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Fook Kong has been involved in the real estate industry for almost 50 years having held senior executive positions in both the private and public sectors. Beginning his career in the Housing & Development Board (Singapore), he obtained his professional qualification in real estate from the College of Estate Management, UK and qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, UK in 1971.
He has served in a senior position in the HDB, was the Divisional General Manager of the Property Division of Straits Steamship Co. Ltd (now part of Keppel Corporation), was one of two local proprietary partners of Jones Lang Wootton, Singapore (now known as Jones Lang LaSalle) and a director and equity partner of Colliers Goh & Tan (now Colliers Group). He later established his own property management practice, which counted several major developers among its clientele.
In the late 1990s, Fook Kong was appointed by the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS) to review the then Land Titles (Strata) Act (LTSA) to update and keep the Act relevant in the light of rapid changes to the built environment. Fook Kong and his team visited all the Australian states (in particular New South Wales where the LTSA took its inspiration from) and subsequently a report was submitted by REDAS to the authorities. The current legislation, the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act (BMSMA) introduces the concept of multi-tier management corporations, which was one of the key recommendations of the report.
Despite retiring from active practice in 2017, Fook Kong is still actively sought for consultation roles leveraging his in-depth knowledge and pragmatism for achieving fair solutions for disputing parties. In addition, he assists developers of major mixed developments where his expertise in multi-tier management corporations as well as his knowledge in local real estate legislation are appreciated by his clients.
Fook Kong continues his role as Honorary Advisor to REDAS and had served as a Member of the Valuation Review Board, Singapore from 1st May 2013 to 30th April 2019.
As the Co-founder and CEO of Qornerstone, Ernest Ong champions digital transformation of the property and property management industries for long-term sustainability. He is a passionate advocate for automating manpower-intensive workflows using technology. Prior to founding Qornerstone, Ernest was an R&D Process Engineer with Hewlett Packard, where he helped to launch a product line, which now brings in annual revenues of more than US$100 million. Outside of work, Ernest actively pursues his interests in competitive club-level soccer and karate. Ernest obtained an Electrical & Electronics Engineering degree with First Class Honours and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Manchester.
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Willie Lian is a Co-founder and COO of Qornerstone. Willie is a coding veteran, being directly involved in developing the Qornerstone platform over the past 15 years. Under his product development leadership, the platform now robustly automates close to one thousand different workflows. Willie has been instrumental in the successful roll-out of key projects for MNC and Government clients. Prior to this, Willie was an R&D Engineer with the Centre for Wireless Communications (currently known as A*STAR). Willie is an Electrical & Electronics Engineering Honours graduate from the University of Manchester.
Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder
As a company director, William Goh is the principal architect behind Qornerstone’s listing on the U.S. OTC board and formulates our corporate finance strategy. William helped launch the company on its current expansion trajectory when he joined in 2017, bringing fresh fund-raising momentum and management direction. William has over 12 years’ experience working with Asian private equity firms on deal origination and structuring mergers and acquisitions. He built his early career in corporate banking at Chase Manhattan and DBS Bank. His areas of specialization include credit analysis, investment and corporate banking.
Chief Strategy Officer
Hui Boon is Co-founder and General Manager, looking after operational support activities, infrastructure and staffing. Over his 15 years with Qornerstone, he has gained deep domain expertise on property management and tech. He holds key customer relationships, having delivered many complex deployments for major stakeholders. Prior to Qornerstone, Hui Boon was a software engineer with Singapore Airlines. Together with the other co-founders, Hui Boon graduated from University of Manchester with a 2nd Upper Class Honours in Electronics Engineering.
General Manager & Co-founder
Michael currently performs tech transfer rituals and conjures up DevOps practices as Qornerstone CTO with a vision to level up the company into a world-class technology firm. He has been developing A.I. systems his entire career, having been involved in diverse projects from ship hull measuring to AI surveillance. A strong believer in world-firsts, Michael developed the very first AI archery scoring system, the first IED bomb scanner for vehicles (acknowledged to best-in-kind), and the first 3D augmented-reality virtual fitting room. He is still involved in AI applications in health care with cloud servers and mobile apps. Incredibly, Michael still has manna left for badminton and e-sports.
Chief Technology Officer
Russell Kok has been with Qornerstone since the start of 2019. As Chief Marketing Officer, Russell has overseen the rebranding of the company to Qornerstone and launched its marketing and digital advertising strategy. Russell brings with him over 16 years of advertising and partner marketing experience at Dentsu Group agencies, Mastercard and ZUJI.com. He started his career in DBS corporate banking.
Chief Marketing Officer
