Manager Vice President

Location:

Hong Kong

Posted:

November 12, 2012

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Resume:

Lawrence Khoo

Address: P****, Dept. of Economics & Finance, City University of HK, Kowloon, H.K. Tel: (852-****-****

E-mail: ************@*****.*** Web-page: http://www.geocities.com/lawrencekhoo/

EDUCATION

Harvard Ph.D. Economics Spring 1996

Specializing in Econometrics and Macroeconomics

University

M.A. Economics Spring 1993

Awarded the International Predissertation Fellowship

U/C Berkeley B.A. Economics with Highest Honors Fall 1988

Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa

Dean s List (3.9 of 4.0 GPA)

SKILLS

Hardware / Complete familiarity with all aspects of PC hardware, ethernet and LANs

Setup network servers and LANs

Networking

Installed coax and twisted pair networks, hubs, switches and routers.

Familiar with TCP/IP and IPX networking protocols

Software Familiar with Windows 9x/NT, Linux, IBM AIX, Novell Netware,

Mac OS, Palm OS.

Experience with HTML, Perl, Pascal, Basic, TSP, SAS, Matlab,

Mathematica.

Familiar with many statistics, spreadsheet and word processing packages.

Expertise in time series statistics, forecasting, multilevel analysis.

Statistics

Languages Fluent in English, Malay/Indonesian.

Working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.

EXPERIENCE

Asst. Professor / City University of Hong Kong 1996 onwards

Dept. of Economics and Finance

Computer Liaison

Oversaw the provision of IT services to the department

Officer

Lectured in Macroeconomics, Statistics and Forecasting

Webpage Malaysian Association of Hong Kong 1997 to 1999

Administrator Designed and programmed a website serving a community of over 5,000

people.

Resident IT USAID project for the Bureau of the Treasury, Gov.of the Philippines 1996

Consultant Oversaw the installation and networking of Windows NT PC s for the

Treasury building (serving over 2000 users)

Managed a group of 3 computer technicians

Interfaced with vendors installing an Oracle database system

Conducted database usage and statistics training courses for treasury staff

Oversaw installation of an information exchange system between regional

offices and the head office

Lawrence Khoo

Manager, Harvard Economics Department 1990 to 1994

Comprehensive software, hardware and network support for entire

Microcomputer

Systems Economics Department (over 500 users)

System administrator for IBM AIX system

Responsible for installation and upkeep of microcomputer lab

Resident Harvard Institute for Intl. Development 1993

Consultant And the Central Bank of Kyrgyzstan

Advised Central Bank staff on procedures for commercial bank

supervision and oversight

Vice President IT Harvard Graduate Student Council 1990 to 1991

Student Council Planned and oversaw the Student Council s IT facilities.

Installed and networked Apple Macintosh/ PC s based computer labs

Investment Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. 1989

Wardley Investment Services, Singapore

Portfolio Analyst

Worked with a group of analysts to identify value investments

Database Manager Oxfam America, West Coast Office 1987 to 1988

Responsible for organizing and updating the donor address database

GRANTS

Direct Allocation City University Research Committee, HK$71,000 1998 to 2000

for Modeling Fertility and Education Choice in Developing Countries

Grant

Strategic Research City University Research Committee, HK$167,000 1997 to 1999

for Money Demand in Hong Kong During the Asian Currency Crisis

Grant

International Social Science Research Council, US$ 24,000 1991 to 1992

Predissertation for research on Indian Non-Government Organizations.

Fellowship