Former Vice President and General Manager, Pacific
Citrix Systems, Inc.

Dennis W. Rose is the former Vice President and General Manager – Pacific for Citrix Systems. Rose led the Citrix’s sales, marketing, system engineering, channel development and related field operations in the Pacific (including all of Asia-Pacific and Japan) from 2003 to 2008. Denis brings a 20-year track record of sales, marketing and  operational  experience  in  the  United  States  and  Latin  America  with  companies  including IBM Corporation,  Digital Equipment  Corporation  and  two  high  technology start-up  firms.

Previously, Denis served as the Vice President of Citrix Asia in 2001-2003, a role in which he managed to significantly increase the growth and profitability of Citrix’s operations in that region while expanding its operations beyond Singapore, Hong Kong and India into mainland China, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Before moving to a regional role, Denis was Citrix’s vice president of worldwide sales and marketing operations.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Marist College and an MBA in Finance from Boston College. He is also a graduate of the Stanford University executive program in International Management. Denis lives  in Singapore.

Andy Bose is the CEO and founder of AMI Partners (www.ami-partners.com), an industry leading research and consulting firm headquartered in New York & specializing in the Global SMB & Enterprise markets. AMI’s offices across North America, Europe and Asia Pac service an extensive customer base that sell to the Global SMB market.

Andy has spent more than 28 years in the IT, Communications, Entertainment and Business Services industries.  He was involved in the growth and development of the PC and converging multimedia services. He has been extensively covered by the media during his career and has worked with over 500 companies as an advisor across the IT, Telecom, Services and Electronic Entertainment sectors.  His specialties include primary research, segmentation, venture capital, GTM strategies and joint ventures.  Prior to founding AMI, Andy was a Group Vice President at IDC a global IT industry advisory firm.

Andy holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, a BBA in statistics/market research from the University of Iowa & B.Com.(Honors) from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta in India.

Anthony heads InBizConnect (www.inbizconnect.com) a global establishment for Business Operations Hosting, Skills Development & Technology Consulting with presence in Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, San Jose and Washington DC.

Prior to this, Anthony spent 28 years in the IT industry in Asia Pacific and Japan with over 10 years in senior leadership roles - Vice President & GM of Hewlett Packard’s Storage for Asia Pacific and Japan, Regional Sales and Technical Director, IBM Storage for Asia South and Managing Director for OmniBz - BIT

He holds a Masters Degree in Management Information Systems from The University of New South Wales, Australia and a BSc Honors degree from the London School of Economics.

Sugato is a seasoned career marketer with 19 years with global companies. He has built an illustrious career with Xerox, JWT, Lowe, Standard Chartered and Visa playing leadership roles in sales, advertising and marketing.

He currently plays a strategic management role for Bharti Airtel (www.airtel.in) in India, the world's 3rd largest single market mobile company. At Airtel, Sugato heads marketing within a new division that has launched India's most advanced Direct-To-Home TV service.

Sugato holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Raj has spent 17 years in the technology industry covering Market/Sales Development & Professional services. Currently, he specializes in Senior Management searches in the Asia Pacific and Japan technology industry for organizations like SAP, Sybase, HP, C&W and Primavera as a Principal within Executive Search firm Braithwaite Steiner & Pretty (www.bspes.com). Prior to this role, he was Vice President of IDC's Asia Pacific Corporate Programs. 

Raj holds M.Com and B.Sc. from University of NSW, Australia.

Kasturi Roy Choudhury is a Management Consultant running her privately held Consulting firm based out of Calcutta, India since 1990. She works with Small & Medium Enterprises. She consults for her clientele in Strategic Business Planning, Organization Development and Project Management.

Kasturi has an engineering degree from Jadavpur University and is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She can be contacted at cfcg@vsnl.com.

Sanjeev is one of Asia's leading financial economists with contributions in environmental accounting to urban re-engineering. Since the mid-nineties, he has written extensively about Asia's rapidly changing economies. In recent years he split his time between India and Singapore where, till recently, he was Deutsche Bank's Chief   Economist for the region. He is also an Adjunct fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies at the National University of Singapore. He has many other attachments including Steering Committee Member of Urban Age at London School of Economics. He is also one of the founders and directors of the ‘Green Accounting for Indian States’ project, one of the first attempts to re-calculate the national accounts of a major country on a "green" basis. In addition, he has been actively involved in major projects promoting primary education and micro-finance in India (www.indiabanao.org).

Sanjeev studied economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and then at Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In 2007, he was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship for this work on the economics of urban systems. His book "The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise after a Thousand Years of Decline" was published by Penguin in September 2008

For two decades, Abhijit Banerjee has been a part of the Information Technology growth story in Asia, managing technology businesses and operations across Asia Pacific. Extensive travel with years of successful sales and sales management exposure blended with proven methods, processes & techniques have enabled Abhijit to consistently be acknowledged as a high class result oriented leader. Abhijit currently is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Engagements at 3i Infotech Asia Pacific www.3i-infotech.com and a key member of the company’s think tank. He is a mentor, motivator and a successful builder of sales, marketing, product management and development teams.

Abhijit graduated with a Commerce degree from St. 'Xavier’s' College, Calcutta. He also qualified as a Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He is a frequent speaker and writes in technology and business publications. Abhijit lives with his wife and two children in Singapore since 1998.

Todd Murray has spent 12 years building exciting and successful start-up companies. With wide knowledge and experience in new technology environments, Todd has the personality and vision to grow an idea or concept into a viable business practice. Having successfully established 4 internet start-ups (2 of which continue to grow), Todd specializes in business development, marketing and technical solutions and building high performance teams, all critical in building sustainable businesses. Todd currently is the Founder & CEO of ActiveChannel Pte Ltd.

While being based in Singapore, Todd has worked with Emirates, ZUJI, L’Oreal, ESPN, McDonalds and Daimler Chrysler and many others in different industry verticals assisting them in business conception & planning, team development and business administration, business intelligence, strategy and project management. Todd prides in being a valuable asset that thrives in an environment where knowledge, effort and creativity is appreciated, encouraged and rewarded.

Deb Dutta on Cloud computing, Technology adoption within SMBs, Product Development models and customer education
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DANIEL LAI is the Head of Information Technology of MTR Corporation Limited, Hong Kong’s subway operator. He is responsible for providing vision and strategic directions on IT at MTR, the most important public transportation provider in Hong Kong. Daniel has 40 years experience in information technology in Hong Kong and Australia. Prior to joining MTR in 1999, he held various senior leadership positions with the very prestigious Hong Kong Jockey Club. He is a Distinguished Fellow and Chairman of CIO Board of Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS). He was the President of HKCS from 1998 - 2004. Daniel has contributed significantly in promoting and developing the application of IT in Hong Kong and the region, he has held many positions in public services and educational institutions including Adjunct Professor of Graduate University China Academy of Science and Technology and the University of Electronic Technology.

Daniel has led many innovative and large scale IT projects and managed large computer installations. He has developed and implemented IT governance, programme and project management, and outsourcing frameworks. More recently, he has successfully led the IT integration works for the merger between MTR and KCR.

Daniel graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Computing and Management studies and holds a Master in Technology Management from Griffith University. In recognition of his contribution to the development and promotion of IT in business and community, he was awarded Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in 2004. He was also awarded CIO Award (Asia) in 2003, 2005 and 2008, ZDnet CIO of the Year in 2006, 2007 China distinguished CIO, nominated a Computerworld Honour Laureate’s in 2004 and named by MIS Magazine in 2004 one of the most influential IT leaders in Asia.

Raymond Chu has spent over twenty years in leading major Information Technology strategies, initiatives and projects while holding various senior management positions in the Banking, Telecom and Government sectors in Hong Kong. Prior to his role as Chief Information Officer for Housing Authority of Hong Kong SAR, he was the General Manager for iPIN Payment Technology, Cap Gemini (HK) Ltd, and the IT Division of Hong Kong Telecom.

Raymond is also one of the pioneers in outsourcing of application development to Zuhai, China back in 1994. He also specializes in outsourcing of data center, application development and application maintenance as a vendor and an user.

Raymond holds a bachelor degree in Computing Science from the University of Alberta (Canada) and an MBA from University of Hull (UK).

Suvo Sarkar is Executive Vice President and General Manager – Retail Banking for the Emirates NBD Group, the largest bank in the Middle East. Prior to this role, Suvo was the Group Head of National Bank of Dubai’s retail banking business for 3 years.

Suvo is a senior consumer banking professional with over 21 years of multi-functional experience in four countries and three international banks in Asia and the Middle East. Previously, he was regional head of the wealth management business for Standard Chartered Bank responsible for nine countries in the Middle East and South Asia and the country head of Standard Chartered’s consumer banking business in Indonesia.

Suvo has a graduate degree in engineering and an MBA (with a gold medal) from the Indian Institute of Management. He is a qualified investment advisor and has professional training from INSEAD and Oxford University. He lives in Dubai with his wife and two daughters Rukmini and Raagini.

Mr. P. Balaji is the Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Ericsson Market Unit – India and Srilanka. In this role, he is responsible for driving Marketing, Strategy formulation & execution, Corporate Communication, Public Relations and Government Affairs. He has directly contributed to the Global Strategy Formulation for Ericsson Group.

He is an Electronics Engineer from IIT Roorkee and did his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has over 18 years of experience in Telecom & IT, in diverse functions including sales, marketing, strategy and product management. He has been associated with start-up ventures of TATA group, AT&T and Lucent during this period. He has held Senior Leadership positions in these Companies.

He has chaired and been member of several taskforces/expert groups set up by DOT and Planning Commission on policy matters. He has been Member of National Council for CII and ASSOCHAM and Co-Chairman of the CII and Assocham convergence/telecom national sub-committees. He is the immediate past President of Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA).

Sumit Chowdhury is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Reliance Communications looking after all the IT assets of the group. He is responsible for the planning, architecture development, operation and security of the systems and IT Networks across their global operations.

Sumit is also the operating head of Reliance Tech Services, the IT Services arm of Reliance ADA Group. Prior to Reliance Communications, he was working with BearingPoint Inc. (previously known as KPMG Consulting) where he was a Managing Director.

Sumit was the Industry Leader of their Telecommunications and Content industry clients, and the Head of Operations in Australia after briefly holding the role of Chief Executive for the Australian organization. He has been a consultant to numerous Global Telecom Clients. He has previously worked at US West Communications and Philips.

After receiving his B.Tech (EE) from IIT Kanpur, MS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, he did his Ph.D in Management also from Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a Graduate Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Sumit is in the Board of Directors for the TeleManagement Forum - a Telecom Industry body dedicated to setting the interoperability standards and collaborations amongst the various players. He is also a member of the Telecommunications and Security Committees of the IMC. Sumit has won several Industry Awards including US Information Week- Global CIO 50 for 2009, CTO-Forum Hall of Fame and CIO-100 Awards for last 3 years in India.

Chetan Uberoy, the Chief Technology Officer at MakeMyTrip.com, is an E-commerce technologist with global exposure to b2c domains like online auctions and online shopping comparison. With over a decade of experience in the US under his belt, Chetan returned to India in 2005 to participate in the evolution of ecommerce here. Chetan has an abiding passion for understanding evolving consumer trends on the internet and using technology to provide elegant solutions.

Under his leadership, the technology team at MakeMyTrip is committed to continuously make improvements to the website technology stack to deliver robust value-added features faster – and build an overall consumer-friendly mechanism. Chetan has a sharp focus on constantly enhancing website performance, scalability and security to deliver a better user experience.

Chetan has over 15 years of experience in software application design and development, and domain expertise in online e-commerce, semiconductor manufacturing and ERP. He also has a global management track record in dynamic, fast-paced startup environments like Nextag Inc (Director of Engineering), Andale Inc (VP of Engineering) and Brooks Automation (Principal Engineer).

Chetan did his BTech in Computer Engineering, from Delhi Institute of Technology and MS in Computer Science from Oregon State University.

Responsible for HP’s storage business in Asia-Pacific and Japan; product marketing, brand marketing, sales, channels, distribution, manufacturing, finance, media relations, analyst relations, product support, and engagement with the worldwide product development teams.

Previous role was at Dell, as General Manager of the Enterprise Systems business in China and Hong Kong. Based in Shanghai. Managed the server and storage business in China and Hong Kong, as well as being responsible for Dell's alliance with EMC in that territory.

Joined Dell in 1995 and held a number of executive and sales roles within the company including responsibility for Dell's EMC business across APJ, managing the enterprise pre-sales functions in the U.S., and then APJ, as well as heading up Dell's Home, Small and Medium Business division for South Asia, while living in Penang, Malaysia.

Also previously held positions at Brocade Communications, and Entre' Computer Centre, managing sales and technical functions in the U.K., Singapore and India.