Hi, I'm Jas.
My work brings together architecture, analytics, operations, and social impact, guided by stories, data, and systems thinking.
I began my journey with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. After starting my career in residential and commercial architecture, I moved to Glasgow, Scotland to pursue a Master of Architecture.
In my final year of university, I decided to address an issue that had interested me since my first year in architecture school. At that time, a couple of my lecturers had volunteered with Mercy Malaysia, providing expertise during the reconstruction stage in post-tsunami Aceh.
My trip to Banda Aceh and the subsequent research and proposal that followed inspired this website. Here is the story of Smong // tsunami:
In 1907, an earthquake shook Simeuleu Island, off the west coast of Aceh. When the sea subsided, many villagers went out to collect the fishes that lie stranded on the beach. Many perished in the oncoming tsunami. Since then, this local wisdom passed down from one generation to the next. They appear in the form of a song, poem, or folklore. In 2004, the sea subsided once again on Simeuleu Island. But, unlike in mainland Aceh, the islanders knew instinctively to run to the hills // lari ke bukit.
I believe stories help shape our problem statements, challenge our assumptions, and drive our design thinking processes to seek better solutions to global issues.
After architecture, my work moved into data science, analytics, accessibility, and marketplace operations. I worked on systems that coordinated supply and demand across regional APAC operations, where dashboards, incentives, workflows, and unit economics shaped daily decisions. The context changed, but the underlying questions remained familiar: how do systems coordinate people, how do incentives shape behaviour, where do gaps appear, and how can better processes make complex work more visible, fair, and scalable?
This website now holds those overlapping threads: architecture, data, operations, humanitarian systems, platform work, travel, writing, music, and the stories that help me make sense of them.
Outside of design and data, I enjoy travelling as a way to understand culture, place, and the everyday behaviours that shape how people live. I am also a singer-songwriter.
I am currently based in Malaysia and interested in work where operations, analytics, process design, and policy-adjacent research meet real human systems.