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Serina Teo and Ignatius Koh
Serina Tan and Ignatius Koh

Serina Teo and Ignatius Koh
Diploma in Marketing, Class of 2002

IGGI'S was founded at the end of 2004 by Serina and Ignatius. What started as a nomadic-like business at expat fairs and bazaars evolved into a shop at Bugis Village. Not satisfied with the common imports, the pair started their own streetwear label - IGGI'S Culture Coalition, in mid-2005.

To date, IGGI'S has sold nearly 8000 Culture Coalition T-shirts both locally and overseas and has also ventured into online sales. IGGI'S is now located at  #05-12 The Heeren, Orchard Road  For more information visit  www.iggis.com.sg.

Sharon Ho
Diploma in Business, Class of 1993

Sharon Ho, one of our Diploma in Business students from the pioneer batch, graduated from Temasek Business School in 1993. She went on to pursue a degree at Curtin University, Australia and graduated with a Bachelor in Commerce. She also obtained a Graduate Diploma in English from Curtin University . Sharon just opened Singapore's first Dog Bakery, visit ww.usdb.com.sg to find out more.

Andrew Koh
Andrew Koh Xian Wei

Andrew Koh Xian Wei
Diploma in Communications & Media Management, Class of 2006

Andrew was doing his internship in an event management company when he realised there were business opportunities in doing outdoor corporate events. Together with his friend, he started an outdoor events management company called Events Architects.

Andrew said TP provides very good training for its students, and the communication skills and other industry-relevant skills he learned in TP has helped him clinch several business projects. For more details, please visit www.eventsarchitects.com.

Ashley Yang
Diploma in Business, Class of 2003

Ashley Yang graduated in August 2003 with a Diploma in Business (Finance, Banking and Investment), at the age of 20. Instead of just being contented as an employee, she decided to start her own shop retailing clothing and bags. The journey for this young entrepreneur has been bumpy, but Ashley is not about to throw in the towel.

Amos Teo
Amos Teo

Amos Teo
Diploma in Buisness, Class of 1996

Armed with priceless knowledge and insights gained in TP, Amos incorporated Hark Music in 1999 with the main aim of  developing and providing opportunities for budding music talents to realise their dreams to become a promising musician or entertainer. Areas of their accomplishments include performing live on stage, composing original songs to be published and producing their own music album.

Today, Hark Music is fully transformed into a Music Hub, integrating its facilities and services to host music lovers who wish to make an impression with their passion in music.  Besides the conversion of Hark Music Café into a Performing Studio and a Recording Studio which provide a professional platform for pop music enthusiasts to showcase their talents, Hark Music also branches out into Artiste Training & Management, with plans to release its first Hark Artiste.

Find out more about Hark Music, visit  www.harkmusic.com.

Temasek Design School

Chris Lee
Chris Lee

Chris Lee
Diploma in Visual Communication, Class of 1995

The Asylum, founded by Chris in 1999, is defined as an ideas company specialising in creative works, both in the retail and commercial sectors. Since its inception, The Asylum has serviced a wide range of disciplines that included interactive design, product development, environmental design, packaging, apparel design, branding, and corporate literature. Their works are widely recognised and have received numerous international awards.

Chris was awarded Black Collar Man of the Year 2007 by “ARENA Singapore” magazine. This award recognises the best Black Collar Workers in Singapore in various disciplines.  Visit www.theasylum.com.sg for more information.

Nathan Yong
Product Design, Class of 1992

Being creative means being able to make use of whatever resources at hand to produce the desired results. That's how Nathan Yong, a 1992 Product Design graduate, got his furniture retail shop AirDivision started with only $100,000 together with a Temasek Design School friend and three ex-colleagues.

Air Division’s vision is to be recognized in the international scene as a company that produces good design, quality furniture and fair pricing. Air Division has received many awards since inception. Visit www.airdivision.com for more information.

Chrisandra Heng
Chrisandra Heng

Chrisandra Heng
Diploma in Interior Architectural Design, Class of 1996

Chrisandra Heng is now managing her own practice, Simon Chrisandra Associate (SCA). A young woman with a passion for life and work, Chrisandra stresses the importance of good packaging, corporate branding and quality control.

Armed with over eight years of professional experience working in international design firms like Steven J Leach & Associates, Smith Madden and DNA Consulting, Chrisandra has completed a wide range of projects ranging from financial institutes through IT companies, to retail and corporate offices.

An award-winning Interior Design and Facilities Planning Consultants firm, SCA offers a wide scope of professional services, ranging from providing design consultancy and project management to implementing full scale integrated projects. For more information on Chrisandra and SCA, please visit www.simonchrisandra.com.

Temasek Engineering School

Niraj
Niraj Agarwal

Niraj Agarwal
Diploma in Mechatronics, Class of 2003

Niraj Agarwal, who graduated with a Diploma in Mechatronics in 2003, is running a multi-million-dollar company called Bizgram Pte Ltd. Niraj came to Singapore in 2000 under a scholarship from MOE which allowed him to study mechatronics at a subsidised rate. He started servicing computers after graduation.

By March 2004, he was able to set up his own service centre at Sim Lim Square. Today, Niraj runs Bizgram with a team of talented people, serving clients in Singapore and countries such as Mauritius, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mongolia, Brunei, Australia and Indonesia.  

For more information on Bizgram, please visit www.bizgram.com.

Neeraj Sundarjoo
Diploma in Electronics, Class of 2002

Managing Director of his own company, Comwerks Pte Ltd, which he established in June 2002. He has set up what is probably Singapore's first phone-to-phone Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) service which allows users to communicate with any party anywhere in the world for a flat fee of S$46 per month. For more information on Comwerks Pte Ltd, please visit the company's website at www.comwerks.com.

Jervis Lee and Alvin Poh
Diploma in Info-communications, Class of 2004

Set up in Oct 2002, Vodien Studios Pte Ltd provides web designing, networking and wireless application protocol (WAP) services. Vodien's clients include major companies which are looking to outsource IT services.

For more information on Vodien Studios Pte Ltd, please visit the company's website at www.vodien.com.

Eddie
Eddie Lim

Eddie Lee
Diploma in Computer Engineering, Class of 2001

Graduated in 2001 from the Diploma in Computer Engineering, Eddie is an ambitious young man. He not only acquired the Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology (RMIT) recently, Eddie also sets up his own company, Edifice Private Limited. Edifice provides services in web development, web maintenance, web revamp, web and data hosting.

Through years of experiences in the industry, Edifice has delivered excellent quality work to its corporate partners. Visit Edifice's website at: www.edifice.com.sg to find out more.

Wee Zihuan
Diploma in Computer Engineering, Class of 2004

Wee Zihuan, a Diploma in Computer Engineering graduate, heads Inspirion Creations, a software solutions company. He set up with four friends in the final year of his diploma course in 2004. One of the major projects that Inspirion has undertaken is developing an Enterprise Resource Planning system for a music company, for which it has been promised a royalty from sales made.

Temasek Information Technology School

Michael Toh
Diploma in Information Technology, Graduate from TP in the 1990's

Acepio Pte Ltd's CEO, Michael Toh, leads a team of dynamic and creative professionals. Michael's entrepreneurial spirit and drive have secured milestone partnership deals with Samsung, IBM and Macromedia, as well as business deals with I Nuovi Cosmetics, IE Singapore, CEL Coatings Industries and Asia Europe Foundation.

For more information on Acepio Pte Ltd, please visit the company's website at www.acepio.com.

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