Summary
Desmond Poh is a Principal IT Business Analyst based in Tokyo with 14 years' experience bridging hands-on systems engineering and fintech consulting for major global banks and vendors. Trained in computer science, he began in server administration and vendor management before moving into implementation, product support and project leadership at firms like UBS, Bloomberg, Murex and IHS Markit. He has led complex migrations and cloud moves, remediated risk controls, and automated business processes as a founder, demonstrating both technical depth and operational pragmatism. Trilingual in English, Japanese and Mandarin, he excels at cross-cultural stakeholder engagement and technical translation for multinational projects. Known for stepping into critical projects and delivering turnarounds, he combines infrastructure know-how with product-focused business analysis to drive secure, auditable solutions.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Honours, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Honours at Nanyang Technological University
English, Japanese, Chinese