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.
