Yuan W.

Manager, Data Science, Innovation Group, Enterprise AI @ UOB

About

Building at the intersection of AI, business, and value creation.I focus on identifying high-impact AI opportunities and turning them into products that actually scale.Rather than approaching AI as a technical exercise, I work from the problem backwards: where does it create real leverage, how does it fit into workflows, and what makes it stick with users?My work spans use-case design, prompt logic, and user insight synthesis, combined with close collaboration across product, engineering, and business teams. I’ve helped deliver GenAI solutions adopted by 5,000+ users across markets, reducing manual workload and demonstrating tangible ROI.I’m particularly interested in how AI translates into business value, whether through adoption patterns, operational efficiency, or strategic positioning, bridging the gap between technical capability and investment logic.

Country

Singapore

City

Singapore

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Trading, Forex, Cloudera, Hadoop, Microsoft Power BI, Futures and Options (F&O), Neo4j, ICE, Qlik, Credit Risk Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Derivatives, Commodity Markets, ESG, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Financial Markets, Marketing, Account Management, Business Analysis, Python (Programming Language)

Experience

Manager, Data Science, Innovation Group, Enterprise AI

UOB

2023 - Present · 3 yrs

Singapore

- Enterprise AI Took UOB’s first wave of enterprise GenAI products from concept to production across multiple business lines, partnering with IT, business, risk and governance teams. BYOB (Build Your Own Bot) — UOB’s enterprise GenAI chatbot platform. Owned business delivery across multiple rollouts, covering use case design, prompts, stakeholder alignment, governance, launch and adoption. Reach: 5,000+ users across 5 countries. • Ask#1: UOB’s first BYOB chatbot, now used by 85%+ of Singapore branch staff (~3,000 users). • Wholesale Banking Bots: domain-specific BYOB assistants for wholesale banking staff. • Regional Contact Centre Bots: deployments across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, covering local data, language and regulatory requirements across 4 jurisdictions. Wholesale Banking AI Programme — Contributed to a year-long GCP/Azure AI programme delivering multiple use cases, including automated intelligence generation for RM. Enterprise Copilot & GenAI Operating Model — Drove UOB’s enterprise Copilot rollout, helped define the operating model and governance playbook for the newly established GenAI team, and built dashboards tracking adoption, productivity and ROI. - Data Management Built UOB’s ESG Data Platform (CSP360) from the ground up, covering data models, cleaning pipelines, data integration and sustainable finance dashboards. Improved data readiness, reporting efficiency and management visibility. Awards: Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2023 — Best ESG Initiative IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2023 — Best in Future of Intelligence - Data Governance Ran deep-dive data quality analysis across systems and processes, drove remediation, and supported BCBS 239 audit work. Covered root-cause analysis, stakeholder alignment and remediation tracking. Skills： Enterprise GenAI delivery, Azure, prompt design, AI governance, TOM design, SQL, Python, data modelling, Qlik, PBI, executive dashboards, stakeholder management.

Commodity Derivatives Broker （Energy)

Marex

2022 - 2023 · 1 yr

Singapore

Cabin Crew

Singapore Airlines

2016 - 2020 · 4 yrs

Associate, Global Markets

Bank of China

2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

Education

National University of Singapore

Focus areas: Enterprise analytics, predictive modelling, text analytics / NLP, recommender systems, big data analytics, data management, and analytics project delivery.