Track Record

Fellowships, Academies & Awards

• Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2017
  • Award: Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) 2017 Outstanding Performance Award
  • Location: Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
  • Dates: 7-11th August 2017
  • Sponsorships:
    • Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA)
    • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• The 6th Annual Asia Young Leaders for Democracy (AYLD) Program 2019
  • Location: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, No.4, Alley 17, Lane 147, Section 3, Sinyi Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
  • Dates: 20-26th August 2019
  • Sponsorships:
    • Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Qualifications & Certifications

Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition
Year of learning: 2018
Source of learning: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)
Location: online

Bachelor’s in science (HONS) Mathematics with Statistics
Duration of learning: 2009 – 2013
Source of learning: University of Selangor (UNISEL)
Location: Kuala Selangor, Malaysia.

Foundation in Management
Duration of learning: 2008 – 2009
Source of learning: University of Selangor (UNISEL)
Location: Kuala Selangor, Malaysia.

Malaysian Certificate of Education (GSCE equivalent)
Duration of learning: 2001 – 2005
Source of learning: Sri Inai School of Kuala Lumpur
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Current work

Sales executive – legal products

• Employer: Newgen Knowledgeworks Sdn Bhd & Thomson Reuters Asia Sdn Bhd (201801016202)
• Duration: January 2020 – current
• Location: Malaysia
• Core tasks:
  • Hired by Newgen Knowledgeworks Sdn Bhd to be the official sales representative for Thomson Reuters
  • Promote products and services of Sweet & Maxwell / Thomson Reuters Legal to clients
  • The key point of contact between Thomson Reuters and its clients by answering queries, offering advice and introducing new products
  • Organize & execute sales field visits including virtual meetings
  • Provide product demonstrations to clients and prospects
  • Resolve ageing and retention clients accounts under my portfolio
  • Lead academic e-commerce website for student purchases (https://bit.ly/AcademicLibrary)
• Market segment portfolio covering over 1000 customers:
  • Law firms in Selangor & Kuala Lumpur
  • Academic in Malaysia
  • Government in Malaysia

Co-author

• Project: UNESCO’s Media Information Literacy (MIL) Module Development for Media & Communications Students
• UNESCO theme: Media and Information Literacy
• Duration:  June – December 2021
• Chapter contribution: Semakan Fakta (Fact Check)
• Module main language: Malay (Bahasa Melayu)
• Project Partners:
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
  • University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Pusat Kajian Media dan Komunikasi (MENTION)

Research & support

• Output: The Choice I Make online game
• Duration: October 2020 – September 2021
• Program: The Choices We Make online game
• Location: Malaysia
• Core tasks:
  • Monitoring & evaluation of the program
  • Research & support
  • Translation from English to Malay
  • Focus group discussion
  • Beta testing & launch of the game
• Program Collaborators & Trainers:
  • Kuek Ser Kuang Keng
  • Darshini Kandasamy
• Program Partner(s):
  • Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)
  • Studio Behind 90
• Media mentions:
  • ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
  • Bernama TV Chinese
  • Astro Ulagam
  • Astro Seithigal
  • Malaysia Kini
  • Oriental Daily
  • Sin Chiew
  • Twenty Two 13
  • City Plus FM
  • Malaysia News Yahoo.com
  • Malaysia Kini English
  • Malaysia Kini Malay

Previous work

Collaborator & trainer

• Program: Media Literacy Program For Malaysian Youths (January 2020)
  • Program Collaborators & Trainers:
    • Kuek Ser Kuang Keng
    • Darshini Kandasamy
  • Program Partner(s):
    • Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
    • Member of Parliament Lim Kit Siang (Iskandar Puteri constituency)
  • Location: Malaysia
  • Update: the first pilot 1-day workshop for Malaysian Youths (15-16 years of age) was held at National Secondary School of Mutiara Rini in Johor state on January 2020

Event Planner

• Client(s)/Partner(s): IFEX (International Freedom of Expression Exchange) (August 2019 – November 2019)
  • Core task: Support the planning and organizing of the 2019 IFEX Asia Pacific Safer Communications and Secure Data Exchange
  • Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia

Program Assistant

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Association of Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) (30 October 2018 – 31 August 2019)
  • Core task: monitoring & evaluation based on SIDA’s results-based management approach
  • Campaign: World Press Freedom Day 2019
  • Location: Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia

Research Associate, Course Manager

• Client(s)/Partner(s): DataViz My Sdn Bhd (August 2017 – August 2018)
  • Training:
    • Data Science On-Ramp Short Course,
    • Fast Business Insight with Data,
    • Intensive Course Corporate Package,
    • Marketing Analytics 8-day Workshop,
    • Masterclass: The Power of Data for Growing Your Business,
    • Grow Your Business with Digital Marketing,
    • Understanding your customers through analytics: how deep does this rabbit hole go?,
    • Data Science in Retail Masterclass
  • Community event: Data Science Meetup Kuala Lumpur
  • Location: Malaysia, Southeast Asia

Open Data Officer

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Small Media Foundation (June – December 2017)
  • Work: Iran Open Data, Open and Shut
    • Articles:
      • Understanding how transparency works for the US government
      • Transitioning from traditional journalism to data journalism in Cameroon
      • Mapping Mali
      • Rebuilding the right tools – how we rebuilt Iran Open Data on CKAN
  • Location: remote

Regional Community Coordinator

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Open Knowledge International (October 2016 – January 2017)
  • Work: Global Open Data Index 2016
  • Location: Southeast Asia

Project Consultant

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Sinar Project, Open Knowledge International/Open Spending (December 2015 – April 2016)
  • Work: Open Spending Data in Constrained Environment
    • Workshop:
      • Community open data workshop
      • Civil society and media open data workshop Malaysia
    • Articles:
      • Engaging grassroots community of Kota Damansara public housing
      • Turning data into action: what we learned from conducting social audits on public housing communities in Malaysia
      • Sinar Project in Malaysia works to open budget data at all levels of government
  • Location: Kota Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia

Regional Community Coordinator

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Sinar Project, Open Knowledge International (August – September 2015)
  • Work: Global Open Data Index 2015
    • Article: The State of Open Data in Southeast Asia
  • Location: Southeast Asia

Pro bono work

Member

• Community: Open Government Partnership CSO Hub (April 2015 – present)
• Community: Open Heroines (March 2016 – present)
• Community: Hack/Hackers Kuala Lumpur (January 2017 – present)
• Community: Big Data Malaysia (August 2017 – present)
• Community: Data Consortium (June 2019 – present)

Exco Member

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Internet Society Malaysia Chapter (March 2018 – September 2019)

Writer

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Small Media Foundation (June – December 2017)
  • Writings: Open and Shut
  • Author profile: https://medium.com/@hazwanyj

Facilitator

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Access Now, Youth For Rights, Sinar Project, NetMission.Asia (March – April 2017)
  • Work: Youth For Rights 2017, a RightsCon Satellite Event initiated by AccessNow, Sinar Project and NetMission.Asia
    • Recap article: The Birth of Youth For Rights
  • Location: Brussels, Belgium

Facilitator

• Client(s)/Partner(s): Fabriders (4th October 2017)
  • Work: The Open Exchange for Social Change at International Open Data Conference (IODC) UnConference
    • Notes available here.
    • Location: Madrid, Spain

Volunteer

• Client(s)/Partner(s): UndiMsia! (2012 – 2014)
  • Location: Malaysia

Speaking events

2019

• Participation: Asia Pacific  Trusted Media Summit 2019 (organized by Google News Initiative, First Draft and International Fact-Checking Network)
  • Notes available here.
  • Dates: 6th -7th December 2019
  • Location: Mappletree Business City, 70 Pasir Panjang Rd, #03-71, Singapore 117371
  • Sponsorships:
    • Google News Initiative
• Talk (Remote Speaker): “Analyzing Perspectives on Youth Participation in the Multi-stakeholder Landscape: A Contextual Follow-Through Session on Motivations to Sustainability Efforts” at APrIGF
  • Previous APrIGF events can be seen here.
  • Date: 18th July 2019
  • Location: Vladivostok, Russia

2018

• Talk (Remote Speaker): “Youth Participation Fills in Gaps, Niches Too” at APrIGF
  • Previous APrIGF events can be seen here.
  • Location: Port Vila, Vanuatu
• Talk: “Citizenry Struggles For Empowerment Through Media Literacies, Campaigning And Intervention In And Beyond Southeast Asia” at Project Southeast Asia Symposium
  • Date: 22nd March 2018
  • Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
• Workshop: “Exploring strategies for public awareness on security data breaches of individuals involving personally identifiable information” at Internet Freedom Festival
  • Location: Valencia, Spain
  • Sponsorship:
    • Internet Freedom Festival
• Talk: “The journey of learning in data science is a marathon, not a sprint” at Women in Data Science Conference Kuala Lumpur
  • Date: 5th March 2018
  • Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2017

• Talk: “Access to rights online: Digital gap for disenfranchised and marginalized communities” at APrIGF
  • Previous APrIGF events can be seen here.
  • Date: 29th July 2017
  • Location: Bangkok, Thailand
• Talk: “Adapting Civic Tech and Open Data Tools Across Borders” at Open and Shut Conference: Opening Up Data in Closed Societies
  • Date: 21st September 2017
  • Location: Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ, United Kingdom
  • Sponsorships: Small Media Foundation
• Workshop: “Access to Rights Online: Digital Gap for Disenfranchised and Marginalized Communities” at Rights Con
  • Date: 31st March 2017
  • Location: Brussels, Belgium

2016

• Talk: FOI/RTI Strategies at Uncovering Asia: The Second Asian Investigative Journalism Conference
  • Date: 23rd September 2016
  • Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sponsorship: Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)