Mark Tan
Executive Director & CEO at Cactus Communications LLP
Singapore, Singapore
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Top SchoolMark Tan is an executive leader and entrepreneur based in Singapore with 8 years of senior experience and a 30+-year career footprint spanning defence procurement, corporate strategy, marketing and sustainability. As Executive Director & CEO of Cactus Communications he builds cross-sector programmes—smart city policy, sustainability initiatives, and technology partnerships—that drive long-term competitive advantage and measurable impact. He has founded and led multiple ventures including a defence-focused consultancy, a blockchain IP startup, and a sustainability practice that worked with ministries and multinational clients across ASEAN and beyond. Experienced in global market development from roles at ST Kinetics and NCS, he blends government procurement know-how with corporate communications, crisis management and M&A-informed strategy. A recent Harvard ALM in Sustainability and an author of fiction, he brings rare depth across technical, policy and human-centred narratives—often spotting systemic opportunities others miss.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Diploma (Governance & Directorship), Executive Diploma (Governance & Directorship) at Singapore Management UniversityMaster of Arts in Sustainability (ALM), Master of Arts in Sustainability (ALM) at Harvard UniversityGCE A Level, Pure Science, GCE A Level, Pure Science at Raffles InstitutionMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese, Chinese, Mandarin, French, Japanese, Malay, morse code
Github Skills (4)
andorid9
android-app8
android-framework8
android5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tanmark927/ASADA
Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
This is an well-being application using Alexa and an Android app.
Contributions:75 commits, 6 PRs, 63 pushes in 9 months
android-frameworkandoridandroidandroid-appalexa
tanmark927/BoardGames475
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:73 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
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