Scaling the Channel Across Southeast Asia What Actually Scales.

Mr. Jeffrey Bahar
Chief Operating Officer Yamada Spire Research & Consulting

Mr. Arun Kumar
Regional Director ManageEngine

Mr. Thomas Meyer
Senior Vice President WW and EMEA Research, IDC Research

Mr. Anirban Mukherji
Founder and CEO miniOrange

Dr. Boediastoeti Ontowirjo
Deputy of National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) of the Republic of Indonesia.

Dr. Boediastoeti Ontowirjo currently serves as the Deputy for Research and Innovation Policy at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) since May 2022. In this role, she is responsible for formulating and setting research and innovation policies, coordinating and synchronizing programs, budgets, and work plans, and overseeing nuclear energy and space activities. She also chairs the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI) of Indonesia, where she leads significant initiatives, including collaborations with ASEAN-Korea, ASEAN-US, and ASEAN-India, and advises on the Roadmap on Blue Economy. Her leadership extends to high-profile events like the ASEAN Economic Forum & GATES Enterprise Tech Channel Summit 2024 and the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting for Science and Technology.​

Dr. Ir. Boediastoeti Ontowirjo, MBA, has an impressive educational background in management and engineering. Additionally, she was recognized with The Best of Research Proposal at “The 4th Management Research Center’s Doctoral Journey in Management” in 2009. She holds an MBA in Finance from the Graduate School of Business Administration at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, completed in 1999, and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), graduated in 1992.​

Mr. Somchai Sittichaisrichart
Managing Director SIS Thailand

Ms. Nguyen Nguyet Thu
Chief Executive Officer IDC Group

Dr. Kanchana Wanichkorn
Director, Sectoral Development, ASEAN Economic Community, The ASEAN Secretariat

Kanchana Wanichkorn is the Director of Sectoral Development, ASEAN Economic Community in June 2023. She oversees and provides strategic guidance for ASEAN cooperation in key sectors, including energy and minerals; food, agriculture, and forestry; tourism; transport; science, technology, and innovation; the Initiative for ASEAN Integration and Narrowing Development Gap; sub-regional development; and the ASEAN Blue Economy agenda.

Prior to joining the ASEAN Secretariat, she was the Vice President of the Office of National Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO), Thailand. Kanchana received her PhD in Engineering & Public Policy and MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, MA in Applied Economics, MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of Michigan and BS (Distinction) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Minnesota, USA.

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Mr. Sachin Gopalan
Chairman, Asian Economic Insights

Sachin currently chairs the ASEAN Economic Forum. He is a serial entrepreneur with leadership level experience across sectors of Media, Education, Conferences, Events and Startup Incubation. He is the Founder of Indonesia Economic Forum. ​

​He is also the Co-Founder of Orbit Future Academy, Director of Investor Trust Media, Chairman of IndoFringe International Festival of Performing Arts and Advisory Board Member of Inotek Foundation.​

​In his career spanning 33 years, he has been the founding CEO of BeritaSatu Media Holdings, Marketing Director of CastleAsia’s Indonesia Country Program & Research Services and Regional Marketing Manager of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. Sachin is a University Gold Medallist in Bachelor of Engineering (Production) from the College of Engineering, Anna University, one of India’s leading engineering institutions.​

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Mr. Cyrus Daruwala
Adviser, ASEAN Economic Forum

Cyrus is the Advisor of ASEAN Economic Forum & Managing Director Global Financial Services @IDC. His research and advisory practices cover banking, insurance, and capital markets and topics such as legacy modernization and transformation, hybrid cloud, Big Data and analytics, customer life-cycle management, digital experience, ecommerce ecosystems, IOT, cognitive, blockchain, and fintech.​
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For the past 20 years, Cyrus has been working with financial institutions to help them assess their business and operational and technical challenges, select the right vendors/partners, better understand their IT TCO, and grow their customer base. Before joining IDC Financial Insights, Cyrus was a managing partner with a regional research and publication firm. He was instrumental in growing the firm’s proprietary as well as subscription-based research business along with the publishing businesses. ​

​His understanding of a range of business, market, regulatory, and investment-related issues enable him to work closely with financial institutions, consultants, vendors, and government agencies on various multidisciplinary initiatives. ​
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He has a Master’s degree in Business Finance, Economics, and Business Law from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics​

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Ms. Mevira Munindra
Country Manager/Director, IDC Indonesia

Mevira Munindra is the country manager of IDC Indonesia. She has been with IDC for more than 10 years with experiences in research and consultancy in telecommunication, services, cloud, datacenter projects. Her specialization includes giving advice to ICT providers on their evolution, addressing business needs, and guiding vendors on how to work together with end users in building up their business processes to create a seamless consumption of technology solutions within their organizations.

Prior to joining IDC, Mevira was involved in various projects in the entertainment, energy, and nonprofit sectors. She provided in-depth financial analyses for independent consulting projects, specifically in the field of energy.

Mevira obtained her bachelor’s degree in Management at Bandung Institute of Technology. She pursued her master’s degree in International Business at Hult International Business School, San Francisco where she increased her knowledge and honed
her skills in the IT industry.

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Mr. Samir Dixit
Head@Acorn Consulting - Brand Growth & Transformation

Samir is an award-winning strategist and business transformation expert with over 3 decades of brand, marketing, IP Management, M&A, and accelerated business growth experience having worked across business consulting, IP management, and valuations (Brand Finance), client side (Standard Chartered, LG) and multiple agencies (Ogilvy, Bates, Publicis etc)​

​Samir has been guiding C-Suite, company boards and governments on their IP and business growth strategies across Asia. He knows and understands what it takes to build a branded business, drive preference, loyalty and most of all profits and competitiveness. ​
Samir has worked across a plethora of product categories and segment and can always help find the right balance between internal strategy and external market reality.​
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Samir likes to trek, travel, read, play golf and shop. Samir is also a whisky aficionado and passionate about everything whisky.​

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Mr. Ben Tan
Senior Executive Partner, SEA & KOREA at GARTNER.

Ben is a senior business executive specializing in business strategy and digital transformation advisory. He has in-depth insight and knowledge of the Asia Pacific market, having spent the last 28 years in the region – competency from Board Member, Business Owner, Research, Advisory, Consulting, Program Management, Business Development, and Sales and Marketing roles.​

Ben is currently an Executive Partner with Gartner Executive Programs based in Singapore, manages CIO and CxO relationships in Southeast Asia region. In this capacity, acts as mentor and trusted adviser to senior IT and business executives on mission critical initiatives and priorities that are underpinned by technology investments. He is also a frequent speaker and presenter at various forums. ​

Prior to joining Gartner, Ben was the Country CEO of COURTS Singapore was responsible for driving all of COURTS’ local retail and business operations across its island wide network of stores as well as its e-commerce platform, COURTS​

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Mr. Ashish Kapahi
Executive Director, GATES

A visionary business leader with over 25 years of experience in the dynamic world of technology. In 2005, he earned a nomination for the “Outstanding Chief/Senior Executive (Overseas) Award” from IE Singapore, a testament to his exceptional.​

​Ashish is the founder and CEO of GATES APAC Pte Ltd., Asia’s largest independent Technology channel platform. He is a hands-on strategist, adept at developing and managing large cross-functional teams to achieve organizational objectives. His global experience includes starting and managing greenfield operations across Asia, ANZ, and Western Europe, transforming them into sustainable profit centres. ​

​Beyond the corporate achievements, he is an advocate for public-private partnerships and have played a pivotal role in initiating and leading various PPP and intergovernmental projects, both regionally and globally. With a passion for creating value in the tech industry he continues to be a driving force in shaping the future of the technology channel ecosystem.​

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Mr. Madhav Narayan
IIT Madras Global Research Foundation (IITM Global)

Madhav Narayan, is a Global leader at the intercept of Technology & Business, who has successfully built, transformed, scaled businesses, developed new markets, driven business model innovation, championed digital transformation for hyper growth of Tech MNCs, Public Authorities and startups (Intel, HP Inc, Dell, Samsung, Epson, Redington, DEWA, Shycocan Corp.) over a 38-year career in pan regional senior leadership roles. Since 2011 Madhav Narayan has been actively mentoring young entrepreneurs & disruptive tech start-ups and helped them raise capital to scale globally. Madhav Narayan is now The Chief Executive Officer for IIT Madras Global Research Foundation (IITM Global), with a charter to take the research, innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem of Indian Institute of Technology Madras, global.​

Mr. Madhav Narayan is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, University of Madras (1985) and holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) jointly awarded by Stern Business School (NYU), London School of Economics & HEC, Paris. Mr. Madhav Narayan has also completed various certified professional development programs in Advanced Leadership, Management Core, Digital Transformation from world renowned Academic Institutions like Stanford, UC Berkeley.

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