Two themes that have recurred through my life are the integration of different worldviews and the pursuit of a meaningful and purposeful life. The holding of multiple perspectives was perhaps baked into my DNA, being of mixed-race Indian and Chinese descent, but raised in Canada after my parents (both schoolteachers) moved from Singapore to an Indigenous village in Northern British Columbia. As a child, I loved computers but also lay in my bed contemplating the nature of existence. By my late twenties, it was perhaps no surprise that I was building software at Microsoft by day and studying/practicing/teaching Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso on evenings and weekends.

Fast forward a decade and I had a successful career in engineering leadership at Microsoft. Yet I was called to change course and create a mindfulness program to support the company's culture change around growth mindset. I jumped into a Master's degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University to add a secular and neuroscientific perspective to my classical Buddhist studies. The success of the Mindful Growth 6-week program that I created propelled an unconventional career shift into HR, leading development of learning & development programs for employees.

The next chapter called me to leave Microsoft after 20 years and dive into the latest worldview to capture my interest - depth psychology. After five years of study and writing, I earned a Ph.D.in Depth Psychology (Jungian and Archetypal Studies) from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2025. These years also involved a profound unraveling of everything I thought I knew, and the dissolution and rebuilding of many parts of my inner and outer life. The tangible product of that work is "Practical Re-Enchantment," which will be published by Wipf & Stock in 2026. These are just a few threads that inform my vocational work. I am also a proud father of two teenage daughters, lucky dog dad, re-energized musician, and amateur wilderness explorer. Perhaps it is the breadth of perspectives that I try to hold that make it hard for me to apply labels to myself, but regardless of what part of my story resonates, I hope that I can be of service to you.

In my role as Writer, my upcoming book "Practical Re-Enchantment" (2026) aims to show how healing the spirit/matter divide requires that we transforming our worldview to include the reality of a third realm: the imaginal. To make that case, and to make it practical, I draw from the work of Henry Corbin as a scholar of Islamic mysticism, practices from the Tibetan Tantric school of Buddhism, and the symbolic and mythic imaginations of Jungian and archetypal psychology. I am building out courses, talks, and other resources to support the book and look forward to sharing more in the coming months.

To learn more about the leadership advisory work that I do with organizations, please visit: https://numenstudio.com.