Ms Angela Wee
Ms Angela Wee is Director and Principal Lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of InfoComm Technology. She is the youngest person in the history of Ngee Ann to hold these two positions, and she had earned them within one year of joining the polytechnic.
Before joining Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2003, Angela was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of EWGate Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL). She was seconded by KRDL to start up and manage EWGate. She joined KRDL in 1999, leading its Machine Translation R&D team. Her experience in the IT industry spanned some 14 years, and she has held various positions of responsibility with organisations such as National Computer Board (NCB).
Angela has demonstrated strong community leadership qualities, with the following being her recent involvement:
- MDA Interactive Digital Media Expert Group
- Singapore Computer Society Council Member
- National Infocomm Competency Academy Management Committee
- Infocomm Development Authority’s Infocomm Focus Group
- Singapore Computer Society Senior Member
- Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award Judging Committee
- National IT Youth Award Judging Committee 2003
- Malay Internet Steering Committee Internet Advisory
- National Internet Advisory Committee Chinese Content Advisory
- Chinese Internet Steering Committee Technology Advisory
Angela graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science (Honours, Comptuer & Info Science) degree in 1989. Under company sponsorship, she pursued and obtained a Master of Science (Computer & Info Science) degree by research from NUS in 1999.