Ks Tan
Technical Director at Sim IT Sdn Bhd
Johor, Malaysia
Summary
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Top SchoolKs Tan is the Technical Director and co-founder of Sim IT Sdn Bhd, a Johor-based software company that has spent the last 12+ years moving Malaysian and Singaporean SMEs from desktop accounting to real-time, cloud-native business management systems. He leads product and technical strategy for SimBiz (ERP/Accounting/Inventory/HRM/POS) and SimTrain (learning centre management), which together serve hundreds of sites and manage over 100,000 student profiles. His focus is pragmatic: reduce customers’ IT costs while increasing operational return through hosted, clustered cloud solutions tailored for industries from logistics and construction to education and retail. With an academic background in Applied Physics and a minor in Computer Science from USM, he blends analytical problem-solving with hands-on software delivery. Notably, his team has converted roughly 90% of traditional Windows-based customers to internet platforms, demonstrating an uncommon track record in SME cloud migration in the region.
12 years of coding experience
Applied Physics and Minor In Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Physics and Minor In Computer Science, Applied Physics at USM
English, Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia
Github Skills (200)
treegrid10
subgrid10
portal10
visualization10
php10
mautic10
json-data10
jqgrid10
product-management10
slack10
postgresql10
suitecrm10
vue-datepicker10
ireport10
confirm10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
SIMITGROUP/phplibs
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:6 releases, 69 commits, 67 pushes in 1 month
SIMITGROUP/simpleapp-generator
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
generate openapi3 compatible frontend/backend codes using jsonschema
Contributions:5 releases, 3 PRs, 183 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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