SARAWAK

Director of the MIFA Sarawak Branch

Hj. Maklen Bin Ali

Hj. Maklen Bin Ali is an expert leader in engineering, technology management, and data analytics. He has provided good governance and ensured strategic growth at Senari Synergy SB. He is the Principal Business Development Consultant at UiTM Sarawak, where he spearheaded the initiatives on the Transport Innovation Centre. Hj. Maklen combines his MBA in Strategic Management with an Electrical Engineering degree to drive the digitalization and operational excellence within the company.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Hardyman

Fellow for RESEARCH INTELLIGENCE UNIT (RIU)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamad Hardyman, an Associate Professor at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), specializes in Sentiment Analysis, Text Summarisation, and Natural Language Generation. He holds a PhD in Computing Science from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and is a member of organizations like The Chartered Institute for IT (UK) and the Cognitive Science Society (Canada). With extensive publications on topics such as text readability, digital literacy, and natural language processing, his research is featured in journals like the Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development.