CURRICULUM VITAE – Sylvester

Tan
Personal Details
Address: 31 Miltonia Ave Telephon (Home) 836 0841
Te Atatu South e: (Mobile) 021 136 6000
Auckland
Age: 23 Email: sylvester.tan3@gmail.c
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Personal Profile
• I am self motivated, a keen team player, have excellent communication
skills and the ability to converse with individuals at all levels within an
organisation.
• I am enthusiastic and always keen to gain knowledge that will help me in
my career. My work experiences have taught me the importance of fitting
into the office culture. My organisation skills enable me to coordinate
tasks, initiate new ideas and meet deadlines. I love sports and actively
play indoor cricket.

Education

Tertiary
University of Auckland
2005-2008 Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)
4th year project: Design and build rig to measure
power and drag of cyclist in Wind Tunnel

Key skills and qualities

Project Management
• Planned and implemented tasks for the fourth year engineering
project.
• Guided and oversaw project definition, project planning and
execution of various projects throughout the engineering program.
• Setup and maintained various websites and forums.

Problem Solving and Analytical skills

• Effective use of problem solving skills to find feasible solutions to
meet with design project requirements
• Used Excel, MATLAB and Ansys Workbench to solve analytical
problems relating to
optimisation of designs and manufacturing processes.

Leadership
 • Led small teams for projects undertaken at the university.
• Peer support leader at Liston College. This involved providing
guidance and encouragement to younger students in adapting to a
new environment.
• Administrate and manage staff and members on internet forum.
Relationship Management
• Am able to consult, communicate and work co‐operatively with
colleagues.
• Developed and maintained relationships with clients.
• Maintained confidentiality while handling personal and commercially
sensitive information.

Computing Skills
• Advanced in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Intermediate in ProEngineer, AutoCAD, ProDesktop, and Tribon
Modelling.
• MATLAB, Java, C++, Ansys Workbench and Arena experience.

Work Experience
Codemasters (online based) 2009-2010
Data Entry Assistant
• Inputting data from website into Excel spreadsheet.
• Optimising Excel formulas to speed up process.

Sembawang Shipyard 2007-2008 (Summer)

Junior Engineer
• Assisted engineers with the modelling of ship parts in Tribon
including pumps, valves and Control units.
• Involved in the checking of the Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
(P&ID) to ensure the piping line and valve matched the provided
data.
• Major Achievements: Learned AutoCAD and Tribon Modelling.

Workshop Assistant
• Assisted with the lapping of valves and the calibration of shaft and
impeller ring using the inside and outside micrometers.
• Observed the overhaul and repair of pumps, valves and hydraulic
ram.

U-Plan Roxburgh 2006 (Summer)

Machine Operator
• Involved in the manufacturing of furniture products like chairs,
hospital beds, etc. Machines operated include: circular saw, drill
press, pneumatic drill press and grinding machine.

Interests
Rugby Union, Rugby League, Cricket, Ten-Pin Bowling , Swimming, V8
Supercars and America’s cup racing, Movies and Computers.

Referees
Available upon request.