Shahrul is Director, Product Engineering at Astro, a position he has held since 21 April 2021. He leads Astro’s extensive product engineering portfolio focusing on product innovation, the development, integration and building of user experience/interfaces to be delivered on both satellite and OTT networks, across all consumer device variants that include STB and smart devices. His leadership has resulted in the delivery of flagship products launched by Astro over the years since 2009 namely Astro GO, HD, On Demand, 4K UHD, Cloud DVR, Restart TV, sooka, Addressable Advertising and the current Ultra and Ulti Boxes.

Shahrul, a home-grown talent, started his career in 1996 with Astro as a Signal Processing Engineer in the Broadcast Production and Operations division. He has held various key positions in the Technology Division of Astro ranging from being Head of Platform Engineering and the Vice President of Consumer Devices, to co-leading the Commercial Division as Vice President of Strategic Contracts overseeing strategic partnerships between Astro and major global technology providers.

He holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Science Malaysia and attended Harvard Business School programmes. He has served for several years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Berhad (MTSFB), an organisation established according to MCMC guidelines.