Han Yong Lim

IT Infrastructure Leader & AI Engineering

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Professional Summary

Technology leader combining enterprise infrastructure expertise with hands-on AI engineering. Experienced across Keppel, SIPEF Group, DB Schenker, and financial services: leading multi-country teams, enterprise transformations, and building production AI systems. Certified in ITIL, VMware, Linux, and networking.

Experience

Senior Manager, IT – IT Shared Services

Keppel LtdConglomerate (real estate, infrastructure, connectivity)Sep 2025 – Mar 2026

Supported Head of Technology Services in executing strategy for shared services across Infrastructure and Network Management. Led hybrid delivery model with 3 direct reports and ~40 Accenture resources. Managed service delivery governance, budgeting, and cost recovery.

Global IT Infrastructure Lead (Global Head of IT Infrastructure)

SIPEF GroupAgri-industrial group (23,000+ employees)Jul 2022 – Aug 2025

Pioneer IT infrastructure employee establishing Singapore operations. Led team of 26 IT professionals across 5 countries (Singapore, Belgium, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Ivory Coast). Supported Global CIO in strategic planning for 1,500+ knowledge workers overseeing 23,000+ employees.

  • Program SEED: Global consolidation: OneMail (Office 365), OneIdentity (Azure AD Connect SSO), OneNET (SD-WAN)
  • Replaced legacy network across 100,000+ hectares with Cisco Meraki (Indonesia) and Cambium (Papua New Guinea)
  • Designed and implemented Azure Landing Zone architecture
  • Migrated from CheckPoint to Palo Alto Firewalls globally; GlobalProtect VPN with SAML SSO
  • Built 6 production MCP agents: 40% reduction in manual tasks, 60% faster incident response

Global Infrastructure Services Country Head

DB SchenkerGlobal logistics (Deutsche Bahn)Feb 2020 – Jun 2022

Managed country Infrastructure department of 8 people supporting IT operations for 2,000+ employees. Provided critical IT infrastructure support for major enterprise customers including Apple, Cisco, and Intel.

  • Led IT infrastructure for flagship EUR 101M Red Lion warehouse: IT/OT integration supporting AGVs, robotic systems, and Pick-to-Light. 100% productivity increase, 40% lead time reduction
  • Led resolution of 20,000+ HIGH/CRITICAL vulnerabilities using Nessus and Rapid7
  • Managed datacenter operations (Singtel Kim Chuan 2) with 600+ VMs across 3 vSphere clusters
  • Implemented server hardening using CIS guidelines with Ansible automation

System Engineer (Linux/UNIX and ESXi)

AtosIT services & consultingMar 2019 – Feb 2020

Managed Linux servers (Red Hat, SUSE) and VMware vSphere clusters with 1,500+ VMs. Automated tasks using Ansible for patching, health checks, and security hardening (CIS/NIST).

System Engineer → Senior System Engineer

CWT Globelink (CWT Limited Group)Freight forwarding & logistics (CWT Limited)Jun 2016 – Feb 2019

Executed comprehensive virtualization migrations: P2V, V2V (Hyper-V to XenServer to VMware vSphere). Implemented VMware Horizon 7 VDI. Deployed Traefik reverse-proxy with automated Let's Encrypt SSL. Implemented Atlassian JIRA Service Desk for CMDB with integrated ITSM.

Resident Engineer / Wintel Engineer

ServLink Technology ResourcesIT staffing & solutionsFeb 2012 – May 2016

On-site infrastructure support in tier-1 investment banking environments, seconded to Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank under Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Managed mission-critical server infrastructure supporting trading floor systems with 99.99% uptime SLAs. Executed change management following financial services protocols and regulatory compliance (SOX, Basel III, MiFID).

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

University of HertfordshireIn Progress (Year 2 of 3)

Diploma in Infocomm and Digital Media

Temasek Polytechnic2019 – 2021

Diploma in Information Technology

Kaplan Higher Education Institute2012 – 2015

NITEC in Info-Communications Technology

Macpherson ITE2008 – 2009

Certifications

IT Service Management

  • ITIL 4 Foundation
  • EXIN Microsoft Operations Framework v4.0

Virtualization

  • VMware VCP-DCV 2019
  • VMware VCP6-DCV
  • CompTIA Server+

Linux & Systems

  • CompTIA Linux+
  • LPIC-1 Server Professional
  • Novell SUSE CLA
  • Oracle Linux OCA

Network & Data Center

  • Juniper JNCIA-Junos
  • HP FlexNetwork Solutions V3
  • APC/Schneider Electric DCCA