Contributors

Andy Ng - Veritas Technologies

Andy Ng is the Vice-President and Managing Director for Asia South and Pacific region at Veritas Technologies. In this role, he is responsible for leading Veritas' overall business strategy, sales operations and continuous growth across ASEAN and Pacific region.

An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Andy has held senior leadership roles across different domains in the technology space, including client management, business and practice development and project management. Before his present role, Andy was leading the Technical Sales and Services across the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region for Veritas, where he was responsible for charting the overall strategy and partnership between the technical and sales teams, delivering outstanding sales and market share growth, and ensuring technical excellence within the organisation.

Prior to Veritas, Andy was with Symantec Corporation. He was instrumental in championing the transformation of the consulting business, building high-performing APJ Architect and Advisory teams, and growing new routes to market for sales to drive opportunities through consultative selling.

Andy holds a Master of Engineering in Engineering and Management from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Boston University. Andy is fluent not only in English and Mandarin, but numerous Chinese dialects and conversational Japanese as well.

Dion

Adrian Tan is helping companies drive productivity with PeopleStrong, a comprehensive HR solution on the cloud with mobile simplicity. The co-creator of Singapore HR Tech market map, he also writes regularly on HR Tech at adriantan.com.sg.

Sunshine Farzan

Sunshine Farzan is a global marketing executive with a passion for helping companies build and scale their business through the integration of digital, marketing, product innovation, demand generation and PR. She has two decades of experience of building brands, enhancing customer experiences, and transforming businesses through digital innovation in Asia Pacific and North America. She currently leads Global Marketing & Communications at Tricor Group, a PE-backed professional services firm. Sunshine is a board director, an active contributor to business publications, and a certified career coach.

Therese Reyes

Therese is Canvas8’s lead editor in the APAC region. She works with experts, journalists, and analysts to understand trends and make sense of them for clients across industries. She was previously editor of VICE Asia, where she led the team in winning a Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for Excellence in Arts & Culture Reporting. As a reporter, she covered current events, K-pop, global pop culture, life, and mental health. She’s spent time in Hong Kong but is now based in the Philippines, splitting her time between busy Manila and the mountain city Baguio.