Dr. Che received his BEng degree (First Class Honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2009. He then obtained his PhD degree in 2013 under auspices of a dual PhD programme between the University of Malaya and Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. From 2014-2022 Dr. Che served as a Senior Lecturer in Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Center (UMPEDAC), University of Malaya, Malaysia, where he led the Smart Transportation Laboratory on research relating to electric motors and drives as well as renewable energy applications. Since 2022, Dr. Che joined EV Connection Sdn Bhd as the Technical Director, where he leads the development of the EV Charger Management System (CMS), smart charging and energy storage solutions. Over his academic career, Dr. Che has published more than 80 international journals, conference papers and book chapters, including several highly cited journals in IEEE Transactions. As of 2025, Dr. Che has an h-index of 25 on Google Scholar with more than 3500 citations. From 2014-2022, he served as an associate editor for IET-Electrical Power Application (IET-EPA) journal and Alexandria Engineering Journal and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US. Throughout his professional career, Dr. Che has been actively involved for energy and electric mobility related projects, providing consultation and services for organizations such as United Nation Industrial Development Office (UNIDO), Academy of Sciences Malaya (ASM), Malaysian Green Technology Cooperation (MGTC), MIMOS, NanoMalaysia Sdn Bhd and others.
At EV Connection (EVC), Dr. Che lead the development of JomCharge EV charging management platform, as well as the deployment of charging solutions involving battery energy storage systems (BESS). With the team at EVC, Dr. Che has developed and deployed the first second-life EV battery mobile rescue van, Battery Assisted EV Charging Stations in Malaysia, and deployed a collective of 3MWh of battery energy storage systems in Malaysia.