Tim Takala

Technical Director
APAC Enterprise Networks Division
TE Connectivity

Topic : "Smart" Physical Layer Systems That Knows Your Network

Biography:

Tim Takala has been working in the telecommunications industry with ADC KRONE, Now TE Connectivity, for 15 years. Beginning his carrier in Research and Development as the Laboratory and Technical Manager for Asia/Pacific, Tim has worked throughout the region in support of new product developments. Transferred to the United States in 2000, Tim spent 5 years as the Technical Director for the Americas region overseeing the development of cable and connectivity products. Now based in Asia Pacific, Tim heads up a team of engineers focused on supporting customer networks throughout APAC. Tim also spends time working with consultants, system integrators and end users on solution development.

A regular speaker at industry events, Tim is also the author of several industry white papers, application reports and articles on structured cabling technologies.

Theodoric Chan

Chief Operating Officer
NTT Singapore Pte Ltd

Topic : Finding a new buzz word in Network Virtualization

Biography:

Theodoric Chan is the Chief Operating Officer of NTT Singapore Ptd Ltd (NTT Singapore). NTT Singapore is the regional headquarter of NTT Communications Corporation for Asia Pacific Region. Established in 1997, NTT Singapore has more than 10 years of expertise in providing information and communications technology (ICT) solutions worldwide. NTTS offers diverse high-quality connectivity, data center solutions, security services, IT management services, voice and conferencing solutions and solution integration services to its enterprise customers.

In this capacity, he is responsible for the business operations and formulating the strategic direction as well as partnership alliance and management.

Theodoric Chan has over twenty-five years of telecommunications industry experience (including Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore), having held various senior positions in technical, commercial, operations, and management.

Theodoric Chan is a Chartered Engineer and member of the IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology) and the HKIE (The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers). Theodoric holds a BEng (Hons) graduated with first class honours and a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Mobile number: 9008 6822

Patric Lee

Assistant General Manager
Newtech Technology (South Asia) Pte Ltd

Topic : Data Centre Critical Environment Management

Biography:

In Patric’s career, he had more than 18 years of experience in IT telecommunication infrastructure and Mission Critical Environment. Spent more than 10 years involving professional services in Asia Pacific major cities; Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City and Guam. He’s currently heading the operations for South East Asia.

Besides BICSI activity, Patric was an accredited CDCDP (Certified Data Center Design Professional) since 2011.

Andy Seow

Area Sales Manager
UPS Systems
Piller Power Singapore Pte Ltd

Topic : Rotary UPS and Gensets - Totally flexible and high efficiency UPS configurations

Biography:

Andy is responsible for Piller UPS business in the Asia pacific region. Making use of his 12 years experience in the Semiconductor & Electronics industry, Andy is able to provide customized high quality power supply solutions to clients in Data Centre, Telecommunication, Banking, Semiconductor and several other industries.

Based on Piller 100 years experience and a wide product range like Static, Hybrid Rotary and Diesel UPS technologies – Piller can satisfy any power requirement ranges from 3kVA up to 50MVA.

Gay Chi Sen

Director of Sales Data Centre Infrastructure
Management Software
Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China
Schneider Electric, IT Business

Biography:

Gay Chi Sen is the Director of Sales for Schneider Electric's Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software business. Chi Sen currently manages the DCIM sales operations in Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China. He is also responsible for driving product and partner strategies in these regions.

Chi Sen has more than 15 years of experience in sales and strategy in the enterprise software and IT infrastructure business. Throughout Chi Sen's career, he has met and consulted IT executives and industry analysts on IT Infrastructure, Data Centres and IT security initiatives. This helped to strengthen his credibility and allowed him to build an extensive network within the IT community, which is instrumental in helping him open doors to new sales opportunities.

Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Chi Sen was part of the leadership team at IBM for the Tivoli software business, and held managerial roles in Computer Associates (CA) and Sun Microsystems software business. Chi Sen's wealth of experience in enterprise software allows him to accurately identify key industry trends and successfully capitalise on evolving market requirements to drive DCIM sales.

As the Director of Sales for DCIM software, Chi Sen reinforces Schneider Electric's position as a Trusted Solutions Advisor in the data centre sector by demonstrating how Schneider Electric's DCIM solutions can provide customers with a unified and in-depth analysis of their IT infrastructure and improve the energy and cost efficiency of data centres.

Sanjeev Kumar

Practice Lead for Cloud, IT strategy and Planning, SAK
Dell

Topic : CLOUD OR NO CLOUD FOR YOU?

Biography:

Practice Lead for Cloud Consulting, IT strategy and Planning in Dell, based in Singapore. Breadth and depth of knowledge on Cloud Consulting, Virtualization, IT Strategy and Planning, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.

I enjoys building mindshare for Cloud for cloud based solution for enterprises with different industry verticals, sharing best practices across Cloud and building Business, financial and technical roadmap; and approach for cloud.

Patrick Ryan

Senior Manager, Strategic IT & Operations
Oliver Wyman

Topic : Infrastructure Consolidation from an International Regulatory Perspective

Biography:

Patrick Ryan is a senior manager in Oliver Wyman’s Strategic IT & Operations practice, based in Singapore. Patrick has over 13 years of experience in information technology across strategy, architecture and operations transformation. Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, Patrick was with Lloyds Banking Group as Head of IT Strategy, and Accenture as a manager in their Strategic IT Effectiveness and Global Architecture practices.

Education

Patrick holds a masters degree with high honours in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a bachelor of arts in economics from Northwestern University.
Languages : Native English

Recent relevant project experience
- Enterprise-wide risk IT architecture review and strategic planning project, focused on Basel compliance and best practice capabilities, delivering a comprehensive target state design and an implementation roadmap.
- Operational due diligence for a private equity investment in an insurance brokerage company, focused on IT platform ability to support efficiency and effectiveness initiatives across the organisation.
- Capital market risk IT architecture quality assurance assessment, focused on Basel 3 readiness and comparison against best practices.
- Due diligence and post-merger integration, including leading the IT strategy for the largest financial services acquisition in Europe, focusing on technology and organisational integration, and synergy identification and planning.
- Target operating model consolidation and transformation, including lead for a detailed organisation design and implementation project for a leading UK bank.
- IT outsourcing strategy for leading UK bank, including identification and sizing of new opportunities, vendor negotiations and consolidation of suppliers.
- Technology strategy for a leading UK bank, defining the target state for IT across the group and the roadmap to achieve it, with the objective to simplify and consolidate the IT footprint (applications and infrastructure) to achieve cost and operational benefits and enhanced business capabilities.
- Developed the IT components of a mortgage business strategy, focusing on identifying sustainable competitive advantages, aligning opportunities and developing a target business model.
- Delivered the strategy for an internet bank transformation initiative, including roadmap, target architecture and business case.
- Led a strategic review of an infrastructure refresh programme for a leading mobile telecommunications company in the UK. Developed a recovery plan and approach for revitalising the programme and deliver business benefits according to schedule.
- Developed an enterprise-wide information management strategy and business case for a major government department in the Republic of Ireland. Made technical, procedural and organizational recommendations as part of a holistic, 5 year plan for a series of initiatives to improve the Department’s ability to service their customers and reduce operating costs.
- Led a strategic infrastructure assessment for a leading telecommunications provider in Australia, focusing on data centre cost effectiveness and profitability of related commercial products. Delivered a strategy to consolidate infrastructure assets, improve profitability of hosting products and organisation and process enhancements.

Harkeeret Singh

Global Head of Energy & Sustainable Technology
Thomson Reuters

Topic : Planning and Implementing Cooling Systems - A look at Core Cooling System Technologies

Biography:

Harkeeret (Harqs) Singh is Global Head of Energy & Sustainable Technology at Thomson Reuters. He is seen as the Energy 'Czar' and one of the main enablers of a greener and more sustainable future for the company. In his role Harqs is responsible for energy efficiency and sustainability across the Markets division, including Data Centres, Servers, Storage, Network and Desktop.

Harqs has been working within the industry specifically looking at data centers and IT in both Europe and the US for some time, particularly in the pursuit of advancing energy efficiency principles and working across traditional boundaries to achieve ’holistic’ efficiency. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters in August 2009 he held a variety of roles at BT, including Head of Data Centre Strategy.

At Thomson Reuters Harqs is responsible for industry engagement around energy efficiency, liaising with The Green Grid (serving as Chair for EMEA alongside sitting on the Advisory Council), ASHRAE, the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres and the US EPA/DoE energy efficiency initiatives and many other fora across the industry. He is also a lead representative for Global Climate Change Policies - UK CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, APA (American Power Act) and others across the world.

Harqs holds a BSc in Computer Science and Business Management from the University of Birmingham and awards which include a Strategy Award from Accenture.

James Rix

Project Director
PTS Consulting (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Topic : Data Centre Infrastructure Operational Management and Planning

Biography:

James has 30 years experience in construction and project management in both the United Kingdom and South East Asia. He has a diverse background ranging from project management through to technical consultancy and contracting. He has a particular skill and interest in both project management and construction, including data centre and commercial fit-outs and major multi-tenure construction projects.

He is a leading exponent of preventative maintenance, secured by design requirements and new construction technologies associated with efficient and green construction. He has also been appointed as Expert Witness in arbitration and adjudication hearings. James is multi skilled in project management processes and in construction engineering developed through his many project roles across UK and South East Asia. He is very experienced in construction and engineering for data centres. He is an effective communicator in both written and oral form.

Ng Chun Kiam

Director - Risk Consulting Practice
Deloitte & Touche

Topic : Enterprise Security - Threats are Inevitable, preparing the management blue print to manage and deal with threats

Biography:

Chun Kiam is currently a Director with the Risk Consulting practice of Deloitte & Touche, Singapore. Chun Kiam has more than 15 years of experience in helping clients achieve sustainable breakthrough in business value and IT-business alignment. This is achieved by mitigating IT risks and identifying opportunities to create the strategies, governance policy, structure, operating models, IT investment management frameworks and processes; and the enabling management and information technology solutions necessary to realize that value. Chun Kiam has been the engagement Director for numerous complex cross-geographical and cross-departmental IT transformation projects for Banks and Government.

Chun Kiam was awarded the Singapore Government scholarship and served his initial career with the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), with his last held position as the Assistant Chief Information Officer (Systems) where he contributed in portfolio planning for the MINDEF Corporate IT Portfolio. Chun Kiam had also served as the Secretariat for various investment and policy decision-making forums at the leadership/senior management level and had driven enterprise-wide IT services procurement strategy and vendor selection; IT contract negotiation/management and; complex Business Process , IT integration and change management programmes.

BV Vaidyanath

Engagement Manager
McKinsey & Company

Biography:

BV Vaidyanath is an Engagement Manager in the South East Asian office of McKinsey & Company, where he is a core member of McKinsey’s Asia Business Technology Office. In the firm, he has worked primarily in the high-tech and telecommunications sector, across Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

His area of focus includes corporate and growth strategy, particularly for firms in the IT services space. He also works with companies to help them in managing and leveraging technology as enabler of business strategies.

He received his M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM). Prior to joining McKinsey, he worked with IBM Global Services, Singapore, focusing on end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions for clients.

Bob Fabrizio

General Manager, Asia Pacific
Princeton Blue

Topic : Enabling the Process Centric Enterprise

Biography:

Bob Fabrizio is currently the General Manager, Asia Pacific at Princeton Blue. There he is responsible for all aspects of their Business Process Management (BPM) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) Professional Services businesses. Bob has 30 years of experience in IT in a wide range of roles and geographies. Prior to Princeton Blue, he was a Director - Capital Markets, at Deutsche Bank in Singapore, were he lead a team providing large Global IT Programme and Portfolio Management in the Global General Ledger and Financial Reporting Systems area. Before Deutsche Bank, he delivered Customer Solutions in the Business Integration and BPM areas for over eight years while he ran Professional Services and Customer Support organizations for webMethods (now part of Software AG) throughout Asia, Japan, and ANZ, and in the USA.

Before joining webMethods, Bob led teams working on delivering major consulting projects in the ERP and CRM areas. This experience was gained while working at top-tier Enterprise solution providers, including Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, Technology Solutions Company, Sales Technologies, and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Bob has an M.A. Degree in Computer Science from Duke University, and a B.S. in Chemistry from Ohio University. Before getting into Consulting, he started his career as a Software Developer, working in the areas of Office Automation, Text Search and Retrieval, Pen-based Computing, and Sales Force Automation, along with early email and mobile platform development. He has been living in Asia for the last eleven years, having been stationed in Tokyo, Shanghai, and now Singapore, working with customers throughout the Asia Pacific Region.

Jacqueline Chan

Director
DSCO Group

Biography:

DSCO Group has extensive experience in the M&E services and facilities design. The projects ranging from the commercial, industrial, information technology and banking facilities, hotel, residential, education and institution, health care and entertainment industries throughout the Asia Pacific region and Australasia.

In developing the most ideal solution for Clients, DSCO’s business is based on the concept of Life Cycle Engineering. This includes the full array of design, consultancy and construction management services, iPVT™ testing (integrated performance verification testing), on-going facilities engineering support and health checks.

DSCO’s scope of services may range from specialist, partial services, to comprehensive services. Full services are generally defined by the Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore. Jacqueline has been with DSCO over 10 years and has been responsible for managing the business development and growth of the firm since 2003. The firm is positioned as a strategic long term partner to local and international clients requiring specialised mission critical life cycle engineering consultancy.

CK Lam

Enterprise Solutions Manager
APAC, Juniper Networks

Biography:

Based in Singapore, CK manages the Juniper Networks Enterprise Solutions for Asia-Pacific and is responsible for evangelizing leading-edge solutions including the Data Center, Cloud Computing, Networking and Security solutions to enterprise customers and partners in the region.

CK was most recently with IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) as an Advisory Sales Specialist for network infrastructure, network security and data centre solutions. Prior to that, he spent five years as a Technical Marketing Engineer for Intel’s Network Products Division covering the APAC region and supporting the product managers for switches, routers, SSL accelerators and Server Load Balancers. He also held various technical positions in Novell and Singapore Computer Systems before that.

CK has nearly 20 years of experience in the IT industry, covering technologies from networking security, VoIP to wireless solutions.

Anup Changaroth

Director, Portfolio Marketing
Ciena Communications

Biography:

Anup Changaroth is Director of Portfolio Marketing, and the dual responsibility of being the Asia Pacific Product Marketing prime for Ciena’s range of next-generation Packet Optical, Switching and Carrier-Ethernet solutions, as well as leading the marketing communications function for the company across the region.

He has been involved in the communications field for nearly 20 years, since designing and building his own V.23 modem in the late ‘80s.

Prior to Ciena’s acquisition of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks division, Mr. Changaroth held various positions at Nortel, including leading the Product Marketing functions for Asia Pacific from 2003 till 2009, and the Solutions Marketing team for Nortel’s Local Internet division between 1997 to 2000, during which he was responsible for IP optimized “last mile” solutions to Service Providers, as well as spearheading Nortel’s Optical Ethernet marketing strategy across Asia Pacific between 2000 - 2001.

Prior to Nortel, Mr Changaroth held various positions at Motorola's Information Systems Group; the pioneers of analog transmissions systems and X.25 packet switching solutions. At Motorola Mr. Changaroth worked on the design of X.25 and Frame Relay access networks for the banking & financial sector and deployment of various analog transmission systems.

Mr. Changaroth holds an Honours Degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the City University, London; Marketing Management Diploma from Columbia University, USA; as well as a Diploma in Electronics Engineering from the Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore.

He is an active industry participant, holding voting membership positions at the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Audio Engineering Society.