Profile

OCTOBER 1ST 2020
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1. PERSONAL DATA

  
Name: Fam Soo Fen

Designation: Doctor of Philosophy (Dr.)

Nationality: Malaysian
Qualifications:
PhD in Statistics
MSc. (Quality & Productivity Improvement)
BSc. (Hons) (Statistics with Management)

Current Position:
Senior Lecturer (2015 until present)
Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship (FPTT)
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

• Lectures: Statistics, Quantitative Analysis, Research Methodology, Financial Mathematics.
• Subject Matter Expert (Pakar Rujuk): to upgrade Malaysia Youths’ Socioeconomic. 
• Subject Matter Expert (Pakar Rujuk): to upgrade Malaysia Pineapple Growers' Socioeconomic.
• Consultant (Pakar Runding): Green Awareness. 
• Reviewer for Scopus Index Journal (Q1),  Springer publisher. Since 2012 until present.
• Journal Editorial Reviewer Board Members.
• Universities and conferences manuscripts reviewer.

Previous Position:

1. Statistician, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM), 2003-2015

•  Deputy Director of Malaysia Statistical Training Institute (ISLM).
• Head of School of Economics (ILSM).
• Principal Assistant Director, Methodology and Research Division, DoSM.
• Deputy Director, DoSM State of Melaka.
• Agriculture Census Commissioner.
• Statistical consultant provides a range of services to the government agencies, universities, colleges/schools and etc.

2. Lecturer, 1990s to present (International College of Yayasan Melaka-UUM,UKM,UPM,UTM, Open University, Universiti Utara Malaysia, etc.)

  

Subjects being taught:
Statistics and Probability for Entrepreneurship, Business Statistics, Mathematics for Management, Financial Mathematics, Advance Business Calculation, Calculus, Introduction to Data Analysis, Sampling Distribution and Hypothesis Testing, Sampling Technique, Quantitative Analysis, Entrepreneurship, New Product Development, Quality Management, Research Methodology, Handling Data, Labour Force Survey.

Computer software:
R, WinBUGS, IBM-SPSS, AMOS-SEM, PLS-SEM, Stata, EViews

Expertise:
Statistics (Social/Demographic and Economy), Quantitative Analysis, Data Analytics, Data Narration

Field of Specialisation: 
Socioeconomics Indices Development, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Spatial Statistics, Development of Small Area Indices.

Current research (2018): 

• Sustainable Development Goals
• Sustainable Cities/Villages and Communities (smart cities etc.)
• ASEAN Economic Community
• Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Innovative Entrepreneurship (Agropreneurs, Tourism, Wholesales and Retail, Education, Health, Real Estate, Sports Activities and Recreation).  
• Green Technology,  Technology Management
• Quality Management, Service Quality, Self Service Technology
• Education-Human Talent, Communities Online Learning, 
• Cyber Security Threats, Food Security, Green Tourism, Optimization in Operation Research, 

Previous Research (Fields have been explored): 
     A. Social/Demographic

• Malaysia Population and Housing Census
• Agricultural Census 
• Public Health (Infant Mortality/Stillbirth/Prenatal)
• Education, Psychology,
• Socioeconomic Indices Development
• Small Area Indices Development
• Prices, Income & Expenditure 
• Agriculture & Environment, Green Technology
• Manpower and Social Statistics
• Migration Survey, Labour Force Survey, Salaries and Wages Survey, Informal Work Force Survey
• Producer Price Index

     B. Economics

• Services Statistics (Accommodations, Transportation and Storage, Health, Education, Insurance, Real Estate, Information and Communication)
• Tourism, Retailing, Distributive Trade, Wholesales and Retail Trade, External Trade 
• National Accounts Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics, Industrial Production and Construction Statistics, Economic Indicators
• Economic survey/ Business Indicators (Manufacturing, Services, Construction, Mining and Quarrying, Electricy and Water, etc.)
• Technopreneurship

     C. Management and Support Services

• Key Performance Indicators (Productivity), Quality Management, Service Quality
• Research and Methodology
• Human Resource Development

    D.  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)


Supervision:
Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Joint Universities Supervision, Joint Industrial Supervision

Sports:
Accredited Technical Officer for Malaysia Athletics Federation Since 1992.

Membership:
Malaysia Institute of Statistics (ISM)

Tel (office) /HP No.: +606-2833161


2 BIODATA  (2018)

SOO-FEN FAM hold B.SC. in Statistics with Management, M.Sc. in Quality and Productivity Improvement and Doctoral Degree in Statistics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She has various experiences and diversified expertise. She served Accountant General's Department of Malaysia (AGD), Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH), Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Malaysia Agriculture and Agro-Based, International College of Yayasan Melaka (ICYM) and Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). During her 12-year service with DoSM she involved in the compilation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators from various ministries/agencies. She has vast experience in data collection and data analysis for national data. She had been selected to attend sub regional training course in Chiba, Japan, sponsored by UNSIAP and UNESCAP. She led few projects yielded outstanding performance, such as, National Agriculture Census, Knowledge Content in Key Economic Sectors in Malaysia (MYKe) under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and collaboration project between DoSM and EPU. Currently, she holds a post as Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship (FPTT), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). She is also an adviser for industry, government agency and non-government organization in the field of agropreneurship and green technology management. Her research interest is mainly related to total quality improvement, new job creation and new product innovation, which aim at improving the communities’ socioeconomics and subsequently reduce inequality, the 10th indicator in SDG. She diversifies her research in tourism, agriculture, entrepreneurship, green technology management, education and public health to assist government in building public policy to improve deprived areas’ socioeconomics. Apart from that, she also looking seriously into the development of sustainable cities and communities. She has a joint research with Melaka Green Technology Corporation (PTHM) in the fields of mobile units (on-road transportation, railway and aviation), greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, municipal solid waste management, biodegradable plastic bags, energy efficiency and green buildings. In addition, she had successfully completed three collaboration projects for feasibility studies. Firstly, collaboration between UTeM and Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka (KUIM) in the study of the potential and challenges to develop rural area namely Masjid Tanah, to become new tourist attraction in Melaka. Secondly, collaboration between UTeM and Universitas Semarang, Indonesia (UNNES) in the study of Sustainable Economy for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): A Case Study on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Melaka. Lastly, second collaboration between UTeM and UNNES in the study of Educational Culturepreneurship in Malaysia Technical University Network (MTUN) incorporate with AEC.

   
                               
Fax No.:
Email: famsoofen@utem.edu.my; famsoofen@gmail.com