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Chia Yang

I bridge technology and real-world challenges, starting with people, not tools.

Now
AI Adoption, Maxis
Building
Aethereal
Semi-Finalist
Startup World Cup MY 2026
Based
KL & Sarawak
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01 — What I believe

I'm part of Learning & Development at Maxis, driving AI adoption so people can bring AI into their daily work. That means AI First programmes, AI agents and automation, and a lot of listening to find the pain points worth solving.

Outside my corporate role, I co-founded Aethereal, a cybersecurity startup from Sarawak building its own AI models. Hackathons, startup competitions and community events taught me to turn ideas into things that actually ship.

Now
AI Adoption at Maxis
Building
Aethereal
Studied
Computer Science, UTS
Based in
KL & Sarawak

02 — Recently

What I've been up to

All posts on LinkedIn
03 — Keep scrolling to fly through

What I do

04 — What I do

People, product & code

  • Maxis

    Helping employees bring AI into their daily work: AI First programmes, AI agents and automation, cross-functional collaboration, and finding the business pain points worth solving.

    • AI First programmes
    • AI agents
    • Automation
    • Training & enablement
    • Stakeholder alignment

05 — Journey

2026

8 entries

  • Work

    Present

    AI Adoption, Learning & Development

    Maxis

    Driving AI adoption programmes, AI agents and automation across teams.

  • Startup

    Present

    Co-Founder

    Aethereal

    Cybersecurity startup from Sarawak building its own AI models. Product owner of AERTA.

  • Award

    Selected

    DGX Spark Hackathon, ACE 2026

    GIGABYTE × NVIDIA × Developer Kaki

    Selected to build a private AI copilot on NVIDIA DGX Spark hardware.

  • Startup

    Oct 2026

    CIP Spark pitch

    Cradle Fund

    Pitched AERTA with co-founder Arif Akbar for the Cradle Investment Programme.

  • Award

    Silver Award

    ReTEx 2026

    University of Technology Sarawak

    Showcased Zero2Hacks, my AI-powered open-source CTF platform. Also PIC of RoboClash Challenge 3.0.

  • Award

    Finalist

    IGNITE 2026

    iCUBE International

    Team Sarawak Laksa took CareNest to the finals out of 80+ teams.

  • Award

    Semi-Finalist

    Startup World Cup Malaysia 2026

    East Malaysia Chapter

    Aethereal was selected as a semi-finalist, a real validation of the work behind AERTA.

  • Education

    2023 – 2026

    Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)

    University of Technology Sarawak

    Graduated. Final year project: Zero2Hacks, an open-source CTF platform with AI integration.

2025

5 entries

  • Work

    2025 – 2026

    Event Coordinator

    MEITD Sarawak

    STEM outreach across rural Sarawak; head judge for Drone Soccer Sarawak.

  • Work

    2025 – 2026

    Part-Time Tutor, Robotics & AI

    Schools in Sarawak

    Hands-on workshops for 200+ students and 100+ teachers.

  • Award

    1st Runner-Up

    SMC Makeathon 2025

    SMC

    End-to-end hardware and software prototype.

  • Award

    Top 3

    Singapore–Sarawak AI Design Hackathon

    International

    AI-driven product design with Singapore and Sarawak teams.

  • Award

    Top 10 ×2

    Shell Selamat Sampai Varsity Challenge

    Shell Malaysia

    Placed in both the 2024 and 2025 editions.

2024

2 entries

  • Award

    Winner

    Sarawak Game Jam 2024

    Sarawak

    A fully playable game built against the clock.

  • Work

    Project Manager & Frontend Designer

    Web application project

    Led coordination and designed the UI around the REST API.

Community

  • Co-Founder & President

    Computer Science Club, UTS

  • Treasurer

    UTS Student Council

  • Founding Member

    Internet Society, Borneo Chapter

  • Co-Organiser

    Borneo Hackwknd (ASEAN hackathon)

  • Organiser

    CodeFusion AI Hackathon

  • Organiser

    TechFrontier Programme with SDEC

07 — Contact

Let's grab
a coffee

Always open to connecting, exchanging ideas and exploring new opportunities. Just drop me a message.

chiayang24@gmail.com