Palette Multimedia

Profile

About Palette

The Palette Group of companies was founded in 1997. Palette is a leading solution provider of broadband, wireless and networking products and services. Palette is the leading technology provider of the latest generation of Network Access Control and Management (NACM) system for LAN and WLAN in the enterprise environment and the provider of Subscriber Management Systems to ISP, telco, and network operators in the public network environment.Our R&D team is capable of software development, ASIC and hardware system design, providing customers with the leading edge products and solutions, enabling enterprises and network operators to deploy a network with high performance and high security.

The Professional Services and Consulting Unit of the Company provides technical services to our customers such as telco, ISP, broadband operators, hotel operators, property developers, enterprises and wireless hotspot operators with design, development, implementation, network management and business analysis of the technology and network. Our team is able to engage in deep consulting projects related to networks, security systems and software application areas.

Palette Multimedia Berhad was listed at KLSE/Mesdaq in 2001, with stock code of "Palette" and code number of 0005 (www.klse.com.my). The Group has offices in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

Management Team

EG KAH YEE Profile

Founder & Chairman

He obtained his Bachelor of Computer Science from West Virginia University, USA in 1983. He started his career as System Analyst with Phoenix Data Systems Inc., a Silicon Valley company in Santa Clara, California USA, where he developed VLSI Layout Verification System. In 1985, he joined Daisy systems Corporation; a Silicon Valley company listed on NASDAQ based in Mountain View, California which he was the R&D Project Manager responsible for the development of second generation Digital Logic Simulator (DLSII) where he designed and implemented the simulation engine and DBMS. In 1988, he was promoted to be the Director of North Asia Region responsible for business in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.

In 1990, he left Daisy Systems Corporation and joined Synopsys Inc., a Silicon Valley based startup pioneer in logic synthesis and High Level Design for ASIC and VLSI design. He started as the Regional Manager for South Asia Pacific Operations where he was responsible for the starting and growing of the business in Taiwan, Asean countries, India, Australia and New Zealand. The Company was listed on NASDAQ in 1992. He was later promoted to be the General Manager for Asia Pacific Operation where he was responsible for global business operation excluding America, Europe and Japan.

In 1996, he left Synopsys Inc. and started to invest and groom companies. He started Canvas Technology Inc. in Taiwan, a company specialize in Real Time Operating System (RTOS) for embedded designs where the team has done numerous co-development of set-top-boxes, networking products, PDA and defense systems. He has also invested in Silicon Vision Inc., a Silicon Valley company specialize in optical products, in Freemont, California together with two Venture Capitalists from Taiwan and a few high net-worth individuals from USA.

Presently, he is also an advisor for VC Partner, Inc. Calfornia, a venture capitalist and business consulting company. As a business advisor, his role is to provide business advise to the CEO of the VC partner, Inc. for their Asian business on a part-time basis. Due to his contribution to institute of Microelectric of Tsin Hua University, Beijing, a top university in China , he was made an honorable Alumni of the University.

SUKHDEV SINGH

Executive Director

He obtained his Bachelor of Computer Science from London in 1982. He started his career as a System Analyst and subsequently Project Manager for ICL, being involved in a variety of technical and project areas. He subsequently joined Hewlett Packard Singapore as a Network consultant covering Asia Pacific. Later on moving to other roles involving systems integration and finally heading HP's server marketing for Asean. He then joined Intel Asia Pacific in 1994, heading up Intel's distribution business in South Asia as the Regional Manager for South Asia. Subsequent to that he was involved in one of Asia's leading IT distribution companies for a number of years. He joined Palette Multimedia as General Manager based in Singapore in 2002. His core interests and specialty lie in the area of computer network design and security and he retains a direct involvement in some of the leading technologies in this sphere.

EG KAA CHEE

Non-independent& Non-executive Director

ABDUL RAZAK BIN DATO HJ. IPAP

Independent Non-executive Director

He graduated with Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (currently known as Universiti Putra Malaysia) in 1988. He started his career by joining Shell Chemical Sdn Bhd as Trainee Executive in year 1986, responsible for sales development for the Company. In 1988, he joined United Engineers (M) Bhd as Business Development Executive where he was responsible for developing new sales and managing the existing project portfolio. From 1993 to 1995, he was attached to Sime Logistics Sdn Bhd as Manager in Operations and Marketing. In 1995, he joined Celcom (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Manager (Logistics) responsible for the smooth flowing of the entire company's logistic and was subsequently promoted as the Vice President Logistics. He left Celcom in Year 2000 to start off his own career in IT business.

THONG KOOI PIN

Independent Non-executive Director

He graduated with a professional degree in ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountant) in 1998 and admitted as member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants as Chartered Accountant in year 2000. He Further obtained his Master degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance in year 2005 from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He also sits on the Board of M-Mode Berhad as the Executive Director since September 2005.