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We help companies grow
by providing services
that combine innovation,
technology and practicality
HTC is a provider of services using enabling technologies that help our customers in various industries – with a focus in Banking and Healthcare; to make major strides in their performance and capabilities. We are committed to support our customer’s growth by providing solutions that bring together innovation, technology and practicality, so that they can stay focused on their core business and achieve milestone breakthroughs.
We help companies grow
by providing services
that combine innovation,
technology and practicality
HTC is a provider of services using enabling technologies that help our customers in various industries – with a focus in Banking and Healthcare; to make major strides in their performance and capabilities. We are committed to support our customer’s growth by providing solutions that bring together innovation, technology and practicality, so that they can stay focused on their core business and achieve milestone breakthroughs.
We are a trusted
name in the industry
Founded in 1989 by our visionary leader Harres Tan with the single minded purpose of leveraging technology as a strategic tool to help businesses stay competitive, HTC has earned our success and industry prominence amongst the government and private sectors, both in the regional and global marketplace.
The HTC brand is built upon investing in relationships for the long-term, ensuring our customers’ stability despite economic uncertainties and always delivering works of quality to the satisfaction of our customers.
Leveraging our cumulative years of exposure to market trends and our customers’ needs, we transform our experiences into creating bold ideas that propel businesses forward. Agility drives us to remain adaptable to changes and helps us to respond swiftly to challenges – We emerge stronger and better year after year.
Building years of
excellence since 1989
Some highlights of our company’s major achievements throughout the years include numerous large and successful banking projects for its global partner Rototype International in the areas of Systems Design and Development for tier-1 banks worldwide; And in partnership with Panton eHealth Sdn Bhd, HTC had successfully implemented the first Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system in Malaysia for a 300-bed private hospital which has been widely adopted by its doctors since 2009, and had undertaken the development and implementation of a Laboratory Information System (LIS) that runs 20,000 tests a day for the largest government hospital in Malaysia for the last 18 years.
HTC through the years
1989
HT Consulting was founded and incorporated by Harres Tan.
The Company was the earliest proponent of Database Management Systems (DBMS) in Malaysia and represented UNIFY Corp. of the USA to distribute its products to the South East Asian market. Major projects using UNIFY included Ministry of Finance Sabah, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, SP Setia and See Hoy Chan Group.
Early 90’s
The Company played a key role in introducing and influencing the Malaysian government to adopt international standards in the areas of Project Management, which resulted in a successful collaboration with INTAN to train Malaysian civil servants on Prince2 methodology.
At the same time, the Company also teamed up with IBM Malaysia to promote Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence services working with MAS and Maybank.
Mid 90’s
The Company provided its 1st outsourcing service to a large Singaporean company – funded by the Singaporean Government, to develop a comprehensive Hospital Information System (HIS) solution. It’s success was subsequently recognized when this solution was implemented by nearly 70 healthcare facilities in the ASEAN region.
It is also this period that the Company teamed up with BEA Inc. of USA to provide Middleware Application to large IBM mainframe users. Major customers included Telekom Malaysia, Ambank, Singapore Pools, Itochu Plastics and Total Access Communication (TAC) of Thailand.
Late 90’s
The Company provided outsourcing services to an Australian healthcare company to redevelop a Laboratory Information System (LIS) solution for Malaysia. This solution was subsequently implemented by the largest hospital in Malaysia in 1998 and in use until today.
It was also during this period that the Company made its 1st foray into the banking industry by undertaking a project to provide e-solutions to Ambank Malaysia.
The Company started helping large organizations like Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), K&N Kenanga, Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank and Fairchild Semiconductors, KWSP and SOSCO, amongst others – to streamline its processes by implementing PantonEDMS & Workflow.
Early 2000’s
The Company started to provide outsourcing services to Rototype International in the areas of systems design and development for its global banking clientele including HSBC Group, Citi Group and Bank of China, amongst others.
The Company, via its subsidiary Panton eHealth Sdn Bhd continued to develop its PantonEDMS product to full maturity and secured customers such as Carsem, Silterra, Havi Food and DRB Group.
Mid late 2000’s
The Company continued to expand and develop its Panton range of products to include state-of-the-art Healthcare solution PantonEMR (Electronic Medical Records).
In 2009, the Company implemented PantonEMR – the 1st successful Electronic Medical Records solution using iPad/Tablet PC; to Loh Guan Lye Specialists Centre which was 100% adopted by its users (Doctors & Nurses).
Early 2010’s to present day
The Company embarked on a rapid expansion by extending its reach to more global banking customers in Hong Kong, UK, USA, Middle East and Africa.
In 2016, HT Consulting rebranded itself to be known as HTC, charting a new course into providing services using enabling technologies to help banks and hospitals propel further in their area of expertise.
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