Technology Speakers in Singapore

Catherine, an advocate for data literacy across economies, organizations, and individuals, spearheads DNA Capitals, driving competitive edges through digital opportunities. Awarded the 2021 Skills Future Fellowships by President Halimah Yaacob, she's immersed in transformative projects, fostering an unwavering zeal for data-driven decisions.

She envisions data as vital as a staple in decision-making, evolving from basic statistics to advanced methods, enabling real-time insights. Catherine seeks to elevate analytics beyond governance, placing it at the heart of strategic planning. Aligning analytics with business intricacies, she shapes strategies, processes, and impacts bottom lines.

Rejecting the stereotype of data analysts as mere number-crunchers, Catherine envisions their creative role in business model design and strategic development. She emphasizes analytics as integral to driving business and innovation, not just for measurement and governance. Her mission? To bridge the gap between data expertise and strategic business initiatives.

Jin Chong is a versatile, disruptive developer with thirty years experience in the Asian IT ecosphere. He is founder and managing director of 7-Network Pte Ltd., in which capacity he has worked with some of the top companies in the world including Murex, Phillip Morris, Fuji Xerox, Aspen Insurance (UK), Euromonitor International, and McDonalds Asia Pacific. He is a prolific creator of robust client-side software solutions. In 2013, Jin founded Sync4DR, an Infrastructure Centric Data Protection software, offering businesses affordable Data Protection and Business continuity solutions. In 2017, Jin founded JET Workflow, a codeless app-based solution for enterprise workflow processes. JET pioneered the concept of marrying Design Thinking, Fail Fast and DevOps with the aim of helping organisations to shorten their software development life cycle. This reduces the cost of digital transformation and gets them to market faster.

Serene Seng is an international speaker, coach, and expert in the future of work and enterprise transformation with extensive knowledge in the areas of organisational development, human resource, business strategy, and tech within the banking, media, accounting, and technology sectors globally. She is a renowned business transformation expert, with particular focus on cultural and digital transformation, having accumulated over 20 years' business strategy, management, and human capital experience in leadership, consulting, and coaching capacities with leading brands around the world. With over a decade's experience in people development, Serene is also a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, having over 1000 hours of coaching experience, and a Certified Practicing Management Consultant, helping hundreds of companies, both big and small.

Vipul is an influential IT Business Leader in Asia with over three decades of experience in strategy, execution, and team leadership across domains like Sales, Business Operations, and Channel Management. He held pivotal roles at Microsoft, Tech Data (TD-Synnex), and VMware, with 15 years each in India and Asia. Currently based in Singapore, he's a key member of Senior Leadership Teams at Tech Data (TD-Synnex) Asia Region, Microsoft India Region, and VMware Global Licensing. Vipul's expertise extends to Emerging Markets, mentoring peers in BRIC countries and revitalizing businesses in India, China, and Indonesia. He emphasizes People-centricity in his coaching, driven by audacious goals to build lasting businesses. His skills encompass strategic direction, multi-geo team leadership, P&L management, influencing senior leaders, and fostering growth. He excels in ERP/CRM/Cloud Software, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.

Walter de Oude, a visionary business leader, has consistently redefined the financial landscape by driving extraordinary business growth and innovation. As the founder of Singapore Life (Singlife), he scaled the company to a remarkable valuation of S$3.2 billion by 2020, transforming it into a major player in the financial sector within just six years. Now, with Chocolate Finance, Walter is spearheading a new era in spare cash savings, offering a bold alternative to traditional fixed deposits that delivers superior returns without rigid constraints. Through his leadership at Chocolate Ventures, he continues to fuel high-growth businesses, inviting investors to co-invest in promising ventures where his expertise generates substantial value. Walter’s track record of building impactful, forward-thinking companies is reshaping how businesses grow, setting new benchmarks for financial success and customer-centric innovation.

Shaily is a technology expert with rich experience in research and consulting over the last 14 years. She has focussed on new emerging trends in the technology space such as telecom, internet of things, automation, cloud computing, smart cities, smart buildings and connectivity. She has worked in India and South East Asia. Since the last 9 years she is based in Singapore and have engaged with C level audience and strategy teams on speaking gigs, panel moderation, roundtables and research white papers. Having worked as a research and consulting expert, she understands the key influencing factors for decision makers and can help understand use case and business viability of technology solutions in an articulate and succinct manner through her written and in person interactions. It is exciting to share interesting anecdotes from her career in the region as she has been at the cusp of emerging technology trends and their growth,

Joao is currently the head of subscription sales renewals - APJ at Autodesk. He is a software engineer turned business leader, with close to 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He currently leads an APAC sales organisation for a multi-billion-dollar company with over 10,000 employees globally, Autodesk, where he is responsible for their subscription sales renewals business and customer retention.

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Nir co-founded and sold two tech companies since 2003 and was dubbed by The M.I.T. Technology Review as, 'The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.' Bloomberg Businessweek wrote, 'Nir Eyal is the habits guy. Want to understand how to get app users to come back again and again? Then Eyal is your man.'

Eric is an experienced senior executive, advocate and trusted advisor with over 21 years combined experiences comprising Capital Markets, FinTech, Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship and VUCA Leadership in building up businesses and establishing footholds. Eric has always been an ardent technologist, enthused by new innovations. Prior to his Entrepreneurship, he had the privilege to be part of Asia Pacific senior sales leadership team in BT Group, UOB Kay Hian, CMC Markets, RTS Realtime Systems and FlexTrade Systems. Most recently, Eric was appointed as a Board Director of Medway Investments, a family office investment management company with minimum AUM of $100 million established since 1980 and the former President of Hg Exchange, a digital private securities exchange awarded Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") Recognised Market Operator in 2021.

Michael specialises in global leadership, having inspired leaders and their teams across Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. A digital transformation pacesetter for over two decades, Michael has delivered both complex systems integration projects and managed global infrastructure services. Influencing the direction of global organisations amidst significant complexity, Michael has driven structural alignment, enhanced capability and business outcomes.

Amit Agrawal is a Pragmatic, Customer-focused, Result Oriented, data-driven, and regulatory-driven transformation leader. Brings a well-rounded experience with business-minded strategic thinking complemented by strong technical acumen and excellent analytical skills. Hands-on with a strong sense of accountability and team spirit and always willing to roll up the sleeves and go the extra mile. Led by Investment banking over 20 years of investment banking corporate finance experience encompassing the financial services advisory spectrum Amit has been sharing his knowledge and experience with gen-next as guest faculty, entrepreneurship mentor, and panel judge to a few business schools and journal contributions (FMS, MDI, SRM, FORE, FIIB, IILM, Jaipuria, etc.) M&A advisory, Transaction structuring, Restructurings, Family Business Advisory Capital Raising (Angel/ Seed/ VC/ PE), Debt Syndication advisory (INR/ ECB), Business Plan Advisory, Strategic Advisory, and Valuations Funds and Value unlock advisory Advising across Indian, the US, Middle East, and Asian Markets.

A versatile and innovative Board Executive/Managing Director and Non-Exec Director, who has built a reputation for driving growth in major global brands through tailored strategic consulting, business transformation, investor acquisition, product management, and performance optimization. Possesses an exceptional understanding of international business with a global reach spanning the Middle East and Asia, triggers regional growth through the creation of new product lines and forges lucrative partnerships, leads the digitization of processes, and generates powerful online presences.

Photo Credits: KOVA 'People, Planet, Purpose and Prosperity.' - That is Gerd Leonhard's motto. Over the past two decades, he has risen to one of the top 10 futurist keynote speakers worldwide, and has recently become the #1 virtual speaker in the age of Corona. With nearly 2,000 engagements in 60+ countries since 2004, and a combined audience of over 2.5 million people, Gerd has been listed by Wired magazine as one of the Top 100 Most-Influential People in Europe, and as ‘one of the leading media futurists in the World' by The Wall Street Journal.

Arvinder, a seasoned executive leader with 22 years of diverse experience in Internet, Media, Telecom, Tech Consulting, and Advertising, has made a profound impact on the industry. As the first employee of Twitter in India, he played a pivotal role in establishing operations pre-IPO in 2013. Rising to Managing Director for South-East Asia, Arvinder strategically achieved a remarkable 6X revenue growth by transitioning to service and solution-based selling. Renowned for his strategic acumen, his accomplishments garnered media coverage across Asia. Actively engaged in industry associations, Arvinder serves on the board of IAB SEA and India, contributing to strategic planning in the digital landscape. In his current role at Twitter, Arvinder leads strategic initiatives across Southeast Asia, exemplifying his strategic prowess. An adviser and investor to startups, Arvinder contributes to industry knowledge through speaking engagements at conferences worldwide.

For 12+ years at Google, across New York, London and Singapore, Gautam led marketing, sales and business development teams in matrixed environments to deliver business results at scale for almost every major Google B2B and B2C product - including Android, Chromecast, Chromebooks, Google Cloud Platform, Google Ads, Google Play Store, Google Assistant, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music. He is now bringing his global experience to other businesses by founding his own strategic advisory practice, Snowbird, where he takes on short-term assignments to help businesses find their next step. He's appeared on Harvard Business Review's QuickTake and speaks at prestigious conferences such as HubSpot Connect and European Stratup Festival. His passion lies at the intersection of tech and culture, where he explores how they shape each other and what that means for brands and people.

Gautam is a strategic and business-oriented professional with extensive experience in information technologies. Known for his ability to foster productive relationships with partners and customers, he excels at aligning technical solutions with business objectives.  A confident public speaker, Gautam has a proven track record of delivering impactful presentations on complex subjects, translating technical concepts into actionable insights for diverse audiences. His expertise spans modern frameworks, proven methodologies, and best practices, making him adept at driving innovation and implementing effective solutions. With a focus on results and collaboration, Gautam is committed to enabling organizations to thrive in today’s dynamic and technology-driven environment.

I am a veteran global Cyber Security specialist and evangelist. During my career I have assisted in creating, revamping and managing security organisations for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Israel E-Gov agency, and various other governnemtal, defence and large firms around the world. I hold a BA in Computer Science from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Hertzlya, Israel and an MBA from the International School of Management (ISM) in Paris, France.

Cybersecurity is a global shared effort, as as such I aim to share my knowledge, experience and expertise with as many people and organisations as I can.