Bett Asia EdTech 10 List Alumni

Dr Alice Masubay

Principal Department of Education, Betty Go-Belmonte Elementary School

Alice Masubay is an innovative educational leader and Principal who spearheaded Project LEAP, a mobile application developed during the pandemic to ensure students could access learning materials remotely. Under her visionary leadership, the project has had a profound impact on education by eliminating the need for physical module pickups, thereby ensuring uninterrupted learning during school closures and extreme weather conditions. Alice's dedication to education and her adaptability in times of crisis have set a new standard for integrating technology into the learning process. Her efforts continue to inspire and advance equitable, accessible education for all students. 

"The Bett EdTech 10 initiative is an empowering effort that celebrates and amplifies the contributions of women in Asia, inspiring future generations of EdTech innovators to drive positive change in education."  

Dr Joleen Liang

Co-Founder & U.S. Division President Squirrel Ai Learning

Dr. Joleen Liang is the co-founder of Squirrel Ai Learning and President of Squirrel Ai, North America. She holds a Ph.D. in Intelligent Science and Systems from Macau University of Science and Technology and is a visiting professor at UNIR iTED. She has spearheaded AI-driven educational advancements, leading Squirrel Ai to revolutionize learning with the world’s first all-subject Large Adaptive Model, impacting over 24 million students and 60,000 schools. In 2020, Dr. Liang and Squirrel Ai were honored with the 'Al Education Innovation Award’ by UNESCO. Joleen also founded the AI+Adaptive Education International Conference (AlAED) and has been a prominent speaker at global forums, including World Summit AI, IJCAI, ACM KDD, ACM UMAP, Slush, TechCrunch, and UBS Investor Conference, among others. Her work exemplifies a commitment to inclusive, high-quality education. 

"As a female, Asian leader in EdTech, I am honored to be included in this year’s Bett EdTech 10 list. This platform celebrates not just the achievements of women in technology, but also our collective mission to advance education equity. Through Large Adaptive Model technology, we are making AI personalized learning accessible to all students, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed. The Bett EdTech 10 initiative provides a wonderful space for sharing these innovations and inspiring a more inclusive and impactful future for education globally." 

Dr Raja Rina Raja Ikram

Senior Lecturer Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

Dr. Raja Rina Raja Ikram, an academician at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, specializes in software engineering and health informatics. As the Micro:bit 

Community Lead for Malaysia, she transforms education by pioneering hands-on digital lessons and fostering impactful collaborations with industry, agencies, and the community. Her efforts connect schools, students, and lecturers to drive innovative STEM initiatives, and she mentors undergraduates in delivering community STEM services. As a panel assessor for the Malaysia Board of Technologists’ Technology and Technical Accreditation Council (MBOT TTAC), she contributes to higher education standards. Dr. Raja Rina's dedication has empowered over 500 teachers and students in robotics, IoT, and coding, inspiring future innovators. 

Dr Siaw Lang Wong

Computer Science Teacher HELP International School

Dr. Wong Siaw Lang is a visionary educator with a university and research background. She joined HELP International School KL, impressed by its motto, “Life in All Its Fullness.” She has guided students in creating impactful tech solutions for school challenges. Her mentorship led to the development of an AI-powered car plate recognition system that earned conference recognition, particularly for its focus on promoting inclusive and equitable education. This project streamlines school dismissal processes and also breaks gender stereotypes by empowering female students in tech roles. By actively involving them in AI and Computer Vision, Dr. Wong Siaw Lang fosters a deep understanding of technology, inspiring young women to pursue careers in engineering and technology and positioning them as future leaders. 

"The Bett EdTech 10 initiative is a fantastic platform that recognizes and celebrates educators' contributions to advancing educational technology, fostering innovation, and inspiring future generations."

Fadzliaton Zainudin

Deputy Director Educational Resources and Technology Division, Ministry of Education Malaysia

Fadzliaton Zainudin is the Deputy Director of the Educational Technology and Resources Division at the Ministry of Education Malaysia. As the key personnel for the Smart School initiative and the recently launched Digital Education Policy, she has been instrumental in steering the country's educational landscape into the digital age. With a deep understanding of educational technology, she has spearheaded strategies to enhance digital literacy, infrastructure, and teaching and learning practices nationwide. Her leadership has been crucial in bridging the digital divide and ensuring equitable access to quality education for all Malaysians. 

"The Bett EdTech 10 initiative is a commendable effort to spotlight the significant contributions of women to the EdTech landscape in the Asian region. By recognizing and celebrating these women, it inspires them to become powerful role models and agents of change for the next generation of EdTech leaders. It also increases the visibility of women in EdTech and creates a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration among these exceptional women."

Francine Martindale

Owner, Director JUMP League by Content and Systems Pte Ltd

Francine Martindale first started her career teaching tech to children in Tokyo in 1991 at Futurekids, using software to teach English, Math, Logic, and computer operations (ie. how to load large floppy disks and more!).  She now runs JUMP League Esports, offering esports classes and competitions to students as part of their after school programmes.  Young gamers can improve not only their in-game skills under the coaching of actual esports pro players and coaches, but also about hardware, software, safety and privacy, teamwork, communication, leadership, and the broader esports world.  

"It's exciting to see women in tech becoming a norm across all areas of the industry, and to be a part of providing experiences for the next generation of young people that will be relevant in their lives and careers as they grow into a world where moving between real life and the digital world is second nature."

Kate Tucker

Primary Librarian and Technology Integrator British International School Phuket

After 28 years as a primary class teacher, Kate Tucker embraced a new role as Primary Librarian/Tech Integrator at BISP, focusing on educational technology. She pioneered the integration of Computer Science into our curriculum and started up a comprehensive robotics program. A key aspect of her work involves supporting teachers in technology integration, upskilling and empowering them with new skills. Kate actively advocates for immersing and engaging her students in the use of technology through after-school activities and innovation afternoons. Continuously developing her own skills, she feels privileged to inspire educators and students, fostering a community passionate about innovative technology. 

Lucia Dlamini

IB PYP Grade 1/2 Homeroom Teacher Ningbo Huamao International School

Lucia Dlamini is a PYP Year 1 teacher at Ningbo Huamao International School in China. She is originally from South Africa. Lucia completed her Bachelor’s of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and is pursuing a Master’s of Education at Essex University. Her teaching experience includes roles in English, Art, and Homeroom teaching. Recently, she served as an online facilitator and led several professional development sessions at her school. She is strongly interested in educational curricula and practices that resonate with my teaching philosophy. My curiosity for education, effective education technology and childhood development reflect my commitment to enhancing educational practices and student learning outcomes. 

Siti Nabilah Binti Kasdi

Assistant Director Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia

Siti Nabilah Binti Kasdi is a special education expert with over 17 years of experience in teaching and managing special education. She holds a Master of Education (Special Education) from UKM and has developed various educational modules and applications such as "Love Our Earth." Additionally, she is recognized as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow, Minecraft Education Ambassador and Minecraft Education Influencer. With a strong commitment to innovation in teaching, she has successfully enhanced the skills of special needs students through technological and creative approaches.

Sudeshna Sani

Assistant Professor Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India

Ms. Sudeshna Sani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Analytics at Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India. She focuses on educational excellence and innovative learning pedagogy through games and quizzes, emphasizing hands-on skills. She has spearheaded numerous initiatives to integrate AI and ERS into education, with a special dedication to skill development for underprivileged women—particularly orphans and those economically disadvantaged, living without mobile phones and modern amenities. Sudeshna has inspired these women, helping them set goals and build confidence in their lives. She is recognized for advancing AI in education and promoting an inclusive learning environment. 

"The Bett EdTech 10 initiative is a vital platform for recognizing and celebrating the transformative impact of educational technology on learning and teaching."

Dimple Verma

CEO & Founder WHIZROBO

Dimple Verma, Founder of WHIZROBO Private Limited, a leading EdTech company of India. She has empowered thousands of students on their robotics journey, as well as consulting India’s leading educational institutions in the field of Robotics, bringing significant impact on the working of those educational institutions. She has dedicated her life for students and is passionate about giving world class robotics education to the students across globe. 

Dr Anjlee Prakash

Chair Person Learning Links Foundation

Dr Anjlee Prakash is the founder and chairperson of Learning Links Foundation. An award-winning non-profit organisation based in India, Learning Links Foundation has empowered over 10 million learners from underserved communities with its UN-SDG aligned learning pathways. Globally, the Foundation has, over the years, worked with 41 countries. Guided by Dr Anjlee’ s conviction that education can be the greatest social leveller, Learning Links Foundation strives to ensure each child gets an equal opportunity.

With a Ph.D. in education and over thirty years of experience as a techno-pedagogue, Dr Anjlee has nurtured some of the country’s most successful projects on tech-integrated education. Dr Anjlee endeavours to take technology to the last mile by leveraging outcome-focused strategic partnerships and steering them toward an inclusive future. The EdTech best practices that Dr Anjlee recommends are based on ground observations, a data-driven strategy, and customised program implementation across diverse regions.

Dr. Manvender Kaur Sarjit Singh

Associate Professor University Utara Malaysia

Dr. Manvender Kaur Sarjit Singh, Ph.D (TESL), M.Ed (TESL), B. Edu (TESL) is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). Currently, she is teaching Research Methodology, Academic Writing, Discourse Analysis and Psycholinguistics to postgraduates. She has successfully supervised 13 PhD and 4 Master scholars. Her areas of research interest are TESL, ESP, Corpus Linguistics, Genre/Discourse analysis, Computer-Assisted Corpus Analysis (CACA) approach which she developed during her PhD study, critical discourse analysis, conducting language needs analysis in professional organisations, analyzing learner and genre-specific corpora. She holds the patent for the CACA approach. She is highly motivated to encourage teachers to use corpus technology in language teaching and learning. At present, she is actively motivating teachers and scholars in conducting classroom-based investigations using the CACA approach to enhance classroom teaching and learning practices. Apart from that, she is also keen on developing professional and academic corpus for the purpose of research. She hopes to bring new and interesting classroom language teaching methodology.

Dr. Sathisha Goonasakaran

STEAM Coordinator Tenby International Schools, Penang

As STEAM Coordinator at Tenby Schools Penang, Dr. Sathisha Goonasakaran uses her extensive academic and industry achievements to better the teaching and learning experience for everyone. In 2020, Sathisha pioneered the first-ever integrated STEAM approach to learning, making Tenby International School the first STEAM specialist in Penang, Malaysia. This initiative aims to support students in developing their STEAM skills, transferable soft skills and human values, preparing them to lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Ee Ling Lim

Co-Founder Young Founders Summit Smarter Me Pte Ltd; Young Founders Summit Pte Ltd

Ee Ling Lim is the co-founder and host of Young Founders Summit, a startup program and platform where teenage aspiring founders get entrepreneurship education and mentorship, build networks, and access funding to build impact-based startups. To date, Young Founders Summit has mentored over 400 teenage founders aged 13 to 20, from 13 countries across Asia to launch over 100 ventures. In 2022, 55% of the teams mentored have a female CEO or co-founder.

Ee Ling is also the Executive Director of Market Launch at 500 Global, a multi-stage venture capital fund with more than $2.4 billion in assets under management that has invested in over 2,800 fast-growing technology companies. At 500 Global, she leads the design and implementation of startup acceleration programs to train and support technology startups globally, helping them scale their startups. They have mentored diverse founders in over 20 markets - including Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Egypt, and Georgia.

Ee Ling is recognized as Singapore’s 100 Women in Tech by the Infocomm Media Development Authority and was appointed as a Council Member of the National Youth Council, Singapore and National Youth Fund Advisory Committee.

Hanming Wang

Chief Commercial Officer KooBits Learning

Hanming Wang is a seasoned executive with a wealth of experience from global companies across technology and consumer sectors. With professional background encompassing roles at Facebook, Cyngn Inc., JUUL Labs, Yahoo!, and Unilever, Hanming has consistently demonstrated her exceptional prowess in international business development and market expansion.

Her current role as the Chief Commercial Officer at KooBits reflects her commitment to making quality K-12 digital education content accessible to children worldwide. Hanming is driven by a deep belief that every child can find joy and confidence in learning, and become lifelong learners and innovators for the future.

Lea Lilibeth Emata

Assistant Principal for Academics Xavier University Junior High School

Lea Lilibeth B Emata is the Assistant Principal for Academics in Xavier Ateneo Junior High School. She is the proponent of the Maker/Robotics Programme of the school. XUJHS is one of the pioneer schools in the world to have launched a School Maker Faire in 2016, with her as the project lead. Since then, an annual school maker faire was held including the recent launch of the first-ever virtual faire in 2023. As a maker advocate, she shares this passion in integration of robotics in the schools’ curriculum and the adoption of the maker culture in schools, making, makerspaces, and makers with other edtech educators as a keynote & concurrent speaker during the Society for Technology in Education, Philippines (STEP) conference, EduTech Philippines & Asia, Bett Asia, and other conferences. 

An awardee of Best K-12 EdTech Leadership, BRONZE award, EduTech Asia, Singapore (2019) and the proponent of Best Maker/Robotics Programme, GOLD award, EduTech Asia, Singapore (2019). A member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) since 2017, participant of ISTE in Texas, USA. Society for Technology in Education, Philippines (STEP) Secretary (2021 to present), Board Member since 2018, Microsoft Education Ambassador 2019, Microsoft Certified Educator 2017, and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert 2016. 

Natalie Chan

Founder and CEO OWN Academy

Natalie Chan is an engineer, film producer, adventure seeker, entrepreneur, and educator. Her non-linear career journey led her to education when she realized that developing the next generation’s purpose is key to solving the world’s problems. In 2016 Natalie founded OWN Academy, an educational event management company that brings real-world learning into the classroom through work-based learning and career exploration experiences developed with industry professionals and global companies.

Together with her team she is building the One World Network, a global community that fosters collaboration to transform employers into educators. Natalie’s diverse achievements include being selected as a Davos 50 Global Shaper, representing Asian youth to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, as well as being an Ashoka Changemaker x Change fellow in 2019. In 2021, she was awarded a fellowship by the Cartier’s Women Initiative as one of 24 female entrepreneurs around the world making an impact with their work.

Sarinah Binti Ziziumiza

Co-founder Rumine Corporation

Sarinah is the Head of the Centre of Technology Enhancement Learning (CTEL) at the Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE) where she has worked for more than 8 years as an instructor and formerly as a research officer analysing and publishing crucial training outcome data for strategic decision-making. She is also the Co-Founder of Rumine Corporation which specialises in immersive technologies such as AR, VR, MR, XR, and gamification. Sarinah’s career journey began with a profound passion for merging engineering, technology, and education. She graduated with a Master of Teaching (Vocational Technical Education) from the University of Brunei Darussalam and a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Wales, United Kingdom.

She is also passionate about inclusivity and digitalisation where she works as the community manager for organisations such as Digital Makers Asia Pacific (DMAP), Google Developer Group (GDG), Women Techmakers (WTM), and Brunei Gamedev (BGD). an active advocate for women in technology and entrepreneurship promoting gender diversity and inclusivity through Girls in ICT and SheLovesTech. Her dedication to innovation earned them accolades which include the Gold Award in Asia Pacific ICT Award (APICTA) Islamabad Pakistan, Gold Award in ASEAN ICT Award (AICTA) Myanmar, Grand Award in APEC Digital Prosperity Award Thailand, 1st place and Finalist in SheLovesTech and many more. She also earned a notable position on the IPO’s “Top 5 ASEAN Women in IP for Innovations” list and achieved excellent honors in research at the 3rd Kans Scientific Competition in 2023 and KERICE Research in 2022.

Sarinah’s journey reflects her commitment to shaping the nexus of education and technology. Her legacy exemplifies her capacity to drive change, empower learners, and advance immersive technologies, inspiring the field’s evolution.

Saw Im Lee

Teacher SMK SERI BINTANG UTARA

Saw Im Lee is a knowledgeable chemistry teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience in Malaysia. Awarded by MOE Malaysia as an Iconic Teacher and Edufluencer, Saw acts as a role model for teachers all over the country. She also received the international Global Teacher Award and First Place as Best Science Teacher in Southeast Asia.

As well as being an experienced educator, Saw loves EdTech! After applying SDGs within the classroom through project-based learning, the use of tech in teaching and peer collaboration, she is widely recognised as an MIE expert. Saw is also the Vice President of the Malaysian Teachers’ STEM association and Master Trainer of eDIDik.