COMP Distinguished Alumni Award 2014
Mr. Lam graduated from MSc in E-Commerce from the Department of Computing at PolyU in 2003. After graduation, Mr. Lam continued to contribute to the department by serving as the president of the Computing Alumni Association from 2004 to 2006, and a member of the Departmental Advisory Committee from 2006-2008 to provide guidance and insights for the department’s planning and implementation on strategies and policies.
Mr. Lam has immersed in the IT industry for years with solid and fruitful knowledge. He has taken up the different IT management role who was responsible for application development, infrastructure and operations in various multi- national companies, including the DFS Group and the CHASE Manhattan bank. He has stationed at San Francisco, Seattle and Guam during this period.
Mr. Lam is currently the Director of System Development, Greater China Region of Amway China Co. Ltd. He has worked in different cities in the Greater China e.g. Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei etc. before stations at the Guangzhou headquarter. He is responsible for the planning and implementation of IT strategy as well as the development of infrastructure to enhance the business development of Amway in Greater China Region.
Mr. Lam is also a passionate educator and researcher. In order to promote the exchange of learning experience among Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong universities’ students as well as teaching staffs, Paul has initiated and served as the Chair Judge of the ‘Amway Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition’ since 2006. Students from more than 60 universities from the three places gathered to compete among each other with their final year projects. Through the competition, participated students and teaching staffs could gain valuable insights in teaching and learning culture from different places. In addition, he is serving as visiting lecturer to share his knowledge to the new generations at universities in Mainland China currently.
He was also involved in research works in the University of Strathclyde in England, specializing in research area like the relationship between IT operating cost and commercial application of technology, and business intelligent applications. With the expertise in commercial IT applications, he helped to commercialize the university’s research projects and made a good progress. In contributing to the IT industry development, he is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Computer Society helping to promote the IT profession in the industry. He served at the International/China Affairs Committee of the Society and aligned many exchange activities between Hong Kong and Mainland China IT parties.