in engineering, economics, data science and public administration (Columbia MPA; dual degrees from NUS), he blends quantitative analysis with policy design to operationalise national strategies like import diversification and crisis simulations. His teams have delivered award-winning initiatives— including SFA Excellence Awards and national recognitions—for strengthening supply intelligence, contingency planning and regulatory streamlining. Previously he led international finance engagements at the Ministry of Finance, contributing to major programs such as the Jobs Support Scheme and representing Singapore at the G20. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic systems thinker who turns cross-disciplinary insights into practical, auditable solutions that reduce operational risk. He is equally comfortable in boardroom strategy and in building analytical tools that turn complex supply data into actionable policy.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Semester Abroad, Semester Abroad at University of PennsylvaniaResidential Programme, Residential Programme at Tembusu CollegeMaster of Public Administration (MPA) Public Policy, Master of Public Administration (MPA) Public Policy at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Social Science (B.Soc.Sci) Economics, Bachelor of Social Science (B.Soc.Sci) Economics at National University of Singapore
Chinese, English
Github Skills (5)
energy7
visualization4
data-visualization3
data-science3
analytics3
Github contributions (5)
denistanwh/data-viz
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:4 PRs, 58 pushes, 19 branches in 3 months
columbia-universitydata-scienceteachingdata-visualizationvisualization
denistanwh/denistanwh.github.io
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:322 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
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