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Hello, I'm Ivan Teong,
a product manager
based in Sydney.

About Me

I'm passionate about intuitive design and innovative technology.

Profile

I've shipped platform and product experiences at scale, automated hybrid cloud infrastructure and led a startup's development from idea to launch.

CAREER

Reejig Senior Product Manager
October 2024 - Present

Reejig's workforce intelligence platform provides 100% visibility of your people’s skills, potential, passions and experiences, creating a powerful central nervous system for all talent decisions.

Atlassian Product Manager
January 2018 - October 2024

Atlassian develops products that unleash the potential of teams. Drove a variety of initiatives in platform, growth, performance and UI features to make Jira a more delightful and powerful product for all teams.

SolveXia DevOps Engineer
December 2015 - November 2017

SolveXia is an enterprise process automation platform for clients in finance, insurance and travel. Designed and automated cloud systems infrastructure, researching and experimenting with new cloud technologies.

TradeSumo Co-Founder
January 2014 - August 2016

TradeSumo is eBay for trading, a marketplace for trading 2nd hand goods in local communities. Led 3 software engineers and 1 designer to develop web app with < $1000 and built user communities of 1000+ before launch.

EDUCATION

University of New South Wales Master of Information Technology, e-Commerce Systems

Achieved 1st of 182 students (Web Applications Engineering) and awarded AUD$1000 for The WiseTech Global COMP9321 Prize. Achieved 1st for team project (e-Enterprise Project) and awarded AUD$1000 for The WiseTech Global COMP9323 Prize.

University of New South Wales Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Finance

Achieved 3rd and awarded USD$500 for the Inventure Prize. Awarded Entrepreneur Club Member of the Year by University of Florida's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Blog

I love to share my learnings from working in product and technology.

Feel free to reach out if you enjoy my posts.

  • Product Experiments

    How to run product experiments Learn More

  • Film-making

    What I learnt at film school about making good products Learn More

  • Product Management - Art or Science?

    Is product management more of an art or a science? Learn More

  • Cloud Computing Technologies

    Understand SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, CaaS and FaaS in Cloud Computing Learn More

Digital Art

A collection of my digital art drawings...

Sept 2020

Kookaburra

Oct 2024

Cherry

Feb 2021

Finding Nemo

Oct 2020

Summer Butterfly

Aug 2021

Creepy Pumpkin

Nov 2021

Misty Autumn

Apr 2022

Pink Lady

May 2022

Rosana

Sept 2023

French Bulldog

June 2023

Bubble

Feb 2022

Aurora Borealis

Apr 2021

The Twelve Apostles

Nov 2020

Haunted Forest

Aug 2020

Cityscape

Dec 2022

World Cup

Oct 2022

Snowman

Jul 2022

Water Lilies

Feb 2023

Penguins

Nov 2023

Beach Waves

Oct 2023

Reflections

Jan 2022

Year of the Tiger

Feb 2024

Year of the Dragon

Nov 2020

Dragon Ball

Snapshots

Snapshots of my wanderlust and memories.

Europe

Poland (2011)

Some of the wonderful friends whom I met in Poland... great memories!

UAE

Dubai (2019)

Donning the dress required in Dubai and playing music...

UAE

Abu Dhabi (2019)

Admiring the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, a key place of worship for prayers.

America

Chicago (2014)

Who doesn't want to snuggle under the bean in Chicago?

Hong Kong

Atlassian User Group (2019)

Presenting at an Atlassian user group for the first time and overseas in Hong Kong!

Europe

Rome (2012)

1st snowstorm in 20+ years! The whole city's traffic was down!

Korea

Jeju (2018)

When my brother tries to stand on my hand in Jeju Island...

Japan

Kyoto (2008)

I should return to Japan sometime to visit this temple made of gold!

Japan

Kyoto (2022)

Path of a thousand torii gates...

Japan

Tokyo (2022)

At the top of Tokyo Towers!

Newcastle, NSW

Hang Gliding (2021)

First time hang gliding and feeling like a bird!

AIESEC

UNSW (2011)

Once an AIESECer, always an AIESECer!

America

San Francisco (2014)

The red bridge connecting the city to Oakland.

Canberra

Cockington Green Gardens (2020)

Enjoying viewing the mini versions of cities around the world!

Sydney

Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) (2018)

Learning how to make a film - it is very much like making a software product, only higher risk as you can't iterate on it after release.

Jervois Bay

Sandboarding (2016)

Boarding down sand dunes in Jervois Bay!

California

Marty Cagan (2018)

Finally got to meet author of "Inspired", Marty Cagan!

Prague

Snowski (2011)

First time snowski in Prague mountains - I got lost while returning to base!

Thailand

Death Railway Train (2019)

Steam locomotive used during World War 2 that commemorates the construction of the Death Railway between Thailand and Myanmar.

Vietnam

Saigon (2018)

Vietnamese love sitting on low tables and chairs outside the restaurant. It definitely took me a while to get used to it!

Florida

Startup Weekend (2014)

My first startup, TradeSumo, was born at a Startup Weekend. My co-founder and I decided to continue after the hackathon.

Sydney

Skydiving (2013)

Right before my first skydiving!

Gold Coast

Surfers' Paradise (2021)

View from SkyPoint Observation Deck

Perth

Rottnest Island (2022)

With our friendly Quokkas in Rottnest Island


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