Biography

Dr Than has over fifteen years of working experience primarily in the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning systems, IT managed services and IT service delivery management prior to joining the education industry. She also worked as SAP SCM trained implementation consultant in the Materials Management (MM), Production Planning (PP/DS), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Transportation Planning (TP/VS) and Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) and SAP Analytics Cloud (business intelligence / data visualization systems).

Research Interest

Patent, industrial design, technology, technology park, innovation framework, industrial policies, healthcare innovation, high-tech human capital

Educational Background

• Ph.D in Economics (Development Studies), Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia (2023)

• Master in Business Administration (MBA), Victoria University, Australia (2012)

• Bachelor of Economics (BEc), La Trobe University, Australia (2002)

Working Experience

• Lecturer, Sunway University Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development / Sunway College Victoria University Programme (2014-2022)

• Head of APAC Service Management Centre, Atos Origin (2012-2014)

• Senior Manager, Service Desk & Service Delivery Management, IT Shared Services Centre, Sunway Berhad (2005-2012)

• Manager, Business Development, Bizpoint International Ltd, Singapore (2003-2005)

• Executive, Business Development, Next Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (a Green Packet Bhd company) (2002-2003)

Research Experience

• Ricoh Asia Pacific, Digital services, cloud, warehouse and document automation (2023)

• Genting Plantations Berhad, robotic for tracking plantation, IBM Cognos financial consolidation and budgeting planning (2022-2023)

• MT Microtel Technology, inbound outbound omnichannel unified communication (2022)

• Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, sustainable food technology for processed food (2021)

• Singapore Telecommunications and Optus Australia, ITIL/ITSM service management (2020-2021)

• Coca-Cola Bottlers Malaysia, demand planning IT systems (2012-2013)

Representative Publications

• Than Lee Lee, Rajah Rasiah, and Elayaraja Aruchunan (2023). Locating the Patent Performance of Malaysia among the Developing Economies, Science, Technology and Society (SSCI)

• Cheong Kee Cheok, and Than Lee Lee, (2022). Talent and Human Capital. In book, Rasiah, R., Salih, K. & Cheong, K.C. (eds), Malaysia’s Leap into the Future: The Building Blocks for balanced development, Singapore: Springer Nature (Springer)

Honors / Awards/Grants/Association

• Travel Grant to Harvard University by Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway University (2016)

• Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Strategic Policies and Research Working Committee and Senior Researcher (2021-2022)

• Industry Panel, Victoria University (VU) Programmes, Academic & Industry Advisory Board, Sunway University (2016-2017)

• Industrial Panel for Professional Development Unit 3, Victoria University Bachelor of Business Programme (2016)

• Master Builders Association of Malaysia (MBAM) ICT Committee member (2010-2012)