Today’s technology landscape is rapidly evolving and tech professionals are no longer limited to “pure tech” companies. This panel session delves into the expanding role and critical impact of technologists across diverse sectors such as fast-moving consumer goods, maritime, and pharmaceuticals. Learn how your tech skills can drive innovation and create significant value in industries you might not expect.
In this interactive session, you’ll gain insights into:
- Real-world examples of how tech professionals are driving innovation and digital transformation outside the tech sector
- Emerging tech roles and their unique opportunities in non-tech environments
- Essential skills to enable tech integration in non-tech industries
Who should attend?
Students from all disciplines interested in exploring the wide-ranging possibilities of a tech career.
Speaker(s)
Parita Sanghani
Associate Director for AI Engineering, MSD
Parita Sanghani is the Associate Director for AI Engineering at MSD in Singapore. Parita leverages AI to transform businesses towards saving and improving lives around the world. Currently, she leads multiple engineering teams across Japan, China and Asia Pacific region to deliver high value GenAI solutions for the company. She loves being at the intersection of human and AI and hopes to continue making a difference in the healthcare industry.
Pooja Singh Thakur
CIO, P&G Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Pooja is a digital evangelist with over 15 years of experience driving digital transformation in the FMCG industry. With deep expertise in data, marketing technology, and eCommerce platforms, she is passionate about leveraging digital technology to enhance consumer experiences and achieve sustainable business performance. Pooja excels in creating, scaling, and optimizing impactful product portfolios by fostering collaborative teams focused on meaningful challenges. Her skills include business partnering, product management, and devising comprehensive digital strategies for brands, as well as leading large-scale transformation initiatives. She is passionate about building multi-stakeholder digital platforms that unlock growth potential and drive healthy revenue for organizations.
Sriram Ramanujam
Vice-President (Digital Products)
Sriram is the Vice President of Digital Products for Regional IT South East Asia at PSA, leading a team of over 240 professionals to drive digital innovation in Port, Port Ecosystem, and Enterprise domains. His vision aligns with PSA’s Node to Network strategy, focusing on expanding digital products globally through collaboration with community stakeholders and platform partners.
Since joining PSA, he has played a key role in the company's technology-driven transformation, contributing to flagship products like Portnet, CITOS, and terminal automation. He has led initiatives to scale Portnet as a Port Community System, laying the foundation for the Global Portnet and overseeing the global proliferation of several digital products to Indonesia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, South Korea, Panama. He has also driven PSA’s Intelligent Logistics Ecosystem (ILE), introducing innovations to transform Singapore’s logistics community into a well-connected and resilient hub. In response to industry shifts, he has spearheaded global platform integrations strengthening PSA’s position in digital trade and logistics.
Recognizing the importance of talent development, he leads a task force, enhancing PSA’s IT brand and fostering industry talent through initiatives like PSA CODESPRINT and partnerships with IMDA. His leadership has earned PSA multiple industry accolades, including the OpenGov Singapore 2024 award, Singapore Computer Society Digital Achievers Awards (2022, 2023), and IDC Future Enterprise Awards (2021, 2023). With extensive global experience spanning projects in Europe, Asia and beyond, Sriram continues to drive PSA’s digital transformation, product scalability, and global market expansion, reinforcing its leadership in the port and logistics ecosystem.
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Samuel Choo (Moderator)
Career Advisor, NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates
Samuel is a career development professional with foundations in software engineering, project management, and IT talent development.
Currently serving as a career advisor at NUS, he supports students in navigating diverse and meaningful career pathways, while championing mental well-being and holistic development.
Register by 15 September 2025.
(Registration will close once all slots are filled)