Introduction
As a professional multimedia designer and a self-taught programmer, Lee Zhi Eng has more than 10 years of working experience in the relevant industry and personally involved in a dozens of projects throughout the years.
Once graduated from tertiary education, he took off as a game developer working for one of the largest video game outsourcing companies in the country. Moving forward, he took the opportunity and started teaching game programming courses at a local university and at the same time found himself working with Packt Publishing UK and published 7 technical books on the Amazon platform.
Lee Zhi Eng is currently the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer at Kloena Digital Sdn. Bhd., a company that aims to be one the dominant forces in empowering digital transformation and developing knowledge-based economy for the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.
Job Experience
- Location: Bintulu (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Dec 2017 – Present
- Position: Founder, Managing Director, Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
- Link: https://www.kloena.com
- Location: Bintulu (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Jan 2023 – Present
- Position: Founder, Managing Director
- Link: https://www.vevindi.com
- Location: Petaling Jaya (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: July 2019 – December 2023
- Position: Project Manager, Creative Director
- Location: Bintulu (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Jan 2015 – Nov 2017
- Position: Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
- Location: Cyberjaya (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Mar 2013 – Dec 2014
- Position: Guest Lecturer
- Course: Game Programming
- Link: https://www.limkokwing.net/malaysia
- Location: Subang Jaya (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Oct 2012 – Dec 2013
- Position: Co-founder, Game Programmer, Technical Artist
- Link: https://www.cartoonhooligans.tv
- Location: Subang Jaya (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Jan 2011 – Oct 2012
- Position: 3D Artist, Game Programmer
- Link: http://www.lemonskystudios.com
- Location: Subang Jaya (Malaysia)
- Timeframe: Dec 2009 – Jan 2011
- Position: Freelance 3D Artist
- Link: https://ammoboxstudios.com.my
Book Author
- ISBN: 9781805122630
- Publish date: April 2024
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/QT6-GUI-Programming-Cookbook-cross-platform-ebook/dp/B0CTMF28J1
- ISBN: 9781789951752
- Publish date: February 2020
- Packt Publishing: https://www.packtpub.com/programming/application-development-with-qt-creator-third-edition
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Application-Development-Creator-cross-platform-applications-ebook/dp/B083QHHNW3
- ISBN: 9781789803822
- Publish date: March 2019
- Packt Publishing: https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/qt5-c-gui-programming-cookbook-second-edition
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q48T93C
- ISBN: 9781789959925
- Publish date: December 2018
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Path-Modern-Platform-Development/dp/1789959926
- ISBN: 1788397827
- Publish date: May 2018
- Packt Publishing: https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/hands-gui-programming-c-and-qt5
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075Z3H7DS
- ISBN: 9781783280278
- Publish date: August 2016
- Packt Publishing: https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/qt5-c-gui-programming-cookbook
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FSO1D1M
- ISBN: 9781785282140
- Publish date: November 2015
- Packt Publishing: https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/building-game-unity-and-blender
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018R71KL0
Trainer, Mentor & Judge
- Date: 2 March 2025
- Event: International Putra Bakti@Youth Digital 2025
- Organizer: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Role: Speaker
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 6 February 2025
- Event: Program Menerokai Rahsia Latihan Industri
- Organizer: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Role: Speaker
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 24 – 26 January 2025
- Event: Global Game Jam 2025
- Organizer: Xsolla Malaysia, IGDA Malaysia, Animation and Games Club (Aswara), Digital Games Association (UPSI Tanjung Malim), Kloena Digital
- Role: Co-organizer for Malaysia chapter
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 18 January 2025
- Event: “Unity3D for Beginners” Workshop
- Organizer: Kloena Digital
- Role: Trainer
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 11 January 2025
- Event: Forum Pendidikan Tinggi Dalam Era Siber: Perspektif Interdisiplin Tentang Etika dan Keselamatan
- Organizer: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Role: Panel
- Location: Online
- Date: 13 September 2024
- Event: Shell NXplorers Malaysia School Challenge 2024
- Organizer: SHELL Malaysia
- Role: Technical Judge
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 9 – 11 August 2024
- Event: SwkGDC Game Jam 2024
- Organizer: Sarawak Game Dev Community (SwkGDC)
- Role: Mentor
- Location: Kuching
- Date: 31 August – 2 September 2023
- Event: SwkGDC Game Jam 2023
- Organizer: Sarawak Game Dev Community (SwkGDC)
- Role: Mentor
- Location: Kuching
- Date: 28 October 2022
- Event: Shell NXplorers Malaysia School Challenge 2022
- Organizer: SHELL Malaysia
- Role: Technical Judge
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 22-25 September 2022
- Event: SwkGDC Game Jam 2022
- Organizer: Sarawak Game Dev Community (SwkGDC)
- Role: Mentor
- Location: Kuching
- Date: 26-28 August 2022
- Event: Techstars Startup Weekend Food Security Bintulu
- Organizer: TEGAS Digital Village & Digital Innovation Hub , Universiti Putra Malaysia Kampus Bintulu Sarawak – UPMKB, MYStartup
- Role: Mentor
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 25-26 September 2021
- Event: NASA Space App Hackathon Sarawak
- Organizer: Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development (MEITD)
- Role: Trainer
- Location: Online
- Date: 14 February 2020
- Event: STEM School Geek-a-thon 2020
- Organizer: SHELL Malaysia
- Role: Technical Judge
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 7 September 2019
- Organizer: Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA), Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (TEGAS)
- Role: Trainer
- Location: Miri
- Date: 19-21 July 2019
- Event: Techstars Startup Weekend Bintulu
- Organizer: The Founders Club, Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA), Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Bumiputera Sarawak (TEGAS), Page Productions
- Role: Mentor
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 24-26 January 2019
- Event: STEM School Geek-a-thon 2019
- Organizer: SHELL Malaysia
- Role: Technical Judge
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 21 July – 12 August 2018
- Organizer: Kloena Digital
- Role: Trainer
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 16-17 December 2017
- Organizer: Kloena Digital
- Role: Trainer
- Location: Bintulu
- Date: 4 December 2014
- Event: Game Developer’s Summit
- Organizer: Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
- Role: Trainer
- Location: Cyberjaya, Selangor
Education & Courses
- Date: 23 Aug – 27 Sep 2024
- Duration: 40 hours
- Course: Digital Animation in Character Creator 4 and iClone 8
- Date: 12 Aug – 17 Aug 2024
- Duration: 40 hours
- Course: Introduction to Unreal Engine (Virtual Production)
- Enrollment: 2008 – 2010
- Qualifications: Certificate in Communication Design, Diploma in Digital Animation
Qualifications, Passes & Licenses
- Serial No.: CT24110021
- Category: Art, Design and Multimedia Technology
- Description: Certified technician by Malaysia Board of Technology
- Personnel ID: 1900503SR2100042273
- Description: Allowed to enter to construction sites and perform works
- Pass ID: OG032349S-21
- Description: Allowed to enter to oil & gas sites and perform works
Clubs & Associations
- Timeframe: 2025 – now
- Position: Founding Committee Member + Regional Representative of Sarawak (2025)
- Timeframe: 2022 – Now
- Position: Corporate Member
- Timeframe: 2023 – Now
- Position: Vice Media (2023-2024), General Affair (2025)
- Timeframe: 2020 – 2022
- Position: Founding Committee Member + Assistant Vice President (2020-2021)
- Timeframe: 2005 – 2007
- Position: President Elect (2005), President (2006)
Coding Projects
Personal Artworks
