Patrick Lee
About Patrick Lee
Patrick Lee is the Chief Information Officer for East Asia at Arup, with extensive experience in IT management and service delivery across multiple industries in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Company
Patrick Lee is currently working at Arup in Hong Kong. He holds the position of Chief Information Officer, East Asia, a role he has occupied since 2015. Arup is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London and provides engineering, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment.
Title
Patrick Lee serves as the Chief Information Officer for East Asia at Arup. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the IT strategy and operations across the region, ensuring the organization's IT infrastructure aligns with business objectives. He has been in this position since 2015, contributing significantly to various strategic initiatives and modernizations within the company.
Education and Expertise
Patrick Lee has a strong educational background in business administration and information technology. He earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong between 2005 and 2007 and participated in an exchange semester at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during 2007. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Simon Fraser University, which he completed from 1995 to 1998.
Professional Background
Before joining Arup, Patrick Lee worked at Leighton Asia as Regional IT Manager, Service Delivery from 2011 to 2015. He also spent substantial time at PepsiCo, initially as IT Manager, Service Delivery (2008-2011) and later as Network & Security Project Manager (2001-2007). These roles were based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, providing him with extensive experience in managing regional IT operations and projects.
ERP Modernization and Infrastructure
In his role at Arup, Patrick Lee is accountable for ERP Standardization, implementing systems like JDE consolidation, SAP Concur deployment, and Oracle EBS features. He also focuses on ERP Modernization initiatives such as Client Invoicing, Staff Management, and CRM. Moreover, he oversees various Infrastructure Architecture projects including Regional Data Centre Colo, Resilience Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Cloud Transformation, Regional Intranet, Enterprise Voice Telephony, and Office 365 Adoption.