Plenary Speaker | Coach | Facilitator
With more than 25 years of broad experience across the telecoms and IT industry in the Asia Pacific, KC Lee is a leader who is passionate about technology, human development, and lifelong learning. His assignments with Sumitomo Electric and Fujikura in progressive senior management roles in the areas of project management, company operations, and negotiations in various cross-cultural environments in Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam earned him an extensive wealth of experiences in strategic management, leadership, people skills, problem-solving and a deeper appreciation of the dynamics of critical and creative thinking, decision biases, and behavioral sciences.
During his stint in the Philippines, KC successfully led in the successful completion of a series of turnkey infrastructure projects – valued close to 1 Billion Philippine Pesos – that led the company to a turnaround in operations profitability. In 2006, he led a pioneering team that introduced Fujikura’s FTTH (Fiber to the Home) technologies to the leading telecom operator in the Philippines. His team successfully deployed the first citywide private fiber network for the Makati City government. In 2008, he was appointed an Adjunct Professor with the Asian Institute of Management handling sessions on Information Technology, Leadership, and People Skills in both the Executive MBA and MBA programs of the Institute.
Since returning to Malaysia in 2011, KC has been actively engaged in coaching and facilitating workshops for senior leaders in various industries the ASEAN region (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam) and beyond (China, Taiwan, S Korea, S Sudan, Mauritius, Tanzania.)
KC is a sought after plenary speaker and has participated in international leadership conferences in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam.
