Steve Brazier

President and CEO - Canalys

As President and CEO of Canalys since its founding in 1998, Steve Brazier delivers in-depth analysis, targeted trends insights and senior counsel to high-tech decision-makers. Now ranked as one of the top 30 global industry analyst firms, Canalys has established successful operations across three continents – Europe, North America and Asia.

Steve’s expertise spans the full range of the firm’s research areas including mobility, IT infrastructure and channel strategy. He is recognized in the technology industry as a leading source of distribution channel trends and routes-to-market strategy.

Previously, Steve worked for the Dataquest subsidiary of Gartner, where he held various posts, culminating in Principal Analyst and Associate Director. Prior to 1993, Steve was a consultant for technology research firm INTECO (now Gartner-owned), for which he worked for a time in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Steve holds a Joint Honors Degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bristol, UK. He also completed an International Executive Management Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the United States.

Yuanqing Yang

Chairman & CEO - Lenovo

Mr. Yuanqing Yang joined Lenovo Group in 1989.

Mr. Yang has played a key role in Lenovo’s transformation into a global company. Under his leadership, in May 2005, Lenovo completed the acquisition of IBM PC business. In October 2014, Lenovo completed the acquisitions of IBM x86 server business and Motorola Mobility. Now, Lenovo is not only a leading PC company in the world but also one of the major players in global server market and smartphone market.

In 2011, Finance Asia voted Mr. Yang the Best CEO in China. In 2004 and 2012, Mr. Yang was named “CCTV China Annual Economic Figure”. He was in Barron's Best CEOs list in 2013, 2014 and 2015.  In 2014, Mr. Yang won Edison Achievement Award.      

Mr. Yang was born in Anhui Province of China in November, 1964.  He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China (“USTC”) in 1989 with a Master’s degree in Computer Science. Mr. Yang serves as the deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress of China; a member of the International Advisory Council of Brookings Institute; and a board member of Baidu, Inc. 

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Schneider Electric

Jean-Pascal Tricoire joined Schneider Electric in 1986. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2006 and named Chairman & CEO in April 2013.

His career at Schneider Electric has developed largely outside France in operational functions in Italy, China, South Africa and USA. Within the General Management, he served as Vice Executive President of the International Operating Division from 2002 before being appointed in 2004 Chief Operating Officer (COO). 

Moreover, Jean-Pascal is President of the France-China Committee since 2009.

Jean-Pascal holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a MBA.

Ng Tian Chong

President Asia Pacific and Japan - HP Inc.

Ng Tian Chong (TC), President, Asia Pacific and Japan, is responsible for HP’s business in the region, including Go-To-Market strategy, sales and marketing across PCs, Printers, Digital Press, 3D Printing and Managed Services for both commercial and consumer segments.

Prior to his current role, TC was General Manager for HP’s Printing Business in Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, he was accountable for overall business excellence and growth across the printing portfolio and for building and leading a high-performance team.

With nearly 30 years’ experience at HP, TC has held key roles in sales, finance, service and support as well as marketing, spanning consumer, channel, country, and regional portfolios. 

His other roles have included leadership of HP’s Personal Systems Group business in the high-growth South East Asian, Taiwanese and Korean markets, responsibility for HP’s Commercial Volume Sales business in APJ, and leadership of the APJ Solution Partners Organization where he built HP into a best-in-class channel player in the region.

TC holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Menlo College in California and a Masters in Business Administration from Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. 

Ng Tian Beng

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Channels, Asia Pacific Japan - Dell EMC Corporation

As Dell’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific Japan, Tian Beng is tasked with overseeing the company’s overall channel business in the region. He has responsibility for Dell EMC’s business across the end to end portfolio with all channel partners. These partners include distributors, resellers, system integrators, service providers, etc.

Tian Beng joined Dell in 1998 and has held several senior management roles since that time. He most recently held the role of Senior Vice President & Managing Director, South Asia and Korea, where he was responsible for Dell’s business for both commercial and consumer customers in the region.

His past roles include being the General Manager for Singapore and Brunei, and also as the Director of Dell’s Global Accounts business with responsibility for Dell’s largest global customers throughout Asia-Pacific and Japan. He has also served as Enterprise Director for South Asia where he was responsible for Dell’s server, storage and networking lines of business.

He joined Dell after having worked for Sony Electronics Devices where he was responsible for sales of computer peripherals to OEMs and distribution channels in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Tian Beng is concurrently the site leader for the Dell Singapore operations since 2012. In this capacity, he leads overall site activities across all Singapore based functions for the company which includes worldwide procurement, global supply chain, design center, etc.

He plays an active leadership role in the Singapore IT community and has served in various leadership roles with the Singapore Infocomm Federation (SiTF) since 2007. He is currently the 1st Vice-Chairman at SiTF.

Tian Beng has a degree in Marketing from Santa Clara University in the United States and an MBA from University of Western Australia.

Dmitri Chen

Chief Operating Officer, APJ, Vice President of Specialty Sales - Dell EMC

Dmitri Chen is Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Specialty Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) at Dell EMC Corporation. Dell EMC enables your digital transformation with data center solutions that include servers, storage, networking, converged infrastructure, security, cloud, and data analytics.

Dmitri was appointed as APJ COO and VP of Specialty Sales in October 2014. He assists in the creation & execution of go-to-market strategies for Dell EMC APJ. Dmitri is responsible for Dell EMC’s specialty product sales portfolio, indirect routes-to-market, and global sales transformation across the APJ theatre.

Dmitri has more than 22 years of industry experience in information management software, hardware and sales and services. Since joining Dell EMC in March 2000, Dmitri has held roles in Global Accounts, Sales Leadership, Chief of Staff Americas Sales and most recently Vice President of Sales for Data Protection and Availability for APJ. He is based at Dell EMC’s APJ headquarters in Singapore and reports to David Webster, Dell EMC’s Enterprise President for APJ.

Dmitri holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Colorado (Boulder).

Ma Yue

Vice President, Huawei Enterprise Business Group (EBG), President, Huawei EBG Global Sales, President, Huawei EBG Alliances & Partners - Huawei

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Catherine Garrett

Channel Engagement Manager - datto

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Chi Sen Gay

Head of Digital Services and Data Center Software, APJ, EMEA, SAM - APC by Schneider Electric

Chi Sen heads the Data Centre Software Solutions business for Schneider Electric across Asia Pacific, Japan, Europe, Middle East & Africa.  Chi Sen’s responsibility includes business management, product strategy, go-to market strategy, and project execution.

Chi Sen has more than 20 years of experience in management and strategy in the enterprise software and IT infrastructure business.  Throughout Chi Sen's career, he collaborates with CIOs, IT Management, Data Center Executives, IT Security Executives and Industry Analysts on initiatives pertaining to IT Infrastructure, Data Center and IT Security.

Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Chi Sen was at IBM where he was part of the leadership team for the software business.  Chi Sen also held management positions at CA and Sun Microsystems, where he was instrumental in leading the software business in both organisations.

Chi Sen holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the National University of Singapore.

Alan Atkinson

Senior Vice President Technology & Strategy Global Commercial Sales - Dell EMC

Alan Atkinson joined Dell in May 2012.  Alan leads Commercial Sales Datacenter Strategy and Technology.  He balances his time between customers, partners and the industry in order to effectively channel their input into our overall datacenter product direction, strategy and go to market.  Prior to this Alan led the Dell Storage business and serves as a passionate customer advocate helping them navigate complicated enterprise business transformations. Previously, Atkinson was President and CEO at Xiotech (now XIO Technologies) and transitioned to Chairman of the Board in November 2011. Prior to XIO, he was Vice President of the Storage Software group at EMC following the acquisition of WysDM Software, which he co-founded. Atkinson also held the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering and Product Marketing at StorageNetworks, which he saw through to a successful IPO.  Before StorageNetworks, Atkinson worked at Goldman Sachs where he founded the first centralized data storage group in investment banking. Alan has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.  

Praveen Sahai

Sr. Director, Strategic Partners & ISV Sales Asia Pacific & Japan, - Dell EMC

Praveen Sahai is Sr. Director of Strategic Partners and ISV Sales for Dell EMC APJ region. In this role, he is
responsible for growing and driving Strategic Partner & ISV strategy - primarily focusing on building
“Capacity” across varied lines of business (LOB), “Capability” amongst top partners, understanding
“Market & Technology Trends” to develop solutions for diverse market needs. This is in addition to jointly
creating a formidable ISV Program & GTM initiative/s across APJ with industry leading DELL EMC
Infrastructure Portfolio.
Praveen joined EMC in 2006. He has handled various portfolios in EMC such as Sales, Strategy, Product
Management, Marketing & PR. Prior to joining EMC, he was the Product Marketing Manager - South Asia,
Sun Microsystems where he was responsible for developing sales & marketing strategies for the Data
Management Group in South Asia. He commenced his career in sales in Mumbai (India) as enterprise
accounts manager and then alliance manager for Citrix. He has been part of 3 small/ mid/ large M&A
which helped create unique leadership exposure & capabilities over a period, namely PowerTel Boca &
Citrix (1999); StorageTek & SUN Microsystems (2003) & Dell | EMC (2015-16)
EMC Innovation award holder and with a patent in his name, Praveen is a management graduate from
Bangalore and is a regular speaker at various industry forums. He was serving as Director on the board of
SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) India in addition to leading CSR (corporate social
responsibility) initiatives for Dell EMC, Praveen also spends time on developing and helping programs for
child education and skill developments.

Abhijit Potnis

Sr. Director of Systems Engineering, DELL EMC Channel Presales, Asia Pacific and Japan - Dell EMC

In the current role as leader for Presales team within DELL EMC Channel Business, Abhijit is responsible for Asia Pacific and Japan markets. Leading the dedicated team of technologist and portfolio architects for Channel Business, Abhijit is driving the adoption of DELL Technologies by customers through large community of Channel Partners. Abhijit’s presales team is responsible for driving key functions like Technical Enablement and Customer Facing activities for focus partners.

Prior to current role, Abhijit was the Director of Systems Engineering for DELL EMC India Enterprise division. He has rich IT industry experience of over 25 years, spanning the entire gamut of security, IT infrastructure management, storage technology to business continuity. He specializes in consulting and solution architecting skills. Prior to this, he held senior technical roles in NetApp and CA.

With advent of changes in industry caused by social, mobility, cloud and big data analytics, Abhijit is playing a key role in driving transformation projects within customer IT environments through key channel partners. He brings with him vital experience for various verticals like finance, telecom, manufacturing, rich media, government, education & research.

Sumir Bhatia

President, Data Center Group, Asia Pacific - Lenovo

As leader for Lenovo’s Data Center Group (DCG) in Asia Pacific, Sumir Bhatia is responsible for driving aggressive growth across the company’s compute, storage, networking and services offerings in this fast-growing region. His role encompasses sales, strategic alliances, product, and go-to-market execution. 

Prior to joining Lenovo, Sumir built an exceptional track record over more than two decades in the Asia Pacific IT industry. He has held senior positions across sales, business development and marketing roles in top multinational organizations such as Dell, Nortel Networks, HCL Group and Thakral Group.

Sumir holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Computer Science from the BMS College of Engineering, India. He is presently based in Singapore with his family.   

Takeshi Okuma

General Manager, Asia Pacific SMB Business, PC & Smart Devices Group - Lenovo

Takeshi Okuma leads Lenovo’s Asia Pacific SMB business across PCs, Tablet, Workstations and Services in the diverse markets of Asia Pacific.  Takeshi leads SMB channel management, Mid-Market call center as well as SMB direct business.

Prior to the current role, Takeshi was responsible for driving the development and execution of Lenovo’s Asia Pacific business strategy.  Before Asia Pacific role, Takeshi was Japan COO to lead overall business operations including both Lenovo business and NEC business.

Prior to joining Lenovo in 2012, Takeshi spent 8 years with McKinsey & Company.  Throughout his days at McKinsey, Takeshi led a lot of M&A/PMM projects and product-related projects primarily in TMT (Technology, Media and Telecom) sector.  During McKinsey days, Takeshi worked in Germany, Dubai, US in addition to Asia Pacific countries.

Jessie Quek

Head of Commercial Channel & SMB Business - HP Inc.

Jessie QUEK is the Head of Commercial Channel & SMB Business for HP in Asia Pacific and Japan. The vision of the Commercial Channel & SMB business segment is to position HP as a preferred vendor of choice to do business with in APJ. To achieve this vision, Jessie & her team will focus on delivering the best-in-class partners experience for profitable growth of our joint business. She will focus on  four (4) key priorities, namely; partners enablement, enhancing partners engagement, creating excitement with partners and driving accelerated growth in the SMB segment. 

Jessie has >25 years of experience in the IT industry, and has held various  positions in general management with PnL responsibilities covering Worldwide, Asia Pacific region & country and, Go-To-Market initiatives, Channel Sales Management, End User sales & marketing.  

Jessie recently returned to HPi after staying with HP for ~10 years. Prior to her current role, she was General Manager for Lenovo Singapore & her most recent role as Regional  General Manager, Global Accounts at Lenovo, Central Asia Pacific region. 

Jessie is a graduate from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Upper Second Class Honours.  She is a proud mother to her 25 year old daughter.

Alonso Chen

Vice President of Partners & Alliances Dept. Huawei Enterprise BG - Huawei

Vice President of Partners & Alliances Dept. Huawei Enterprise BG

Sharat Sinha

Vice President, Partner Business, APJ - VMware

Sharat Sinha leads the Partner Business at VMware, for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region. He oversees an organization of regional field resources working with thousands of active partners to bring VMware products to the market.

Prior to joining VMware, Sinha was the Theater Vice-President and General Manager for the Asia-Pacific region at Palo Alto Networks where he accelerated sales and business growth through marketing, channel, pre-sales and other support functions. Sharat has also held positons at Tellabs and worked at Cisco for over 11 years in sales & marketing leadership roles in Asia Pacific.

Sharat holds a doctorate degree in business management from the University of South Australia and has a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering. He also holds a Postgraduate degree in Industrial and Management engineering from the Indian institute of Technology (IIT).

Rob Rae

Vice President of Business Development - Datto

As Vice President of Business Development at Datto, Rob's role is to oversee many different aspects of Datto's programs including Community, Events, Marketing Development Funds, Vendor Management and Partner Advisory Board, all with the goal of helping our partners grow. Rob is instrumental in developing Datto’s go to market strategy.

With over 25 years of sales and B2B activities, Rob has extensive experience in IT hardware and software sales. All of Rob’s industry experience has been working with 100% channel focused organizations and working directly with Channel VAR’s, Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers in achieving their goals. 

Prior to working with Datto, Rob has built successful sales and channel teams in a variety of industries including Level Platforms (acquired by AVG), Compaq (acquired by HP).

Rob has extensive awards and recognition within the channel including being Datto’s CRN Channel Chief every year since joining Datto. Rob has also been recognized on many industry top executive, influencer and mid-market executive lists. Rob also sits on a number of industry advisory boards, including a Chair of CompTIA’s Vendor Advisory Council and xChange Vendor Advisory Board.

Peter Bocquet

Director, Cloud Partnerships and Alliances - Citrix

Peter Bocquet is Director, Cloud Partnerships and Alliances for Citrix, based in Singapore. 

Pradip Somaia

Partner - Regent Partners LLP

Pradip is an experienced investment banker within the technology, media and telecommunications sector.  He is responsible for a wide range of advisory work and has managed over 50 assignments at Regent in the areas of acquisition, divestment and sale of businesses, funding, valuation and strategy consulting. He has completed numerous assignments including the recent divestment of AIControl Point (crisis and incident management software business) from Access Intellience Plc. to the Norwegian company, OneVoice, the sale of Widget (a European wearable technology distributer) to CMS Distribution, divestment of Due North (strategic sourcing software company), from Access Intelligence Plc. to Proactis Plc;  sale of Crimsonwing Plc (ERP and eCommerce solutions specialising in Microsoft Dyanamics, Majento and Intershop) to KPMG;  sale of Oasis Medical Solutions (EPR and PAS Software company) to Allscripts Medical Solutions Inc;  sale of Altimate (enterprise systems distributor) to Arrow Electronics Inc., sale of PSCAL (financial management software company) to Civica;  sale of Codework (security software distributor) to Altimate Group;  divestment of IQ-Sys (virtualisation and network management distributor) from QA IQ to SCD,  sale of Talisman Software S.A (IT resourcing) to Vedior,  acquisition of Logan Orviss International (Telecoms Consulting) on behalf of Patni Computer Systems (now i-Gate),  sale of Centia and AKS, (both pan European distributors of Network infrastructure products) to DNSint.com AG, and the reverse sale of Data Technology Group Plc (IT Services) into Innovise Plc.

Prior to joining Regent, Pradip served as chief financial officer within a number of large European and US multinational IT corporations, generally with financial responsibility for operations throughout Europe. He has worked for EDS, International Data Corporation, Science Applications International Corporation and Equant Integration Services. 

Pradip is a regular speaker/lecturer at TMT events/Institutions.

Pradip is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Jeff Lee

Senior Director of channel for the International Operations - APC by Schneider Electric

Jeff Lee is Senior Director of channel for the International Operations of APC by Schneider Electric.  He is responsible for leading channel business in multiple countries. And experienced in developing data center partners and currently responsible for Distribution and partner relationship management and E-commerce to lead the market. Jeff  has been with APC by Schneider Electric for 8 years and has held various channel managers include managing emerging countries.  Prior to joining APC by Schneider Electric, he held marketing and sales in Hewlett Packard for 10 years.

Alan Atkinson

Senior Vice President Technology & Strategy Global Commercial Sales - Dell EMC

Alan Atkinson joined Dell in May 2012.  Alan leads Commercial Sales Datacenter Strategy and Technology.  He balances his time between customers, partners and the industry in order to effectively channel their input into our overall datacenter product direction, strategy and go to market.  Prior to this Alan led the Dell Storage business and serves as a passionate customer advocate helping them navigate complicated enterprise business transformations. Previously, Atkinson was President and CEO at Xiotech (now XIO Technologies) and transitioned to Chairman of the Board in November 2011. Prior to XIO, he was Vice President of the Storage Software group at EMC following the acquisition of WysDM Software, which he co-founded. Atkinson also held the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering and Product Marketing at StorageNetworks, which he saw through to a successful IPO.  Before StorageNetworks, Atkinson worked at Goldman Sachs where he founded the first centralized data storage group in investment banking. Alan has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.  

Caitlin Anderson

Dell Global Sales Manager Sales and Marketing Group, Intel Corporation - Intel

Caitlin Anderson is the Director and Senior Sales Manager of the Dell Global Account Sales team. She is responsible for a team of Regional Sales and Marketing Managers that work in close partnership with Dell to increase sales for Dell products with “Intel Inside” globally. She is responsible for all product lines and segments as it relates to co-selling, co-marketing and go-to-market activities.  

Anderson started her career with Intel over 15 years ago in supply chain operations for Multi-National Accounts. She has held various positions within the Sales and Marketing group working directly on customer accounts covering market demand forecasting, supply chain and customer operations, revenue management, sales operations and consumer sales. Previously Anderson was the Chief of Staff for the head of Global Sales and Marketing at Intel. In this capacity she was a key contributor to the Sales and Marketing leadership team and was responsible for all aspects of executive communication, keynote production, sales and marketing strategic planning and organizational development. Additionally, Anderson played a key strategic role in leading a comprehensive restructuring initiative in support of Intel’s corporate vision. She has managed teams for over a decade at Intel and is passionate about leadership and development.

Anderson received a bachelor's degree in business, with a concentration in marketing from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California and a MBA degree from the University of California, Davis. She resides in Austin, Texas. 

Helder Queiros

Director Product Line Manager & Merchandising Server Center of Competency, Asia Pacific and Japan - Dell EMC

Helder Queiros is currently the Director Product Line Manager & Merchandising for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) at Dell EMC. He is responsible for leading a team that creates and executes the Server marketing solutions and product placement strategies, while growing the partner and Direct Go-To-Market (GTM).

Prior to this, Helder was leading Server Growth Financials at Dell EMC for the Modular and 4 socket in APJ.

Before this, he served as Regional Business Development Manager for HP BladeSystem and 4P servers. He then moved on to Regional Business Manager for BladeSystem APJ and took charge of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Synergy and Composable Infrastructure. Helder led and implemented the Composable Infrastructure Strategy and set it as one of the key pillars in HPE for FY17.

Earlier on in his career, Helder worked at Arrow ECS as Country Business Development Manager for Portugal and was the only certified instructor for the HPE Group. Previously he had roles as Pre-sales in Channel and inside-sales representative in HPE.

Helder graduated with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Porto, Portugal. His interests are in IT, centered around GPU/gaming and datacenter/computer related technologies. Helder’s other pastimes include cars, travelling and sports.

Tiang-Hin ANG

General Manager, Commercial Channel South Asia - Dell EMC

Tiang-Hin Ang is currently the General Manager, Commercial Channel business covering South Asia region.  In this role, he is responsible for leading the channel organization including driving strategic channel management and developing robust partnerships across the region, which comprises of 5 major countries and more than 10 emerging economies.

TH, as he is commonly known, has been with Dell since 2012.  Prior to his current role, he was the Asia Pacific Distribution Director in the Dell Global Commercial Channel Organization. He was instrumental in developing the distribution framework and business in Dell.

Tiang-Hin has close to 30 years of IT industry experience, primarily in the channel space.   He has extensive experience running sales organizations in countries like Malaysia and Vietnam.  Tiang-Hin has also held Asia-Pacific channel roles in top channel-focused companies like Schneider Electric, HP, Lenovo, Lexmark and Microsoft.

Milind Yedkar

General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan -Cloud Client Computing Business - Dell EMC

Milind Yedkar is the General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan for Dell’s Cloud Client Computing Business. In this role he is responsible for leading the business including developing and executing sales, marketing & people strategies across Asia.

He has a rich business experience of over twenty five years living and working across Asian markets –China, Japan, Singapore and India. He has been with Dell for over thirteen years in various roles covering Sales and Marketing in China and Singapore. Prior to this he has over fifteen year’s business experience in India and Japan.  

Milind is a Chemical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology and has a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management.

Calvin Leung

Director, AP Storage - Lenovo

As GM of AP Storage Data Center Group, Calvin Leung oversees Lenovo's data center portfolio across Asia Pacific . This includes sales, business operations, strategy and business development for new products.

Prior to his current role, Calvin was General Manager of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea Data Center Group.

Earlier in his career, Calvin spent 15 years with IBM in various positions, including managing commercial client relationships and leading the sales team for System x and Flex sales across Greater China. In this role, he spearheaded a seamless transition after Lenovo acquired the IBM System x business and played a key role in the integration of the business. Calvin's expertise in driving various aspects of the transition, spanning human resources, operations, financial management and corporate culture, enabled Lenovo's server business to succeed from its earliest stages.

Based in Hong Kong, Calvin has established a solid track record of growth, profitability and operational excellence.

Calvin holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and business administration from Canada's York University.

Les Mansour

Director, AP Channels and Alliances - Lenovo

Les Mansour joined the Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) on 02 April 2018, to lead the channel and alliance business across Asia Pacific. He has been based in Singapore for the last four years and prior to that lived in Sydney, Australia.
Mansour is responsible for ensuring “Lenovo” is top-of-mind with all of Lenovo’s distributors, system integrators, value-added resellers, solution and alliance partners across the Asia Pacific region.
With a career spanning 25 years, Mansour has held various management posts in data center infrastructure with a strong focus on channel leadership and business transformation. His most recent tenure was at Hewlett Packard and then Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), culminating in the position of Director of Partner Sales for HPE, Asia Pacific and Japan, driving regional success with HPE’s highest tier of partners across fourteen countries.
Throughout his career, Mansour has received many accolades recognizing his leadership in partner growth and sales achievement. He is widely known for inspiring his teams to challenge the status quo, focus on partner innovation and growth through new thinking and simplifying process.
In his personal time, Mansour has a passion for family and friends, travel (snow-skiing when possible), spicy foods and a good dose of routine exercise. More recently, participated in the World’s Greatest Shave, raising funds for Leukemia research.
Mansour holds a MBA (Deakin University, Melbourne Australia) with a major in Marketing and Business in Asia.

Sophie Ben Sadia

Vice President -Channels & Alliances - IT Division (APJ, MEA, SAM) - APC by Schneider Electric

Sophie Ben Sadia is the Vice President -Channels & Alliances for Schneider Electric IT Division for APJ, MEA and South America. She is responsible for driving sustainable and profitable growth revenue through the Channels and Alliances Go-To-Market model. In her 19 years of experience in the IT/Telco industry, she has held several leadership roles managing high performance teams in  Alliances, Channels and Sales across various geographies. Prior to joining Schneider Electric in 2017, her last position was in Alcatel-Lucent as VP Sales - France Region.

A French national currently based in Singapore, Sophie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics and a Master’s degree in Foreign Trade from Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris University.

Jessie Quek

Head of Commercial Channel & SMB Business - HP Inc.

Jessie QUEK is the Head of Commercial Channel & SMB Business for HP in Asia Pacific and Japan. The vision of the Commercial Channel & SMB business segment is to position HP as a preferred vendor of choice to do business with in APJ. To achieve this vision, Jessie & her team will focus on delivering the best-in-class partners experience for profitable growth of our joint business. She will focus on  four (4) key priorities, namely; partners enablement, enhancing partners engagement, creating excitement with partners and driving accelerated growth in the SMB segment. 

Jessie has >25 years of experience in the IT industry, and has held various  positions in general management with PnL responsibilities covering Worldwide, Asia Pacific region & country and, Go-To-Market initiatives, Channel Sales Management, End User sales & marketing.  

Jessie recently returned to HPi after staying with HP for ~10 years. Prior to her current role, she was General Manager for Lenovo Singapore & her most recent role as Regional  General Manager, Global Accounts at Lenovo, Central Asia Pacific region. 

Jessie is a graduate from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Upper Second Class Honours.  She is a proud mother to her 25 year old daughter.

Ketan Patel

Vice President Business Personal Systems - HP Inc.

Ketan Patel is Vice President of Business Personal Systems in Asia Pacific & Japan. He is responsible for the region’s commercial computing portfolio, including commercial notebooks, desktops, workstations, thin clients, retail solutions and software. 

Ketan was previously Sr. Director of Personal Systems Business at HP India.  In this role, Ketan led the PC, services and solutions business, driving growth and market share gains for HP in-country.

During his 13 years with HP, Ketan has held several leadership positions including head of the consumer PC category, SMB sales and channel business, as well as sub-regional commercial business.

Prior to joining HP, he has worked with Wipro Infotech, Wipro Peripherals & TVS Electronics, adding to a total of over 23 years’ experience in the industry.

Ketan holds an Electronics Engineering Degree from University of Pune and holds a 1^st rank at University level for Industrial Electronics. He holds a Special Management degree from IIM-Kolkatta and a Graduate Diploma in International Business from Helsinki School of Economics.

Currently based in Singapore, Ketan loves cricket and listening to Indian music.

Muralee Kanagaratnam

Regional Director, Home & Business Networks (HBN) - International - APC by Schneider Electric

Muralee Kanagaratnam is the Regional Director at APC by Schneider Electric responsible for the Home & Business Networks (HBN) business across Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East, Africa and South America. Representing the global Line of Business (LoB), Muralee’s team oversees the development and execution of HBN strategy specific to each region aligning current and future offers with Schneider Electric’s customers.

Prior to moving to Singapore with Schneider Electric, Muralee was the General Manager for Operations, Channels & Alliances in the Pacific region leading and driving the channel and alliances strategy as well as overseeing Operations. He has spent his 20 years in the ICT industry in business development, sales, channel and leadership roles at Adobe, Express Data, Synnex, Casio and Compaq (HP).

He has a passion for driving innovation, continuous improvement, change and diversity. As a thought leader, Muralee has spent his career evangelising emerging technologies and holds an Engineering degree in Computer Systems from UTS, an MBA from MGSM and recently completed an executive program with INSEAD.

Manik Kapoor

Enterprise Sales Head, AMD Asia Pacific (AP) Region - AMD

Manik Kapoor is the Sales Head- Enterprise Business, AMD Asia Pacific (AP) Region. In his current role he manages AMD’s enterprise business, to drive an exponential growth during his tenure. He is an exceptionally strong commercial sales leader with accountabilities that remit across strategic sales,  operational leadership roles with complex large Government & large PSU, multinational and corporate set ups and Channel.. He is also involved in strategizing alliances across the IT commercial business and for the same works with some of the biggest OEMs in the industry.

In his earlier assignments, Manik was Category Manager - India (ProLiant Servers) at Hewlett-Packard (2011-2018) along with Country Manager, Volume Business (2013-2018). He has over 15 years of experience in team management, sales and marketing, executing large Govt, PSU projects, commercial enterprise planning and execution, and new business development all across various industry verticals of IT industry. His last stint in HPE India was for over 12 years.

Manik is a B.Tech(Computer Science) from MDU, Rohtak and is very well versed with the latest technology offerings for the enterprise segment- Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Data Center Energy Efficiency, Digital Transformation, High Performance computing etc.

He has keen interest in cricket and swimming and is an avid bridge player.

James Bergl

APAC Sales Director - Datto

James is the APAC Regional Director at Datto, a channel-only provider of Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions.

With a BSc in Management Sciences, James has a particular interest in strategic planning and working with and introducing cutting edge technologies to new markets. James has been in the IT industry for 10 years and has worked with the MSP channel across EMEA & APAC..

He established Datto’s footprint in the ANZ market in August 2015. The partner eco-system has exponentially grown and Datto now partner with over 300 channel partners, servicing over 3000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand. His role has now expanded from ANZ to APAC, giving him the additional responsibility of helping to define and implement the Datto Asia strategy.

Dennis Mark

General Manager Solutions & Services HP Asia Pacific and Japan - HP Inc.

Dennis Mark is General Manager for Solutions & Services for HP in Asia Pacific and Japan. Solutions & Services is a business unit charged with building up HP’s services expertise, innovation and leadership. Dennis and his team has been driving enterprise adoption of the computing- and printing-as-a-service business model in the region.

Dennis has 27 years of experience in the IT industry, and has held various management positions in business planning, sales, marketing, brand management, as well as go-to-market initiatives.

Prior to his current role, Dennis was Vice President and General Manager for HP’s Enterprise Segment and Managed Services business. He oversaw the sales and consulting of HP’s entire solution portfolio to enterprise customers, to drive significant bottomline impact for HP.
Before this role, Dennis was Vice President and General Manager for Marketing for HP’s Personal Systems Group (PSG) in APJ. He led strategic efforts to transform the HP brand through brand revitalization and customer engagement. He also established the SMB focus positioning across HP’s product portfolio.

In addition, Dennis played an instrumental role in the HP-Compaq APJ integration, leading post-merger growth for Singapore as its General Manager, and pioneering the startup of PSG China operations as the Director of China marketing center.

Dennis holds an Engineering degree (Honors) from the National University of Singapore, and is a recipient of the Professional Engineers Board of Singapore Gold award. Dennis also holds an Executive Diploma in Board Directorship from Singapore Management University-Singapore Institute of Directors.

Kumara Raghavan

Director, Software Defined Infrastructure, Datacenter Group, Lenovo Asia Pacific - Lenovo

Kumara Raghavan is Lenovo’s Asia-Pacific director for the Software Defined Instracture business. He partners with Cloud-tech leaders like Nutanix, VMWare, Microsoft and Cloudistics to deliver Lenovo’s Hybrid Cloud solutions. He has over 18 years of experience in product management, institutional sales and channel sales with Lenovo and IBM.

John Hampton

Director, WW Commercial Client Business Development - AMD

John is responsible for the creation and launch of ‘AMD PRO’, the enterprise-class solutions AMD delivers to the market, for advancing the expansion of the company’s commercial platform portfolio, and for helping secure many of AMD’s largest customer wins.  John was instrumental in winning hundreds of thousands of units shipped into Latin America ranging from large volume tenders to Fortune 500 enterprises.  John lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and three children, and holds degrees in Computer Engineering and Business from The University of Texas.

Han Chon

General Manager, Central Asia Pacific, Data Centre Group - Lenovo

Han Chon joined Lenovo in September 2016 as Director for Lenovo Data Centre Group Asia Pacific.

Based in Singapore, Han leads Lenovo’s Data Centre Group for Central Asia Pacific (CAP) region with over 20 years of experience within IT industry. He is responsible for overall business performance, strategy and direction of Lenovo Data Centre Group spanning across diverse economic and technological maturities uniquely represented by the region. In particular, with the group’s focus on Data Centre Transformation, Han and the team are supported by and work with Lenovo’s local, regional and global technology experts & partners, in help shaping such vision for Next Generation of Data Centres. Previously at Lenovo, Han has led Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) initiatives for Asia-Pacific region as director.

Han joined Lenovo from Dell, where most recently, he has headed up Asia Pacific & Japan region’s network security division and prior to that serving as general manager of Dell’s software business in Greater China region based out of Shanghai, China. Han’s past experiences also cover variety of regional and global roles focused in leading direct and partner sales, marketing, product management and operations. Earlier, he was a founding member of a local ISP in Australia.

Darren Sullivan

Senior Vice President of Global Partner Strategy and Business Operations - Dell EMC

Darren Sullivan is Senior Vice President of Global Partner Strategy & Business Operations for Dell EMC. 

In this role, Darren leads business operations functions in support of the Channels, Alliances and OEM business at Dell EMC.  This includes GTM Strategy enablement, Business Planning, Business Transformation, Sales Enablement and Sales Operations Execution.

Darren and his organization’s focus is to provide business insights and leadership to effectively operationalize Dell EMCs business strategy with Partners and OEM customers.  This includes identifying opportunities to make it simpler and more predictable for Partners and OEM customers to work with Dell EMC in meeting the needs of our customers.

Darren is an 18 year veteran of Dell EMC.  Prior to his current position, Darren led multiple Global Business Transformation initiatives for Sales that have enabled the business to modernize the buying experience, simplify the selling experience and enable increased insights to the business.  Darren also served as EMC’s Global Channel and Alliances Operations lead from 2013-2015.

David Rabin

Vice President of Commercial Marketing, Lenovo PC + Smart Devices - Lenovo

David has nearly 20 years of marketing experience, representing a wide range of disciplines including account management, database marketing, media planning, marketing intelligence and insights, events, and more. 

David currently drives commercial marketing and enablement for Lenovo’s PC and Smart Device group.  This includes product stewardship for the Think family of products, including the legendary ThinkPad laptop.  David previously directed Lenovo’s branding, marketing, strategy and alliance partner activities across North America, including advertising, sponsorships and business to business marketing.  This role entails national advertising programs, Lenovo’s NFL sponsorship, social and online media, and more.  Most recently, David held a similar marketing role supporting both North and South America. 

Prior to that, David led marketing efforts focused on consumer and commercial channels in North America.  In that capacity, David was developing and implementing co-marketing programs with retailers, as well as providing awareness and enablement to a broad set of channel partners.  David has also managed marketing communications initiatives for Lenovo in the Americas, such as branding, demand generation and sponsorships.  In that role, he was spearheading Lenovo’s N.A. Olympic program, including Torch Relay, customer hospitality and marketing/advertising, as well as Lenovo’s NBA sponsorship. 

Additionally, David has had roles at two global advertising agencies.  At Young & Rubicam in Detroit, David managed Lincoln’s $100 million+ national advertising program, and also drove competitive intelligence for Lincoln-Mercury.  At J Walter Thompson in New York, David directed the Bermuda Department of Tourism account, and managed a piece of the database marketing program for Qwest Communications.  David got his marketing start at Enten Advertising in Washington, DC.

David holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the Tulane A.B. Freeman School of Business, and lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife and two kids. 

Natalya Makarochkina

Senior Vice President IT Division, International Operations - APC by Schneider Electric

Natalya  started her career in 1995 working for Hewlett Packard until 1998. This was followed by various senior sales and operation roles at Oracle, 3COM, and Philips where she managed business development consistently delivering growth . In 2015, Natalya joined Schneider Electric as Vice President of IT Division in CIS and after a successful business transformation moved to lead Schneider Electric International Operations for IT Division as Senior Vice President in 2018.  Natalya holds Executive MBA degree from Universiteit Antwerpen.

Okkie Esterhuizen

Director- APJ Global Accounts and Sales Strategy - HP Inc.

In 2013 Mr. Esterhuizen joined HP Australia to lead the Printer and Personal Systems group focusing on Enterprise customers.

In Aug 2015, he moved to Singapore to lead Global Accounts and Sales Strategy for the Enterprise across the region

 Previously Mr. Esterhuizen led the Enterprise sales teams in both Australia and the UK for Microsoft in the Retail, Manufacturing and Services verticals.

 Prior to Joining Microsoft, Mr. Esterhuizen held various leadership roles at Dell in EMEA, Russia, Germany and South Africa. Leadership roles included Global Account Sales, Professional Services, and Pre-sales Technical.

 Prior to his career in IT, Mr. Esterhuizen spent the first 11 years of his working career as a senior Aeronautical Engineer on Boeing Aircraft at South African Airways.

 Mr. Esterhuizen graduated with an Aeronautical Engineering Diploma (Structures) at Ekurhuleni College in South Africa.

 Mr. Esterhuizen and his wife is currently based in Singapore.

L.Ashok

CEO - Futurenet

An entrepreneur & technocrat with 25 years of experience, Mr Ashok set up Futurenet Technologies in 1996 to focus on IT services. As an expert in IT Infrastructure and related services, Mr Ashok assists customers in aligning IT with their business. He provides consulting services to corporates in areas such as Bullet proofing IT Infrastructure (High Security & High Availability), blue print for cloud migration including business benefits, cost saving and risk mitigation. He lends his expertise to businesses with capacity to convert business/ functional requirements into bullet proof IT infrastructure and also advices on cyber forensics and information security.

Nathan Lowe

MD - ASI Solutions

Nathan Lowe is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Management, Economic Growth, Management, and account management. Mr Lowe is a strong business development Professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a sub major in Banking and Finance. Mr Lowe has more than 18 years’ experience in the IT Industry. He joined the company in 2000 and has held a number of roles including General Manager in 2009 and has held the title of Managing Director role since 2015 with responsibilities for implementing the company’s strategic business plans, new ideas and monitor and control company performance and finances as well as ensuring alignment across short term & Long term objectives.  Mr Lowe has transformed ASI Solutions from a white-box builder into a true Systems Integrator. As part of a privately owned family business, Mr Lowe is part of the second generation that is running and transforming ASI Solutions with a core focus on delivering outcomes for ASI Solutions’ clients. Outside of work, Mr Lowe is married with 3 young children and is an avid sports lover and passionate about Rugby. Mr Lowe has taken a lot of the values instilled in him through his passion of sports, and nurtured that with ASI Solutions culture

Maciej Dziobek

Business Development Director APAC - Bitdefender

Business Development Director APAC

Suzanne Shah-Hosseini

Senior HR business partner - HP Inc

Suzanne Shah-Hosseini is a Senior HR business partner, based in Singapore.

Jordan De leon

Senior Analyst - Canalys

Jordan is a Senior Analyst at Canalys, where he leads the Channels Analysis Asia Pacific service. He analyzes the channel ecosystem and IT vendor go-to-market strategies in the region. He also supports the Partner Program Analysis service, working as part of the global channels team.

Prior to joining Canalys in 2014, Jordan was a copywriter and consultant for Quadmark, a global consulting and training organization based in Singapore. Here he worked on training and sales enablement tools for sales reps, resellers and retailers from clients such as HP, Cisco and Google. He developed cheat sheets, sales tools and online training modules, and also created content for mobile apps. Before moving to Singapore in 2011, he worked as an account manager for a PR agency in the Philippines, serving multinational clients such as Nestlé (Nescafé and Nido) and Pepsi.

He is a proficient and experienced writer, having worked for various publications in the Philippines, including the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country’s leading newspaper.

Jordan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Technology from the University of Santo Tomas, and is a licensed medical technologist in the Philippines.

Alex Smith

Senior Director, Channels - Canalys

Alex Smith leads Canalys’ channels research department. He manages a team of analysts and consultants responsible for a comprehensive portfolio of advisory services that look into the go-to-market strategies of technology vendors and the trends affecting the global IT channel ecosystem. This portfolio of research includes the Channels Analysis services, Partner Program Analysis, Candefero research products and consultation services designed to help vendors assess, benchmark and develop their channel strategies.

Since 2007, Alex has been following the major IT sectors, including PCs, enterprise software, networking infrastructure, security, servers and storage, assessing market trends and their effect on the IT channel community. He has been one of Canalys’ key client-facing analysts, developing several research programs, and has presented at multiple industry and customer events. He is also a regular speaker at the Canalys Channels Forums. In 2012, Alex relocated from the UK to Palo Alto, California to support local clients and further develop the channels research business.

Prior to joining Canalys in 2007, Alex obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, with a Finance Major, from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. The course focused on financial practices, including derivatives, statistical modeling and portfolio management. As part of his degree, Alex studied multiple business disciplines, including strategy, marketing, logistics and economics. Alex previously worked for an oil exploration company in Calgary, Canada as a Financial Analyst, where he supported internal business planning.

Daniel Liu

Research Analyst - Canalys

Daniel Liu is a Research Analyst based in Canalys’ Shanghai office. He focuses on leading Canalys' Infrastructure Analysis and Cloud Analysis services in the Asia Pacific region. He also supports the Channels Analysis services, with a focus on China. In his role, he researches and analyzes the fast-growing cloud infrastructure services market, studying the largest cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba, as well as the key channel players in the cloud market. At the same time, he looks at technology vendor's go-to-market strategies, as well as the channel trends affecting distributors, resellers, systems integrators and service providers. 

Prior to joining Canalys, Daniel was a Retail Sales Consultant at a luxury retailing consultancy in London. He spent most of his time at clients’ sites, conducting first-hand market research to support clients’ business planning and decision-making.

He graduated from Cranfield University in the UK with a Master of Science Degree in Retail Management. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Matthew Ball

Principal Analyst - Canalys

Matthew Ball leads Canalys’ global infrastructure, cloud, security and unified communications research. He analyzes the impact of converging technologies on the channel, driven by digitalization and deployment of Internet of Things, across core data center and edge computing environments. He also leads confidential consultancy projects, participates in various channel surveys, and provides clients with expert advice and analysis. He is a regular presenter at industry events, including Canalys' Channels Forums around the world, trade shows, and channel partner and customer conferences.

Matthew delivers comprehensive analysis for Canalys’ Infrastructure, Cloud, Security and Unified Communications Analysis services. He has created and developed the company’s highly-regarded annual Point of View, quarterly Vendor Performance Index analysis, and biannual Mergers and Acquisitions reports. He also has experience of working in multinational teams within client organizations, across countries and regions around the world.

Prior to joining Canalys in 2004, Matthew worked for three years as a research analyst at MZA, where he was responsible for a variety of activities in both the consumer and enterprise areas of the telecommunications industry, such as PBX market sizing and analysis of market share information, as well as price tracking at both a European and worldwide level.

Matthew graduated from the University of Birmingham with an Honors Degree in Geography, specializing in analytical techniques.

Nicole Peng

Senior Director, Mobility - Canalys

Nicole oversees Canalys’ mobility-focused advisory services. She leads an international team of analysts providing comprehensive market tracking data, forecasts and insights for the fast-changing mobility sectors. Nicole runs research programs that cover a wide range of consumer device categories, including smartphones, PCs, tablets, wearables, VR/AR and smart speakers, providing fact-based, forward-looking analysis of vendors’ business strategies, product market performance, channel dynamics and regional market trends. Using Canalys’ unique IP and network in the IT channel space, Nicole and her team conduct a wide range of research projects to support clients’ market expansion, channel validation, competitive studies and go-to-market strategies. She is frequently quoted in the top-tier press and often appears on TV as an expert commentator.

Nicole joined Canalys in 2007 and established Canalys’ Chinese office in Shanghai in 2011. She also manages the Chinese office operation to support Canalys’ worldwide business.

Nicole obtained a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from Nottingham University Business School. As part of her degree, she conducted research projects in a variety of business segments and developed business plans for new product commercialization. Nicole also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from the University of Westminster and studied at Guangdong University of Foreign Study.

Rushabh Doshi

Research Manager - Canalys

Based in Singapore, Rushabh is Research Manager for Canalys’ global mobility market research. He leads the mobility device tracking and forecasting services worldwide and oversees an international analyst team responsible for the production of data and insights for smartphones, PCs, tablets and wearables. Rushabh contributes to qualitative research on the mobility industry, while maintaining a regional focus on APAC and India in particular. He is involved in various customized research projects providing insights and advice on competitive and go-to-market strategies. He is frequently quoted in the top-tier media, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, The Times of India and The Economic Times.

Prior to Canalys, Rushabh worked for Panasonic R&D in Singapore as a Research Consultant, where he focused on proposing new business models and technological solutions for the Asian market. Before relocating to Singapore, Rushabh worked as a Network Consultant Engineer with Cisco in India, where he was involved in helping enterprise customers deploy the “Telepresence” UC video solution.

Rushabh has a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, specializing in Networking and Communication.

Sharon Hiu

Analyst - Canalys

Sharon heads the worldwide Partner Program Analysis service, which combines Canalys’ channels expertise and partner program experience. As part of the Channels Analysis team in APAC, she writes analytical reports about the channel, covering go-to-market strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and partners’ quarterly performance. Digital marketing is one of her research focus areas. Sharon is based in Singapore.

Prior to joining Canalys in 2015, Sharon worked as a senior research executive at global market research agency TNS, which led her to work with international clients in the technology, FMCG and government sectors. She took care of the research process and wrote strategic reports, giving insights and recommendations based on primary data. She also organized research workshops, events and coordinated press releases. TNS (now Kantar TNS) is part of WPP, one of the world’s largest providers of advertising, public relations and marketing services.

Sharon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, a leading communications school housed in Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. She interned at an apparel sourcing company in Shanghai before university and attended a summer exchange program at the University of California, Los Angeles. She speaks fluent English and Mandarin.

TuanAnh Nguyen

Analyst - Canalys

Based in Singapore, TuanAnh is an Analyst supporting Canalys’ worldwide smartphone research programs, with a specific focus on Asia Pacific, and Central and Eastern Europe. TuanAnh oversees Canalys’ worldwide mobility device-tracking and forecasting services, observing trends and providing insights to support clients on forward-looking decision-making for various mobility device segments, including smart phones, PCs and tablets. He also provides research support for other mobility programs on the smart home and wearables categories. TuanAnh is frequently quoted by top-tier media and appears on TV as an industry expert commentator, including on networks such as CNBC, BBC and Bloomberg.

Before joining Canalys in 2016, TuanAnh worked in the mobile operations team for Singapore-headquartered Internet company Garena, where he focused on mobile games. His primary responsibilities included market research, data analysis, pricing and revenue-generating strategies.

TuanAnh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Statistics and Applied Probabilities, and minoring in Economics. He speaks fluent English and Vietnamese.

Rachel Lashford

Vice President, Marketing - Canalys

Rachel Lashford leads Canalys’ worldwide marketing activities, promoting the company, its global services and apps, and Canalys' partner community, Candefero.

Rachel joined Canalys in September 2000 and is now based in its EMEA office in the UK. In her previous role at Canalys, she was leading a global team of industry analysts and technology product-based services. She also worked in Singapore for nine years, leading Canalys’ APAC operations after having established the company’s first office in the region in 2006. This was followed by the opening of the Shanghai office in 2011.

Rachel presents on mobility, autonomous vehicles and emerging tech trends at various vendor and industry events as well as Canalys forums. She is widely quoted in the top-tier press, as well as appearing regularly on major news channels. She has advised clients around the world and has been involved in numerous custom projects.

Before Canalys, Rachel worked in the industrial chemicals industry, for Bayer. She graduated from Warwick University with an Honors Degree in Philosophy and participated in INSEAD’s "Leading for results" program.

Rita Chaher

Executive Vice President - Canalys

Rita Chaher manages Canalys’ overall services and events business in the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. 

Prior to joining Canalys in 2006, Rita worked in both the international and Argentinean legal market for Chaher-Sticca y Asoc in Mendoza, Argentina, becoming a member of the Mendoza Bar Association, and an active member of COLADIC (Latin American Council of International and Comparative Law) and IMLA (International Media Law Association).

Before graduating as a lawyer, Rita completed an internship for the Program in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the Center for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University, where she corresponded with presenters and lecturers of the High Level EU-Latin American and Caribbean Information Society. She also took part in the Media Law Advocate Training Program at Oriel College.

Rita qualified as a solicitor in Argentina, at Mendoza University, and speaks English and Spanish.