NCS has appointed Edward Chen as its first Chief AI Officer—marking a major step in putting AI at the core of how we create value for our clients. In this feature by The Business Times, Edward shares how his role will bring greater focus, coordination, and speed to NCS’ AI ambitions, transforming fragmented efforts into a unified strategy for safe, secure, and scalable AI deployment. With over 26 years of public sector leadership across cyber operations, digital transformation, and national security, Edward now leads NCS’ AI transformation journey and partner with clients to unlock the next wave of AI-driven growth.
Our Talent Acquisition team had the opportunity to join the launch of NTUC’s e2i (Employment & Employability Institute)’s new Career Centre and ServiceSG Centre at AMK Hub. Through conversations with aspiring tech talent and professionals exploring new opportunities, one thing stood out clearly — while interest in 🤖 AI and technology continue to grow, many Singaporeans are equally focused on staying adaptable, continuously learning, and remaining employable in a rapidly evolving landscape. Our CEO, Sam Liew, was present at the launch together with Jasmin Lau, Minister of State (Education), Minister of State (Digital Development & Information) and partners from the industry, supporting the shared advocacy towards building a future-ready workforce. As part of our continued commitment to workforce transformation and skills development, we also deepened our ongoing partnership with e2i and NTUC LearningHub in support of the “One Workforce Transformation Strategy”, alongside IMDA, SkillsFuture SG and Workforce Singapore. 🫡 We look forward to continuing our collaboration with government agencies, employers and ecosystem of partners to support skills growth, career resilience, and long-term employability in Singapore. 🌱
We are thrilled to celebrate the successful go‑live of Instruction Manuals (IM) Portal 2.0, delivered in close collaboration with the Ministry of Finance (Singapore) (MOF), alongside partners Magnolia and Amazon Web Services (AWS). IM Portal 2.0 represents a significant step forward in modernising how Financial and Procurement resources are accessed and governed across the Whole of Government, improving accessibility, governance, and usability. Bringing together multiple legacy portals into a single, centralised experience, it enables faster and more accurate access to information, stronger content governance, and smoother content updates for IM owners. This supports over 158,000 public officers across ministries, statutory boards, and other government agencies.
Smarter commutes, powered by the sun ☀️ Together with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore, we are piloting solar-powered colour e-paper bus displays at a bus stop in Little India. Designed for ultra-low power consumption and visibility even under direct sunlight, this solution rethinks how real-time commuter information can be delivered—more efficiently and sustainably. As cities scale and become more connected, innovations like this signal a broader shift towards embedding sustainability into everyday infrastructure design, not as an add-on but as the default. Read more about the pilot here: 👉 The Straits Times: https://lnkd.in/gE383P6x 👉 Lianhe Zaobao: https://lnkd.in/g2453vZV [Article in Chinese]
We are proud to share that our CEO Sam Liew was conferred the "𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿" award at the recent Singapore Computer Society (SCS) Gala Dinner.
At the Singapore Business Federation Future Economy Conference, we joined the conversation on how organisations can translate national priorities into practical, scalable outcomes for a future‑ready economy. Our CEO Sam Liew, spoke on a panel alongside Samuel Lee, Tian Beng Ng and Dr. Peter Robejsek, moderated by Nam Soon LIEW, sharing NCS’ perspective on scaling AI responsibly through strong data foundations, governance by design and deep integration into real operational workflows.
Last week, some of our team members from the Commercial Team came together to support Singapore Pools’ Weekend With A Heart) — marking our 7th consecutive year participating in this impactful community initiative. WWAH brings people together through sport, shared experiences and giving back, with Football With A Heart at its core. This year, the event brought together 56 corporate teams, youth players and charity partners in an exciting showcase of teamwork and purpose. Together, a record $1.28 million was collectively raised in support of the following youth-centric beneficiary organisations: Access Singapore, MINDSG Ltd, RiverLife Community Services, *SCAPE SG, SportCares, and YGOS - Youth Guidance Outreach Services.
This MTX - Milipol TechX 2026, we're showing what it means to apply AI where it matters most — in real, mission-critical homeland security operations. We were honoured to host Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs, and Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Home Affairs, at our booth where we demonstrate how AI can bring clarity to live operations, augment frontline response, and enable faster, more resilient decision-making at leadership level. Our CEO, Sam Liew, shared in his keynote the same perspective that succeeding in the AI‑led era requires more than rapid adoption. Two key takeaways stood out: • Emerging risks calls for careful governance in AI-enabled public safety • AI value comes from purposeful deployment, where technology is tightly aligned to mission outcomes, not experimentation for its own sake Bringing this to life at our booth, we showcased Physical AI mission simulations, a unified AI Command & Control platform, NCS robotmanager™, KAI Sense Video AI, Sunshine.Agent, and a broader suite of AI‑powered homeland security solutions designed to help agencies operate smarter, respond faster, and stay resilient.
𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗔𝗜: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗖 NCS is pleased to announce a series of partnerships to strengthen our mission-critical AI capabilities for public safety across Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. 🤝 Announced at the International Advanced Security and Public Safety Technologies Conference (MTX - Milipol TechX), these collaborations span AI-ready data infrastructure, behavioural analytics, and Physical AI — bringing together specialised expertise to support government agencies and public safety operators in complex, high-risk environments. Here are our partners and the respective areas of collaboration: 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Partnering with Mistral AI to deploy customisable, high-performance AI models in highly regulated environments. 𝗔𝗜-𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Leveraging VAST Data to eliminate data silos and enable seamless access. 𝗔𝗜-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: Joining hands with Lian Xin to to analyse behavioural and movement patterns in physical environments. 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: Together with AGIBOT and Huazhi Tiancheng to develop and deploy customised humanoid robotics solutions. Together, we are empowering government agencies to detect threats earlier and act more decisively.
We’re proud to share that NCS has been named 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗤𝗹𝗶𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿.🏆 This recognition reflects our long standing partnership with Qlik and our joint commitment to supporting governments across Asia Pacific through trusted data, analytics and AI. Together, NCS and Qlik have worked closely with public sector agencies on initiatives such as data science and AI programmes, and the implementation of industry centric national data platforms that help inform more accurate, timely and evidence based policy decisions. We look forward to continuing the momentum in public sector markets across Asia Pacific — delivering measurable value while helping the public sector build the data trust and operating readiness needed for an agent-driven future.
