Seamus is a field-proven motivator, professional speaker, keynote presenter, meeting and workshop facilitator, with more than 24 years of industry, training and development experience since the 1980s. He has consulted and presented throughout Asia Pacific and worldwide, for audience groups from a few to thousands. He is known as a thought-provoking presenter and facilitator, who brings deep industry and technology experience to the table, as well as good humor and captivating analogies.
Seamus is also a technologist and strategist, having consulted for companies looking for leadership and recommendations on how best to leverage information technology (IT) for business, performance, and efficiency. Seamus consults in areas such as Web 2.0, Social Media, mobile and web apps, Internet publicity, content management systems (CMS – public), knowledge management systems (KMS – intranet/internal), etc.
He is also a prolific writer and journalist, having published books on business leadership, Internet, service quality, total quality management (TQM), spirituality, etc. He was a frequent contributing editor and writer for business and technology publications, as well as an independent broadcast journalist and analyst, having co-hosted radio and TV programs in USA and Asia.
Seamus was born severely premature (near death, when diagnosed at birth), later became seriously myopic (short-sighted), and developed serious scoliosis (curved spine). Despite these limitations, Seamus became interested in physical sports, and took up karate, 100 meter sprinting, muay thai, and bodybuilding. His severe case of scoliosis, which used to give him hours of pain everyday, is now under control with bodybuilding, proper diets, and meditation. He is a sought after motivational speaker on conquering personal limitations.
Currently Seamus is helping McGallen & Bolden Group manage information technology implementations, as well as providing consulting for the group’s clients in using technology for publicity, branding and marketing. He also pursues pro-bono work and book writing.
Memberships & Mentions
He has been inducted in the 500 Profiles in Excellence, amongst the likes of Nobel Peace laureate President Kim Dae-Jung (Korea), artist Peter Gabriel, “Seven Years in Tibet” movie director Jean-Jacques Annaud, Cardinal Jan Peer Schotte (Sec-Gen of the World Synod of Bishops), and futurist Sir Arthur C Clarke. He was also a Barons 500 Leaders of the New Century inductee, humbly alongside the likes of Sir Arthur C Clarke and Bill Gates of Microsoft. He had been inducted into the Marquis (USA)’s Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, IBC UK’s Men and Women of Distinction.
Seamus has been a member of National Speakers Association (NSA USA), American Society of Training & Development (ASTD), American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), National Writers Union (NWU, Accredited Journalist), Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), American College of Heraldry (Life member), International Chaplains Association (ICA), Spiritual Directors International (SDI), and Trade, Association & Business Publication International (TABPI, editorial judge of Tabbies Awards).
Lifelong student
Seamus dropped out of junior college and served his national service, and was jobless for a period of time during the great economic depression of the 1980s in Singapore. But he went on to night school, and then distance learning while struggling to make ends meet. Many of his mentors and bosses in leading organizations advised Seamus that learning is really for expanding one’s mind and nothing more. Seamus found great personal gratification in learning about many things in life, and is a student of life.
Seamus has learned via distance learning at non-traditional institutions, simply for fulfilling his intellectual interest while making ends meet to work to support his family, with post-graduate programs in Business (Greenwich U, 1994 to 2002, 8 years in total), through a modular study program, and a doctoral dissertation project that detailed an automated Internet-based business analysis software for small companies running on a Perl script (advisors were Dr Menden and Dr Pearson who also presided at the defense, and previously mentored by Dr Niedrauer). Seamus studied and earned a ThD (Newburgh Theological Seminary, GPA 4.0, December 2007, mentors were Dr Wilhite and Dr Mollette), with his dissertation on seeking faith in the East, through a study of examples such as Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci and Catholic monastic Thomas Merton. Seamus has also done post-seminary research in pre-Nicene liturgy, early Christian thought, and sacraments. More recently, he revisited his original research in total quality management and defended his dissertation (under Dr Premkumar and Dr Menden) and was awarded a doctoral degree in business administration with the twinned San Juan de la Cruz program.
Trivia
Seamus was born in Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. and spent his early childhood there. His parents relocated to Singapore later. He served national service in Singapore. He reads everything from science, medicine, technology, theology, religion, marketing, etc, and is a regular resistance training enthusiast. If he has time, he would like to pick up his Akai EWI 4000 wind instrument (or electronic saxophone) and Chinese painting again.
