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.

Experienced at various levels of urban planning industry in Malaysia. Served as town planner at Federal agency, State (regional) level and local authority level. Skilled in Geographical Information System (GIS) application especially strong interest in spatial analytic. Strong interest in strategic planning especially on urban policies. Involved in the formulation of the first National Urbanisation Policy.

Dr. Glen Duncan is a Data Centre Research Director with JLL's Asia/Pacific research group. He provides advisory and consulting services to property investors, developers and operators in the data centre (DC) domain. Glen leads the regional DC research program that includes analysing emerging market trends, the competitive landscape and market maturity, as well as end-user adoption behaviours. In addition, he focuses on analysing the impact of emerging trends such as cloud and hyperscalers, sustainability, data privacy and sovereignty, and the edge. Glen also holds a Ph.D. in management and organisations and has lectured and published extensively on the relationship between technology and organisational innovation.

As President of Asia-Pacific, Jeremy oversees Equinix business and M&A strategy, and drives growth across the region. He is responsible for aligning regional goals with global strategies and ensuring that the team delivers on providing customers access to all the right places, partners and possibilities to achieve their digital transformation goals. Jeremy joined Equinix in 2008 as Managing Director of Equinix Australia. Under his leadership, revenue grew 17-fold and the acquisition of Metronode made Equinix the market leader in Australia.

Budiman Bujang is a results-oriented and a strategic technology innovator with 18 years with 14 years in leadership capacities with a unique experience in enterprise strategy, IT, finance, operations and consulting across a broad range of IT functions and varied industry segments to transform and strategically position the company into a cost effective and efficient organization generating significant ROI.

Bapu Shinde is an accomplished expert with 15+ years of extensive experience in software solution architecture and leading development teams in diverse industries such as Advertising, Media, Banking and eCommernce. Possess expertise in evaluating and providing recommendations for risk management and compliance related to cloud based applications and infra, with focus on enabling business growth and success.

Chia Chia has over 25 years of experience in the ICT industry, with more than 20 years in senior leadership roles across tech companies such as VMware and Dell EMC, in sales, channels and alliances. Before joining Veeam in 2017 as the Country Manager for Malaysia, she was with VMware, overseeing the country operations across the Large Enterprise and Public Sector division. An industry veteran, Chia Chia’s career has seen her contributing towards helping her customers realize the value of data and expanding the business across the Malaysian market. A firm believer that a company’s greatest assets are its people, Chia Chia channels her leadership and positivity in developing her team to strive towards organizational success.

Lai Tek Nan has an expertise in implementing & maintaining the cooling & electrical infrastructure of data center which involved in several roles such as Cooling system Engineer, Power system Engineer, Pre-sale Ass. Manager, Solution Manager. He has over 6 years of working experience in Data Centre industry and is involved in various industries such as Hyperscale DC, Government Sector, Financial Sector, Commercial Sector, Transportation Sector, Education Sector, Enterprise Sector, Telco Sector and etc.

Anthony is a seasoned IT professional with 10+ years in IT Operations, driving continuous improvement in Operations and Support teams, having experience in the Banking, Telco, and Transportation industries. Before joining BMC Software, he led teams that were accountable for digital transformation via Process and Technology improvement, driving business-critical services to proactively detecting issues, and eventually, reaching 100% availability for 12+ consecutive months.

Marzuki has broad experience across the Oil and Gas industry, covering Digital & ICT, Upstream and Downstream business since he joined PETRONAS Group over 20 years ago. His experience ranges from business planning and strategy, to technology design and architecture, as well as project management and delivery. Marzuki holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA.

Wei Haw Chong is a technology leader passionate about innovative digital services and execution of digital transformation initiatives creating impact to both business and social. Other than direct account management and sale support, he is also experienced in partner and channel development and enterpise account relationship management across South East Asian countries. Involved in recent years in data centre hosting product development and management.

Lai has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, especially on data center solutions. He has helped many customers traverse data center solutions, ranging from server, storage, networking, virtualization, data protection to hyper scaler cloud. Lai started his journey with Veeam seven years ago when he was responsible for Malaysia and the Emerging Markets, namely Philippines and Vietnam. His current responsibilities have expanded to Southeast Asia and Korea, in which he supports Veeam’s enterprise customers and aligns corporate best practices with the clients’ requirements.

Chi has over 20 years in Asia, United Kingdom and New Zealand in Mechanical and Electrical consulting Engineering and Project Management including extensive involvement in the business planning, initial feasibility, technical due diligence, concept and detailed design, audits, feasibility study and construction management in particular mission critical projects for the service provider, cloud, banking, telecommunications, and financial industry.

Ts. Izuddin Abdullah has 20+ years of extensive experience in Information Technology (IT) focusing on operations, project management, mobile solutions & strategy, network security, IT infrastructure management and IT trainings. As the Head of IT, currently carrying out the role of Chief Data Officer and overseeing governance, data-driven strategy, digital transformation, digital capability building, information risk management as well as enabling the technological operation needs to support the operational excellence at TNB Integrated Learning Solution Sdn Bhd.

Muaz Nazim has over 15 years of experience in the IT Service Delivery focusing in IT Service Management specialize in ITIL Problem Management, Continuous Service Improvement CSI, ITIL Incident Management within the ITIL Framework. Using Data Analytics in Six Sigma methodologies for Service Continuous Improvement for our clients.

Dr Carrine is the Vice President of ASEAN CIO Association (Cybersecurity & Governance Chapter). Dr Carrine was awarded Top 30 Women in Cybersecurity in ASEAN 2021. She is also appointed in the Awards Selection Committee for Cybersecurity Woman of the Year 2021. In 2021, she was named as Top 10 Linkedin ASEAN Cybersecurity Influencers 2021. She was also awarded Top 10 Women in Security in Malaysia 2020.

Manmeet Mahinderjit Singh is an Associates Professor in the School of Computer Sciences at the University of Sains in Penang, Malaysia. She graduated from The University of Queensland in 2012 with a PhD Degree in Data Security. Dr. Manmeet’s passions and expertise are in the field of Information Security, Trusted System Models, Cybercrime, and Mobile Security.

Kamal has over 15 years of experience in the Data Protection industry and is highly proficient in solving clients’ most difficult challenges. He specializes in driving innovation around data and ransomware protection by integrating cutting edge products and processes into customer environments to create better experiences.

Ir. Ts. Puah Kuan Hua is the Solution Director in Greenbay CES Sdn Bhd. He is responsible for providing technical consultancy and design solution for data centre infrastructure setup. He has 14 years of working experience in data centre design, construction & commissioning.

Justin has accumulated over 20 years of experience across various industries, including Cloud Service Provider, Internet Service Provider, Data Center, Internet Exchange, the ICT industry, and ERP Consultancy. With a track record of success, he has developed a thorough understanding of each industry and possesses strong leadership skills to manage people and technology effectively. Justin's unique perspective makes him an asset to business development as he explores emerging technologies and develops innovative products and solutions, driving ecosystem success.

Digital Transformation advocator and certified ICT Professional with extensive experience in strategic organization transformation, business process re-engineering, large-scale ICT strategic transformation implementation and program management office in a variety of global sectors.

Ts. Dr. Sheila Mahalingam is a dependable and goal-oriented IT Specialist with 19+ years of experience managing IT projects, network and server infra, systems and application, data centers , DRC and providing comprehensive consultancy as well as customer support. Engaged with Cloud 15 Program ( MDEC and MAMPU) and Projects - Expert Track Solution Architecture .Strong experience and potential as a speaker and panel for discussion in various international conference , research and publication, Impeccable analytical, organizational , and technical skills with impressive verbal and written communication skills.

Mohd Zain is a senior IT Leader with over 20 years of experience in Multinational Corporations (MNC). A people person, visionary leader with focus in value creation to business through continual service improvements. Technically sound as Lead Infrastructure Architect. 

As a Group CIO of UCSI Group Holdings, he takes the lead of the entire UCSI Group & Subsidiaries on the Digital Transformation initiative, new UCSIPAY eWallet SuperApps and fully integrated with Auto Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Parking system for the parking fees payment solution. The UCSIPAY eWallet Apps integrate with merchants/retails POS to create cashless payment solutions that support the SDGs initiative.

Ajmal Khan is a solutions-driven professional with extensive experience in business consulting, project management and solutions architecture for large complex organizations.Customer-focused, highly organized self-starter with effective customer-facing skills and demonstrated ability to manage projects from strategy to implementation, architect tailor-made customer solutions, build relationships, communicate solution strategy & offerings, and provide expertise to sales and customers.

Ajatshatru Singh, VP of Architecture and Cloud Transformation at POS Malaysia Berhad. Pos Malaysia, has a rich history dating back to the establishment of the Malaysian postal service in the 1800s. Since then, Pos Malaysia has continued to innovate and adapt to the changing landscape of communication and logistics. Inline with this we have embarked on a digital transformation journey and cloud adoption to leverage the agility and scalability of Cloud platforms and reduce Operational overhead so our teams can focus on building for our customers

As Group Publisher, Andrew Martin oversees the strategic direction for our publications and remains hands-on working on articles and features alongside the Editorial Team. Given his background, He brings vast knowledge and expertise to features and articles covering data protection and security. In recent years, he has also covered Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and numerous other emerging technologies.