Wong Sze Main Charmaine
I help mature SMEs and enterprises turn fragmented AI pilots into systematic value through full-stack AI and organizational transformation. Singapore-based.
Operating focus
Industry experience
Semiconductors
Company stages
MNC
Operating regions
Europe · Singapore · China · USA
Languages
English · Chinese
Executive statement
Digital transformation is the only way forward for a business to be viable. But 70% of transformations fail – not because of technology, but because organizations lack the governance, operating model, and internal capability to make it work. I fix that. Mature SMEs and enterprises have adopted AI but not integrated it. Employees use tools individually, value is invisible, and management cannot quantify the return. This is the AI Value Gap. I help them build the engineering discipline, data foundations, and AI operating models that turn fragmented pilots into systematic value – embedding AI across products, operations, and applications. When supported by the Founder/CEO, I lead cross-functional transformation – not just Engineering. The Physical AI Triangulation Most engineering leaders understand hardware and software. Most AI leaders understand models and data. Most transformation leaders understand people and process. I bring all three: 1. Deep hardware and software engineering – embedded systems, microcontrollers, power systems, motor control, firmware, RTOS, HIL testing, edge AI, sensor fusion 2. Full-stack AI capability – from data engineering and machine learning to LLM applications and agentic systems, plus deployment on physical systems. Includes dbt, Meltano, Dagster, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, local LLM, RAG, PostgreSQL, n8n, CrewAI, GCP BigQuery, Supabase, FastAPI, and Python. 3. Organizational transformation – project governance, delivery discipline, lifecycle governance, multi-site team leadership, capability transfer This is why I can lead AI transformation from strategy to implementation – from the data pipeline to the model to the agent to the physical system. Not just in a notebook. Our global teams delivered 100 million devices sold for the XMC industrial microcontroller family. I also bring product lifecycle experience, functional safety overview, and trusted edge security implementation. My approach is practical and outcome driven. I align with your team, design solutions that work within your existing constraints, and build capability so your people can run the system with justified, scoped investment. I work fractionally on a retainer or project basis. Singapore-based, available for international engagements. 25+ years engineering experience, 19 in leadership – Singapore, Shenzhen, Munich, El Segundo, Seoul. If your AI, IoT, or industrialization pilots aren't translating into organizational value, let's start with a focused Technical Readiness Assessment. 📧 szemainwong@gmail.com
Leadership scope
Infineon Technologies 27 years 6 months Director, Group Project Management and Excellence Aug 2024 - Dec 2025 Singapore Led application systems group's transition from ad-hoc to project-driven execution across all global teams (Europe, USA, Asia). Established templates, processes, and governance that enabled new projects to be brought for approval and kickoff. Directed Project Approval process and coordinated monthly Project Release Board sessions. Director, Head of Power System Application and Software Oct 2020 - Jul 2024 Singapore, Shenzhen Established new functional teams in Singapore and Shenzhen with core responsibility on software innovation and library development for digital power systems. Director, Head of Systems Integration Jul 2016 – Sep 2020 Singapore Led systems integration team at system innovation group, expanding from 7 to 20 members over approximately five years. Reporting directly to the CTO as one of five department heads – the only one led outside Europe. Head of Group, Singapore Development Center for Industrial Microcontrollers 2013 – 2016 Singapore Contributed to engineering and product lifecycle management for the XMC product family.
Selected outcomes
- Delivery Excellence: Led global system application teams on 13 reference solutions delivered in one fiscal year across robotics, battery-powered, solar, energy storage and AI data center power applications.
- Delivery Excellence: Gold, Infineon Technologies High-Performance Award 2013 - Recognized for cross-functional excellence and on-time delivery.
- Commercial Impact: 100 million devices sold for the XMC industrial microcontroller family within 8 years of market release.
- AI & Data Science: Piloted AI on edge devices - CNN-based object detection for smart streetlamps, radar-based entrance counters, and predictive maintenance with sensor integration and OTA data flow.
- Organizational Transformation: Led application systems group's transition from ad-hoc to project-driven execution with 90% first-pass approval, governance model adopted globally by all reporting teams.
- Leadership & People: 17 patents filed from teams under my leadership. Over 20 invention disclosures generated, some patents jointly filed personally.
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