transfer knowledge and capability to industry through case-studies and hands-on practical training to meet technology and skills gap in productivity improvement, skills and capabilities upgrading and business transformation. Under his leadership, the KTO grew from a training partner under the former Workforce Development Agency (WDA) of Singapore to a WDA certified Continuing Educating and Training Centre (CETC) under the Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) framework. Xianting established the long term partnership between SIMTech and the SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) with a broad portfolio of industrial training programmes launched ranging from WSQ Graduate Diploma in 6 specialisations and WSQ Specialist Diploma in 3 specialisations under the Skills Framework of SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), more than 30 Advanced Manufacturing training programmes, and a variety of Master Classes and short courses, which benefited more than 1600 local companies, including both MNCs and SMEs, with more than 5000 PMETs trained.