At 21, Fione Tan co-founded Asia’s internet marketing company eOneNet.com in Malaysia in 2000 then expanded to HK and China.

Fione Tan has coached entrepreneurs to start online business since 2003, and in Hong Kong, the training course Hong Kong internet marketing program is supported by Hong Kong government funding of up to $20,000. Fione was featured as Internet Business expert at World Economic Forum.

Kosmo newspaper calls her No.1 Internet Marketing Coach, while NTV7 named her Internet Marketing Queen.

In Sep 2016, she cofounded Asia’s 1st Cross Border Brands Accelerator via eCommerce platform – www.28Mall.com to sell international brands mainly targeting China and SEA, now with more than 500 international brands.

In 2019, she launched China Crowdfunding campaign for a Italian hair dryer brand, surpassing 315% in sales target, earning the spot as Top 5 most successful crowdfunding on JD during that period.

Fione has won various Business awards including those personally presented by the Queen of Malaysia, and the former Prime Minister of Malaysia.

In July 2018, Fione organized Malaysia’s 1st Asia Influencers Carnival. Fione is also member and committee of associations including, Federation Manufacturers Malaysia, HK Malaysia Business Association, Malaysia Retailers Chain Association, Malaysia Cross Border eCommerce Association and National ICT Association.

Being a bestselling Author, her book "The Internet Millionaire Checklist" was ranked as Top 25 Most Powerful Business Books by Times Book Store Malaysia and is available on Amazon.com.

Christoph Langewisch is an early adapter of Blockchain and the Platform economy. He studied computer science specialized in high performance computing at RWTH Aachen (Germany). He is an entrepreneur and technology leader with more than 20 years of experience in defining and implementing critical IT / business solutions. Its central goal is to transform business models into highly digitized and efficient processes by reduced and automated processes.

He has held various management positions in internationally positioned areas such as IT services development quality assurance and sales. He worked in different executive positions at large international corporations and startups reponsible for implementation of major international IT projects for customers in the automotive insurance heathcare and reinsurance industries.

Jo is the Region Lead for Hong Kong and Macao with Alteryx and she leads a high performing sales team to drive strategic client engagements in the adoption of Alteryx’s data & analytics software platform.

Prior to Alteryx, she held diverse client management roles in General Electric and IBM in Singapore and Australia ranging from Client Relationship Executive, Analytics Software Account Executive and Alliances Partnership Manager.

Having spent over 10 years in Australia with IBM, Jo relocated to Singapore in 2015 to take up an IBM predictive analytics regional sales leadership role covering ASEAN before joining GE a year later to oversee the setting up of the digital solutions business across the APAC territory. She has spent the last 2.5yrs with Alteryx in sales and client coverage roles in the capacity of an Account Director for Singapore and Hong Kong, before moving to her current role in Jan 2020.

Jo is passionate about digital transformation and analytics and actively speaks across various industry and corporate events on the value of enterprises adopting analytics solutions to improve business productivity, efficiency and market competitiveness.

In September 2009, Mark Shengyu Yuan and Zoe Yu Zhang founded And Luxe Inc.. In the past 11 years, with Mark as CEO, the company worked with nearly 400 brands and companies from the US and Europe in various capacities in marketing, distribution and wholesale to Chinese fashion retail market.

In the summer of 2016, Mark led the And Luxe team to become one of the first companies in the US to pioneer live stream shopping. Subsequently, in 2019, Mark was instrumental in the development and the growth of a first-of-its-kind live stream shopping consultancy and business solution service.

Mark is a strong advocate for Chinese American Entrepreneurship in the US. He sits on board of several tech startups which focus on new retail and e-commerce models. He founded the Chinese Entrepreneurs Club of New York and was elected to be its first president in 2013. He has also been the founding president and board member of the Chinese American Buyers Alliance since 2017.

Mark immigrated to the United States in early 1998 from Harbin, China. After graduating from Binghamton University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a concentration in Marketing, he started his fashion industry career in New York City.

In September 2009, Zoe Yu Zhang and her co-founder, Mark Shengyu Yuan, launched And Luxe Inc., which aimed to become the bridge between Western brands and the Chinese market. Since then, Zoe has served as its Chief Buyer and Creative Director.

In 2016, Zoe was the creative force behind And Luxe’s shift to live stream shopping and one of the original group of live streamers that pioneered this new way to sell. In 2017, she was a panelist at the e-Commerce Conference in China (天下网商大会), where she was invited to share her expertise in cross-border e-commerce and live shopping. In 2018, under Zoe’s leadership, And Luxe team was awarded the Taobao Global Best Livestreamer of the Year Award. In the same year, And Luxe’s success story marketing American and European brands was featured in Alibaba Group’s Best of 2018 presentation.

Zoe and Mark have at various times been guest speakers at seminars for top executives from Fortune 100 companies at Harvard Business School. They are also frequently invited to share their expertise and insight into live stream commerce and new retail innovations with the media, e-commerce platforms, retail conferences, webinars, and major corporations.

Zoe earned two separate degrees in Fashion Design and Advertising Communications from Instituto Marangoni and the University of Bedfordshire respectively in the United Kingdom in 2004. The following year, she immigrated to the United States and started her career as a fashion designer at Vandale Industry.

Mr Stan Singh holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from UK and he has attended various Management series strategic courses over the last 27 years. He has 37 years’ experience in IT Management, and 29 years in Business Management at the transaction, operations and corporate management levels. His business exposure and experience spans a variety of industries, including Hotel & Properties, Retail & Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Stock Broking, Properties, Finance & Airport Management Systems. He was also actively involved in the Outsourcing & Managed Services evaluation & implementation and Process Reengineering initiatives in United Kingdom & Malaysia, and equally is a business coach for new start-ups. He has so far coached 22 companies including Franchise Management & Setup and has knowledge dealing with Digital Badges in Education.

In the IT industry, Mr Singh’s experience covers a very broad area: from System Integration & Application Design & Development, Programming, Project Management, Systems Installation & Implementation, User & Corporate Training, IT Consultation, IT Governance, Business Continuity Management, Knowledge Management & IT & Business Security Management, Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity.

Apart from all the of the above, Mr Singh was also involved in the development pf the Enterprise Architecture, Customer Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Big Data and eCommerce & eBusiness initiatives providing consulting and technical know-how to organisations in various industries, but more specifically in Retail. He has also helped Retailers understand how disruptive technology impacts Retail and Data Dynamics.

Mr Singh also has valuable experience as a global business manager, having worked in many countries including the UK, USA, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Currently he is also a member of British Institute of Management, a Councilor member of PIKOM (The National ICT Association of Malaysia), serving in various committees and has equally been involved in ASOCIO (Asian Oceanic Computing Industry Organisation) forums and bilateral trade visits to several Economies since Year 2004. He also took charge of PIKOM’s Software & Services Showcase (PS3 or PS Cube) at the largest IT event, WCIT 2008 (World Congress Information Technology) in Kuala Lumpur.

Incidentally, he was last employed as the Managing Director of Wincor Nixdorf Retail Solutions, and equally was responsible for the growth of the Retail Business in Malaysia & Thailand.

However, in September 2012, he moved on and founded IronHorse Asia Sdn Bhd, as the Founder/Principal Consultant and together with three of his close Associates; and together he brings 84 years of experience to address the huge disparity gaps in Business Processes & IT Misalignment, in Retail, that is also very close to his heart. He is currently working on his book entitled “Something They 4Got 2 Teach U in Stanford” on Retail Management covering end-to-end business processes, operations & franchise, inclusive of being “Physical Today & Digital Tomorrow”.

He was also involved in the technical committee at SIRIM (National Standard Body) responsible to develop the first Malaysia Standard for Business Continuity Management.

One other key area that Mr Singh was initially involved was in the areas on GST for Retail helping many organisations especially those in the SME/SMI Retail space and helped many Retailers along the way in understanding and setting up of the Goods & Services Tax in their respective organisations and what should be done to the existing systems in terms of making this both GST Ready with GST Compliance and now with SST, saving Retailers cost in over and unnecessary spending. Separately, Mr Singh’s experience also spans across the UK, Australia and Singapore where he has also previously implemented both VAT & GST compliance systems, respectively.

Over the last 32 years, Mr Singh has spoken in a number of Conferences and Business Seminars locally and internationally in the following areas, namely; Role of A CIO in Organisation, Supply Chain Management Strategies, eCommerce & eBusiness, IT Corporate & Performance Measures, IT & Business Security, Challenges in Implementing Business Continuity at The Enterprise Level, Knowledge Management, IT Governance & Compliance, IT Audit Compliance At The Enterprise Level and has participated in a number of IT and Business panel discussions and CIO debates. His current focus is on Retail Management and Fintech and has also spoken in various Retail & Financial seminars specifically on Retail Trends and Business Analytics, Customers Analytics & Supply Chain Management and Blockchain and has spoken in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong. Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Australia, United Kingdom, USA, Iran (Tehran), Egypt (Cairo) and Bhutan. He has also spoken on how Digital Transformation impacts industries such as Retail, Banking & Manufacturing touching on AI, Big Data, Huge Data, IOT, IR4.0, FinTech, Blockchain, Mobile and Cybersecurity.

Mr Singh uses four key areas, namely, Strategy, Structure, System & Staff when looking at any organisation’s eco system to define its whereabouts or position.

On behalf of PIKOM, he also currently sits at the Advisory Committee to review Big Data & AI initiatives in Malaysia.

In Year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively Mr Singh was the Chief Judge for the MSC-APICTA in Malaysia and this year in 2020 he is once again selected to be the Chief Judge for Malaysia. Incidentally, he also serves as one of the International Judges at the APICTA event and last year was elected as the Chairman of APICTA International, first Malaysian, that consists of 17 Member Economies, including China & Japan.

APICTA is the acronym for Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (www.apicta.org). Last year the APICTA International event was held in Halong / Hanoi Vietnam and this year this prestigious event will be held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, APICTA2020.

One specific area that Mr Singh is very proud of and has largely contributed to various organisations across the Globe was when he was employed as the CIO and later promoted to be the Global CIO for a large Conglomerate looking after companies under the Group in Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong, Philippines, United Kingdom & the USA for all their IT initiatives, business and for delivering major projects. In his experience, he aligned organisations to ensure there were Business Alignment, IT Alignment, People Alignment and Strategic Alignment to take that organisation to the next level to transform all its related areas within the organisation’s eco system.

In the last 19 years of his career as the Global CIO he has achieved many successes and milestones in the transformation program for business across various organisations business and eventually was promoted to Senior Vice-President - Group IT Services with a global role & responsibility.

He was also invited to join the Retail Academy at Malaysian Chain Retail Association (MRCA) as the Deputy Chancellor and currently also sits in the AGROBANK Board.

Jesse joined BSL in a corporate finance capacity then was promoted to General Manager. BSL aims to provide the one-stop solution on blockchain technology and to become the leading blockchain solutions company in SE Asian Region. The company mainly provides solutions for different corporates or governmental body. While Jesse is responsible for overseeing the company’s finances, he also doubles as project manager for several on-going projects. Jesse has a strong interest in coding and experiments with coding himself.

With the hard work of the team, Blockchain Solutions have become one of the leading blockchain company in Asia. Blockchain Solutions has won 2 out of 3 HKSAR government blockchain projects, on IP verification and traceability of pharmaceutical products through blockchain.

Prior to joining BSL, Jesse has accumulated over a decade of experience in finance and real estate. He started his career in banking, then shifted his role to corporate finance & strategy in listed companies. Also, he has held senior positions in real estate corporations and funds in Hong Kong and China.

Jesse holds an MSc from HKUST, and a BA from Trinity College, USA.

Mohsen Ahmad oversees Dubai South’s entire Logistics District as its chief executive officer. Having set up its free zone and established the Dubai Logistics Corridor, which connects Jebel Ali Port with Al Maktoum International Airport via a single, custom-bonded zone, Mohsen leads the overall execution of the district’s operations, manages its financial planning, and is responsible for setting the district’s strategic directions and goals. He was also instrumental in laying the groundwork for future developments to ensure the district’s sustainable growth.

Anticipating the rapid growth of e-commerce and witnessing the growing number of international and regional movers in Dubai, Mohsen championed the development of EZDubai, a purpose built e-commerce hub that supports the growth of the sector through state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure within the Logistics District. Additionally, as an industry veteran, he played an instrumental role in developing Dubai’s overall e-commerce strategy to consolidate the emirate’s position as a hub for global e-commerce.

Mohsen joined Dubai South in 2008 following more than twelve years’ experience in the supply chains and logistics sector, having held management posts at Al Futtaim Logistics and tenure as head of inbound logistics at Dubai Aluminum Company (DUBAL).

He had set his sights early on a career in supply chain and logistics, with a bachelor’s degree in logistics and transportation from the University of Tennessee, USA and a Master of Science in logistics and supply chain management from Cranfield University School of Management, United Kingdom.

Harrace Lau is the co-founders of eOneNet, online marketing services and training company with offices in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong since 2000, and 28Mall, cross border eCommerce platform for SEA, with more than 10 years’ of practising as a solicitor in Hong Kong before.

Harrace is also senior Internet market coach, and has trained more than 10,000 people starting online business since 2003 in Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and Singapore, and also one of the main trainers in the Certificate in Practical Internet Marketing course with a Hong Kong government funding of up to HK$20,000.

Harrace is also a regular speaker in Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) on digital marketing including workshops held in Taiwan, Sri Lanker, and the Philippines, and other international conferences.

Hussein Zawia is the CEO and Co-founder of eRomman Marketplace, the world’s first marketplace that connects online buyers from the Middle East with online sellers based in Malaysia and South East Asia. The company was established in November 2017 and launched commercially in March 2018. Prior to that, Hussein was both Sales and Managing Director in retail and service establishments in the Middle East. He started his career in 2002 as salesman for an establishment which was the sole agent for SIEMENS & BOCSH Home Appliances. In 2006, Hussein became the Managing Director of the authorized franchise for Budget Rent a Car. Hussein obtained obtained BSc from Buckingham University (UK) and MBA from Maastricht School of Management (Neatherlands).

Emily Leung is a Senior Analyst specializing in Services and Payments at Euromonitor International, Hong Kong.

In her current position, Emily focuses on providing market insights for multiple areas including Travel, Retail, Consumer Finance, Digital Payments and Foodservices. She pursues her great interest in analyzing and delivering the latest market trends and insights to clients through marketing sizing, forecasting and competitor landscaping.

Prior to joining Euromonitor, Emily worked in quantitative and qualitative market research serving key accounts in FMCG, retail, finance and public enterprises. Emily holds a Masters Degree in International Business Management from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of New South Wales. She is also fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Jonathan is the consulting manager at Euromonitor International, with a specialization in B2B market intelligence studies. Aside from research product oversight, Jonathan also conducts global customized quantitative and qualitative research related to market feasibility and entry strategies, partner search, market gap analysis, pricing indices, among others. His past industry experience include FMCG industries, financial services, construction, manufacturing, on-demand home services, pharmaceutical, and e-Commerce across North America, Europe and APAC.

Aside from custom research, Jonathan has presented and moderated events at Toys and Games Fair, Asian E-tailing Summit in Hong Kong and other conferences.

Prior to joining Euromonitor, Jonathan worked as a Consulting Analyst with an international consulting firm focusing on financial services, pharmaceutical and retail industries. Jonathan holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from University of Kent and the Fintech Certification from University of Oxford.

Benson Ng is a Partner with EY Consulting in Hong Kong. He leads EY’s Hong Kong Business Consulting which combines EY’s world class talent from business transformation and innovation, finance, enterprise risk, financial service risk, supply chain & operations and technology risk. He specializes in business transformation and innovation aiming to help client to transforming business through the power of people, technology and innovation.

He is a seasoned consulting professional with 22 years of global experiences in business transformation and digital business consulting (big data analytics, experience-led transformation, innovation as a service, digital operation optimization). Benson has advised life science, telecom, government, retail, transportation, multinational and technology and companies around the world.

Benson leads EY’s innovation and growth center (wavespace) at Shanghai and had welcomed more than 3,000+ guests across 90+ innovation sessions with clients from all industries.

Benson has been a regular speaker and participant with various universities, industry seminars and conferences, and client events. Benson is a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors and has been Selection Consultant to Directors of the Year Awards.

Benson graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor degree and a Master degree on topic of artificial intelligence.

Distinguished Alumni Award – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Engineering.

Nitin Navneet Tatiwala is the managing director of marketing - product, solutions and e-commerce of the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA) region at FedEx Express. He is responsible for leading e-commerce initiatives for FedEx Express across the AMEA region and developing industry-specific solutions across healthcare, technology as well as other sectors that require temperature-controlled solutions.

Nitin brings more than 15 years of business and technical experience across e-commerce, strategic planning and marketing to FedEx Express. He has extensive international experience, spearheading go-to-market, new product launches and initiatives to drive operational efficiency in Australia, China, Japan, India, Hong Kong as well as across South East Asia and South Asia.

Prior, Nitin was the managing director – Singapore and senior director commercial – APAC for a global logistics company, where he focused on cross border, fulfillment and last mile delivery for the e-commerce sector. He also has held a variety of sales, product engineering, channel development, financial and planning roles at companies including Deccan 360 and Essar Oil Limited.

Nitin received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Rajasthan and Master of Management Studies from the Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education. He is based in Hong Kong SAR.

Mark Batty is VP of Business Development at leading cross-border technology provider Global-e, heading up their global growth strategy for their 450 brands, and is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Mark has extensive international eCommerce experience, built up over the last 10 years at Asos and Boden, where has worked for the last 5 years as Country Director Germany & Rest of World. There he was responsible for leading the growth of Boden’s direct business in Germany, France & Australia, as well as successfully launching international marketplaces including Zalando in Europe and Tmall in China. Before joining Boden, Mark worked at ASOS, where he was responsible for developing the six strategic international markets of the US, Australia, Germany, France, Italy & Spain. He then became Territory Manager for Russia & New Markets, where he launched the local websites in Russia and China. Prior to that, Mark worked in various Digital Marketing roles at Woolworths, Biglight and Mexx in the Netherlands where he lived for 5 years.

Robin Lee is the Co-founder and CEO of HelloGold, a Shariah-compliant fintech focused on creating financial products for the underserved and the unbanked in emerging markets. HelloGold launched its platform in Malaysia in April 2017 with gold as its first financial product with a minimum transaction size of 25 cents. As at November 2020, it has acquired more than 370,000 customers in Malaysia and Thailand and has made US$25 million of gold transactions. In 2021, HelloGold intends to expand into other markets in the region and into other financial products

Prior to HelloGold, Robin was the Chief Financial Officer of the World Gold Council where he was also the Principal Accounting Officer for SPDR Gold Trust, world’s largest gold ETF, with US$75+b AUM. He has also been a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, and a regulator with the Securities Commission Malaysia. He qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and is a graduate from Oxford University.

Zaw Htet Aung worked as a Project Engineer at Citi Bank in Singapore for 3 years and as a Network Engineer at Nera Telecommunications for 2 years in Singapore. He got MBA degree from University of Mandalay. He founded Yone Kyi Yar Free Public Library, one of the most active libraries in Myanmar. He joined the University of Washington for a fellowship program training at Seattle, Washington State, USA. He is regularly working as a Senior Trainer at the Government’s Academy of Civil Servants on the subjects of ICT, E Government and Digital Information Literacy. In 2017, he founded I4B Solutions Co., Ltd., an Upper Myanmar's leading digital marketing agency and ICT solutions company. To enter the field of education, Little Genius School of Science and Technology was established in 2019 and is the only school in Mandalay that provides STEAM Education. In 2019, NEXTech was established to focus on ICT services to expand I4B capabilities. Apart from businesses, he founded one Non-Profit foundation called "THE Foundation" to support and participate for Myanmar's development process in ways of technology.

A firm believer of elevating brands’ digital initiatives through designing omni-channel customer journeys that encapsulate branding and corporate strategies, to address and achieve communica-tion and business objectives.

A seasoned practitioner with extensive experience in the realm of online media and publishing, integrated advertising agencies and mobile start-ups, her passion in adopting Omnichannel journey best practices with special focus on Digital Channels has enabled her to curate and execute top of class digital experience and performance for her list of distinguished clients.

Before joining iClick, she held several positions at Dentsu Aegis Network, Bite Communications and Yahoo HK where she managed digital business across the regions, and merger acquisitions. She also drove integrated digital strategy implementation for leading global brands and generated strong ROI on digital investments across APAC.

Cris is an experienced strategist, corporate team player and start-up enthusiast with a passion for building businesses and challenging the status quo.

With more than 9 years’ track-record of defining new business strategies, launching new ventures, and delivering operational impact, both as a business CEO and management consultant, he has handled an extensive full-cycle driving deal execution from strategy to integration, taken care of public sector to enterprise, corporate and SME accounts.

Cris Tran is the CEO of Infinity Blockchain Ventures (IBV). IBV is dynamic consulting and development firm dedicated to providing practical blockchain solutions that can be used seamlessly.

Cris Tran is also Principal Managing Partner of Asia Blockchain Review, the largest community outreach initiative in Asia.

Prior to this, Cris was the Country Head for Frost & Sullivan, a global management consulting firm, based out in Singapore and specialized in Digital Transformation. He also participated in the IPO of S.E.A ($884 mil @ NYSE)

Cris is today one of the regions most sought-after speakers and thought leaders. Cris has been a keynote speaker for Blockshow, Malaysia Tech Week, Techfest Vietnam, etc. Cris's mission is to create reverse-innovation which is to transform the world from Asia, starting with Blockchain.

Giovanni Musillo is Insider’s Commercial Director, responsible for Insider’s growth and expansion in Hong Kong with his vast experience in Consumer Marketing, Digital Marketing, E-commerce and Predictive Technologies. He is actively striving for excellence, teamwork and a coach believer. His all-round experience encompasses marketing, merchandising and logistics, as well as Public speaker and former professional sportsman at Volleyball. He previously led Asia’s top e-commerce brand, Zalora Hong Kong, starting from Zalora Malaysia since 2014. His scope of expertise encompasses Buying, Pricing, Online and Offline Marketing, Partnerships and Alliances, Product and IT System Development and Management. He holds an honours in Masters Degree of Engineering.

Worldwide

10 years’ experience of Retail Industry

JD Worldwide BD Department

5 years in JD.com, responsible for recruiting and promoting overseas brands/retailers, support them to explore Chinese market with omni-channel cooperation. Strategic cooperation with foreign embassies and associations.

FANCL/Senior BD Officer

Take care of business in the northern China. Develop high potential department stores and shopping malls.

Wanda Group/MT

Shopping mall planning, strategic cooperation with brands for opening shops in Wanda Shopping Mall Chains.

Anson joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1999 and is currently a Partner based in the Hong Kong office heading up the Consumer & Retail Practice in the ASPAC region. He is part of the KPMG Global Consumer & Retail Steering Group as well as being a member of the Global Technology Innovation Centre and the Cluster Leader for the Technology, Media & Telecoms Practice based in Hong Kong.

Anson has been active in driving a number of thought leadership reports and executive briefings for senior executives covering innovation and consumers in China and across Asia. He has worked with many corporates to understand the complex markets we live in and current levels of disruption being seen with recent reports including Global Mobile Payments, Consumers & Convergence, Mobilizing Innovation: The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies, The Rise of the Digital Multi-tasker, Be a Smarter Start-up, MNCs in China, Made in China 2025, China’s Connected Consumers, Global Connected Consumers, Connecting Hong Kong – Perspectives on our future as a smart city, Connected Cities – insights across the ASPAC region and The Changing Face of Commerce series.

Today, he not only mentors the next generation of go-to-market professionals at KPMG but continues to work with a growing number of C-level executives as a trusted advisor in providing the best in client innovation whilst acting as the Lead Partner for a number of strategic accounts in both the consumer and technology arena across the Asia Pacific region.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events around the globe and has completed his Executive Masters in Technology & Innovation with the Poly University as well as the MIT Executive Leadership & Innovation Program.

Tian is an author, entrepreneur, investor and influencer. Few years ago, Tian worked in a non profit organization helping the youths, elderlies and the intellectually disabled. The department he was working in was shut down and Tian became unemployed. He had a dream to be a teacher and inspire others to lead better lives for themselves and their loved ones. Out of job with no savings, Tian created his first successful app, a simple cooking app by hiring a developer for USD$200. Since then, Tian has and had been invited to speak all over the world coaching and training entrepreneurs on building a successful online business using mobile apps and social media. After watching a documentary about the rising trend of influencers in China, he was inspired to help connect brands with influencers. He created a startup called KOLI, an influencer marketplace that allows brands to hire influencers for their campaigns. He is now focused on helping aspiring entrepreneurs, influencers, actors and singers to grow their followers and online businesses.

Eric Magdato is the Country Head of Lingaro (Philippines), Inc., a Polish company known to be a disruptive innovator, specializing in digital commerce, data, and analytics. He is responsible for the overall operations and growth of the company as the regional hub for Asia Pacific. Eric leads Lingaro on strategic and operational plays, focusing on establishing alliances with key technology providers while engaging in business transformation services for organizations. He has expanded the company from its humble beginnings in the Philippines to now serving top Philippine conglomerates as well as global Fortune 500 companies.

Mr Magdato has over 24 years of experience in the IT professional services industry working with diverse clients globally across different industries including retail, FMCG, telco, banking, and public sector. He has successfully partnered with organizations who prefer to work with solution providers like Lingaro which demonstrate the agility of start-ups, while at the same time possessing the technical expertise typically found in larger technology providers.

A recipient of several awards and recognitions for his exemplary service delivery and business development output, Eric has extensive experience in senior leadership roles, building teams and developing leaders while working for top global technology companies, IBM and SAP, prior to Lingaro. His experience spans across countries in the Asia Pacific region, with various technology solutions focusing on enabling businesses to run better, innovate, and be more future ready.

Scott joined Lucidworks in 2018 as Asia Sales Lead and was appointed as Regional Vice President since 2020. Scott has been leading the team on the rapid expansion of the new markets and driving exceptional growth in the APAC region.

Scott has more than 20 years of experience in leading regional team to drive business developments in the region. His track records include expanding regional businesses for multinational software vendors like Sybase and SAP, as well as bringing innovative start-ups like Pivotal and Elastic into APAC markets.

Willy Cho is a technology enthusiast/entrepreneur currently working as a Co-CEO of MegazoneCloud and the Chief Operating Officer of Megazone Corp. Megazone has been providing IT services for 21 years in the areas of digital marketing and mobile/app systems integration with the list of leading Korean enterprise customers including Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and SK. MegazoneCloud - a wholly owned subsidy of Megazone is the leading Cloud Solution and Managed Service Provider in APAC with the key offerings in cloud-based Infrastructure, Platform, Application, and Data services.

Graduating from Queen’s University, Canada with B.SC in Electrical Engineering, Willy started his career as an electrical systems engineer at the manufacturing plant of Goodyear Tire & Rubber company, and transitioned into IT industry in 1999. Prior to joining Megazone, Willy served a number of leadership positions at the global enterprises including:

• Cisco Systems
  - Director, Enterprise Emerging Solutions, APAC
• Amazon Web Services
  - Head of Partners & Alliance, Korea
• General Electric
  - GM, Country Manager, GE Digital Korea
  - Head of Global Growth, GE Korea

Willy takes keen interests in: Contribution to others, Winning partnership, Sustainable personal growth and organizational culture.

Pavel Bulowski is the Co-founder and CMO of Meiro, a self-funded mar-tech startup that empowers businesses to leverage their first party customer data to create marketing strategies that are effective and precise to maximise their budget. Established to guide businesses through digital transformation and increasing customer data management complexity with Customer Data Platform (CDP), Meiro enables business users to have access to data and take action without requiring help from their IT department.

As Co-founder and CMO, Pavel takes charge of Meiro’s marketing strategy, operations and regional growth. He is also responsible for product strategy.

Before founding Meiro, Pavel spearheaded Asia expansion for Socialbakers, leading solution in marketing analytics originally from Europe. Prior to Meiro, Pavel started a successful, profitable boutique data analytics firm in Singapore. He is also currently the Co-founder and active contributor at She Loves Data, a non-profit organization which Meiro is a founding member.

Pavel is a born and bred Czech and is currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

26 years of career at NTT DOCOMO, a mobile telecom giant in Japan, generating over 43 billion US dollars annually.

Currently responsible for creating new business, especially in the field of XR (extended reality- VR, AR and MR) in Smart-Life division. Prior to current position, directed the team and strengthened partnership for digital contents distribution such as music and sports subscription services. Also launched docomo’s loyalty program (d-point) and after sales support services in the past. Among them, the extended care support “Keitai Hosho” service has become the largest aftercare program in history, generating nearly $3 billion US dollars with over 42 million users in Japan.

Venus has more than a decade of experience in digital marketing in the retail and financial sector. She currently oversees digital marketing across 15 markets in Asia at Pandora, one of the world’s largest jewellery companies.

Her experience include running digital branding campaigns and performance marketing for multinational corporations, driving online sales through direct-to-consumer sites and e-commerce platforms in Asia as well as social commerce. She is passionate about digital transformation and believes in bringing the best brand experience to consumers via integrated and engaging touch points.

Venus has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Master of Science in Marketing from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She calls both Hong Kong and Singapore home and enjoys traveling with her family.

Jack is the Head of Market Development in Hong Kong, South Korea & Taiwan at PayPal.

Previously the Head of Growth Enablement, Jack oversees PayPal’s market development in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. He accelerates business growth across these three markets by unleashing the market potential, driving scalable initiatives and forging strategic partnerships, with a focus to enhance PayPal’s values to the customers.

Jack has been working in the payments industry for more than 10 years and has developed an expertise in digital payments, e-commerce and FinTech. Prior to joining PayPal, Jack held various managerial positions in Global Corporate Payments at American Express, where he was charged with the development of corporate card business, and providing superior commercial payment solutions to large enterprises and SMEs.

Jack is also a Payments Committee Member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, in which he is dedicated to promoting the development of FinTech industry in Hong Kong through advocacy, education and collaboration with different parties.

Jack holds a Bachelor Degree of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

A software developer, an entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of Rom-Flex Group; Eyo Bassey is also the Founder and CEO of Nigeria’s leading Omni channel fashion store, PayPorte Global Systems Limited.

He is a poster boy for the growing army of young Nigerian entrepreneurs. With businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Turkey, Bassey’s dream is to conquer Africa, starting with the Sub-Saharan Africa.

Eyo innovates, creates and develops technology solutions, nurtures them to become successful companies and finally transits them to capable young teams to run them profitably thereby creating jobs and giving confidence to younger entrepreneurs.

He has worked on several projects across Africa such as enterprise business solutions for the Ghana Post, roll-out of the e-passport for the Nigerian Immigration Service, setup of the largest e-library and e-learning hub in East Africa (MUBS Uganda), e-commerce (payporte.com), development of software for revenue collections by various State Governments in Nigeria, establishment of electronic voters register for Nigerian Government, among many others.

He was awarded the "Pan-African Leadership Prize for Excellence" by the African Student Union Parliament.

He is currently an Honorary citizen of Dallas Texas and an Alumni of the U.S. State Department.

A purposeful dreamer and an energetic achiever, Eyo Bassey isn’t a typical businessman; his dream is to make business leaders out of his many young staff with entrepreneurial capacity.

Thanawat Malabuppha is the CEO and Co-founder of Priceza, the leading shopping search engine and comparison platform in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam). He is passionate about E-commerce, Digital Marketing and Technology. His mission is to help millions of shoppers across Southeast Asia with a one-stop portal of information to make smart shopping decision, and thousands of merchants to connect with online shoppers.

Jaelyn is a digital transformation specialist, focused on advisory of client's strategic objectives, to stay competitive amid constantly evolving market challenges, and to realize the value of their data and technologies. Jaelyn has spent the better part of nearly 20 years transforming the business and technology capabilities of companies, all geared towards building a foundation for change and the differentiators needed to evolve with its customers. Jaelyn has built digital capability for
• 100+ year-old legacy brands, startups and new IPOs alike;
• in developed and developing markets in Asia/SE Asia, North America, Latam and Europe;
• across the physical, the digital only, and sometimes merging the divide

Mr TJ Wu is Director of Centre of Excellence of SAP Customer Experience (SAP CX) for Greater China, responsible for business development and operations. Mr Wu is well experienced in business development in China and Asia, managing local sales and technical professionals, developing channels, product marketing programs and sales tools. He has developed unique insights on e-commerce industry trends, Omni-channel operations and O2O strategies.

Mr Wu has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to joining SAP, Mr Wu was Sales Director of Digital Marketing Solutions at Adobe, Greater China and CRM OnDemand at Oracle. Before Oracle, Mr Wu was Vice President of Business Development at BroadVision, responsible for business operations and management in the Greater China region. The nature of running the business has enabled Mr Wu to familiarize himself with comprehensive theoretical and practical management skills. Furthermore, he has given keynote speeches about employee relationship management and innovative thinking, new modes of team management, sales and marketing management, management practices and more.

Prior to joining BroadVision, Mr Wu was Business Development Director of Asia Pacific at Sygate and TriCipher.

Mr Wu holds a master's degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University, and an MBA from the Golden Gate University, San Francisco.

Mr Greg Wong is the the Director of Analytics, CoE Platform & Technology, Greater China. He has over 20 years’ experience in Business Analytics, Data Mining, RPA, Machine Learning & emerging technology and with 4 years’ experience in Insurance industry. His rich knowledge and experience on technology helps enterprises to empower their business to run faster and better and achieve their business goals. Mr Greg Wong believed that realizing the value of IT investment is the key for successful businesses. Especially, in today digital economy whoever can leverage the power of IT whoever can outperform among the competition.

Ralph Vincent Regalado is Senti AI's CEO and a Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning.

Early Years

Coming from the academe as a professor in De La Salle University, he began dabbling in the startup scene when he joined Ideaspace’s StartUp Weekend Manila. Ralph pitched the concept of an AI-backed analytics software that was able to understand Filipino languages and ended up winning. The winning solution became Senti AI’s first product - Pulse.

Fast forward a few years later, Senti AI launched five (5) more products and became the leading artificial intelligence solutions and services company in the Philippines. Under Ralph’s leadership, the company combines nearly three decades of academic research with deep industry experience to produce cutting-edge AI projects with meaningful impact.

Giving Back to the Community

Two of these projects are the ML HackFest 2019 where the company conducted a hackathon that encouraged the local AI community to help NGOs in the Philippines augment their limited manpower by leveraging Artificial Intelligence.

Most recently, Ralph and his team partnered with the Department of Health to create an AI system that helps deliver accurate, timely, and updated information on CoVid-19 policies for the whole Philippines.

Ralph also led the team that developed the COVID-19 SCAN - a self-assessment app to aid users in determining proper action to take given the symptoms being experienced and history of travel encoded. Moreover, it contains up-to-date health information on COVID-19 to support users in managing their health and well-being in this time of health crisis.

Continuously Helping the Philippines Become AI-Ready

As countries around the world embrace Artificial Intelligence at a rapid pace, Ralph continues to use his knowledge and expertise to help the Philippines become ready for artificial intelligence. With his passion for education and innovation, he conducts activities that help nurture the local tech community and empower the country. Some of these recent activities include:

• Travelled around the Philippines to educate teachers about machine learning (Zamboanga, Davao, Bacolod, Bicol, Leyte)
• Managed the Google Developer Group Philippines (GDG) Community in 2015-2018 to help the Filipino youth learn the latest technologies. He then transitioned to helping the country nurture a generation of AI engineers, data scientists, and AI enthusiasts by establishing the AI Pilipinas community which organizes monthly meetups where local and international experts share their wisdom to help broaden the knowledge of its 1000 + members on Facebook and 800+ members on Meetup.
• Represented the Philippines in the ASEAN-ROK Start-up Summit at Busan, Korea and bagged 2nd place against other countries
• Taught machine learning/AI in:
  - Singapore
  - Kuala Lumpur
  - Poland
  - Jakarta
• Educated marketers, doctors about Artificial Intelligence.
• Being active in building up and managing the local AI community through AI Pilipinas where he helps nurture AI engineers into a successful career in AI with regular webinars and community activities.
• Judging and mentoring startups, technology teams locally and internationally
  - Global Online Startup Weekend: Unite to Fight Covid-19 (international)
  - Forkwell Coronavirus Hackathon (international)
  - Bootqamp: From idea to fruition (local)
  - IdeaSpace Startup Competition
  - Impact Hackathon
• Produced numerous NLP background projects and research papers to help expand and develop the scientific knowledge about the subject. His works can be found in Google Scholar.

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Ralph’s journey as a professor turned entrepreneur that successfully molded a startup company to be the Philippines’ leading AI company has inspired numerous technology writers to feature his story. Some of them include:

• [TECHSHAKE ASIA] Ralph Vincent Regalado of Senti, pioneering artificial intelligence in the Philippines
• [BACK END NEWS] Senti AI aims for inclusive technology for all industries
• [EXECUTIVE SUITE MAGAZINE] Empowering Organizations By Bringing Ai To Mainstream Entrepreneurship lessons from a non-entrepreneur (pilot issue)

Frankie Ng is the Market Lead for Shopify in Hong Kong. He spent the last few years with Shopify on their enterprise division working with large clients like Red Bull, Nestle, and LA Lakers to grow their ecommerce businesses. Before Shopify, Frankie spent three years as an executive with P&G. Now in Hong Kong, his focus is on helping local businesses grow online and sell internationally.

Wai Lun Hong is currently the Founder and CEO of Snaptee, one of the rising stars of Hong Kong’s tech scene allowing users to create highly-personalized t-shirts via app and kiosks in shopping malls. He is a technology entrepreneur, founded 2 ecommerce businesses, bootstrapped Gobuya.com, from zero to US$5M revenue. His current focus is on Snaptee, which is a brand about uniqueness, creativity and yet also something physical to offer, bringing the experience into retail spaces. He is a strong believer in the "Makers Revolution" and working his way to make Snaptee to be a part of it.

Greg Meehan is Chief Revenue Officer at Supahands. He is responsible for establishing revenue strategies and scaling the business globally. Greg plays a significant role at Supahands by driving strategic decision-making to determine business direction, in addition to ensuring the business is adapting to current market demands for accelerated growth. He is also heavily involved in talent acquisition and growing the business development side of the organization.

Greg is very passionate about the growth and upskilling of the Supahands team across the organization. He spearheads several initiatives to enable the SupaTeam to progress and advance professionally and personally in order to propel Supahands’ advancement forward. Greg believes in sincerity, transparency, a great culture, and ‘keeping an eye on the pulse of the ecosystem’ in order to constantly innovate and stay ahead of the pack.

Prior to his career at Supahands, Greg worked in the financial services sector where he consulted on investment management, drove business development teams, designed and implemented business development training programs, and improved outreach strategies to grow revenue. He is bringing with him extensive experience in consulting, team management and strategic planning.

Outside of the office, Greg is passionate about health, fitness, and personal development. He spends his free time at the gym and enjoys trail running and hiking. When at home, he enjoys reading, spending time with friends and family, and a nice glass of Islay whisky.

Iris Kwan is Head of Marketing Greater China of Swiss Mechanical Time (Hong Kong) Limited, the sole distributor of Swiss Luxury Watch Brand (Girard Perregaux) in Greater China.

She has over a decade of experience in holistic marketing especially in luxury industry. In her current position, Iris focuses on strategy development and implementation for Girard Perregaux in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, covering areas like communications, PR, events, digital, retail and trade marketing.

Iris holds a Bachelor degree in English Language and Literatures from Hong Kong Baptist University and a MBA from University of Northern Iowa.

With 20 years of experience in change management, innovative technology, consulting, finance, hospitality and global sales operations management experience starting from the Silicon Valley to worldwide.

Akina is leading a new department at Great Eagle to execute digital transformation and innovation at the group level and also across all subsidiaries globally. She is also part of the Investment Committee that evaluate start-ups in cutting-edge technology and disruptive business model across different industries. In the short time she has been with Great Eagle, she has been able to push for IoT deployment, drone technology, and other transformation projects that resulted in receiving rewards like the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2019. She was one of the Executive that helped a startup in Hong Kong to become one of the Unicorn in 2017 with investors from FoxConn and Softbank.

She is a respected guest speaker, panel specialist and guest professor with notable media appearances on Bloomberg and Fox International. She is a recipient of many awards for great leadership, digital transformation & innovation, social innovation and proptech. She is regularly invited as a speaker and panelist at technology and digital transformation conferences covering big data, security, digital marketing, HR, IoT, Customer Experience, and others. Akina holds an GEMBA from USC and a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA.

Oliver Tan is the Co-Founder and CEO of ViSenze, an A.I. company he founded in 2012 to bridge content and commerce through AI powered search and discovery. Under Oliver’s leadership, the company has emerged as a global leader in retail-tech innovations,empowering brands and retailers to create better customer experiences through applied artificial intelligence. ViSenze was named an Interbrand Breakthrough Brand in 2017, Best AI Product in Retail at CognitionX London 2017, Top 25 AI Companies by Datamation 2018, Best Tech Company to Work For in 2019 (Singapore), and in 2020, ViSenze was named AWS Technology Partner of the Year.

Prior to founding ViSenze, Oliver was the global business head for five years at a pioneer cyber security start-up (named on Gartner Magic Quadrant) until its successful exit. He is an active member on the Forbes Technology Council, advocating innovation and responsible technology developments. A M&A specialist by training, he ditched the jacket, and crossed over to tech entrepreneurship in 2011. In 2018, he was recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year by the Singapore Computer Society, was named among the Top 10 Innovators and Disruptors in 2017 in Singapore by The Peak Singapore and was listed in the Top 40 Individuals Shaping E-commerce in Southeast Asia in 2016 by ecommerceIQ.

Oliver is a long-distance runner who loves taking interesting photos, especially with no people in them! He contributes regularly for Forbes, speaks on topics such as AI, retail and innovations, and advocates for causes supporting youth entrepreneurship and children's education.