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Gary Ng

CEO and Co-Founder, viAct

Bringing AI-driven sustainability to high-risk worksites — where workforce safety, environmental performance, and operational resilience converge.

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Artificial Intelligence Workforce Safety Computer Vision Construction Tech Environmental Health & Safety Operational Sustainability

About

Gary Ng is the CEO and Co-Founder of viAct, an AI video analytics platform for high-risk worksites. With a background in building engineering, Gary turned AIpreneur with the founding of viAct in 2016, and brings more than a decade of experience implementing technological innovations across the construction industry. Before viAct, he was Managing Director of 3D fashiontech firm EFI Optitex. He is also a visiting faculty professional at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a frequent public speaker on AI-driven sustainability in the workplace.

Articles by Gary Ng

July 7, 2026 The Fragmented Data Problem Nobody in Industrial Safety Wants to Admit AI-powered safety tools are gaining adoption across industrial sectors, but fragmented EHS, contractor, HR, and operations data may be limiting their effectiveness. February 10, 2026 Why Workforce Safety Is an Overlooked Sustainability Lever — and How AI Is Changing That Workforce safety is rarely framed as a sustainability lever, but in construction, manufacturing, energy, and mining, the link between human risk reduction and environmental performance is structural — and AI is making it visible, measurable, and actionable.

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