System Access is one of the inspiring local success stories. It has grown from a startup in 1983 with $5,000 seed money to become one of the top 10 banking software product companies in the world. The company has achieved rapid and profitable growth over the years and successfully raised $70m from a US-based global private equity firm. Among its international business achievements is a $100m contract with an Austrian bank. The success of System Access holds valuable lessons for local technology start-ups aspiring to achieve scalable growth and to compete successfully on an international scale. In this forum, the founder of System Access will share with the audience his personal insights on the importance of staying focused on one industry and one product, how to compete on an international scale as a smaller player, how to leverage on alliances and target the right customers, how to assemble appropriate talents, and the kind of world class processes that a company must develop in order to support scalable growth.
About the Speaker
Mr. Leslie Loh is the founder of System Access and has been its Chairman since 1983. He played a major role in leading System Access from being a one-man outfit to a global banking software organization with 8 offices and 400 staff in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Under his leadership, System Access has received various awards and recognition in Singapore. The company's flagship product, SYMBOLS, has received the 1998 National IT Award for Innovative Product. In 1998, 1999 and 2000, System Access was ranked amongst the top 50 most enterprising companies in Singapore (Enterprise50 award). Mr. Loh was selected the winner of the 1998 ASME Rotary Entrepreneur of the Year in Singapore. In 1999, Mr. Loh also received the National Youth Award (Individual) for his success as an entrepreneur. Mr. Loh graduated from Saint Mary's University, Canada, in 1982 with a bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and Information Technology.
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend the talk. As there are limited number of seats available, please register for the talk via email to
Shannen Soo (necsoosk@nus.edu.sg )
with your name, designation and company/institution
by 31 Jan 2003 (Fri). Please forward this invitation to your friends and colleagues who may be interested. Admission is free.
