Ashley Choong started her professional career in CAD Pattern Development and Material Optimisation with TAL Group in Malaysia. TAL is renowned globally as a quality men’s shirts producer for labels such as Brooks Brothers, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (now known as PVH Corp.), and Arrow. She then joined Esquel Group in the area of Research and Development, where she was posted to work in Sri Lanka for 5 years. She spent another 9 years in Mauritius where she headed the merchandising and production planning and control department before she was then promoted to General Manager in their knitwear operation. Ashley has also worked at Smart Shirts in Indonesia for 3 years, producing bottoms for Polo Ralph Lauren, Timberland and Tommy Hilfiger. Her career in the apparel industry has spanned from product development to merchandising to production. Ashley is experienced in sourcing for both knits and woven materials.
Tanya Tan is a graphic design expert in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Indesign. As a design specialist, Tanya has more than 3 decades of experience in the creative industry. Some of her clients include Ministry of Manpower, OCBC Bank, The Trade Development Board, Halvec Laboratories, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Avery Dennison. Tanya has been a resident trainer in TaF.tc on digital design for footwear and apparel since 2013.
Thomas Tan is a full-time trainer with Textile & Fashion Industry Training Centre (TaF.tc). He is a designer who has extensive experience in the global apparel manufacturing and retail arena. He started his career working for local retailers, assistant stylist, textile designer and had been a designer with a renowned transnational apparel manufacturer, doing cut & sew knits, and have worked with retailers and brands such as Gap, Macy’s, Dockers, Target, JC Penny, Sears, Wal-mart, CK Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, Abercrombie & Fitch etc.
Alan Cheng has over 30 years experience in Apparel Manufacturing, worked in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China, Mauritius, Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh. Alan had managed factories producing shirts, knitwear and pants. He had a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and System Engineering. During his career, he implemented various method and system improvement to improve productivity, kanban and lean system, hanger production system and etc.
Kim Chua has more than half a decade of experience with digital media buying, specializing in results-driven performance marketing campaigns & training. He has extensive experience from a variety of industries, having worked with both global and local clients such as Soo Kee Group, Nikkei and Mapletree Industrial. Always passionate and ready for a challenge, Kim leads the strategy team at roguedigital.sg using data-driven insights to grow campaigns authentically and effectively.