Gerald Kong became part of MindPower Inspiration Hub at the turn of the decade as a corporate trainer with the additional task of developing, training and leading a group of trainers. Graduated with honors in Computer Science and Masters in Design & Digital Media in UK, Gerald worked for the government in the UK for 3 years before making the decision to return to Malaysia to manage the IT company he started years ago

THE IT YEARS

With his active involvement, his company grew from six figures turnover to eight over the next few years. Leading a team of 60 plus programmers, the company took on exclusive government projects earning them MSC and Bio-Nexus status and was given more than RM12 Million in government grant.

His company diversified from desktop publishing to open source technologies and further expanded to bio-technology with the collaboration of local and Taiwan universities. It was during this time, he was asked to share his success on a regular basis with other students in local universities and to other entrepreneurs around the world.

FROM SHARING TO TRAINING

With the frequent sharing and engagement that Gerald was doing, he incorporated The Referral Academy in Singapore and Young Entrepreneur Society (YES) in Singapore and eventually in Malaysia. He led a group of entrepreneurs and business owners through his entrepreneur’s development programme and his participants includes CEOs and Directors from different companies and corporate.

With his effectiveness and enthusiasm in sharing his knowledge, Gerald was constantly encouraged by his own participants to train their staffs and colleagues. In 2010, Gerald took on the role to train different levels of an organization and it wasn’t long before his efforts were noticed by the Ministry of Human Resource of Malaysia (MoHR) in early 2012. He was appointed as their panel trainer with the role of training and certifying other trainers and lecturers in Malaysia. Till date, Gerald has conducted more than 300 days of Train the Trainers on behalf of the ministry.

Gerald is also best-selling author of the books “Pretty Lies Ugly Truth” and “Ugly Lies Ugly Truth” in which he shares about unethical techniques used by industry players and the different crucial property investment strategies.

Some of his clients include INTEL, DELL, LA FARGE, AGILENT, JABIL, PUMA, DYSON, SHELL, OCBC BANK, ORACLE, MOTOROLA, STANDARD & CHARTERED BANK, PANASONIC, VALE, ON SEMICONDUCTOR, YTL, HONDA, AIRASIA, SANDISK, FEDEX, DHL, BANK OF TOKYO, LAZADA, PWC and DELOITTE