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Government CIO of Estonia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19160″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Lim Bee Kwan
Assistant Chief Executive, Governance & Cyber Security, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Lim Bee Kwan
Assistant Chief Executive, Governance and Cybersecurity, Government Technology Agency (GovTech)

Bee Kwan is the Assistant Chief Executive for Governance and Cybersecurity, Government Technology Agency (GovTech). Her focus is to develop strategies to deepen cybersecurity capabilities and strengthen the governance function so as to support and guide the Government’s digital service delivery and Smart Nation infrastructure and applications.

Prior to her appointment as ACE, she was the Senior Director of the Government Infrastructure Group, GovTech. There, she was instrumental in the conceptualisation and development of Whole-of-Government ICT infrastructure so as to provide technical architectural resources for central government initiatives with the aim of delivering technological efficiency and ICT innovation to the Government’s IT operations.

Bee Kwan has over 30 years of experience in the field of infocomm technology, and has held leadership roles in public agencies such as Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (GovTech’s predecessor organisation), Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising committee, Ministry of Health, People’s Association, and Ministry of Education.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18717″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sak Segkhoonthod
President and CEO, Digital Government Development Agency (Public Organization) (DGA)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19163″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Dr Suhazimah Dzazali
Government CIO, Malaysia / Deputy Director General, Malaysia Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), Prime Minister’s Department[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Dr. Suhazimah Dzazali
Government CIO, Malaysia / Deputy Director General, Malaysia Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), Prime Minister’s Department

Dr. Suhazimah Binti Dzazali was appointed to the role of Deputy Director General (ICT) in MAMPU, Prime Minister’s Department in August 2014. Not new to MAMPU, she was previously the Public Sector ICT Consultant (Information Security Management). A post she held since 17 November 2008.

Her current portfolio covers the role of Government Chief Information Officer as well as leading the Public Sector ICT planning and development. In relation to her contributions in the field of cyber security she was awarded the Information Security Professional of the Year 2013 by the CSM-ACE. In 2016, Dr. Suhazimah was awarded the CIO Asean Honoree Award by IDG, CEO & CIO Club.

Dr. Suhazimah has also served in various Government agencies mainly INTAN, Immigration Department of Malaysia, and Road Transport Department. Her 31 years as civil servant has provided her with wealth of knowledge and experience in system development, information security as well as direct involvement in several transformative projects such as the computerization and modernization of the Malaysian Immigration Department (1995-2000), setting up of Government Emergency Response Team (2001), and the development of Malaysian Public Sector Risk Assessment Methodology (2003-2004).

Dr. Suhazimah obtained her PhD (Information Security Management) from University of Malaya in 2007 and has Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science from Northrop University, California (USA). She is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA, Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) from Malaysian IT Software Quality Board and Certified Disaster Recovery Professional (CDRP) from EC Council.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19164″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Shirin Hamid
Principal Director (CIO), Asian Development Bank (ADB)[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Shirin Hamid
Principal Director (CIO)
Office of Information Systems and Technology
Asian Development Bank

Shirin Hamid is the Principal Director (Chief Information Officer) of the Office of Information Systems and Technology of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 2016.  Ms. Hamid is responsible for the organization’s IT digital transformation, operations and resources.

Ms. Hamid, a Singapore national, has more than 20 years of working experience in the IT industry. She was most recently the Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Office of Information Systems and Technology in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a post she assumed in 2005, providing strategic direction and innovative stewardship in the use of information management and technology, and served as a principal advisor to senior management in areas of ICT strategies, governance, and global operations.

Prior to that she was General Manager of IS/IT in Singapore-based Keppel Offshore and Marine and concurrently of its parent company, Keppel Corporation. She also served as the Chief Technology Officer of TradeoneAsia where she formulated the company’s IT strategy, built its technology team and IT services including its core procurement and reverse auction strategic platform.  She provided her expertise at Deloitte Consulting in Boston and Singapore and at Andersen Consulting/Accenture.

Ms. Hamid has a Master’s degree in Business Systems Analysis and Design from City University and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Coventry University both based in the United Kingdom.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19227″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Dr David Hardoon
Chief Data Officer, Data Analytics Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Dr David Hardoon
Chief Data Officer, Data Analytics Group
Monetary Authority of Singapore

Dr David Hardoon is the Chief Data Officer and Head of the Data Analytics Group (DAG) at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

The DAG leads MAS’ efforts to harness the power of data analytics to unlock insights, enhance the supervision of financial institutions, and make regulatory compliance more efficient for financial institutions.

Prior to his current engagement, Dr Hardoon was co-founder and Executive Director at Azendian Solutions Pte. Ltd. where he was responsible for the advanced analytics practice and the positioning of business analytics advisory and services to clients across different business sectors across the region.

Dr Hardoon received a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with first class honors at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2002 and a PhD in Computer Science in the field of Machine Learning from the University of Southampton 2006. He is currently an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Computational Statistics & Machine Learning, University College London.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19226″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Marten Kaevats
National Digital Advisor, Government Office of Estonia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19225″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Wu Choy Peng
Chief Technology Officer, GIC[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Wu Choy Peng
Chief Technology Officer, GIC

Ms Wu Choy Peng was appointed GIC’s Chief Technology Officer on 14 August 2017 to provide integrated oversight for technology and data analytics. Before joining GIC, she was Group Chief Information Officer of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel). From 2006 to 2012, she was Group Chief Information Officer of Neptune Orient Lines Group. Prior to that, she held various senior appointments including the Singapore Government’s Chief Information Officer, Deputy Chief Executive (Industry) of the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Education (MOE). She spent 10 years at the National Computer Board (NCB) upon graduation.

Ms Wu holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Computer/Communication Science/Mathematics and a Master of Science in Computer Science/Engineering, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19224″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Boonson Jenchaimahakoon
First Senior Executive Vice President (IT Group), The Government Savings Bank[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Boonson Jenchaimahakoon
First Senior Executive Vice President (IT Group), The Government Savings Bank

Boonson, CIO of Government Savings Bank – the largest bank in Thailand, has the responsibility for overall bank’s technology with strategic mission to drive the bank to be the best Digital bank in Thailand.

Since joined Government Savings Bank in 2007, He focused the first 3 years to revamp the bank’s Core IT system and infrastructure. The bank has significantly changed from the typical legacy government bank into one of the leading modernized bank equipped with the latest and dynamic technology foundation. The new core banking system has enabled the bank’s double digit growth for 5 consecutive years and laid out the solid ground for the upcoming digital era.

He has a strong belief in governance model, proven by ISO38500:2015 certified in addition to all other required certifications.

Currently, he is moving the bank to the next level, Digital Bank with the new branding MyMo (My Money, My Mobile) to support the bank’s pressure to reduce cost and introduce innovation to the market. The proven successful Fintech revenue sharing model enabling joint innovation and speed to market is first of its kind in the market. MyMo is not just another channel like other banks; it is a tightly integrated to the bank’s core system enables the speed to market.

In 2018, the full functions of teller and sales force are moved on to tablet devices under the project SUMO (Sales and Services Unit on Mobile) and Employee achievement results are now almost real-time under MEMO (Modern Employee on Mobile).

Prior to join the bank, his previous experience includes Clients Solution Executive for IBM Global Services (Asia Pacific Region) – Strategic Outsourcing (SO), Country Director of Avaya Asia Pacific (Thailand Branch), and Consultant to Thailand Fiscal Policy Research Institute (under Ministry of Finance, Thailand).

Boonson has a Bachelor in Mathematics from Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. He holds a Master in Industrial Engineering and Management from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19223″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Tinku Gupta
Executive Vice President, Head of Technology, Singapore Exchange[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Tinku Gupta
Executive Vice President, Head of Technology, Singapore Exchange

Ms Tinku Gupta is the Head of Technology and a member of the SGX Executive Management Committee, where she is responsible for the overall planning, development and implementation of the company’s technology-related strategies and initiatives, as well as operations of SGX Technology environment.

Tinku joined SGX in 1996, and over the past 20 years she successfully led Technology, Business, Strategy and Programme Management functions, implementing trading and clearing platforms while driving operational resilience and innovation programmes. Tinku has also led Market Data and Connectivity business at SGX establishing new business lines like the co-location services and the index business.

Tinku holds a Masters’ degree in Engineering[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19231″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Margus Mägi
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Omniva (Former Digital Policy Adviser for EU Secretariat Government Office of Estonia)[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Margus Mägi
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Omniva (Former Digital Policy Adviser for EU Secretariat Government Office of Estonia)

Margus Mägi is a former Digital Policy Adviser for Government Office of Estonia, tasked to prepare and coordinate digital policies across the board and throughout the government for the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Always passionate about technology and how it can improve communities and people’s lives, Margus brings with him more than 10 years of experience in the ICT field which spans across Europe to the Middle East. His expertise varies from social entrepreneurship to e-government initiatives and business development. Throughout his career, Margus has been part of many award-winning projects that are considered to be benchmarks in their fields.

Margus is currently the Head of Strategic Partnerships at Omniva, a government-owned universal postal service provider and infologistics company that aims to develop a real-time economy ecosystem. Imagine accurate predictions of future and seamlessly working digital society.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19230″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Pauline Tan
Senior Vice President, Technology, SATS[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]

[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18935″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Dr Sami Ben Jamaa
Global Chief Information Officer, JERA Co. Inc. (Japan)[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Dr Sami Ben Jamaa
Global Chief Information Officer, JERA Co. Inc. (Japan)
Dr. Ben Jamaa is a visionary and strategist in the fields of Technology, Innovation and digital transformation. He has more than 20 years of experience academia, IT consultancy and executive management and has lead major M&A and transformation programs. He is a panelist and speaker in events advocating change through technology and promoting IT leadership.

Dr. Ben Jamaa latest work is focusing on the digitalization of knowledge and developing cognitive automation models.

Dr. Ben Jamaa, a Japanese national of Tunisian origin, have been living in Japan since 1994.

Dr. Ben Jamaa has been listed in 100 top CIO for 2017 as run by Computerworld.com.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19229″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Martin Ruubel
President, Guardtime[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Martin Ruubel
President, Guardtime

Martin has 20 years of entrepreneurial, general management and customer development experience in technology-based early and growth stage B2B companies.

Martin is has been with Guardtime since 2007 and his business endeavors prior to Guardtime include Wicom Communications, a Finnish startup that created the world’s first Enterprise IP communications software suite (acquired by SAP AG in 2007) and Streamtainment Systems that invented an ultra low-latency a/v streaming technology for interactive TV applications.

He also served as CEO of NarTest, Raleigh-Durham based R&D company focusing on forensic applications for its proprietary fluorescence spectroscopy and neural networks technologies for rapid and conclusive illicit drug detection, working together with DEA, state courts and local law enforcement agencies.

Martin is currently also a First Director and Vice Chairman of the European Cybersecurity Organization (ECSO) uniting close to 200 members from the European industry and academia active in the cybersecurity field.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19228″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Arvind Mathur
Chief Information & Digital Officer, Prudential Assurance Singapore[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Arvind Mathur
Chief Information & Digital Officer, Prudential Assurance Singapore

Arvind is a business leader in the digital economy, on a mission to accelerate value. As the Chief Information Officer of Prudential Assurance Singapore, Arvind is building a digital powerhouse to help the life insurer create awesome experiences for its employees, customers, and distributors.

Arvind joined the insurance industry after nearly 20 years in the Consumer Goods industry, and brings with him a strong passion for customer centricity and experiences driving digital transformations across business and technology domains. He has lived in India, Philippines, USA and Singapore.

Arvind is a lean/ agile champion, enjoys leading cross-functional teams, and organization capability building. He believes that technology is driving more and more industries into exponential growth and disruption that will affect every facet of our lives and will surprise even the most visionary among us. He is excited to have a role in creating the future.

Arvind is an Industrial Engineer and an MBA in Finance. He loves learning and tinkering, and has a lab at home where he can often be caught playing with 3D Printers, Raspberry PIs, Micro:bits, Robots, Home Automation, Cloud Services, Audio/Video equipment, Cameras, Telescopes and various combinations of the above.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19234″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Karoli Hindriks
CEO & Founder, Jobbatical[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Karoli Hindriks
CEO & Founder, Jobbatical

Karoli is the CEO and founder of Jobbatical, a company nominated by Forbes as one of Europe’s 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs For 2018. Jobbatical is the first startup focused on connecting the tech industry with ready-to-relocate talent around the world.

With the tagline Hire the World, Jobbatical sits squarely at the intersection of the future of travel, work and talent mobility. While many other companies provide job matching, Jobbatical differentiates itself with immigration assistance, client branding, copywriting and other support services. As this Forbes article recently put it “Jobbatical is interesting because it caters for the people who are globally confident and who identify as citizens of the world.”

In 2017 Karoli was nominated as a speaker at the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women International Summit. In 2016 and 2017 EU-Startups named Karoli one of the 50 most influential women in the European startup and venture capital space. She founded her first company at the age of sixteen, officially becoming the youngest inventor of Estonia. Karoli successfully lead the launch of seven television channels in Northern Europe, including National Geographic Channels, MTV, and Fox entertainment. Earlier in her career she was named one of the 20 most promising young entrepreneurs under 25 in Europe by business magazine BusinessWeek.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19233″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Ramesh Narayanaswamy
Group Chief Information & Operations Officer, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (Malaysia)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18723″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Gregor Hohpe
Technical Director, Office of the CTO, Google[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Gregor Hohpe
Technical Director, Office of the CTO, Google Cloud

As technical director in the office of the CTO, Gregor draws on broad technical expertise in distributed systems and cloud computing as well as a diverse IT background that includes professional services, internet computing, and enterprise IT. By translating the “big picture” view across organization, software delivery, and infrastructure into a sustainable architecture strategy, he ensures that enterprises achieve the maximum benefit of a cloud-based operations model.

Before re-joining Google, Gregor held a position as Chief Architect at Allianz SE, one of world’s largest insurance companies. Reporting to the IT division’s CEO, he drove Allianz’ digital transformation by evolving corporate IT from mere cost center to an innovation driver that unlocks new business opportunities. After establishing an architecture function and governance model that accelerated software delivery while reducing complexity and operational expenses, he led the architectural authority of a global data center consolidation and initiated and delivered a comprehensive on-premise cloud platform.

During his seven years as Staff Software Engineer at Google, Gregor was instrumental in refactoring the AdWords Front-end system, developing comprehensive onboarding training, and optimizing Mobile Ads delivery in Mountain View and Tokyo. A project he initiated and led in Tokyo tracked mobile ads to physical in-store conversions using NFC technology. Before Google, Gregor held positions as practice lead and senior manager at ThoughtWorks, Deloitte, and American Management Systems where he developed solutions for customers ranging from public sector to energy and financial services.

Gregor is widely known as co-author of the seminal book “Enterprise Integration Patterns”, which provides design guidance for asynchronous messaging solutions and forms the base vocabulary for most modern ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) products. He summarized his experience transforming enterprises in the book “37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation” and is an active member of the IEEE Software advisory board. His articles have been featured in “Best Software Writing” by Joel Spolsky and “97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know”. As frequent speaker at conferences around the globe, he is known for his ability to convey complex topics in an engaging and approachable form without compromising technical detail.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management, both from Stanford University. During weekends he likes to enjoy the outdoors while having his legs strapped to a mountain bike or snowboard.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19232″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Iwan Djuniardi
Director Transformation Technology, Communication and Information, Directorate of General Tax[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Iwan Djuniardi
Director Transformation Technology, Communication and Information, Directorate of General Tax

Mr Iwan Djuniardi has been serving as Director of ICT Transformation of the Directorate of General Tax (DGT) since April 2015. Prior to that, he was the Director of Tax Information Technology responsible for formulating regulations and technical standardisation in the Taxes information technology area.

Some of the notable projects he has led include e-tax services such as E-Filling, E-Tax Invoice, E-Billing, and Mobile Application. He also succeeded in introducing and deploying the first Big Data Analytics among government agencies in Indonesia. Mr Djuniardi’s success in deploying innovative technology in government services have earned him many accolades, among others; “Indonesia Best CIO” at SWA Indonesia Best E-Corp Award 2015 (first time for a government official to receive such distinguished award) and “The Most Innovative CIO” at the iCIO Award 2017.

A frequent speaker at industry conferences and events around the region, Mr Djuniardi earned his bachelor degree in engineering and MBA from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in 1992 and 1994 respectively.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18732″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Surachai Chatchalermpun
Chief Information Security Officer, Krung Thai Bank[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Surachai Chatchalermpun
Chief Information Security Officer of Krung Thai Bank (KTB)

K. Surachai holds a First class honors in Bachelor’s degree of Computer Engineering from King Mongkut University Technology of Thonburi in 2007. He got “Team work Excellence Award” of PTT ICT Solutions: Best Employee of 2009 and got award from (ISC)2Asia-Pacific ISLA (Information Security Leadership Award) in 2011.

Currently, Surachai is the Chief Information Security Officer of Krung Thai Bank (KTB), leading an IT security team responsible for App penetration testing, IT security compliance, security solution architect, security awareness and UAM.  Prior to joining KTB, Surachai was the Regional IT Security Manager and Head of IT Security at Maybank Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) responsible for all spectrum of the company’s IT Security.

Surachai is a member of TISA, Thailand Information Security Association, and leads TISA Volunteers to collaborate setting up “TISA-Pro Talk” seminar for security professional to share their experiences and social networking across industries such as Telecommunication, Bank, Hospital, University and etc.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19239″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Sunny Lee
Vice President (Administration), City University of Hong Kong[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Sunny WK Lee
Vice-President (Administration), City University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Sunny WK Lee is currently the Vice-President (Administration) at City University of Hong Kong. He has more than 30 years of experience in business and technology management in Hong Kong and overseas. He was Executive Director, IT of The Hong Kong Jockey Club and Chief Information Officer of Hong Kong and China Gas Limited, with overall responsibility for their IT strategy and innovation. Prior to that, he was VP and Systems Director of Bank of America in Hong Kong, with a key role in building up IT capabilities to support bank’s business expansion in Asia. He also held key IT positions in the financial, management consulting and manufacturing industries in USA. Mr. Lee receives recognition of his professional and community contributions, with various awards including Asia CIO Award, China Top CIO Award. He holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, from Cornell University of USA.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19238″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Gregory Sim
Executive Director, Regional Head of Information and Cyber Security, Standard Chartered Bank[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Gregory Sim
Executive Director, Regional Head of Information and Cyber Security, Standard Chartered Bank

Gregory Sim is Executive Director and Regional Head of Information and Cyber Security for Standard Chartered Bank covering ASEAN and South Asia region. Prior to that, he spent 22 years of his career in financial services sector and was most recently the Head of Information Security for Singapore Exchange (SGX), whilst his former employers include Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and CLSA.

Outside his formal appointment, Gregory is active in numerous industry-level steering committees in Singapore and abroad. He was one of the co-founders of World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Global Exchange Consortium which was commissioned in New York in 2014 to combat systemic cyber abuse in financial exchanges globally. Gregory has also presented and spoken in various international conferences, roundtable forums and panel discussions on cyber security. Most notably, he was invited to speak about cyber risks at United Nations’ RIAS annual meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands in 2017 of which he called for heightened intergovernmental cooperation by adopting a multidisciplinary approach in countering cybercrime.

Gregory is currently the Vice Chairman of Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) Standing Committee on Cyber Security (SCCS), and a Cyber Risk Subject Matter Lead for ASEAN Bankers Association’s (ABA) Committee for Cooperation for Finance, Investment and Trade (COFIT).[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19237″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Sekar Jaganathan
Chief Information Officer, Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Sekar Jaganathan
Chief Information Officer, Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd

Mr. Sekar Jaganathan has over 28 years of experience in managing business operations, personnel and information technology. He has assisted established stockbroking and information technology companies throughout the region.

Mr. Sekar is now the CIO of Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between Kenanga Investment Bank and Rakuten Securities, Japan.

He is responsible of setting up the first virtual stockbroker in Malaysia.

Prior to Rakuten Trade, Sekar was the Director / Head of Group Transformation and Technology for Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad, one of Malaysia’s leading independent Investment Bank and is responsible for the Group’s 5 year Transformation Roadmap. The transformation plan conveys the need to achieve operational efficiency and also increasing business velocity.

He was also the Regional VP for Citigroup, managing projects across 16 countries for AML before joining Kenanga Investment Bank.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19236″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Gaurav Sachdeva
Chief Product Officer, Singapore Press Holdings[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Gaurav Sachdeva
Chief Product Officer, Singapore Press Holdings

Gaurav is currently Chief Product Officer at Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. driving the vision, strategy, design, development and monetization of its digital media content and products. Backed with an experience of 15 years in technology, business strategy and product management, Gaurav was Head of Product for Growth at Grab, Product Leader at Autodesk & Adobe driving their respective products portfolios, whilst defining the next generation strategy and steering core thinking for these products through business model transformation. Gaurav is a MBA from Indian School of Business (India), and has a background in computer science and engineering from Cambridge University (UK) and Delhi College of Engineering (India). Outside of work he dwells in Music, photography, and cooking with friends over, for engaging conversations on cinema and world matters.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19235″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen
Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific, Red Hat[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen
Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific, Red Hat

Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen is the senior vice president and general manager for Red Hat’s Asia Pacific region. In this role, he is responsible for expanding Red Hat’s presence and oversee all sales, marketing, and services throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Since his move to Singapore in September 2009, as the leader of the Asia Pacific region he has tripled the company’s revenue and today it is recognized as one of Red Hat’s fastest growing region.

Van Leeuwen joined Red Hat in 2004 to establish Red Hat’s operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg (Benelux). Soon after that his responsibilities got expanded with Central Europe and later also Eastern Europe. As vice president for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) he helped to significantly grow the EMEA business until he moved to Singapore in 2009.

Thanks to his Computer Engineering background Van Leeuwen has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry and has a deep understanding of the enterprise software market and the channels in both Asia Pacific and Europe.

Prior to working for Red Hat, he was a European director for PlanetWeb Inc. and the director of Northern Europe for SCO, where he built its sales operations in Benelux and the Nordic region.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19245″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Soh Siew Choo
Managing Director, Group Head of Consumer Banking and Big Data/AI Technology, DBS Bank[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Soh Siew Choo
Managing Director, Group Head of Consumer Banking and Big Data/AI Technology, DBS Bank

In her current role, Siew Choo drives the DBS BANK’s transformation leveraging Agile, Cloud Computing, Big Data, AI and Machine Learning. Prior to that, she was Managing Director, Head of Core Systems Technology, responsible for driving the strategy for the enterprise-wide technology solutions for Core Banking, Finance, Risk, Compliance and Audit. She has also been responsible for driving the multi-year technology roadmap, ensuring high quality deliveries and taking innovation and agility to the next level.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19244″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Tim Synan
Head of Google Cloud, SE Asia, Google[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]George LEE
Senior Director – Asia Pacific and Japan, RSA, Dell Technologies

George Lee – IT executive with over 18 years of regional sales and operations background for world-class organizations. Thought leader with consulting experience and strong leadership skills. Mr. Lee is an experienced executive that built high-performance organization, led operational changes, process improvement, and driven business growth in complex business environment. Regional office responsibility, with proven track records in capturing new business and entering emerging markets through extensive partnerships and engagement with C-level clients.

George is currently responsible for sales, business development, strategic alliance and overall client experience for RSA NetWitness Suite an advanced threat detection business in RSA, Asia Pacific & Japan since 2011.   Mr. Lee is an experienced manager leading the geographically dispersed APJ Team, defining sales strategy, working with the partners’ eco-system and being client executive to multiple major clients.  Prior to this role, Mr. Lee led the EMC Consulting leading the Microsoft practice in South-East Asia with P&L responsibilities.  Prior to EMC, Mr. Lee spent 6 years from in Avanade Inc.  (a Microsoft and Accenture joint venture) as a Senior Manager in Telecommunication sector.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19243″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Julian Quinn
Regional Vice President, Qlik[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Julian Quinn
Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, Qlik

Julian Quinn is responsible for leading and expanding Qlik’s operations throughout the region including Asean, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan markets. With over 30 years of experience in the IT Industry, Quinn has extensive knowledge of APAC markets and has a track record of success. Prior to joining Qlik, he held senior leadership positions at various companies, including: Vice president Asia and Japan at Veeam Software, vice president APAC at Adobe Systems, vice president APAC at Borland, and managing director at Netscape.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19242″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Ilias Chantzos
Senior Director EMEA and APJ, Global CIP and Privacy Advisor Government Affairs, Symantec[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Ilias Chantzos
Senior Director EMEA and APJ, Global CIP and Privacy Advisor Government Affairs, Symantec

In his role, Ilias Chantzos represents Symantec before government bodies, national authorities and international organisations advising on public policy issues with particular regard to IT security and privacy. Before joining Symantec, he worked as legal and policy officer in the Directorate General Information Society of the European Commission focusing on information security policy. He covered the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention and the Framework Decision on Attacks against Information Systems. In addition, he worked on a number of EU legislative initiatives relevant to information society and security.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19241″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Dan Bogdanov
Head of Privacy Technologies Department, Cybernetica[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19248″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Kaidi Ruusalepp
Founder & CEO, Funderbeam[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Kaidi Ruusalepp
Founder & CEO, Funderbeam

Founder and CEO of Funderbeam, the global funding and trading platform of private companies. Powered by blockchain technology, the marketplace delivers capital to growth companies and on-demand liquidity to investors worldwide. Member of Startup Europe Advisory Board at European Commission. Kaidi is a former CEO of Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange and of the Central Securities Depository. Co-Founder of Estonian Service Industry Association. A lawyer by training, she co-authored the Estonian Digital Signatures Act of 2000 — landmark legislation that enables secure digital identities and, in turn, the country’s booming electronic economy.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19247″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Ramon Karingal
Chief InfoSec & Risk Advocate, Asia Pacific and Japan, RSA[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Ramon Karingal
Chief InfoSec & Risk Advocate, Asia Pacific and Japan, RSA

Ramon is a senior technology executive with over 35 years of technology experience in core infrastructure services, including data center management; command center operations; application hosting, voice and network operations; end user computing services.  Customer-focused, oriented on cost-effectiveness and service excellence, risk management and outsourcing governance. He worked with Citibank for 35 years, starting in Manila where he became the Country Technology Head; he then moved to Hong Kong before settling down in Singapore. He assumed various technology roles/functions including Country Technology Head; Program Manager for regional data center consolidation and automation initiatives; and, Regional Data Center Head.

In 2011, as part of Citi’s globalization efforts, Ramon became Global Head for Citibank’s Data Center Operations.  His final position before leaving Citi was Managing Director in-charge of the regional Technology Core Infrastructure Services, where he managed around 1,700 technology infrastructure staff across the region.

Ramon completed his Bachelor of Arts degree, major in Economics, at the University of the Philippines; he also is a Master of Business Administration candidate at the Ateneo de Manila University.  He has a Project Management Certificate from George Washington University and an Executive Certificate on Directorship from Singapore Management University.

He is a founding member of the Philippine Share Guide and the Project Management Institute (Singapore Chapter).[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19246″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Jeffrey Kok
VP, Solution Engineers, Asia Pacific and Japan CyberArk[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Jeffrey Kok
VP, Solution Engineers, Asia Pacific and Japan, CyberArk

Jeffrey Kok is Vice President of Solution Engineers, Asia Pacific and Japan at CyberArk. Jeffrey is responsible for working with various internal teams at CyberArk to qualify leads, identify business issues and drivers in any particular sales opportunity and managing the entire presales and solution process of the business cycle.

Prior to joining CyberArk, Kok was Technical Consultant Director, Asia Pacific and Japan for RSA, managing a team of senior pre-sales engineers and technicians. While in this role he built a strong and high-performing cross-regional pre-sales practice.

Jeffrey has more than 17 years’ experience in the cyber security industry, serving in companies and institutions including RSA, Cisco Systems, Nera Telecommunications and the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Kok holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University and CISSP certification.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18736″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Annie Koh
Vice President, Office of Business Development, Singapore Management University / Board Member, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Annie Koh
Office of Business Devt, Singapore Management University / Board Member, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)

Annie Koh is Vice President for Office of Business Development, Singapore Management University (SMU). A Practice Professor of Finance, Annie also holds the position of Academic Director for two university level institutes – the Business Families Institute (BFI) and International Trading Institute (ITI). Her previous portfolio includes positions as Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Dean, Office of Executive & Professional Education.

A notable conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator, Annie serves on a number of councils, advisory boards and steering committees of regional and local corporate, government and academic institutions. She is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Regional Governance and is a board member of Family Firm Institute, Inc. Prof. Koh chairs the finance and investment committee on the board of GovTech Singapore, and serves on Singapore’s Central Provident Fund Board. She is also an independent director of k1 Ventures Ltd, and lead ID of Health Management International Ltd (HMI). Her appointment as a member of SkillsFuture HR Sectoral Tripartite Committee, HR Certification Taskforce, MOE-SSG Skills Development Council and Asian Bond Fund 2 Supervisory Committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is testament to her strong linkages to businesses, governments and society.

A Fulbright scholar, Annie earned her PhD in International Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternate Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, An Asia Edition (2014), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004). She is also author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports.

Annie is a recipient of the prestigious Singapore Public Administration Medal, Bronze and Silver in 2010 and 2016 respectively for her contribution to education and public sector.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19249″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]

[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]William Liu
Chairman and Managing Partner, Stream Global Pte Ltd

Mr William Liu or Bill as he is known, currently serves as the Chairman and Managing Partner of Stream Global Pte Ltd, a venture catalyst in the ICT and IDM space. From 2001 to 2006 he was President of Green Dot Capital Pte Ltd, a Temasek owned company, which invested in start-up and early stage companies, globally. It was also the holding company of Singapore Computer Systems Ltd and SNP Corporation Ltd, both were listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Prior to joining Green Dot Capital, Mr Liu was from 1993 to 2001, the President & CEO of ABACUS International, Asia’s premier Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and Computer Reservations Systems (CRS) company and a joint venture company with Sabre, Inc of USA. Bill was responsible for its operations and profitable growth that spanned 20 countries in the Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining ABACUS, Mr Liu was International Computers Ltd’s (ICL) Vice President for Asia and concurrently the non-executive Chairman of the Singapore operations. He also served as General Manager of ICL Taiwan for a year in 1992.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19341″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Khor Chern Chuen
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Managing Director, Singapore, SAP Asia

Khor Chern Chuen is the Managing Director for SAP Singapore and a member of the Senior Executive Team for SAP Southeast Asia (SEA). Khor is responsible for leading and driving business growth and operations in Singapore, building on the 28-year establishment of SAP in Singapore. As a long-tenured leader at SAP since 2007, Khor brings more than 16 years of experience in the Information Technology industry to the role. He is experienced with managing SAP’s large and strategic customer accounts within SEA and is passionate about creating value for customers.

[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19251″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Sheena Chin
Country Manager, Singapore, Veritas[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Sheena Chin
Country Manager, Singapore, Veritas

Sheena Chin is the Country Director for Singapore. She is responsible for leading the overall sales strategy and business operations of Veritas in Singapore.

Prior to Veritas, Sheena was the Sales Director for Enterprise Solutions at Symantec Singapore. With an in-depth understanding of the enterprise landscape in Singapore and strong customer and partner relationships across various sectors, Sheena successfully executed a national sales plan to accelerate business growth.

Sheena holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Hull.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”19250″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Koo Juan Huat
Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Singapore[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Koo Juan Huat
Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Singapore

Koo Juan Huat has been in the networking industry for more than 20 years and has worked with large customers in the various sectors including public sector, financial services and service providers. In driving business outcomes with customers, he has acquired vast experiences across a broad range of solutions and technologies, especially in the critical areas of Data Center, Cloud, IOT, and Cybersecurity. During his stint in Cisco, Juan Huat has worked with major Service Providers, Banks, Government and Education Institutes and has also focused on strategic Smart City projects Asia Pacific.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18738″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Glen Francis
Chief Technology Officer, Singapore Press Holdings[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18683″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Koh Kok Tian
Senior Advisor, CIO Academy Asia[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]Koh Kok Tian
Senior Advisor, CIO Academy Asia

Kok Tian, heads Inchcape South Asia’s Supply Chain Operations.  SCO supports all aspects of Inchcape’s Vertically Integrated Retailing Distribution model from forecasting/ demand planning, importation, vehicle storage & management, vehicle logistics & movements, pre-delivery preparation to accessories fitment, vehicle delivery, purchasing and supplier management.  Inchcape is a leading global premium automotive Group, operating as a strategic partner to the world’s leading car brands in the fast growing luxury and premium automotive sectors.   The Group provides a professional and well financed route to markets for vehicles and parts manufacturers across five continents in 27 markets.  Before his current appointment, Kok Tian was the IT Director, and part of the Inchcape global team with responsibility in Asia, to implement the iPower programme standardizing our business processes, systems and put in place a standard governance and control framework across all our markets where we conduct businesses in.   Prior to joining Inchcape, Kok Tian has work in various capacities in the ICT industry for the past 20 years. Most recently, he served as Chairman for Singtel’s Customer Advisory Committee for Enterprise Mobility up to 2014.  He is also member of EDB Alumni having started his career at Economic Development Board.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18770″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]S Mahendran
Advisor, CIO Academy Asia (Former Vice President & Chief Information Officer of ABB Singapore)[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]S Mahendran
Advisor, CIO Academy Asia (Former Vice President & Chief Information Officer of ABB Singapore)

Mahendran is the former Vice President & Chief Information Officer of ABB Singapore. Working with the Executive team, Mahendran provide technical leadership, vision and experience.

During his 21 years tenure, he has held various IT roles in governance, regional sourcing and operations management including as Asia Pacific Data Center Manager, which provided core infrastructure & application services to the operating entities in the region.

Mahendran had also served as the Head of Supply Chain & Real Estate. As Head of Supply Chain, he was responsible for managing the supply chain teams and responsible for all business procurement and related activities. As the Head of Real Estate, he supported business activities, by maximising usage of the company’s real estate and assets, aligning real estate goals to the business footprint needs.

Mahendran has led various functions and teams in carrying out activities which supports company strategy, meet performance objectives and customer expectations.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”18734″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]P. Ramakrishna
Chief Executive Officer, CIO Academy Asia[/vc_column_text][ultimate_modal modal_title=”BIO” modal_on=”text” modal_on_align=”left” read_text=”Click for bio” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ txt_color=”#222222″]P. Ramakrishna
Chief Executive Officer, CIO Academy Asia

P. Ramakrishna (Rama) has been involved with the tech domain for the last 35 years.

Rama was formerly with Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (now IMDA and GovTech), his last held position was Director of IDA’s Industry Development, responsible for national level initiatives to develop the tech industry ecosystem. He left in 2015 and became an advisor for several foreign countries to help develop their national tech masterplans.

In 2016 Rama joined CIO Academy Asia and is currently the CEO. CIO Academy builds CIO communities, sharing tech best practices and insights for C-level executives.

Rama is also the co-author of the recently published ‘Intelligent Island: The Untold Story of Singapore’s Tech Journey’ which chronicles the development of Singapore’s tech industry over the last 3 decades.[/ultimate_modal][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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PLACES OF INTEREST

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19130″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]e-Estonia showroom – https://e-estonia.com/showroom/

The e-Estonia showroom is a Tallinn-based executive briefing center and an innovation hub designed to experience the e-State of mind. It showcases e-Estonia success story, its developments, benefits & challenges, cyber security & safety as well as current projects & vision of e-Estonia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19335″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]The Estonian Prime Minister’s Office – https://riigikantselei.ee/en/prime-ministers-office

Stenbock House is the seat of Government sessions and is where the Prime Minister and Government Office work daily.  The eastern wing of the 1st floor houses the Prime Minister’s office, a recreation room, a representative hall and a meeting room. If time permits, a short visit to the Prime Minister’s Office will be arranged where guests will be hosted by a senior Government representative for a briefing and a tour of the historical building[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19334″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Guardtime: Enterprise Blockchain – https://guardtime.com/

Guardtime is the world’s largest blockchain platform company by revenue, headcount and actual customer deployments.  It was founded in 2007 in Estonia and is headquartered in Amsterdam. Guardtime’s digital signature technology, designed to prevent electronic data being tampered with, was produced by Estonian computer scientists led by Ahto Buldas.  The firm employs a team of over 150 cryptographers,  developers and security architects, with decades of experience defending networks from nation-state attack.

Over the last decade the company have built a technology platform called KSI that allows to tackle hard problems in security, supply chain, compliance and networking. GuardTime’s service is helping businesses across multiple industries, including financial services, government, telecommunications and healthcare, strengthening control and reducing costs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19336″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Omniva – https://www.omniva.ee/

Omniva is the biggest e-commerce solutions provider in the Baltics. Be it postal business, parcel business, international logistics, e-payments or info-logistics, its all done by Omniva. It is the key partner for the Estonian government operating in the real-time economy. With the help of Omniva, data is delivered digitally end-to-end and cross-border, enabling convenient and cost-effective business administration. Trends in information logistics are gearing up towards atomisation and global procuring. The next decade will bring a dramatic change in business models and services delivery, where Omniva is poised to offer. Omniva will welcome you to their new logistics hub where they will show you what the modern world demands from an old-school postal company.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19338″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]TransferWise  – https://transferwise.com

TransferWise is an Estonian developed and UK-based peer-to-peer money transfer service launched in January 2011 by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus with headquarters in London and offices in a number of cities including Tallinn, New York and Singapore.

The service was started as a method for sending money from country to country more efficiently.  It banishes hidden fees and offers near-market rates coupled with a transaction fee. Money is sent near-instantly when sender and recipient are both in supported markets, but for others it can take a few working days to process.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19339″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Pipedrive   – https://www.pipedrive.com

Pipedrive is a sales management tool designed to help sales teams manage intricate or lengthy sales processes. Back in 2010, two of the co-founders, both seasoned sales managers, realised that the CRM landscape was populated by software designed to please the top brass while ignoring the needs of the people doing the actual selling. So they partnered with talented developers to create a CRM that puts the needs of salespeople first. Grounded in the philosophy of activity-based selling, the result is Pipedrive, a tool now used by over 75,000 companies around the world. With offices in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia; New York City, New York; Lisbon, Portugal and London, United Kingdom, the company has raised $80 million from Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Paua Ventures and others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19131″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Seaplane Harbour (Estonian Maritime Museum)

The Gala Dinner reception will be held at the most exciting maritime museum in Europe. About 200 authentic items are on display at the historical seaplane hangar: a submarine called Lembit, a century-old icebreaker Suur Tõll, a seaplane called Short 184, remains of the oldest ship found in Estonia, and much more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”19132″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]

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ACCOMMODATION

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ConnectGov Leader Summit, Bhutan 24-27 July 2016

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ConnectGov Leader Summit, Mongolia 5 – 7 July 2017

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Tissie Adhistia, Director, Operations – E-mail: tissie@cioacademyasia.org
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