This is the plain version of Scott's interactive desk in Kuala Lumpur.
Scott Lee Siang Fong
Founder of Kognosys. Builds sovereign enterprise AI. Writes as 404 Not Scott.
About
I'm the founder of Kognosys, a sovereign enterprise AI company from Malaysia. We build Enterprise Memory, model routing and traceable AI actions that run on infrastructure our customers control.
Before Kognosys: 25 years in enterprise IT, from a server room in Penang to data centres, SIEM for major banks, and co-founding Netwitz. The full story is on the notepad on my desk and on LinkedIn.
Things I care about
AI that companies can actually own, audit and trust with their data.
Software for small businesses in Malaysia and around the region.
Tools that respect your attention instead of farming it.
Writing
I write about AI, infrastructure and IT security as 404 Not Scott. It's on channel 1 of the TV on my desk.
Say hi
Pop into #lepak on this PC, or find me on LinkedIn.
Credits
This desk was inspired by Felix Rieseberg's website, the best personal site on the internet. Go and visit it.
Work
- KognosysBuilding SenangAI, a sovereign AI platform that turns an organisation's knowledge into trusted answers, apps and workflows, with humans in the loop and the data kept under the customer's control.
- NetwitzSystems integration and enterprise software. Led engineering on analytics and AI-powered monitoring for banks, utilities, manufacturers and government-linked organisations.
- Buzzebees MalaysiaRan the Malaysian joint venture's side of an AI-powered CRM and loyalty platform: merchant partners, loyalty campaigns and app design.
- MacroventionSIEM, big data and analytics, from pre-sales to production. Architected SIEM platforms for one of Malaysia's largest banks and a major international bank.
- Digital Data AsiaStorage, virtualisation and disaster recovery. Delivered four NetApp MetroCluster projects across Malaysia.
- OptalinkData centre and technical operations for more than 400 hosting and colocation customers.
- Wawasan Open UniversityEarly engineering team: built the university's data centre, network and learning platform. Best Employee award.
- Han Chiang University CollegeCampus IT, labs and the learning management system in Penang.
- QdosWhere it started: ERP support, SQL reports, servers and networks in Penang.
Posts
- Five Records, a Quiet Promise, and Why SenangAI Was Born
- SenangAI: What We're Building at Kognosys, and Why
- What Is Sovereign AI? Malaysia's Push, Explained
- A $0 Tech Stack for Small Business: Free Tools and Limits
- Vector Databases Explained: Embeddings in Plain English
- AI Governance: A Practical Starter Guide for Businesses
- Multimodal AI Explained: What It Means for Business
- AI Infrastructure Guide: Compute, Data, Cloud and Cost
- Tea App Breach (July 2025): What Happened and Lessons
- Starlink and Yahoo Mail Outages: Business Continuity Lessons
- Immutable Backups: Your Best Defence Against Ransomware
- Cyberattack Response Plan for SMEs: A Practical Guide
- AI and Cybersecurity: Defence, Attacks and Securing Your AI
- Zero Trust Security Explained Simply
- Serverless Computing Explained: When It Fits
- Edge AI Explained: Running AI Close to the Data
- Cloud-Native Security Best Practices: A Plain Guide
- AI in DevOps: How to Use It Without Breaking Things
- The 16 Billion Password Leak: What It Really Was
- What Is a Data Breach? A Plain Guide for Businesses
- LLM Roadmap for Beginners: A Practical Step-by-Step Path
- Enterprise AI Roadmap: A Practical Pilot Checklist
- What Is AI Reasoning? Reasoning Models Explained
- FMCG Mobile Apps: How to Get People Opening Them Daily
Online
- LinkedInin/scott-leesf
- Kognosyskognosys.com
- Linkslinkme.kognosys.com
- Blog404 Not Scott