Studio

About Index Signal Core

A Kota Kinabalu studio that designs performance indexes and early-warning signal charts for Malaysian leadership rooms.

Official name and founding

Index Signal Core Sdn. Bhd. is the registered business name behind this studio. We were established in 2018 in Kota Kinabalu after two finance and operations practitioners spent a year redrawing unreadable KPI walls for Sabah manufacturers and distributors. The early work was print-heavy: large index panels, hand-marked band lines, and facilitator scripts taped beside the coffee machine. That craft still shapes every commission.

What we do now

We design core performance indexes and early-warning signal charts for rooms that need a shared reading order — not another slide theme. Clients come to us when metric packs grow louder than decisions, or when amber thresholds exist only in someone’s head.

How we work

  • Start from the floor conversation, not from a template gallery
  • Prefer fewer drivers with clear owners over decorative dials
  • Write change rules before we polish colour
  • Leave source files and a checklist so your team can update bands without us

People

Portrait of Maya Chong

Maya Chong

Index design lead · former FP&A

Portrait of Rizal Hamid

Rizal Hamid

Signal charts & floor facilitation

Portrait of Elena Vos

Elena Vos

Governance workshops & handover kits

Malaysia context

Our desk is at Office 9, 53 Demo Road, Kota Kinabalu 00000. Much of the work travels by ferry schedule and flight clock — we plan on-site days around Sabah clients and run remote reviews with peninsula stakeholders who share the same index.

Values we will not dilute

Honesty in weights beats decorative balance. If a favourite metric does not lead, it stays off the index. If data cannot refresh on the stated cycle, we say so before colour is chosen.