Ts. Azhar Md Nayan has over 2 decades of experience and accomplishments in a Senior Management capacity in the Multinational Corporation (MNC) primarily accountable for Global Supply Chain Management, New Product/Process Development, Plant Management, Virtual Factory Management, Workforce/Industrial Transformation program and talent development program. Mr Azhar has managed and lead cross functional organization such as R&D, NPI and Supply Chain group across the globe on new product development and transfer in many countries within Asia, Europe and USA. Mr Azhar graduated from Bradley University, Peoria Illinois USA (1994) in Engineering and since then has served various sectors including heavy industries, Disk Drive Storage, Semiconductors products in Wireless Communication, Motion controller, Optoelectronics and Photomask engineering. Mr Azhar has also held different management roles in Multinational Corporations (MNCs) including Equipment Manager, Engineering Manager, New Product Introduction and Development Manager, Supply Chain Manager. He was the former General Manager and Managing Director of Hoya Electronics Sdn Bhd a Japanese MNCs, before leaving the industry to fully focus on providing training and consultancy services. He is now the founder of Smart Digital Network Sdn Bhd and Industry Fivedot Zero Consulting Sdn Bhd. Mr Azhar has spent substantial amount of time in providing training on technical problem solving tools, change management and personal self-development such as Critical Thinking, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) pillars, Problem Solving Tools such as 8D+1D, PDCA, FMEA, DMAIC, Lean Manufacturing Concepts and waste management and the latest on the fourth industrial revolution’s training development, problem solving, strategic program planning and talent development. Aside from being a Professional Trainer, Mr Azhar is also a Trained Coach by International Coaching Federation (ICF) and a member of USA and Malaysia Coaching Chapter. Mr Azhar is also the Master Trainer who has trained and certified the Industry4WRD Readiness Assessment assessors for Malaysia.
