Our Team






Ruth S. Arunasalam

CEO


Ruth S. Arunasalam, is an entrepreneur, lecturer, trainer and the founder of Ruth Training & Development Academy with its base in Klang. She is known for her passion in autism and empowers learners with her outstanding knowledge and tools of dealing with autism through her workshops. Her competency as a trainer, teacher and lecturer has left a profound effect on both local and international students from Malaysia, Singapore, Iran, Iraq, Syria , Japan Korea Latin American countries and other Asean countries like Australia as well as the U. K.
Her background in law with a LLB Hons from UK, a Masters from University Malaya and a running PhD in autism has created an impact in her teaching methods, styles and delivery. She is also a certified trainer with PSMB and ACM UK with ISO 17024 taking corporate learners to a different dimension with her unique teaching styles for the past 35 years.
She has been lecturing for the past 35 years in several areas ranging from Autism, Developmental Psychology, Effective Presentation Skills, Critical Thinking, Reading Skills, Academic Writing, Communication Strategies, Legal English, TESOL, MUET, Business English, English Proficiency, IELTS, Online Learning English using Blackboard Collaborate with University of New York, and teaching subjects on a range of other degree, masters and certificate programmes.
The past 36 years has taken Ruth to several key institutions like University Malaya, UITM, KBU International College, as it was known, Brickfields Asia College corporate institutions like BHP Billiton, Nestle, Mindef, Maktab Polis where she has been engaged in teaching, training and educating on several courses. (to name a few)
Her other forte is Bahasa Malaysia where corporate adults and foreign learners comprising HR Directors and managers from Australia, Scotland, France and Chile and the United Kingdom and Denmark as well as conducting cross cultural training with several organizations like Nestle and IEV Engineering.
She has devised various methods, techniques and modules to enhance learning and help students with various learning disabilities and poor attention span by injecting motivational activities before teaching them.
Her continuous passion in autism is her current pursuit where she is going nation- wide to educate teachers, parents and anyone who wants to be empowered in understanding the autism spectrum disorders.



Jude Selvaraj Joseph

Executive Director & Consultant

Jude Selvaraj Joseph’s diverse background and versatility in training both youth and adult learners enables him to tap on an abundance of experiences in sharing, connecting and engaging with individuals.
He is an International Dynamic Speaker, Certified Corporate Trainer and Entrepreneur. He has acclaimed a lot of goodwill and accolades in the fields of education and corporate trainings both locally and internationally by his High Impact Sessions.
Jude belongs to the new era of trainers in excellence. He is an Accredited Trainer from ACM International Academy (AIA), UK for ISO 17024:2012 Professional Programs, a Certified Trainer from Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB), Malaysia and also a Certified Training and Development Manager (Associate) from the Cambridge Association of Managers, United Kingdom.
Jude has a double Masters in Business Administration (MBA). One from AsiaeUniversity, Malaysia and the other from University of The West of Scotland, United Kingdom. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). He also possesses certification and experience in Human Resources, Hospitality, Logistics and Supply Chain (to name a few).
Over the last 23 years, Jude has worked with several organisations namely The Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (formerly known as Institute of Bankers, Malaysia), Perak Branch, Kolej Syuen, Ipoh and Scania - Southeast Asia, Shah Alam holding senior positions in the areas of education, coaching, training and development, hospitality, logistics, supply chain, warehousing etc. whilst pursuing his passion in training and development.
Today, Jude teaches and trains a wide range of areas. His areas of training expertise (to name a few) include:


  1. • Managerial Skills & Team Effectiveness
  2. • Business Writing & Presentation Skills
  3. • Dynamic Communication
  4. • Coaching & Facilitation Techniques
  5. • Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
  6. • Compensation & Benefits
  7. • Domestic Inquiry
  8. • Contracts Management
  9. • Purchasing & Procurement
  10. • Standard Operating Procedures & Standards
  11. • Lean Practices
  12. • Customer Experience
  13. • Menu Planning & Development
  14. • Front & Back-Of-House Operations
  15. • Conflict Management: Anticipating & Managing Conflicts
  16. • Train the Trainer
  17. • Psychometric Assessments: Understanding Personality Traits
  18. • Youth Mentoring
  19. • Strategic Logistics & Supply Chain
  20. • Transportation
  21. • Developing & Managing Contracts
  22. • Benchmarking
  23. • Total Quality Management (TQM)
  24. • Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
  25. • Kaizen
  26. • Sourcing & Tendering
  27. • Supplier Evaluation & Appraisal
  28. • Procurement Transformation
  29. • Negotiation Methods & Skills
  30. • Cost Reduction Strategies & Techniques
  31. • KPIs Setting & Implementation
  32. • Supplier Relationship Management
  33. • Supplier Information Management
  34. • Lean & Agile Practices
  35. • Procurement: Policy & Strategy Development
  36. • The future of procurement & supply management
  37. • Outsourcing and 3PLs
  38. • Fourth-party Logistics
  39. • Warehouse Managementt
  40. • Root Cause Analysis

Jude is appreciated for his sincerity, dynamism, positive energy and wealth of resonant experiences he brings to his programs. Owing to his down-to-earth approach, it is not surprising that participants (young or old) flock to him to share their experiences and to learn from him.