CV: Suhaimi Ramly

Suhaimi Ramly is a Malaysian entrepreneur, educator, and STEM leader. He is the Co-Founder & COO of Pandai Education, an award-winning EdTech company based in Malaysia, and the Managing Director of ArdentEdu, a pioneering STEM consultancy.

Over the past two decades, he has shaped Malaysia’s STEM education ecosystem through national and international Olympiad programs, the development and commercialization of education technology systems, curriculum design, and various international collaborations.

He is the Director of the Kangaroo Math Competition in Malaysia, which attracted 77,000 participants in 2025. He also co-founded the national-level Kancil Science Competition, the Beaver Computational Thinking Competition, as well as the various Explorer Competitions, which are leading to participation in the International Science Olympiads.

His initiatives have impacted hundreds of thousands of students, secured multi-million dollar grants, and earned global recognition from UNESCO, Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, HolonIQ, and Education Alliance Finland.

With a pure mathematics background from the world’s top university, Suhaimi’s work is at the intersection of education, technology, and policy, driving Malaysia’s presence in the global EdTech and STEM community.

Contact

Address: No. 100-1 Jalan 2/23A, Taman Danau Kota, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Email: suhaimi@ardentedu.com & suhaimi@pandai.org

Education

1998–1999: MRSM Jasin, Malacca (currently known as MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba) – SPM: 10A
2001–2005: Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA – GPA 3.6
2020–2022: MicroMasters® Certificate in Statistics and Data Science, MITx

Industry Experience

2006–2007: Executive, Managing Director’s Office, Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund)
2007–Present: Founder & Director, Aidan Corporation (Technology-based business group)
2007–Present: Founder & Managing Director, Ardent Educational Consultants (STEM consultancy)
2010–2015: Founder & Director, Lotdotmy Sdn. Bhd. (E-commerce technology company), exited 2015
2019–Present: Co-Founder & COO, Pandai Education (International EdTech company)

Key Contributions in Education

Head Coach, Malaysian team to the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) (since 2007).
Team Leader & Observer, Malaysian IMO contingents:
- IMO 2007 (Vietnam)
- IMO 2008 (Spain)
- IMO 2009 (Germany)
- IMO 2010 (Kazakhstan)
- IMO 2011 (Netherlands)
- IMO 2012 (Argentina)
- IMO 2013 (Colombia)
- IMO 2014 (South Africa)
- IMO 2015 (Thailand)
- IMO 2017 (Brazil)
- IMO 2020 (Russia, online due to pandemic)
- IMO 2025 (Australia)
Malaysian Representative to Association Kangourou sans Frontières (AKSF), France – attended these AKSF General Meetings:
- 2012 (Cyprus)
- 2013 (UK)
- 2014 (Puerto Rico)
- 2015 (Sweden)
- 2017 (Switzerland)
- 2020 (Switzerland, online due to pandemic)
- 2021 (Belgium, online due to pandemic)
- 2022 (Italy)
- 2023 (North Macedonia)
Founder & Director, Kangaroo Math Competition Malaysia (2012–present) – largest academic competition in Malaysia with 77,000 participants in 2025.
Founder, MRSM Mathematical Olympiad (2007) & SBP Mathematical Olympiad (2019).
Member, Problem-Setting Committees:
- National Mathematical Olympiad (OMK) (2008–2019)
- IMO National Selection Test (IMONST) (2020–present)
Malaysian Representative, Bebras International Contest on Informatics and Computer Fluency (2014-present).
Founder, Beaver Computational Thinking Competition Malaysia (2014–present).
Founder & Organizer of national competitions recognized by the Ministry of Education Malaysia:
Lead Researcher, commissioned by the Ministry of Education Malaysia & MDEC, for Global Best Practices in Computational Thinking Pedagogy (fieldwork in the US, the UK, Australia, Finland, Singapore, Denmark & Estonia). Findings formed the foundation of Malaysia’s Computer Science curriculum, introduced in 2017.
Committee Member, World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC) (2018–present).
Chair, Organizing Committee for WFNMC General Meeting 2026 in Malaysia.

Professional Contributions & Memberships

Education Counsellor, MIT Alumni Association (2006-present)
Committee Member, MIT Club of Malaysia (2024-present)
Lifetime Member, Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society (2006-present)
Representative for Kuala Lumpur, International Mathematics Tournament of Towns, Russia (2007-present)
Head of Jury, Olimpiad Matematik Matrikulasi, MOE (2009, 2013)
Founder & Committee Member, Malaysian Informatics & Programming Society (2012-present)
Deputy Team Leader, Malaysian IOI Team (2012–2013)
Team Leader, Malaysia at Raffles Invitational Mathematical Olympiad, Singapore (2012, 2014)
Author, “Mathematics in Southeast Asia: Country Reports”, commissioned by the International Mathematical Union, Berlin, 2012
Founder & Organizer, Malaysian Computing Challenge & Malaysian Computing Olympiad (2013–2019)
Speaker, IIUM Mathematics Competition (2014–2025)
Organizer, Teachers’ Conference on Mathematics & Computational Thinking (TECOF) at several venues across Malaysia (2015–2019)
Advisor, Project Ilham, MCEF (2016–2018)
Consultant, MDEC Digital Badges Project (2017)
Organizer, National Computational Thinking Challenge (2018)
Observer, International Linguistics Olympiad (Ireland, 2017), International Junior Science Olympiad (Netherlands, 2017), International AI Olympiad (Saudi Arabia, 2024), International Philosophy Olympiad (Italy, 2025)
Co-Founder & Vice-President, Malaysian Association for the Education of Philosophy & Thinking (PPFPM) (2017–present)
Co-Founder & Vice-President, Malaysian Mathematics Advancement Association (PPMM) (2020–present)
Vice-Chair (Industry), National STEM Association (2021-present)
Advisor, Kritikos Project (project to promote philosophy in schools/universities, 2021)
Speaker at 400+ schools and universities nationwide
Author of 12 books on mathematics and problem solving.

Academic Awards

2nd Place, National Mathematical Olympiad (OMK) 1998
Bronze Medal, Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO) 1999
Champion, OMK 2000
Represented Malaysia in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 1999 (Romania), 2000 (Korea), and 2001 (USA).
Bronze Medal, IMO 2000 – Malaysia’s first-ever international Olympiad medal
Honourable Mention, IMO 2001
Abdullah Badawi Excellence Award, Persatuan Wartawan Melayu Malaysia, 2001
Awarded a full scholarship by MARA (Skim Pelajar Cemerlang) to pursue undergraduate studies at MIT (2001-2005).

Industry Awards and Recognition

Lotdotmy

Best New Media Application, NEF-Awani ICT Awards 2010
Cradle Fund grant

Pandai Education

TERAJU SUPERB grant (2019)
Cradle Fund grant (2020)
National Technology & Innovation Sandbox grant, MOSTI (2020)
Champion, MyHackathon (2020)
Champion, Smart Economy Grant, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia (2021)
Champion, Global Accelerator Program, MaGIC (2020)
Champion, MIT SOLVE and Octava Social Innovation Challenge (2022)
Champion, Social Impact Challenge Accelerator co-organized by 500 Global, UNDP, and MaGIC (2022)
Champion, Malaysia Commercialization Year, MOSTI (2023)
Winner, Most Innovative Startup, Top in Tech Innovation Award (2022)
Champion, Pitch@Selangor AI Arena, SIDEC (2020)
Finalist: GESS Education Award (Dubai, 2021), Entrepreneurship World Cup (2020, 2024), ASEAN Startup Award (2022), BETT Asia Award (2022), GSV Cup (2022)
Pedagogy excellence recognition by Education Alliance Finland
Selected as Exhibitor at the Malaysian Pavilion, Expo 2020 (Dubai) & Expo 2025 (Osaka)
Selected in HolonIQ Southeast Asia EdTech 50 for two years.