Lee Chee Yong

"I've had the great privilege of working with Chee Yong Lee (CY), and I can confidently say he is one of the most inspiring mentors I've ever met. He is incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and humble—always willing to share his insights and guide the team with clarity and purpose. His deep understanding of technology, combined with his strong foundation in agile frameworks, makes him an exceptional agile coach and technical leader. Working alongside him on business trips, especially our successful engagement with clients in China, was a valuable learning experience. His strategic thinking and calm determination were key in closing the deal, and I gained so much just by observing how he navigated complex conversations with professionalism and grace."

"Chee Yong is an exemplary leader, one that not only wants the best for his organisation, but also ensures the best development for his people. Despite being the head of a department, he will not hesitate to make himself readily available, sometimes at the expense of his personal time, to help out any team member in need for advice and help. In addition to being a servant leader, he is also technically very competent and up to date with latest technologies, which is extremely advantageous of any leader of a technological leading organisation because he is able to understand the technical impediments and provides sensible advice."

"Chee Yong joined DBS at a time when the department was undergoing agile practice boost to the next level. His experience and knowledge on agile maturity and applying that to scale helped many scrum and Kanban teams organize their work better. Setting up control towers, use of data from the tools reports etc. and using that as input for continuous learning is what was achieved under Chee Yong's leadership on agile matters. It's fun working someone who partners with you to find innovative solutions to problems. Transforming mindsets is a real transformation and Chee Yong did that swiftly to the people around him."

"I had the opportunity to work with Chee Yong in DBS. As the platform Agile coach, he guided us with the best agile practices and different project methodologies through his vast experience and domain knowledge. On top of that, he had also set up different agile metric control towers so that the senior management team is able to monitor the project progress through real-time data and makes effective decision based on the data. Lastly, he was also well-liked by his peers and deeply respected by the team members as he takes great pride to groom the team members so that we can improve in our careers."

"Well, while ramping up the Common Services team in Singapore, I hired Chee Yong as a Tech Lead and could undoubtedly say that he is the best Tech Lead I have ever worked with. He is technically genius, action oriented, reliable, dependable, customer focused, self-motivated and has excellent communication skills. He strives for perfection and excellence and has the ability to deliver 200% even under most challenging circumstances. His strength is building teams that values cross-team, cross-project, cross-function and cross-geography working relationships."

"I worked closely with Chee Yong (CY) at REDEX - CY was the COO, and I was the CFO. CY is dedicated and knowledgeable in his domain. Even though he is the most senior member of his team, he is easily the most hardworking as well. He is a fantastic team player, always helpful and willing to go the extra mile."

"As one of the pioneers in SIA digital unit, Chee Yong helped defined how agile transformation is done and set the example for all the new team members that joined afterwards. He's more of a walk the talk type, less textbook style preaching, thus likely and trusted by everyone. Chee Yong was constantly on the move because of his big project portfolio and responsibility for multiple squads, but I always feel reassured working with him (even if we don't necessarily see each other that often). He always delivers what he promised, with quality."