Contributors

Septian Waluyan

Septian is a Partner based in Indonesia. He built his expertise in the consulting industry with a focus on FMCG and consumer-related sectors as well as manufacturing. He has managed and worked in various projects including go-to-market strategy, M&A, commercial due diligence, marketing strategy and channel management projects. Prior to joining YCP Solidiance, he was a product manager for several MNCs in Singapore and The Netherlands. Septian graduated with an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management (The Netherlands) and received his Bachelor’s from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).

Shahrul Kamal Kamaruddin

Shahrul is presently an Executive Director in the Technology-enabled Transformation (TeT) practice, KPMG in Malaysia. His work centers on the digital transformation space, i.e.Advising clients on digital disruption and technology innovation. His work encompasses Customer Experience (CX), Tech Operations Management and Enterprise Data Governance, which form part of the transformation equation. Shahrul is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMO), Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) and a TOGAF practitioner. In the 13 years with KPMG, Shahrul has experience assisting clients across multiple industries and sectors –in leveraging emerging technologies to drive enterprise transformation. This includes helping clients bridge the gap between business and technology to drive unified outcomes across the connected enterprise.

Shin Thant Aung

Shin is a Director in YCP Solidiance, with nearly 10 years of strategy consulting experience in the healthcare sector. He has worked with leading pharmaceutical firms, medical devices companies, and hospitals in APAC markets to support market entry, distributor search, M&A advisory, channel engagement and supporting government policies, and medical tourism. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Oxford Brookes University.

Soo Eng Tan

Srjana Balraj

Srjana Balraj is the Global head of OmniStore, a platform for unified commerce and customer experience as part of the Algorithmic Retail Suite at TCS. With about 20 years of experience in retail technology, she helps organizations across the world to develop and realize future commerce strategies. She is driven by her passion for retail and working towards realizing the platform vision through use of AI technology, accelerated adoption of new business models and continuous innovation. Srjana is based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands and spends her free time exploring Dutch landscape.  

Sumir Bhatia

Sumir Bhatia serves as the president of Lenovo's Infrastructure Solutions Group in the Asia Pacific. As the president, he is responsible for driving substantial growth across its compute, storage, networking, and services offerings in this fast-growing region. His role covers sales, strategic alliances, product, and go-to-market execution. He has over two decades of experience in the IT industry in Asia Pacific, holding senior positions involving sales, business development and marketing roles in multinational organisations such as Dell, Nortel Networks, HCL Group, and Thakral Group, prior to joining Lenovo.

Ta Loong Gan

As the Managing Director of Barco Southeast Asia & Taiwan, Ta Loong Gan is responsible for revenue and operational management at Barco Southeast Asia and Taiwan across Healthcare, Enterprise and Entertainment business in the region. Ta Loong is also the Vice President for Immersive Experience business for Barco Asia Pacific. A seasoned professional with more than 27 years of strategic and business development experience in the consumer and enterprise technology industry in Asia, Ta Loong is recognised for his high-performance team building and management skills. Ta Loong is an innovative and results-oriented business leader who is adept at change management and business transformation. Under his leadership, he has enabled his team to exceed both personal and corporate financial objectives.

Tessa Distor

Thang Manh Hoang

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