Positioning Malaysia
as asean's leading digital
infrastructure hub

Experience encompasses the enablement of highly competitive and future-proof digital eco-system to transform Malaysia into a leading digital economy powerhouse. Knowledgeable in telecommunication and information & communication technology (ICT) sectors and proven track record in developing and implementing strategic initiatives to ensure attainment of national and corporate aspirational outcomes impacting people, businesses and government.

Fabian Bigar is the Chief Executive Officer for MyDIGITAL Corporation. The mandate of MyDIGITAL Corporation is to drive change management and ensure the successful delivery of the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint (MDEB) and the National 4IR Policy. The office also serves as the main secretariat for the National Digital Economy and 4IR Council (MED4IRN) chaired by the Prime Minister.

Recognised for his track record in Digital Transformation for business growth, Sam is a Business Technology leader with vast international experience in driving innovative growth across a diverse range of landscape including transportation, utilities, logistics, telecommunications and Government. At the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Sam is responsible as the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO) over the Commission's technology, innovation vision and strategies execution for growth whilst focusing on improving technological advancement. He had bootstrapped start-ups, drives corporate innovation, a regular public speaker and gained recognition with innovation awards of IDC, APICTA and iAwards. He holds a Research Masters and Engineering Degree from University of Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Maslina binti Daud is the Senior Vice President of the Proactive Services division in Cybersecurity Malaysia. Being a certified information security professional, she has 20 years of experience in information and cyber security where her specialised areas include Security Management, Risk, Governance and Compliance and privacy. She sits in various committees related to national security initiatives. She is also the Chairperson of the Technical Committee of Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection that involve international standards development ISO/IEC and has published various papers in her focused areas.

Tan Tze Ming joined MDEC in 2007. His current role is focused on Data Centre, Cloud and Submarine Cable investment facilitation & Industry Development which includes Strategy and Policy recommendation for development of Malaysia's digital infrastructure ecosystem (Government policy, regulation, legislation, conventional and renewable energy, international and domestic connectivity), Domestic Cloud and DC industry development, Pre and Post investment facilitation for cloud and DC FDI, Cloud adoption in critical sectors (Government, Regulated Industries).

Maz Mirza is experienced in various disciplines of Information Technology / Information Systems in a number of different business environment - healthcare, vehicle rental, property development and sales, corporate head office, IT shared services, heavy equipment trading and services, road transportation, rail construction and now in the investment and pension services industry.

Dominic is a technology evangelist with Hitachi Vantara, specializing on Content and Data Intelligence portfolio. He provides technical expertise to guide customers on developing compelling solutions that overcome their unstructured data challenges. Dominic has more than 20 years’ experience, having worked with several enterprise storage and data protection companies such as EMC, Pure Storage and Symantec. He holds a computing degree from the National University of Singapore.

Specialties: Strategic real estate market planning research and consultancy - thought leadership research, market and feasibility studies, development and masterplanning consultancy, retail consultancy, corporate real estate services, bespoke studies, property valuation.

With 20 years of experience in Test & Measurement, software development / simulation / design tools, Industrial Automation & IoT (Internet of Things), James held various technical roles as Applications Engineer & later Field Support Engineer at National Instruments & Agilent Technologies. During his career, James had conducted various technical training, workshops and appeared as speaker at conferences such as TEDx. He is the principal consultant for IoT Labs – an IoT consultancy firm. James is also the current president & founder of MyIoTA (Malaysia Internet-of-Things Association), that was established in 2016 to drive the growth of the IoT eco-system in the region, and to promote IoT applications as solutions to problems by both enterprises and public at large. MyIoTA is a permanent member of the National 5G Taskforce Working Group, contributor to the National Industry 4.0 Policy Framework, and a member of the National eCommerce Roadmap Technology Adoption.