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Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
Research Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise AI
IDC
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Dr. Christopher Lee Marshall
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
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:15 am
Panel Discussion: Scaling AI: From Pilot Projects to Enterprise-Wide Transformation
Many organizations have successfully launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them across the enterprise. This panel will explore the technology foundations, operating models, governance practices, and leadership strategies required to operationalize AI securely and consistently across complex business environments.
One Day Event 9:30 am
Welcome Address
One Day Event 9:35 am
IDC Keynote: The AI Moment: Strategies for CIOs
Discover how autonomous enterprises can unlock productivity gains through self optimizing AI systems and intelligent automations.
Alex Chi
Chief Information and Digital Officer
S P Setia Berhad
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Alex Chi
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:15 am
Panel Discussion: Scaling AI: From Pilot Projects to Enterprise-Wide Transformation
Many organizations have successfully launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them across the enterprise. This panel will explore the technology foundations, operating models, governance practices, and leadership strategies required to operationalize AI securely and consistently across complex business environments.
Wan Hock Wei
Chief Information Officer
Sunway Group
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Wan Hock Wei
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:15 am
Panel Discussion: Scaling AI: From Pilot Projects to Enterprise-Wide Transformation
Many organizations have successfully launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them across the enterprise. This panel will explore the technology foundations, operating models, governance practices, and leadership strategies required to operationalize AI securely and consistently across complex business environments.
Alain Boey
Chief Operating Officer
Citadel Group
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Alain Boey
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:15 am
Panel Discussion: Scaling AI: From Pilot Projects to Enterprise-Wide Transformation
Many organizations have successfully launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them across the enterprise. This panel will explore the technology foundations, operating models, governance practices, and leadership strategies required to operationalize AI securely and consistently across complex business environments.
Dr Keeratpal Singh
Chief AI & Data Officer, APAC Financial Services
Worldline
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Dr Keeratpal Singh
Event Sessions
One Day Event 11:15 am
Panel Discussion: Scaling AI: From Pilot Projects to Enterprise-Wide Transformation
Many organizations have successfully launched AI pilots, but few have scaled them across the enterprise. This panel will explore the technology foundations, operating models, governance practices, and leadership strategies required to operationalize AI securely and consistently across complex business environments.
Jovern Lim
Commercial Lead
AMD
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Jovern Lim
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:55 am
From AI Pilots to Production: Architecture Decisions Every CIO Must Make
Explore strategies for making smarter technology decisions while balancing innovation, business value, risk and long-term scalability.
Ron Ho
Head of Solutions Engineering, Malaysia
F5
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Ron Ho
Event Sessions
One Day Event 10:20 am
Securing Web, APIs, and AI in the Post-Mythos Era
The threat landscape is expanding faster than security teams can respond, driven by the rise of AI agents as both users and adversaries, unchecked API growth, enterprise AI adoption outpacing its own security, and quantum harvesting already underway. Together with F5, explore the market trends shaping this expansion, where they converge on your single greatest risk surface—the applications, APIs, and AI models that run your business—and how the summit sessions map to defending it.
Suresh Prasad
Head of Regional Sales
Rocket Software
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Suresh Prasad
Suresh Guru Prasad leads Regional Sales for Rocket Software across Asia Pacific, partnering with organizations to modernize data ecosystems and prepare for AI adoption. His focus is helping enterprises connect, govern, and derive value from structured and unstructured data through modern data platforms, semantic access, and trusted AI-ready architectures.
FS Hue
Regional Solution Architect
BlueCat Networks
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FS Hue
FS comes with about 20 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity and telecommunication. He is a regional solution architect with BlueCat Networks, and has been actively working on transformational engagements in countries across South-East Asia, Oceania, and South Asia. His practical and realistic approach to adoption and execution of IT initiatives are always welcomed and applauded.
Rajaneesh Kurup
Director of Channels & Strategics, Solution Engineering APAC
Equinix
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Rajaneesh Kurup
Rajaneesh Kurup is Director of Channels and Strategic Accounts across APAC, based in Singapore. In his current role, he works closely with strategic customers, global cloud providers, and technology partners to design and scale digital infrastructure solutions across the region. A key part of his work involves developing partner ecosystems and enabling collaborative go-to-market strategies that help organizations accelerate innovation and expand across markets.
Prior to this role, Rajaneesh built extensive experience in enterprise consulting and transformation, advising organizations across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa on technology modernization, digital platforms, and large-scale business transformation initiatives. His work has focused on helping enterprises align technology strategy with business outcomes while navigating complex multi-market environments.
With a career spanning consulting, enterprise transformation, and ecosystem-led growth, Rajaneesh brings a practical perspective on how strategic partnerships, digital infrastructure platforms, and cloud ecosystems are reshaping the way organizations connect, scale, and compete in a rapidly evolving digital economy.
Joe Lee
Security Consultant
Orange Business
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Joe Lee
Joe Lee is a Security Consultant at Orange Business, specializing in enterprise and cloud security, with experience in networking and data center connectivity. He helps customers design and implement security solutions, aligning security requirements with business needs and supporting complex transformation and migration projects.
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