Yong Ning Foo, Co-Founder and Lead Educator

S.M. Computational Engineering, MIT
B.Eng. Elec. Engineering (First-Class), NUS
Director (Asia-Pacific), Danaher
Six-Sigma Black Belt, Caterpillar
R2 Technologies (Hologic), Silicon Valley

Innovator. Strategist. Institution Builder.

Yong Ning holds a Master of Science in Computational Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), awarded under full scholarship, and graduated with First-Class Honours in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Prior to founding Coding Lab®, he served as Director (Asia-Pacific) at Danaher, leading regional strategy and enterprise-level performance transformation across multiple markets. A certified Six-Sigma Black Belt, he brings structured optimisation thinking and executive discipline developed at scale, into education.

At Coding Lab®, Yong Ning designs the curriculum architecture, competition strategy and educator training frameworks personally. He sets the pedagogical and performance standards across the organisation, mentoring the educator team and directing a structured competition training system that prepares students for national and international coding competitions at the highest level.

Every programme reflects the analytical rigour and performance mindset expected at top universities and global technology firms — driving sustained success locally and internationally. His leadership ensures Coding Lab operates with the precision and discipline of a high-performance institution.

Yong Ning’s expertise has been featured in national media including The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, and he serves on expert panels for educational publications in Singapore.