SPEAKERS

Ts. Meor Rafeq holds the post of Vice President/Head of Unit, Technology Advisory Services Department, Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC).

He started his career in 1989 and since then has accrued more than fifteen years of experience working with several Multi-National Corporations, beginning as a test engineer within the manufacturing sector at Motorola, Penang . He later moved to Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies holding positions of Engineering Manager and Production Manager respectively. His last position before joining MTDC was as the Manager of Marketing, Business Development and Commercialization Division in TM Research and Development.

Meor's tenure at MTDC began in 2008 where he was initially attached to the TAF/CRDF Fund Department where his responsibility was to process and evaluate grant and loan applications from universities as well as SMEs. After four years, he moved to the Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme known as the MTDC Symbiosis Programme. Symbiosis was an effort to promote the commercialization of R&D output of public universities and research institutions; to increase the number of technology-based start-ups; to equip fresh graduates with entrepreneurial skills; and to provide employment for fresh graduates in a technology-based industry set-up.

Having been at MTDC for over 15 years, he has been attached at various functional departments. Prior to become a Head of Unit, Technology Advisory Services Department, he was the Head of Department at Ecosystem Development, Head of Halal Fund Department, Head of Special Projects Department as well as a senior staff in the i4.0 Department. Halal Fund is the sixth fund introduced by MTDC for Halal sector while Special Projects focuses on assisting companies on funding for the Robotics and Automations Solution projects.

Ts. Meor Rafeq graduated in Electronic and Communications Engineering in 1989 from the London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (formerly known as The Polytechnic of North London).