Meet the Freaks
ALDRIC CHANG | aldric@media-freaks.com
FOUNDING MANAGING DIRECTOR
Aldric Chang, a creative entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in the media industry, is the Founding Managing Director of the MediaFreaks group – an award winning tech new media and 3d animation studio credited with projects for prominent clients such as Western Digital, Nokia, Hewlett Packard, Discovery, National Geographic, Darlow Smithson Productions, Southern Star Australia, Natural History New Zealand, Pilot Pen, Disney and more.
Aldric has headed and overseen the production of more than two hundred projects to date. Some landmark projects include documentaries Man Made Marvels, Mega Structures, the award-winning Super Cell documentary from Southern Star, Secret of the Battleship Yamato, Master of the Sea, Ring of Fire, The Assassination of JFK and more.
In 2008, Aldric led a programming and graphics team in creating The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World which picked up more than 200 positive reviews and several prestigious awards.
Aldric is well-versed in internet marketing and consulted by multi-national companies to drive traffic to their websites using Search Engine Optimization / Marketing and other IM strategies.
He is currently serving on the Advisory Board for MDIS as a board member to advise the school on ways to improve their curriculum in response to market needs.
More on Aldric Chang can be read at http://www.squidoo.com/aldricchang.
ADRIAN CHYE | adrian@media-freaks.com
GENERAL MANAGER
Adrian graduated with an Honours Degree in Engineering (Computer Engineering) and also holds a Degree of Master of Science in Technopreneurship and Innovation, obtained jointly from Nanyang Technological University and University of Washington.
“Aspiring to be a Technopreneur, one of my biggest dream is to build a sustaining and profitable business which I am passionate about. To achieve this, it is essential to constantly improve myself so as to help the company to innovate and grow at the pace. At the same time, I strongly believe in providing for my loved ones and the ideology of contributing back to the society. These pursuits have so far provided me with great satisfaction in life.”
Currently, Adrian is the General Manager of Mediafreaks Pte Ltd and Chief Operating Officer of Mediafreaks Cartoon Pte Ltd and Character Farm Pte Ltd. He has been working closely with Aldric Chang over the past 5 years in the development and planning of the company strategies moving forward. He manages the financial resources of the company and the budgeting of all new business ventures which the companies decide to embark on.
To date, he has managed and delivered prominent projects such as the Man Made Marvels Documentary Series 1 and 2 from Discovery, The Voyage of Zheng He from Discovery, Marina Barrage animation from PUB, Pitch video production from SK Jewellery and Soo Kee Jewellery, Pilot Pen Commercials, Architectural animation from Tan Chong Holdings and Screenplay cinematic openings.
Adrian was the Producer and Financial Controller for the Katakune Animated Series, a 520 minutes pre-schooler program which has since been broadcasted in America, Taiwan, Thailand and the Middle East countries. He is now taking on the same appointments for the ongoing Sedo Dog animated series, a 572 minutes cartoon series targeted at children between 6 to 10 years old. This series is due for completion in end of year 2009.
ARIC LIM | aric@media-freaks.com
PROJECT AND ACCOUNTS DIRECTOR
A highly energetic individual, coupled with his sophisticated Information Technology background and entrepreneurial mindset, Aric is highly driven and committed in pursuing excellence for the goals he set for himself. He is exceptionally open to new and innovative ideas and always on the look out for new opportunities.
Aric graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a 1st Class Honours specialising in Information Technology and Computer Science. Up to date he holds 7 certifications in various Information Technology skills including Microsoft (MCSE2003), Cisco(CCNA) and Oracle (Oracle Workforce Development).
Presently, he acts as the Project and Accounts Director for Mediafreaks Pte Ltd and is in charge of coordinating projects for the company existing client base as well in expanding them.
Aric has managed and serviced various prominent clients. Among them are Airpork, Changi Airport International, Energizer, Novartis, Media Development Authority of Singapore, Singapore Tourism Board, Wyeth and more.
NGO CHEE YONG
SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
Working alongside Aldric, Chee Yong was the Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World.
He graduated from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore with a Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering, specializing in computer game programming and began his career in the digital media and computer games industry working on 3D mobile games in HI Corporation – a listed Japanese company, subsidiary of Japan’s mobile giant NTT DoCoMo.
During his stint there, Chee Yong worked on various titles by well known international game publishers. The experience gained and his exposure to the vibrant video games industry of Japan led him to recognize an emerging genre within the gaming industry – edutainment games with educational elements incorporated into the games.
He was later promoted to a senior position in HI Corporation and after five years, decided to move closer to his passion for games by joining MediaFreaks Pte Ltd and subsequently founding Swag Soft with Aldric Chang.
Chee Yong is part of the Technical Committee for the Interactive Digital Media formed by the WDA (Singapore Work Development Agency) in helping to endorse and validate standards for competency requirements in the industry for game development.