Beyond Training: The Practitioners' Perspective

By Blue Micro Solutions

SYNOPSIS

"I hope trainers. HR managers and others involved in the field of human capital development would take advantage and benefit from the book. l take this opportunity to congratulate the authors for this commentable effort." - Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam, Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia
"What I like particularly most, is the candid sharing with little inhibitions. by the authors on their own experiences and insights gained as training practitioners. The coverage of the book reflects,to a greater extent,their true trademark as trainers — the sincerity to share and enhance the passion. knowledge. skills. competence of their own profession. besides that of their clients." - Leong Eng Yee, Director (Rtd), Centre for Continuing Professional Education, Tunku Abdul Rahman College
"I congratulate the authors for sharing their experiences and insights. A definite read for those in the training field." — Mohd Razeek Mohd Hussain, Chief Executive Officer, MRCB
"I have a list of names to give the book away as a gift — not just to trainers but to managers and friends who are keen to know all about training and developing people. It is truly a book beyond training ~ sharing about theories, experiences, stories — from shopfloor to boardroom, challenges. the mental and physical preparation, follow-ups, tips, do's and donts, keeping fit and healthy, time management, family challenges, ethics, unpleasant situations - you name it ~ it is covered in this book.” — Farida Mohd Salleh, Assistant General Manager, Group Public Affairs, UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd
“I congratulate the authors for sharing their experiences and challenges for the benefit of all trainers and HR practitioners. A must read book.” — George Thomas, Executive Director, Malaysian Association for the Blind

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Micro Solutions
• Release date: Apr 22, 2015
• ISBN: 9789670765105

Blue Micro Solutions

Dr Elaiya Iswera Lallan has been in the IT Industry for the past 12 years. He is the Managing Director of Blue Micro Solutions, which is based in SIRIM Bhd (Government agency) . Dr Lallan has extensive experience in the IT industry. He has received an award as a Federal Territory Entrepreneur. After obtaining his Bachelor Degree in Computers and Electronics Engineering from Kolej Bandar Utama (twinning program with University of Nottingham) in year 2001, he joined the company called MIR as a Information Technology Consultant . He was performing computer programming tasks, and then joined as a software engineer in a new company called Neural Manufacturing Sdn Bhd. He had his best of experiences here when he was creating software technologies for the company’s flagship product called e-Jari, which is a biometric security device. He created an enterprise time attendance system for this device that can be used by other companies ranging from SMEs to government offices. Some of the companies using this time attendance system are PejabatTanah & Galian in Kuala Lumpur, Koperasi Malaysia, Bernama and ITIS. He also created a Guard Patrol and Intruder Detection System using the e-Jari, and was involved in the ISO9000:2001 certification for the company.With his extensive working experience and good track record of able to handle mega IT projects in government sector, Dr Lallan managed to join the incubatorship program under SIRIM Bhd in February 2010. With this Dr Lallan moved Blue Micro Solutions’ operations into the SIRIM building. He obtained certification from Ministry of Finance in Malaysia in the software fields where he can participate in tenders for government IT projects. He also started employing staffs to do IT projects and ventured into IT trainings in private corporations, government institutions and polytechnics, such as SKALI Bhd, Kolej Komuniti in Klang, Politeknik Ungku Omar in Ipoh and Politeknik Kuching in Sarawak. He has made Blue Micro Solutions to be a certified Human Resource Development Funds (HRDF) training provider to companies in Malaysia. With his proven track record in both the industrial and education worlds in IT, Dr Lallan has been awarded collaboration with Open University Malaysia (OUM) to offer affordable IT degree program to the public recently. Currently Dr Lallan is pursuing MSC status for his company Blue Micro Solutions. With his company Blue Micro Solutions growing in the right directions, Dr Lallan began to explore his opportunities to grow his business in overseas as well. Venturing into Canada, he successfully opened a branch called Blue Micro Canada Incorporated. He also successfully registered the company with the Canadian government in Toronto, whereby he received invitations to participate in the government tenders for IT projects. He also saw the opportunity to conduct IT trainings over the internet through webinars. He obtained license from Adobe USA to use its tool Adobe Connect to conduct webinars in Canada and United States of America.

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