Daniel currently hold multiple leadership positions in HPE Growth and Emerging Markets (GEMs) sub-region, which includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and a sub-cluster of 12 Emerging countries. He serves as the Regional MD (acting) for the subregion, while simultaneously performing the role as Country MD for Philippines, and Regional General Manager for Hybrid IT business. In his MD positions, he is responsible for the overall profit and loss for all HPE business, including Hybrid IT, Aruba and Pointnext Services, while in his Hybrid IT role he is responsible for the P&L, sales and growth strategies of HPE Servers & Storage lines of business.

Daniel has over 20 years of solid professional experience at HPE, having previously held senior executive positions in Global Accounts, Mid-markets & SMB, Technology Consulting, Services Portfolio Management, Outsourcing Client Management and Direct & Channel Sales Management.

Daniel’s areas of expertise include system thinking, strategic planning, solution development, and all aspects of business development to help companies strengthen customer relationships and create new revenue streams across banking & finance, manufacturing and communications sectors.

Prior to his current appointment, Daniel was the Senior Director & GM for Mid-market & SMB business for Asia Pacific & Japan, where he turned around a declining business, developed innovative growth strategies with country sales and partner teams to acquire new customers and expand the base business. Prior to that, he led Global Accounts Inbound business where he delivered eight consecutive quarters of double digit growth and developed strong partnerships with some of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s largest and global customers across Asia Pacific and Japan markets. Daniel also served as the Regional Director and Head of Technology Consulting Sales in Asia Pacific & Japan where he was instrumental in doubling the Consulting business in China and developing APJ to be the largest and most profitable region.

Daniel has received his Executive MBA from Aalto University and Bachelor of Engineering degree (Electrical & Electronics) from the National University of Singapore.

Lalitha is the Head of the Global Technology Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region and the Senior Technology Officer for South Asia (1). She is a member of the Asia Pacific Technology Operating Committee and the Global Technology Infrastructure (GTI) Leadership team.

Lalitha has more than twenty years of experience in IT infrastructure. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2015, she has held a number of senior positions at Telstra, including the CIO for Global Enterprise Services and Head of IT Infrastructure, supporting both internal and external customers.

Starting her career as a developer, Lalitha has held assignments in the US, Japan and Australia in American Express and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Rodrigo Caetano is in the lead of defining the future of the business in mobility when it comes to autonomous transport solutions.

Currently he works at the Swedish OEM company Scania in the Business Area Autonomous Solutions. Rodrigo looks after the market development, venture businesses and partnerships in the mobility ecosystem.

Previously, Rodrigo developed a solid international career in the ICT/Telco industry in various positions over 20 years of experience. Rodrigo has an extensive educational background and he holds an Electrical Engineer and MBA degrees.

Henry joined the GSMA in December 2013, and will be responsible for the delivery of the Future Networks programme. A key programme of the GSMA’s strategic focus, to deliver industry scale for IP Communications and 5G, whilst considering Network Economic challenges for the Mobile industry as it transitions to a 5G Era.

Previously he worked for the SingTel Group and has over 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications sector, both in Networks and IT portfolios and has been involved in the deployment of mobile networks in over 10 operations across 10 different countries. Henry designed and built Optus’ 3G + LTE mobile network, all IP network and managed the product development transformation.  He was the creator and board member of the network sharing Joint Venture between SingTel Optus and Vodafone Networks Pty Ltd (Australia).

Henry has been a board member and Chair of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and previously held an Executive Management Committee position in the GSMA.

He lives in the English Lake District with his wife and two children prior to 15 years working across the southern hemisphere. He has a lifelong passion for coaching and supporting Rugby Union.

Dr. Changsoon Choi is a senior director of SK Telecom, where he is leading technonlgy discovery team responsible for new ICT R&D area, 5G innovative services and start-up investment. Prior to current responsibility, he has been leading 5G commercialization and developing 5G end-to-end networks in SK Telecom for more than 5 years.

His industrial experience includes affiliations with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, with Leibniz Institute Innovation for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP) GmbH, Germany, and with NTT DOCOMO communication laboratories Europe GmbH, Germany, where he worked on multi-gigabit wireless LAN/PAN systems and beyond LTE-Advanced systems, particularly, OFDM, multiple access, MIMO/beamforming techniques.

He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 1999, 2001, and 2005, respectively. His doctoral dissertation concerned millimeter-wave wireless communication systems.

Mr. Ernest Cu has served as Director since April 2009. He is also currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Globe Telecom, Inc. He joined Globe in October 2008 as Deputy CEO, and was officially appointed President and Chief Executive Officer on 2 April 2009. Since then, Mr. Cu has been passionately driving a sweeping transformation across the company, including modernising its network and IT infrastructure, creating a strong collaborative and service-oriented culture, and product innovations in its mobile business. Under Mr. Cu’s visionary leadership, Globe has outperformed industry growth with the company breaking records across all key product groups, brands and market segments, catapulting Globe as the number 1 mobile brand in the country.

In 2016, Mr. Cu was named Best CEO by Finance Asia for the third time, the last one in 2015 and 2010. Moreover, for the fourth year in a row, he was recognised as one of the 100 most influential telecom leaders worldwide by London-based Global Telecoms Business Magazine Power 100. In 2014, Mr. Cu was honoured as the Telecommunications Executive of the Year by the International Business Awards (Stevies). Mr. Cu also earned international accolade in 2012 as CEO of the Year by Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.

Prior to Globe, Mr. Cu was President and CEO of SPi Technologies from 1997 to 2008. At the cusp of the new millennium, Mr. Cu spurred the beginning of the BPO business model for the Philippines, earning him the recognition as one of the founding fathers of BPO in the country. Lauding his pioneering spirit and drawing great highlight to his career then was a recognition from Ernst & Young in 2003 as the ICT Entrepreneur of the Year.

Mr. Cu has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management Engineering from De La Salle University in Manila, and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Goh Seow Eng is Managing Director, Home at Singtel.  As MD of Home, Eng runs Singtel’s fiber broadband, video, power and fixed line businesses in Singapore. He leads the team that spearheads Singtel’s ambitions in the residential market, including the new OTT video platform CAST, smart homes and electricity retailing.  In addition, he manages all of Singtel’s consumer marketing communications, branding and customer lifecycle management.

Prior to joining Singtel in November 2010, Eng was CEO of the Entertainment Division of Tanjong PLC in Malaysia, where he ran the gaming and cinema businesses. Before that, he was the COO, Consumer Business at Astro, Tanjong’s sister company. Eng was a key contributor to Astro’s growth during his six years there. He played substantial roles in formulating and executing strategy, brand positioning and pricing and packaging of content services.  He had also previously worked at Citigroup Inc. in various regional and global positions based in London, Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.  In the early part of his career, Eng worked for several years in the United States primarily in the credit card and consumer lending sectors.  He started and ran a credit card company that eventually grew to become the sixth largest credit card issuer in the United States.

Eng is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s elite Management and Technology Dual-Degree Program. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics cum laude from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) cum laude from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. He obtained his Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and also attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Bill Hurley oversees the management of Syniverse’s portfolio of products and solutions, and leads the planning, development, and execution of Syniverse’s marketing, communications, and brand strategy. Mr. Hurley brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles at companies across the cloud, mobile, security, network and IT sectors.

Most recently, he served as Chief Marketing Officer of CenturyLink, where he helped drive the transformation of CenturyLink to an enterprise IT-services company that focuses on customer experience. Prior to that, Mr. Hurley was Chief Marketing Officer at Unify and helped grow the company’s integrated communication solutions and pivot to cloud, channel, and IT services. Previously, he served as CTO at technology distributor Westcon and CIO at insurance broker Marsh.

Mr. Hurley holds an MBA in finance from Fordham University and a B.S. in computer science from the State University of New York at Albany.

Mr. Philip Laidler speciailises in strategic planning, corporate development and strategic marketing consulting for STL Partners’ clients.

He brings over 20 years’ experience in TMT both as a consultant and business leader, having held senior roles with Verizon Enterprise for eight years.

A fluent French and Italian speaker, Phil holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a MA from Cambridge.

Mr. Jamie Lim now serves as President at Taiwan Mobile and Chairman & Partner at AppWorks, the Greater Southeast Asia leading startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded by Jamie in 2009.

Taiwan Mobile and AppWorks formed a strategic alliance in January 2019, resulting in Jamie taking over as the President of Taiwan Mobile.

Before Taiwan Mobile and AppWorks, Jamie was an entrepreneur. In 1999, he co-founded Hotcool.com that eventually evolved into Intumit, a successful AI software-as-a-service company. In 2006, he co-founded Sosauce.com that evolved into Muse Games. He received his BS in Engineering from National Taiwan University and an MBA from NYU Stern. His blog, MR JAMIE, has provided inspiration to millions of readers in the startup community since 2009.

Robert LoCascio is the founder of LivePerson, Inc. and has been its chief executive officer since its inception in 1995. His mission is to make life easier by transforming how people communicate with brands. LivePerson has come a long way since its early years, having survived the dot-com crash and grown to become the leader in intelligent engagement solutions, currently serving over 18,000 clients, with 1,000 employees and offices across the globe. Robert is one of the longest-standing founding CEOs of a tech company today.

Robert’s interests extend beyond his business and reflect his close ties to New York City. He is a founding member of the NYC Entrepreneurs Council of the Partnership for New York City. In 2001, he started the Dream Big Foundation with its first program FeedingNYC, which gives families in need a Thanksgiving dinner. To date, FeedingNYC has donated more than 40,000 meals. Its second program, the Dream Big Entrepreneurship Initiative, launched in 2014 to fund, mentor, coach, and empower local entrepreneurs in underserved communities.

Rob was born and raised in New York and graduated from Loyola University Maryland.

Peter Maquera is the Senior Vice President for Enterprise Group at Globe Telecom Inc. He has significant experience in building and transforming companies, from early stage development to market leadership. Prior to joining Globe, Peter was Deputy CEO and Director of LiveIt Investments Ltd., Ayala Corporation’s holding company for its investments in Business Process Outsourcing.

Before LiveIt, Peter was CEO and Director of SPI Technologies, a highly awarded industry leader in the publishing and healthcare markets.

Peter completed his studies in the US with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Mr. Rob Sewell was appointed Head of Corporate Strategy responsible for managing the process of formulation and subsequently the implementation and monitoring of the company’s long range business plans. He brings over 24 years of experience across the full suite of IT and network technologies in the telecommunications industry.

Prior to Maxis Rob worked as a CIO and Head of Network Planning in the Indian mobile industry. His earlier career was with Telstra Australia, starting in Research and progressing through increasingly senior roles concluding as Director of Voice & Convergence and then Director of Architecture.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and Bachelor of Science, majoring in Electronic Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, and Computer Science from the University of Western Australia.

David Soldani received a M.Sc. degree in Engineering with magna cum laude approbatur from the University of Florence, Italy, in 1994; and a D.Sc. degree in Technology with distinction from Aalto University, Finland, in 2006.

In 2014, 2016 and 2018 he was appointed Visiting Professor, Industry Professor, and Adjunct Professor at University of Surrey, UK, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, and University of New South Wales (UNSW), respectively.

D. Soldani is currently at Huawei Technologies, serving as Chief Technology and Cyber Security Office (CTSO) in Australia and ICT Expert within the Southern Pacific Region.

Prior to that he was Head of 5G Technology, e2e, global, at Nokia; and Head of Central Research Institute (CRI) and VP Strategic Research and Innovation in Europe, at Huawei European Research Centre (ERC).

Rob Tiffany is Vice President and Head of IoT Strategy at Ericsson where he drives strategy and execution at the intersection of 5G, Edge computing and the Internet of Things.

He joined Ericsson in 2018 from Enterprise IoT, where was he was Founder and CEO. There he created an Edge computing system powered by Digital Twins that targeted enterprises and industrials. As CTO and Global Product Manager at Hitachi, he received the Presidential “Product of the Year” award for designing the Lumada Industrial IoT platform that landed in Gartner’s “Visionary Quadrant.” Spending most of his career at Microsoft, Rob was the Global Technology Lead for IoT where he incubated the Azure IoT cloud platform and co-authored its reference architecture. Prior to Microsoft, Rob was the Co-Founder of NetPerceptor where he developed one of the industry’s earliest Mobile Device Management (MDM/EMM) platforms for smartphones.

A bestselling author and frequent keynote speaker, Rob serves on the boards of SmartCitiesWorld, the Washington State IoT Council & Kapios Health. He’s the Executive Director of the Moab Foundation focused on global sustainability and is routinely ranked as one of the top IoT experts and influencers in the world by Inc Magazine, Onalytica and others.

Harvey is a senior strategy and product marketing professional with 20 years of experience in the Tech/Media/Telco sectors and an international career spanning the UK, USA, New Zealand and Australia.

Harvey is currently Head of 5G, responsible for the 5G portfolio and commercialisation of the 5G Fixed Wireless Access proposition.

Mr Yuen Kuan Moon, 52, was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Singapore in June 2012. He leads the Singapore consumer business to deliver an integrated suite of mobile, broadband and TV services. Concurrently, Moon is responsible for driving the Group’s digital transformation as Group Chief Digital Officer, a role that was created to unlock digital growth opportunities in an era of disruption.

Since joining Singtel in February 1993, Moon has held several leadership roles in Marketing, Business Development and Sales, including VP of Regional Operations and EVP of Digital Consumer.

In 2003, Moon was posted to Telkomsel as General Manager for Product Development and appointed Director of Commerce from 2005 to 2007. He has served on the Board of Commissioners in Telkomsel since 2009.

Moon was appointed to the Board of SkillsFuture Singapore in October 2016, and the Board of Advisors of the Institute of Service Excellence at SMU in January 2018. He was appointed a member of the Digital Readiness Council Steering Committee in November 2018.

Moon holds a First Class Honours degree in Engineering from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University.