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Seamus Phan

Seamus is a field-proven motivator, professional speaker, keynote presenter, and workshop facilitator with more than 22 years of professional, training and development experience. Seamus consults and speaks throughout Asia Pacific, and worldwide on request. He has delivered keynote speeches, motivational and inspirational speeches, training sessions, corporate presentations and seminars for audience groups from one to thousands, around the world.

Seamus is a published author, with books and videos on business leadership, media, holistic health, Internet, service quality, and religion. He has been a frequent contributing editor and writer to many business and technology publications, and an independent broadcast journalist and analyst, having co-hosted radio and TV programs for Asia and USA. He is a field-proven management and Internet technology advisor, and an established knowledge-based consultant since the 1990s.

In the mid-1980s, when Singapore was in deep recession, Seamus worked as a laboratory assistant in a large testing and research institute at the pay of US$280 a month then! Seamus has since accumulated hands-on managerial and professional experience from organizations such as McGallen & Bolden, Citibank, Ernst & Young, Pricewaterhouse, and Seagate.

What makes Seamus unique?

Seamus delivers inspiring, enriching, and thought-provoking speeches for leaders. Seamus combines 4 key areas that make powerful speeches - senior executive experience, pioneering new economy Internet knowledge, professional speaking expertise, and journalism.

Seamus has conquered his physical limitations to emerge happy. He was born severely premature (near death, when diagnosed at birth at a leading Taiwan hospital), later became seriously myopic (1,300 degrees), and developed serious scoliosis (curved spine). Despite these limitations, Seamus became interested in physical sports, and took up karate, 100 meter sprinting, and later, became an enthusiast bodybuilder. 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.

From dropout to a 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, from Jan 1994 to Jan 2002, 8 years in total), through a modular study program, and a doctoral dissertation research 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). More recently, 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 with the twinned San Juan de la Cruz program. If you are keen to read his humble dissertations or his academic papers (all very humble and really meant for his own learning), feel free to check with him.

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.

Emerging directions

As Seamus progressively reduces his time on speaking jobs, he helps out his previous team at McGallen & Bolden Group, to help develop their database and knowledge management systems. He will also increase his time in writing henceforth.

Memberships

Seamus is a member of international organizations:

• United Nations Association - National Capital Area, USA - Lifetime Member
• National Speakers Association (NSA) Professional Member
• Trade, Association & Business Publication International (TABPI)
• Spiritual Directors International, learning community for spiritual directors
• International Chaplains Association, a non-profit community of Christian chaplains
• American College of Heraldry - Life Member
• American Heraldry Society

Seamus had been a member of these organizations:

• American Society of Training & Development (ASTD), USA
• American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), USA
• National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), USA
• National Writers Union (NWU), USA

Seamus was the first Asia member of the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) as well as National Writers Union (NWU USA), both prestigious media organizations. He has also been a TABBIES Judge for editorial excellence for the past few years running.

Need a gem who can truly bridge information technology (IT) and leadership? Talk to Seamus!

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Seamus Phan
Asia Tel: +65.6324.8301
seamus@seamusphan.com
keynote speaker . meeting facilitator . emcee . Internet strategist . writer
Singapore & USA - available for assignments worldwide

Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, Branding, Media Relations, Marketing, Journalism, Internet Security, Blogging, Knowledge Management, Non-Profits



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Private moments

Seamus was born in Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. and spent his early childhood there. His parents relocated to Singapore later. He served in the Singapore Army and became a naturalized citizen when he finished service. He reads everything from science, medicine, Christianity, Buddhism, 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.

Seamus is listed as speaker coach, business consultant, and media and public relations (PR) consultant in the latest NSA Buyers Guide 2004 (National Speakers Association). Seamus is one of the few Asia-based National Speakers Association (NSA) Professional Members.

Australian Speakers Bureau in Western Australia lists Seamus as a speaker for hire. You can book through them for Western Australia events and programs.

Seamus loves to explore Open Source software, not only because they are free, but are highly customizable. He is an Open Source programmer, using tools such as Perl and PHP frequently. Find out about his Open Source software adoption.