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Objective
The 1-year mentorship programme aims at establishing connections between students and alumni. The programme will be of mutual benefit to both parties. While alumni will receive a formal life coaching before acting as mentors to share their fruitful work and life experience, students and recent graduates will gain the opportunity to better understand the current state of the industry, broaden their horizons and be more prepared for their future life and career.
Most of our mentors are graduates in Computer Science or related programmes at HKUST. They are now working as consultant, entrepreneur, IT sales professional, medical physicist, online marketing manager, researcher, teacher in IT-related subjects, software developer and software architect, among others. Some of the mentors have been affiliated with lists of well-known companies and organizations, including but not limited to Accenture, Deloitte, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, PwC and the Hong Kong Government.
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Great stories in Mentorship Programme 2014
Wong Kwok Wai (Rex) CPEG Year-3 student in Spring 2014 The mentorship program was beneficial for both students and alumni. We heard and learnt from new updates and shared our joyful moments. The conversation was carried in a respectful way with the support from both mentors and mentees. |
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PUSPITO Edbert Eddie (Lance) COMP Year-2 student CPEG Year-2 student in Spring 2014 I learnt a lot about the working environment of the IT department of an investment bank. He also supported my team to participate in Hackathon@HKUST, and provided me insights to further develop the prototype after the competition. |
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Selected List of Mentors
Our mentorship programme has attracted more than 30 mentors. A selected list of mentors is given below:
Almon Kwan
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Almon founded in 2003 FDMT which has now become the unique HR consulting firm pioneering Generation Y solutions in Asia. The firm has devised unique solutions for Starbucks, Blackstone, L'Oreal and around a thousand of other multinationals, inspired over 2,000 students from 7 universities and other tertiary institutions, and received LiveWIRE Awards 2004 from HKFYG and Shell, and the SME Living Business Awards 2005 and HSBC Living Business Awards 2006 from HSBC. Prior to starting up his HR consulting firm, Almon worked in several major corporations including Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific Limited and Intel. He was also the President of HKUST Alumni Association during 2008-2010. Under his leadership, the Association initiated the Graduate Mentoring Programme in which the young alumni had the chance to learn from senior executives of multi-national corporations. |
Benny Chan
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Benny founded SillyCube Technology Ltd. in 2009 and is now a manager of the company. In 2010, the company entered the Hong Kong Science Park as one of incubatees under incu-Tech programme, with funding from the Innovation and Technology Commission under Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme (SERAP). By focusing on custom-made mobile solution development, SillyCube has attracted customers from various fields such as education, facility management, construction, and engineering. Customers of the company include the Hong Kong University, British Council, and Urban Group. SillyCube branded Android applications have accumulated around 3 million downloads in Google Play. Benny is the Assistant Vice President, Community Service, HKUST Alumni Association (2012-2014). In his spare time, Benny also serves as a volunteer in various NGOs. |
Grace Wong
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Grace is currently working as Assistant Project Manager of Octopus Cards Limited. Having serviced in the contact-less payment industry, Grace had her focus in maintaining technical solution for one of the largest customer loyalty program within the community, the Octopus Rewards. Within her career, Grace drove technical solutions for publicly recognized projects, including Rewards service revamp on increased public awareness in data privacy, and new law of compliance for new direct marketing. Owning the business domain and her technical management experience in Octopus Rewards System with more than 3 million of membership, Grace believed "IT as servicing" and timely reaction to public concerns are the directions to benefit the community as a whole. Thus additional to offering timely technical solutions, Grace also had rich experience in achieving quality standards, addressing compliance & governance issues. |
Michael Wong
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Michael is now a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, having progressed from summer intern, analyst and associate in the same company. He has solid experience in software development projects and vendor management. During his time at HKUST, Michael was a researcher in Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 2005 to 2007. He was also the recipient of the Best of the Best Award and the Gold Award of HSBC Young IT Entrepreneur Award 2004-2005. Michael holds 2 patents in the field of wireless network and video streaming. Currently, he is also an advisory committee member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST |
Rules and Regulations
To complete the mentorship programme, you must:
- Attend the kick-off meeting and
- Be responsible to arrange individual or group meetings with mentors and
Mentees who fail the above requirements will be disqualified from the mentorship programme. During the closing ceremony, mentees will be refunded the registration fee and be given the certificate.
What to Do and What Not to Do
- Be punctual and sincere
- Be confident and express your opinion
- Dress and act appropriately
- Invite your mentor to join activities on campus
- Prepare some specific topics to discuss with your mentor before meeting
- Maintain confidentiality if agreed with your mentor
- Inform your mentor if you are unavailable to meet as scheduled
- Submit reports on time
- Be too passive
- Ask your mentor to help you find a job
- Ask your mentor to help you solve problems in your final year project or course projects
- Expect your mentor to provide direct solutions to your problems
- Take it for granted that your mentor is going to pay for everything
Awards
- Best Mentee Awards
- The result will be announced during the closing ceremony
Application
Submission was closed on 18 Feb 2015. Thank you for your interest.
All CSE/CPEG students and recent graduates are eligible to apply. Students who are interested in Computer Science related subjects are also welcome. Stay tuned to our next events.