Dr. Chris Marshall is Program Vice President for IDC Asia Pacific, responsible for the Analytics, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence practice. Dr. Marshall’s core research coverage includes the development of Data Analytics and Machine Learning competencies and their implications – the threats and opportunities facing organizations as they seek to augment and automate their knowledge-based work.

Previously, Chris was a senior executive in IBM Watson Financial Services where he led their AI-enabled risk and analytics practice in Asia. Before joining IBM, he held senior business development and management roles in big data and analytics at KPMG, Oracle and UBS.

• MA in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.
• MBA from University of Chicago
• Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School
• Professor of Computer Science at National University of Singapore.
• Co-Founder and Director of NUS Program for Research in Intelligent Systems
• Co-Founder and Director of NUS Risk Management Institute
• Author of widely used textbook on Operational Analytics
• Frequent speaker, presenter and moderator at industry conferences

Michael Yeo is the Associate Research Director for IDC Financial Insights and Retail Insights in the Asia/Pacific region.  Mr. Yeo’s core research coverage focuses on payments including the uptake of mobile payments in the Asia/Pacific region, digital banking, and the evolution of joint digital ecosystems involving ecommerce, mcommerce, and payments. Mr. Yeo has also significant experience in advising financial institutions on their fintech management strategies, placing particular emphasis on organizational and technology restructuring within banks to better cope with the demands of current-generation digital customers.

Prior to IDC, Mr. Yeo headed all financial services–related research at KPMG Malaysia. Previously, he served as a project manager at an advisory firm in China, where he advised multiple international clients with their China market entry strategies. Mr. Yeo started his career in an advisory role for financial services at Ernst and Young.

Credentials:

• B.A Accounting and Economics from the University of Reading, United Kingdom
• Frequent speaker in the region on mobile payments and digital ecosystems. Contributor to major global and regional media outlets including CNBC, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, and Global Finance

Yih Khai Wong

IDC Asia Pacific

Senior Research Manager

Yih Khai Wong is a senior research manager for IDC Asia/Pacific’s Cybersecurity practice, supporting cybersecurity research and client engagements through the Asia/Pacific Security Opportunities: Trust and Resilience program. Yih Khai’s area of focus is on security technologies, including cloud-native application protection, identity, endpoint and network security. He works closely with technology vendors and buyers, delivering actionable market insights and advice within the cybersecurity ecosystem.

Before rejoining IDC, Yih Khai was a principal analyst covering the cloud, datacenter, and edge computing market with ABI Research. Prior to that, Yih Khai was in EY, in his capacity as an assistant director at EY’s research and insights group. Yih Khai started his analyst career with IDC Malaysia as an analyst covering the enterprise applications market.

Oliver Steil has been CEO of TeamViewer since January 2018 and since the IPO of TeamViewer, he is Chairman of the Executive Board. He is an internationally experienced manager with a proven track record in building and successfully leading tech champions. As Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Steil is responsible for the development and implementation of TeamViewer’s strategy, product development and operating business overall.

Before taking over this position, he was Partner at the international Private Equity firm Permira. There he built up and headed Permira’s Portfolio Group, which works with global deal teams across all sectors on designing and delivering value creation plans for Permira funds’ portfolio companies. Prior to joining the Private Equity firm, Oliver Steil served as CEO of Sunrise Communications AG, the largest privately-owned telecommunications provider in Switzerland, and as CEO of Debitel (today: freenet AG), a leading mobile service provider in Germany. He started his career at McKinsey where he became a Partner with focus on the telecommunications and technology sector.

Oliver Steil holds a Master’s Degree (German diploma) in Electrical Engineering from the Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany.

Geraldine Chen is a Financial Services Account Executive at Camunda with close to a decade of experience across technology scale-ups and advisory roles in Asia Pacific. Working closely with banks and financial institutions across the region, she brings a practitioner’s perspective on the gap between AI ambition and real-world execution and what it practically takes to bridge it.

Charles Damerell is Vice President, International Sales at BlueCat, where he leads revenue growth across EMEA and APAC. He is responsible for driving go-to-market strategy, expanding strategic partnerships, and helping enterprises modernise network operations through automation, observability, and AI.

With extensive experience leading high-performing international teams, Charles has successfully guided organisations through business transformation, post-acquisition integration, and channel-led expansion. He has played a key role in integrating LiveAction into BlueCat’s global business and in bringing AI-powered network operations solutions to customers across multiple industries.

A frequent speaker on enterprise networking, AI, and go-to-market strategy, Charles is passionate about helping organisations bridge the gap between network visibility and operational action, enabling IT teams to improve resilience, accelerate troubleshooting, and deliver better business outcomes.

As a Regional SE specializing in cybersecurity and content management, I empower organizations across the ASEAN region to secure and optimize their most critical information. I focus on bridging the gap between complex technical infrastructure and seamless business outcomes. I am dedicated to helping Enterprises navigate the evolving digital landscape through scalable, secure, and integrated cloud-native solutions!