Kah Tan
Head Engineering (AI Engineering) at DSTA
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolKah Tan is a seasoned AI engineering leader based in Singapore with nine years focused on data science and AI and two decades of hands-on engineering experience across defence and enterprise software. As Head of Engineering (AI Engineering) at DSTA, he blends strategic leadership with deep technical know-how, having progressed from software engineer to principal data scientist and now leading AI initiatives that bridge research and production. He holds a BEng in Computer Engineering from NTU and an MSc in Web Science and Big Data Analytics from UCL, reflecting a strong foundation in both systems and analytics. Known for steady advancement within a complex government technology organisation, he contributes to the Artificial Intelligence Technical Committee, demonstrating commitment to governance and standards as well as delivery. Colleagues describe him as unafraid to tackle hard problems—translating big-data insights into pragmatic, operational AI solutions for mission-critical environments.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University SingaporeDiploma Electronics Computer and Communications (Major in Computer Systems Technology), Diploma Electronics Computer and Communications (Major in Computer Systems Technology) at Singapore PolytechnicUniversity College London
Github Skills (200)
nvidia-docker10
experiment10
clearml10
trains10
tensorrt10
nvidia10
experiment-manager10
version-control10
face-recognition9
facenet9
computer-vision9
k8s9
semantic-segmentation9
apt9
imagenet9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
DinoHub/dinohub.github.io
Jul 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:5 reviews, 42 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year
jax79sg/webecon2017
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:103 commits in 1 month
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