Where APIs Meet AI: Building Tomorrow's Intelligent Ecosystems

Shameek Kundu

Executive Director, AI Verify - Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

Commercially focused Data/ AI leader with 20+ years’ experience in startups (ideation to exit, at AI observability startup TruEra), traditional Enterprise CIO and CDO roles (at Standard Chartered) and consulting (at McKinsey). Now helping build the AI testing ecosystem, in Singapore and beyond.

Sau Sheong Chang

Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Chief Executive - GovTech Singapore

Sau Sheong Chang is a seasoned technology leader currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer for GovTech Singapore, where he steers future technology initiatives and sets digital standards for the government. His impressive career spans key roles such as Operating Partner at Temasek, head of digital transformation and energytech innovation at SP Digital for SP Group, and leadership positions at global tech giants like PayPal, HP Labs Singapore, Garena, and Yahoo! Southeast Asia. Additionally, Chang has significantly contributed to the tech community by organizing GopherCon Singapore, authoring several programming books, and serving on the boards of SISTIC and SkillsFuture Singapore, as well as holding esteemed positions with the Institute of Engineers Singapore.

Manjunath Bhat

VP Analyst - Gartner

Manjunath (Manju) Bhat is a Research VP covering practices, technologies and tools related to DevOps, SRE, cloud, automation, software engineering and open-source software. Mr. Bhat advises clients on a range of software engineering, security engineering and platform engineering initiatives.

Manjunath regularly advises clients on how to apply software engineering practices to infrastructure delivery and drive higher business value from cloud-enabled innovation. He sees the shift from project to product and platform based operating models, transition to cloud native architectures and AI in software engineering as three tectonic shifts.

Adept at building and leading R&D teams from the ground-up. Had the opportunity to build the VMware AirWatch India operations as its first employee and tasked with the enviable job of building a world-class R&D organization from scratch. AirWatch was acquired by VMware in 2014.

Prior to that, graduated from developer to architect of scalable,fault-tolerant,load-balanced, high volume, mission-critical transactional systems. Responsible for the technical architecture of a heavily customized implementation of warehouse automation software that powered one of the world's biggest warehouses for AVON in 2009.

Subject Matter expert in DevOps, cloud automation, software engineering, open-source software. Past experience in building endpoint management and warehouse automation software.

Ashish Kakar

Director (Research) Asia Financial Insights - IDC

A career financial services professional with more than 20 years of banking and insurance experience, Dr Ashish now leads financial insights for IDC Asia Pacific. He has featured in Channel News Asia podcasts on banking resiliency, and has addressed audience in House of Lords, UK Parliament on democratizing data to support startups as a part of smart city initiative.

Quy-Doan Do

APAC Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation - BNP Paribas

Within Investment Solutions, Doan is responsible for Data Services products in Asia Pacific (APAC). He also leads the Digital Transformation and Innovation office for CIB Securities Services in APAC and supports Client Development from a Technology standpoint for strategic clients in the region. He is based in Singapore.

Doan joined the bank in 1998 in Singapore and spent most of his career within Corporate & Investment Banking Technology notably in Paris and London. Back in Singapore since 2011, Doan had held regional management roles with Global Markets technology. He was most recently in charge of Digital & Innovation, as well as, Enterprise Architecture at CIB APAC level.

Education. Doan holds a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Centrale/Supelec Engineering School in France.

Enguerran Dallet

Executive Director, Data Science, Group Data Office - OCBC

Enguerran Dallet is an esteemed executive director of data science at the AI Lab of OCBC, one of the leading financial institutions globally. In this influential role, he spearheads the delivery of data science projects across multiple entities within the group, with a primary focus on increasing revenue, reducing attrition, driving cross-selling and up-selling opportunities, and implementing innovative pricing strategies.

Under Enguerran's astute leadership, his team has successfully implemented cutting-edge data science solutions that have significantly impacted the organization's bottom line. By leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning techniques, they have unlocked valuable insights from vast datasets, empowering decision-makers to make informed and strategic choices.

Prior to joining OCBC, Enguerran held the position of Head of Data Science at SparesCNX, a groundbreaking start-up dedicated to revolutionizing the spare parts supply chain. During his tenure, he led a team of data scientists in developing state-of-the-art algorithms and predictive models that optimized inventory management, reduced costs, and enhanced operational efficiency for clients.

Enguerran's illustrious career also includes leadership positions at renowned organizations such as Citibank, Pfizer, and Solvay. In each role, he consistently demonstrated his exceptional ability to leverage data science to drive business growth and deliver tangible results.

With an impressive 15 years of experience in the field, Enguerran possesses a wealth of knowledge and expertise in data science. He holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from the prestigious Bordeaux Institute of Technology, further solidifying his strong foundation in both finance and technology.

Beyond his professional achievements, Enguerran is known for his passion for continuous learning and innovation. He actively participates in industry conferences, publishes research papers, and mentors aspiring data scientists, all in an effort to stay at the forefront of the ever-evolving field of data science.

Enguerran Dallet's remarkable track record, leadership acumen, and unwavering commitment to leveraging data for strategic decision-making make him a highly sought-after expert in the industry. His contributions to the advancement of data science have not only transformed organizations but also paved the way for a data-driven future in the financial sector.

Jason D'Souza

Head of API Platforms and Open Banking - Standard Chartered

As the Head of API Platforms and Open Banking for Standard Chartered Bank I am leading our strong engineering team to deliver multiple transformational and operational simplification programs within the API Platforms and Open Banking portfolio.

Guillaume Cordina

Executive Director and Head, Open Banking & Platforms - Standard Chartered

Guillaume heads up Standard Chartered’s Open Banking and Platform team within the Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Bank.

He is responsible for driving Standard Chartered’s Open Banking API ecosystem, covering the developer portal, regulatory initiatives, partners’ integration and onboarding as well as customer success.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2021, Guillaume was Senior Director of Product at Kyriba where he was responsible for delivering the product vision, strategy and roadmap execution for the Payments and Connectivity business lines. Prior to that he held multiple roles, from Software Architect to Lead Technical Consultant with ION Trading / Wall Street Systems, delivering APIs and treasury transformation for GE Capital, Ford, GM, Blackstone and Coca-Cola. He has 25 years’ experience in financial software spanning Singapore, the US and France.

He holds a degree in Software Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Nice. 

Alberto Resco Perez

Senior Director of Software Engineering - Singtel

Software Engineering Leader with near two decades of experience building complex distributed systems in different industries, such as e-commerce, telecommunications or insurance/banking. A decade of experience in South East Asia, mainly in Singapore.

Alberto is a technology leader. Supercharged about tech, never say no to anything tech-y.

During his experience, he has been through different environments and situations - from doing consulting at the very beginning of his career to currently enabling software engineers. After the amazing experience of working at CERN for 5 years, he relocated to Singapore where he has been part of the vibrant start-up scene for more than 3 years, after that he moved to Pivotal Labs where he was enabling client engineers and creating great software.

As a seasoned leader, he loves any kind of technology, he never says no to try something new when it makes sense and he believes in doing the right thing and create great software solutions.

Sutowo Wong

Director, Health Analytics Division - Ministry of Health Singapore

Sutowo is an effectively bilingual Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) leader who has successfully implemented large and complex digital transformation programmes. The largest transformation programme (~$100 million budget) that he led required him to work with ~200 stakeholders, integrate diverse requirements and manage trade-offs.

He thrived in entrepreneurial environment – he built a consulting practice from scratch in a global consulting firm. He demonstrated that he could work with ambiguity – he accepted a role without job description and successfully navigated complex organisational landscape, obtained approval from senior management to refresh analytics operating model, reorganise its analytics functions and set up a new analytics department. He has also successfully managed a merger of analytics functions and integrated talents from diverse backgrounds into a cohesive unit.

He is currently working as the Divisional Director, Health Analytics Division at Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore. He leads a team of data scientists, statisticians, epidemiologists and health economists in applying AI, machine learning (ML), operations research, systems modeling, geospatial analytics, forecasting, econometrics, visualisation and primary research in support of MOH’s priorities in policy formulation and review, service planning and operations. He is also responsible for capability development, publication, partnership and outreach with regard to data analytics and AI in MOH.

He was responsible for leading AI strategy for Public Health Sector and building ecosystem enablers needed i.e. AI governance, data and IT platforms, funding, to support the development and deployment of impactful, scalable, responsible AI solutions.

During COVID-19 pandemic, he led the ops-tech integration effort by developing end-to-end service journeys for COVID-19 patients to identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes and experience, drive IT system consolidation and improve operational processes.

He served as a member in SingHealth Board’s Service Excellence Committee (SEC) where he worked closely with SingHealth’s Senior Management to set the strategic direction to optimise patient experience across both digital and physical touchpoints.

He chaired the Technical Review Committee comprising members from MOH, Synapxe and Public Healthcare Clusters to identify learning points and obtain consensus on the immediate remediation and longer term roadmap for a troubled national-level IT implementation which was approved by Minister of Health.

Aaron Tan Dani

Chairman and Co-Founder, IASA Asia Pacific / President, Singapore Computer Society Enterprise Architecture Chapter -

Aaron Tan Dani has a strong passion in the area Enterprise Architecture (EA) related fields. He firmly believes that only with the proper practice of this EA discipline that maximum value of IT investment can be realized by the business. With this keen passion and selfless contribution, he has been actively involved as the Founder and the Chairman of IASA Asia Pacific since 2004 and was actively involved in setting up and leading IASA Chapters across the Asia Pacific countries. He was part of the core team to define the world's first 256 IT Architect's skill set in 2004 in the Seattle, WA, USA. Since December 2009, Aaron has been actively delivering these courses in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea, China and Indonesia, with roadmap to deliver this program across the rest of the Asia Pacific region

As an industry thought leader in the EA arena, Aaron is a frequent public speaker and he speaks with passion and charisma and has been consistently ranked in the top 10% in speaker ratings in most of the international technology events. His charismatic, passionate and entertaining presentation style has been well received. In addition, Aaron is also an Accredited Trainer for TOGAF 9, ArchiMate 3 and he is also an IASA Accredited Trainer (CITA-F & CITA-A) in the field of EA and is the Co-Author of the IASA IT Architecture Body of Knowledge (ITABoK).

In April 2013, Aaron has been officially appointed as an expert in the Community of Practice Enterprise Architecture (COP EA) for the Malaysian public sector by MAMPU under Prime Minister Office to assist in the formation and implementation of MyGovEA, the National Enterprise Architecture initiative. Since then, Aaron has been leading the Digital EA Consulting teams in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia as part of the ATD Consulting Group to help enterprise clients and governments embarking into the Digital EA adoption to drive continuous digital transformation.

In 2016, Aaron lead the EA SIG under Singapore Computer Society as the Chairman and since 2019, the EA SIG has been promoted to become the EA Chapter where Aaron is taking the role of President of the EA Chapter.

In 2021, Aaron has been appointed as one of the Mentor in the Master of Science in Venture Creation with the National University of Singapore Graduate Research Innovation Programme (NUS GRIP).

Shin Wee Chuang

Founder & CEO - pand.ai

A second-time entrepreneur, I am the co-founder and CEO of an AI startup called pand.ai. Now, I work with a small team of highly intelligent data science experts to build "smart chatbots" (the ones that actually understand what you are saying, instead of making guesses from keywords) for companies throughout Asia. Since emerging from stealth mode in November 2016, we have already started serving companies in the region, including financial institutions in the Fortune 500 list.

Aki Ranin

Head of AI | Deep Tech & AI Investor | 2x Founder | Published Author - Earthshots Collective

Aki is a tech entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience building and scaling technology businesses globally. Leveraging his technical expertise in AI, he has created innovative solutions in B2B, SaaS, and B2C that have won industry awards and impacted millions of users.

Aki has repeatedly led fundraising efforts, assembled high-caliber teams, and rapidly grown companies across multiple geographies.

Author of two technical books on AI and Python programming, and adjunct lecturer at Singapore Management University on the topic of AI. Graduated from Aalto University with an MSc in Computer Science and Industrial Automation.

DJ Jaggi

Director - BankofApi Technology - NatWest

Dheeraj Jaggi (DJ) an API enthusiastic & Evangelist and Head of API Engineer(India) within NatWest Data & Analytics. He manages the OpenBanking & API Platform from India location for the NatWest Group that includes building APIs for Third Parties Providers, conformance to OpenBanking (PSD2 & FCA) standards & regulations, Account and Payment Initiation APIs, Onboarding and Foundational Microservices. With many years’ experience in the banking and IT space, DJ has delivered many API Products to the market and passionately believes in the transformative power of APIs in any business unit or organisation.

Victoria Lo

Solutions Engineer - Women Devs SG

Victoria is a solutions engineer, technical blogger, speaker, podcaster and WomenDevsSG leader. As a technical content writer with over 30,000 monthly reads, she writes about web development, DevOps, developer tools and career on her blog. She has spoken in podcasts, tech conferences and as a leader of WomenDevsSG, Victoria also advocates diversity and organizes events to share and promote women in tech-related news/events. Her mission is to create communities of lifelong learners.

Asif Waquar

Solutions Architect - Munich Re

Asif, is a Solution Architect at Munich Re, Singapore. He drives the development of innovative app solutions by leveraging cutting-edge technologies and cloud-native applications. With over 11 years of diverse experience as a software engineer, solution architect, and product owner, he has successfully navigated roles in both product-based companies and financial institutions.

As a Microsoft MVP for the past 3 years in Microsoft Azure, Asif is not just a certified solution architect but also a passionate developer, blogger, speaker, technical evangelist, and co-organizer of the Microsoft Azure Singapore user group and Data Platform User Group.

Chirantan Saha

Principal - Technology Transformation , CIO Advisory - Infosys Consulting

Highly accomplished professional with a strong background in cloud infrastructure design and control. Has extensive experience in leading major projects and achieving significant milestones, such as the successful migration of major business critical applications to AWS Cloud. Expertise includes public speaking engagements at various industry events and certifications in AWS DevOps, Terraform, and ITIL. Proven track record of delivering cloud transformation initiatives at scale and driving the adoption of DevOps practices. At the current role as Cloud Infra Design & Control Leader at Standard Chartered Bank showcases his ability to spearhead strategic initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Abhijit Dey

Vice President - Product Head API Banking - Axis Bank Ltd

Abhijit is an accomplished Product Evangelist with a rich background in the BFSI sector. With a demonstrated track record of driving innovation through API management and monetization, Abhijit has made substantial contributions to the industry. His expertise extends to the creation of an Open API framework tailored specifically for banks, showcasing his forward-thinking approach and proficiency in navigating the dynamic landscape of financial services. With a keen understanding of how technology and banking intersect, Abhijit is poised to share invaluable insights with the forum.

Danny Goh

Digital Market Management Manager - BNY

I have 16+ years of experience in the APAC banking sector, focused on streamlining operations and driving business growth. My current role at BNY Mellon blends product development with sales/marketing strategy for Treasury Services products.

Keziah Quek

Sustainability Lead, Southeast Asia - EY

Keziah navigates and facilitates multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral sustainability challenges, asking the right questions, making recommendations and effectively communicating her findings to diverse audiences.

Together with her experience as an innovation consultant and startup ecosystem lead, she helps corporations comprehend, identify, and implement cutting-edge solutions. Her work navigates the intersection of sustainability and business objectives, ensuring that organizations can thrive while positively impacting the environment and society at large.

As a dynamic speaker, she has delivered engaging presentations, moderated panel discussions, and conducted training sessions across conferences, webinars and workshops. A key topic she covers is advocating for sustainability as a business driver for long-term success.

Koo Ping Shung

AI Trust & Community Advisor - AIMX Network

Koo Ping Shung has 20 years of relevant experience in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. He is an instructor, trainer, facilitator for various institutions and Career Conversion Program locally and has taught overseas participants. Besides conducting training, Koo is Data Science & Artificial Intelligence advisor to businesses and startups and has mentored many individuals, professionals and undergrads. His strong passion shines further with him co-founding DataScience SG, one of the largest interest groups/tech communities in the region. He graduated with an Economics degree, a minor in Finance from NUS, and holds an MBA from the University of Adelaide.

PS Lee

Co-Director & Dean's Chair, College of Design and Engineering - Singapore Energy Centre & National University of Singapore

Poh Seng (PS) Lee is a full professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), holding the Dean's Chair at the College of Design and Engineering. With a focus on enhanced heat transfer, microchannels, liquid cooling, thermal management, and electronics cooling, Dr. Lee has made significant contributions to mechanical engineering.

Dr. Lee's most cited works include groundbreaking research in microchannel heat transfer enhancement and its applications in thermal systems like data center cooling, electric vehicle battery thermal management, and power electronics cooling. His research has led to over 160 peer-reviewed publications, 3 monographs, and 9,570 citations as of November 11, 2023, with an H-index of 47.

Currently, Dr. Lee serves as the Executive Director of the Energy Studies Institute (ESI), Co-Director of Singapore Energy Centre (SgEC), and Director of Centre for Energy Research & Technology (CERT) at NUS. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Energy Institute (EI), and Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES), and a member of the University Sustainability and Climate Action Council (USCAC).

In addition to his academic achievements, Dr. Lee is the founder of CoolestDC, a start-up company dedicated to developing high-efficiency cooling solutions for data centers. His entrepreneurial spirit is further demonstrated as the Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO of GCoreLab, and Programme Director of CoolestSG - Cooling Energy Science and Technology Singapore.

Dr. Lee's awards include being named among the Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists by Stanford University consecutively from 2021 to 2023, elected Fellow of ASME and EI in 2021, and Fellow of IES in 2018. He has also received the NUS Faculty of Engineering's Young Faculty Research Award and the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, among others.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and MEng and BEng degrees from the National University of Singapore. Dr. Lee has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University.

As an associate editor of IEEE CPMT and ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and an editorial board member of Advances in Applied Energy, Dr. Lee's influence extends to the broader academic community. His commitment to sustainability, innovation, and excellence in engineering continues to shape the future of thermal management and energy efficiency.

Ian Chew

Founder & CEO - Greenie Web

The internet is responsible for up to 1.6 gigatons of CO2 emission - more than the entire pre-COVID aviation industry combined. With rapid digitization by industry & tech adoption in the developing world, its projected to increase by 5 - 7 % a year. Most startups, expertise and capital are devoted to traditional decarbonization. Greenie Web is a Climate-Tech SaaS that fills the gap by tackling this entirely new category of digital decarbonization.In doing so, our work:
1) Enables enterprises achieve their net zero goals
2) Smoothens the energy transition by reducing internet-related energy consumption
3) Provides a low-carbon method to digitize traditional industries & build Web 3.0

Rajesh Mhatre

Senior Manager- Transformation and Products - StarHub

Experienced and energetic product professional with over 19 years of dual industry (Telco and Software) experience effectively managing products from conception to completion and technology innovations. I am adept in product management, technology architecture transformation, and developing technology strategy in 5G, API's , MEC , SDWAN, Edge Cloud, NaaS, OSS and Network Slicing orchestration domains.

Matthew Chua

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatives - National University of Singapore

Asst Prof. Matthew Chua is an Assistant Director of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence of Singapore and an Assistant Professor at NUS School of Medicine. At MINDEF, he leads a team of data scientists and partners with IT and Engineering teams to work closely with MINDEF/SAF stakeholders and external agencies to use data science to improve policy outcomes, service delivery and operational efficiency. As a technology leader, he spearheads and operationalize novel and state-of-the-art technologies and algorithms in the organization to transform MINDEF/SAF into a data-first organization. He has also won data science competitions at the national level, clinching 3rd place for the Data VIZard at the Data Arcade Tournament 2022. At NUS, he drives the research and lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Novel Technologies for the advancement of Medicine/Health. He has won prestigious research grants, amounting to more than S$1 million, from Ministry of Health, SG Enable, HealthTEC and internationally. He has also published more than 30 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed international journals and is widely cited. His wide array of expertise makes him a highly sought after collaborator from various industries. He actively fosters closer ties between MINDEF and NUS through education, research and collaboration.

On the side, Matthew is a professional opera singer, being sought after for many local events and celebrations, including The SG50 Concert at the Park, Lee Kuan Yew Memorial Concert, TTSH Gala dinner and many others. He was also the 2nd place winner for The Rising Star Season 3 Competition 2019.

Madhu Sudan

Fractional CTO - MISSION+

As a fractional CTO at MISSION+, I help clients and SMEs achieve their digital transformation goals by providing strategic guidance, technical leadership, and hands-on implementation. I have over 8 years of experience in enterprise integration, working with Singapore-based digital insurers and US-based Fortune 500 giants.

I am a subject matter expert in identity providers, site reliability engineering, micro-service architecture, cloud migration, IAC. I have successfully delivered multiple projects using technologies such as Okta, Keycloak, Redhat SSO, Firebase, Cognito, TYK, WSO2, Mulesoft, and Kong API Gateway. I have obtained certifications from Okta, Red Hat and AWS. I have domain expertise in insurance and retail, and a passion for solving complex problems with innovative solutions.

Jakub (Kuba) Ruzicka

Chief Product and Technology Officer - Eyos

Kuba is 👨‍💻 a technology leader, software engineer and 🧑‍🏫 university lecturer based in 🇸🇬 Singapore (as a true digital nomad, chances are you can meet him in various places around the world 😊)

He 🤍 enjoys software development, systems design, machine learning, text mining, blockchain, ethical hacking, product design and development, and prototyping tech innovations 🚀

Taking an active part in this small (r)evolution 🧬, Kuba is currently riding the AI wave 🌊 and advises businesses and individuals on how to empower people, upgrade products and boost back-office operations with Generative AI and LLMs 🤖, while continuing to upskill in this domain himself 🤓

Understanding the 🌏 APAC biz and cultural environment in recent years and taking perspectives on 🌍 EMEA helped him not only to grow as a professional but also to become a better person as a result 🧘

Kuba serves as the voice of our global Tech Team at 🟣 eyos.one, where we create a unique worldwide point-of-sales device network and facilitate its evolution from multiple product verticals to a ☁️ SaaS platform

Kuba's past experience includes CTOing startups 🌱 (creativedock.com), turning startups into scale-ups 📈 (most recently twisto.cz's acquisition by zip.co with a team of 👥 80+ engineers), being part of global teams 🌐 (Atos, Deloitte, KPMG), academia 🎓 (Czech Technical University and Charles University in Prague), freelancing and advisory to keep in touch with latest technologies 💪, and volunteering to give back to the community 🙋‍♀️ (mentoring and nonprofit)

Kuba is passionate about everything related to education 📚, loves 🏃 running and any sports in general, 🌳 nature and hiking, and helps startups and scale-ups in his free time to stay on top and encourage thinking outside the box 💡

Thirukkumaran Natarajan

Senior DevOps Engineer / Tech Lead - GovTech Singapore

Hands-on experience in designing, developing, hosting and integrating RESTful APIs and API Platforms.

Meticulous understanding of APIs, AWS Cloud, DevOps, Agile Scrum and ITIL best practices.

Andrei Terentev

Engineering Manager - StashAway

Picklu Paul

Senior Engineering Leader - Grab

✤Accomplished IT professional with over a decade of experience in Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, SRE/DevOps, and IT Operations, driving large-scale security and infrastructure transformations.

✤Successfully established and led cybersecurity functions, specializing in DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Application Security, and Threat Detection & Response, ensuring compliance with ISO, SOX, and PCI DSS.

✤Led DevOps teams to build and scale infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and on-premises data centers, leveraging Kubernetes clusters with enterprise-grade IAM security to deliver robust, scalable systems.
Extensive hands-on coding experience in Python, building AI-driven platforms and automating infrastructure with GitOps practices using Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins).

✤Currently serving as Engineering Manager, focused on transforming leadership's business requirements into engineering projects and platforms for impactful results.

✤Author of "Demystifying DevSecOps in AWS" and keynote speaker at prominent conferences, including CISO Singapore and DevOps Circle Kuala Lumpur, recognized as a thought leader in Security and Cloud.

Jon Scheele

Founder and CEO of Blue Connector - Organizer of Apidays Singapore

Jon Scheele provides IT strategy, data analytics, security, interoperability and industry specific consulting and training to management and workgroups at leading companies in the financial services and telecommunications industries. Jon also trains, coaches and mentors to develop high performing teams and identifies how to apply emerging technologies to meet evolving customer needs.

Alex Szomora

GTM Senior Project Manager, Open Gateway - GSMA

Results-oriented leader with over 15 years of experience in fintech, digital industries (including telco and cyber security), and venture investing, with a focus on the Southeast Asia region. Proven track record in sourcing, analyzing, and executing investment deals, as well as managing and growing businesses. Skilled in communication, presentation, negotiation, and team leadership. Passionate about supporting the growth of innovative startups in emerging markets.

Mehdi Medjaoui

Author of Continuous API Management - Founder and Chairman of Apidays Conferences

Mehdi Medjaoui is the founder of APIdays conferences series worldwide, that he started in 2012 in Paris. He is highly involved in the API community and API Industry, and is a current author, lecturer, consultant and investor in the API space. In 2011 he co-founded OAuth.io, a SaaS OAuth API middleware for OAuth integration and implementation used by 40,000+ developers, that had been acquired in December 2017. His research involves publishing the API Industry Landscape and the yearly State of Banking APIs.

Vincent Caldeira

CTO APAC - Red Hat

Vincent Caldeira, CTO of Red Hat in APAC, is responsible for strategic partnerships and technology strategy. Named a top CTO in APAC in 2023, he has 20+ years in IT, excelling in technology transformation in finance. An authority in open source, cloud computing, and digital transformation, Vincent frequently speaks on data analytics, AI/ML, and IT sustainability. He is. a Technical Advisor to the Board of OS-Climate, a member of the GSF Green AI Committee and the CNCF TAG Sustainability.

Kapil Pendse

Head of Technology ASEAN - AWS

I have 18+ years of professional experience in tech across multiple markets (ASEAN, India, Taiwan). In my current role, I lead a team of highly talented solutions architects to help our customers build more secure, scalable, resilient, cost efficient and sustainable systems using cloud. I specialize in SaaS architecture patterns and help software companies increase their profitability and build platforms that are engineered for Product Led Growth. I partner with sales leaders to develop and execute on GTM strategies. In my past roles, I’ve been a hands-on CTO, software developer and product manager. I have engineered scalable, multi-tenant cloud applications, embedded systems and mobile apps. I have nurtured engineering teams, and successfully spearheaded product development.

Andrew Tay

Business Director - KGS

As a Director at KGS, a leading e-waste recycling company, I'm at the forefront of driving sustainable solutions for ITAD, e-waste recycling, data destruction, and battery recycling. My background in Mechanical Engineering and Management of Technology equips me with a unique perspective on the intersection of technology and sustainability. I'm passionate about empowering organizations to adopt circular economy principles and minimize their environmental impact. By leveraging innovation and industry best practices, we can create a more sustainable future for our planet.

Julie Schiller

UX Designer - Google

Julie Schiller is a tech product leader and a sustainability advocate who has led and contributed to teams in both software & human factors.

Dr. Lawrence Wee

Director of Business & Ecosystems - IMDA

I work across public and private sector ecosystems to catalyze the development and use of artificial intelligence and emerging tech. I have extensive experience across industry domains, particularly in healthcare, biomedical and fintech/insurtech.

Gaël Duez

Founder - Green IO

I launched Green IO podcast 🎙️ which offers responsible technologists a place to build a greener digital world, one byte at a time.For the last 15 years, I have led teams in PropTech, payment service providers, document-processing industry and I have experienced first hand the benefits that digitalization brings to people. At the same time I also lived on 3 continents and witnessed the environmental footprint of human activity on planet Earth. Between Tech for Good and sustainable IT, “Tech” is a key enabler of our ecological transition. But Tech is also a serious contributor to these ecological crises.
In 2021, I decided to focus full-time on this dual issue with a balanced approach. Putting on hold executive positions, I now help teams build greener digital products, using this much needed change as a strategic opportunity for sustainable business development.
I do so by:
- providing open-source content,
- building bridges between communities & networks
- and by leveraging collective intelligence;
based on 3 core values: respect People 🫂 , respect Science 🔬 and respect Earth 🌍.I’m always thrilled to interview doers for knowledge and feedback in the Green IO Podcast and to partner with companies looking to travel further on the Digital Sustainability road.

Santanu Dey

VP, Emerging Technology - OCBC

Santanu Dey is the VP, Emerging Technology at OCBC, an ASEAN/APJ leader with over 20 years of experience in enterprise-grade solutions and innovation. He specializes in cloud, microservices, data engineering, and AI/ML technologies. Dey is skilled in AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, and machine learning, driving application modernization and building strategic technology ecosystems. He shares his insights on his Medium blog, https://mlbits.medium.com/.

Cédrick Lunven

CTO - GoodBards

Cedrick is the Lead Developer Relations Manager at DataStax, where he shares his passion for development 👨‍💻 and distributed architectures. In 2013, Cedrick created ff4j.org, the leading Java implementation of Feature Toggle (recognized by Forrester), which he continues to maintain today, along with other open-source projects. In 2023, he co-founded Goodbards, an AI startup aimed at helping marketers run end-to-end campaigns more efficiently.

Umang Moondra

CEO - APIX

Umang is a transformation leader with over 20 years of business management, operations & technology, client delivery and sales experience with Citigroup, leading business units of up to US$ 500 mn across Asia Pacific. He has a track record of crafting and leading change driven by strategy, culture, digitization and automation, aimed at quantum leaps in bottom line, revenues, client delivery and risk mitigation.

Having worked in five Asian countries and led teams of over 3,000 professionals, Umang has demonstrated experience in building empowered teams locally and regionally, and leading transformation across cultures. His cross-functional experience provides him with a unique understanding of the end-to-end connectivity in an organization and the ability to foster relationships across stakeholders.

Umang is a Board Member at YouTrip and has served twice as Secretary of the Singapore Fintech Association. He is also an angel investor.

Max Ong Zong Bao

Software Team Lead - ASUS

Thidahack Tranvankeoith

Managing Director, ISAP - Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CACIB)

James CK Tan

Director, Smart City - GovTech & JTC

Alan Hsiao

Founder & CEO - Cognitivo

Allen Ng

Lead Devops Engineer - Government Technology Agency

Nick Loh

Lead Product Manager - Government Technology Agency

Petrine Tang

UX Designer - Government Technology Agency

Faith Ang

Product Manager - Government Technology Agency

Abdel Abatouy

CIO CTO CDO - FCM Travel Asia - Flight Centre Travel Group

Pawan Darda

Chief Technology Officer - Pelago

Anbarasan Nagalingam

Solution Architect - Equinix

With over 15 years of experience in the technology industry, I specialize in architecting and managing the delivery of scalable, cloud-native solutions. As an engineering leader, I have successfully designed, developed, and delivered enterprise web applications using technologies like Java, Python, modern front-end frameworks, and big data tools such as Apache Spark and Kafka. My expertise spans transitioning monolithic systems to microservices, implementing advanced monitoring frameworks, and optimizing system performance.

Karthi Chandrasekaran

Solution Architect - Leading Insurance

Karthi Chandrasekaran is an established Senior Technology Executive and key decision-maker with over 17 years of experience driving digital transformation across multiple industries, including 15+ years in banking and insurance. As the API Architect at Great Eastern, he has spearheaded critical API platform implementations and cloud migration projects for leading institutions such as DBS Bank, Citi Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and Great Eastern Insurance across Singapore and the USA. Karthi’s expertise spans API architecture, microservices, enterprise architecture, and AWS Cloud, with a deep command of API management, governance, and scalable solutions using platforms like Axway and Kong. Proficient in designing complex financial domain solutions leveraging public cloud models and generative AI, he excels in leading multi-cultural, cross-functional teams and mentoring them to deliver innovative, high-performance outcomes. With advanced skills in Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, Tanzu Cloud Foundry, and both REST and SOAP web services, Karthi is renowned for translating intricate technical insights into actionable strategies that align technology with business objectives.

Allan Chua

CTO - Premier Fiduciary

12 years of software engineering experience in different domains (Immersive Media Systems | DRM | Company Formation | Entity Governance | Compliance | Insurance | Offshore Entities) with core competencies on cloud architecture, web development, offshore team assembly, international market diversity and applied AI/ML in digital transformation environments.

Hugo Guerrero

Developer Advocate - Kong

I'm an information technology professional with 20+ years of experience in software development. I have worked as a developer, consultant, architect, and software development manager with major clients in the private and federal public sectors.

Currently, I'm an open source developer advocate. In this role, I help the marketing team with technical overview and support to create, edit and curate product content. The content is shared with the communities through webinars, conferences, and other activities. I also develop workshops and support material to help the internal and partner enablement.

Software development is my passion and I have been able to make it my life. As a passionate traveler, history, and food enthusiast, when I'm not at work I love to grab my suitcase and travel around the world in search of the tastiest food.

Chuck Herrin

Field CISO & Customer Advocate - F5

Chuck Herrin is Field CISO & Customer Advocate at F5. He joined the company through the acquisition of Wib Security, where he held the position of CTO.

In the 20 years prior to Wib, Chuck held a variety of CISO and technology leadership roles, including EVP and CISO for Texas Capital Bank and end to end responsibility for Security, Risk, and Compliance for AIG’s Consumer Group.

Chuck is passionate about security and particularly interested in emerging threats and the rise of generative AI, microservices, and APIs in modern applications

Asim Hussain

Executive Director & Chairperson - Green Software Foundation

Asim is a seasoned developer, author, and speaker with over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, spanning the European Space Agency, Intel, Microsoft, and prominent investment banks like Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.

He is the Executive Director of the Green Software Foundation, a visionary leader dedicated to advancing environmental sustainability in the software industry. Co-founding the foundation in 2020, Asim has passionately led over 60 member organizations toward a future where software has zero harmful environmental effects.

Through his diverse experiences and unwavering focus, Asim is shaping the future of technology toward a more sustainable and equitable digital landscape.

Thibaut Meurgue-Guyard

CEO - The Transmutation Principle

Versatile Sustainability practitioner driven focused on crafting meaningful connections and cross-generational solidarity. I am an advocate of an enthusiastic, solution-oriented sustainability that taps into the power of collaborative action.

Strongly involved in NGOs, Versatile Sustainability practitioner driven focused on crafting meaningful connections and cross-generational solidarity. I am an advocate of an enthusiastic, solution-oriented sustainability that taps into the power of collaborative action.Strongly involved in NGOs, student education and impact-driven partnerships!student education and impact-driven partnerships!

Tamimi Ahmad

Senior Developer Advocate - Solace

Tamimi is a Developer Advocate at Solace who enjoys educating other people and developers about real-time development and event-driven architecture. He also flourishes at exploring innovative ways of integrating Solace technologies with emerging tools, technologies and techniques

Lukasz Gornicki

Open Source Maintainer - Brain Fart Services

I have 3 hats that all at ones are always on my head:

- Because of background and strong relationship with Technical Communication community I'm always sticking my nose into documentation related topics. I also love to talk about it at conferences, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saZ8fMQ2gE0 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikq-9B_5x1M
- I also consider myself an open-source fanatic, that believes everybody should contribute to open source and especially big corporations
- I'm always into new technologies. When there is something new that can improve old stuff, I always push for the change and try to break old patterns

Arsalan Ellahi

Founder - Caamil

I like to empower scale-ups or incumbents with long-term competitive advantage for sustainable growth and high performing teams using fit-for-purpose architecture patterns and practice.

Experienced in FinTech, FitTech, AgriTech, Telco and Retail domains.

Simon Schillebeeckx

Chief Vision Officer - Handprint

Dr. Simon Schillebeeckx is an academic and founder of Handprint.tech, a universal impact API platform.

Fershad Irani

GWF Contributor | Website Sustainability Consultant - Green Web Foundation

I am a website performance consultant based in Taipei. I work with businesses to help them achieve the business outcomes they're after through website optimisations.

My core focus is on reducing the environmental impact of the web. As such I approach every project with a focus on not only achieving business outcomes such as improved conversions, reduced bounce rate etc., but also with a goal to making websites lighter which in-turn reduces their carbon footprint.

Natasha Ann Lum

Community Lead - Women Who Code

Just a divergent inquisitive and fire starter who loves exploring the interconnections across various domains through building and scaling ideas and communities, and taking people along the ride with me!

I also build apps 🙂

Reach out to me if any one of the communities I am in across my LinkedIn is of interest of you! I am in need of help everywhere and would love to chat with you and get you involved!

Naresh Jain

Chief Catalyst at Jio Platforms Limited - Founder & CEO of Specmatic

Naresh Jain is an internationally recognised Technology & Product Development Expert. Over the last 5 years, he is responsible for driving several transformative initiatives at Jio.

Naresh started his career building Neural Networks to classify satellite images for Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Over the last 20 years, he has played a key role in streamlining the product engineering culture at many unicorns and fortune 500 companies (Jio, Google, Amazon, JP Morgan, Siemens Medical, GE Energy, Schlumberger, Shell, Dell, to name a few). His hands-on approach of coaching teams by focusing on product discovery and engineering excellence is a key differentiator. In a nutshell, hire him as a lead-by-example type leader, who can help you build awesome, digital-native products and services.

Naresh founded a consulting business called Xnsio, which helps organisations build the essential product, technology & people capabilities required to transform their business for the VUCA world. He is also responsible for building ConfEngine (a one-stop conference/event management platform) and Specmatic (a tool to convert API specs into executable contracts).

In 2004, Naresh started the Agile movement in India by creating the Agile Software community of India, a registered non-profit society to evangelize Agile, Lean and other Leading-Edge Software Development methods. He is responsible for creating and organizing 100+ international conferences including Agile India, Agile Coach Camp, Functional Conf, Open Data Science Conference, Simple Design And Testing Conference (SDTConf), Selenium Conf, Appium Conf, jQuery & Open Web Conference, and Eclipse Summit India. He started many User Groups including TechCamp, TechJam, Agile Philly User Group, and more.

In recognition of his accomplishments, in 2007 the Agile Alliance awarded Naresh with the Gordon Pask Award for contributions to the Agile Community.

Markus Mueller

Global CTO - API Management - Boomi

Markus Mueller is the Global Field CTO, API Management at Boomi where he helps drive the strategic vision and execution of API management solutions on a global scale. Before Boomi, Markus was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at APIIDA overseeing technology and product development working with customers of all sizes to help them adopt Federated API Management practices.

Markus is a member of multiple API and security related working groups and holds a seat in the Business Governance Board of the OpenAPI Initiative. He is also a regular speaker at conferences and meetups.

Senthil Kumar

Enterprise Data Architect - Singtel

Thorsten Schaeff

Developer Advocate - ElevenLabs

Vincent Gillet

Principal Cloud and DevOps Consultant - Zenika

Kenneth Ng

Global Sustainability Lead - Razer

Khang Nguyen Trieu

Group Chief Technology Architect – Business Digital & Tech - Accor

Khang Nguyen Trieu, Group Chief Technology Architect at Accor, is currently responsible for the Group strategic technology roadmap and for oversight of the Enterprise Architecture to meet the current and future business strategy.

Khang has worked in technology for over 25 years, including an extended period with the digital arm of SNCF in France as Director of Software Assets, and as Accor CIO for Asia Pacific. Khang is also an advisor to start-ups looking at scaling their organization, an advocate of digital innovation as a source for good and a shareholder of Team for the Planet, the first open source and crowdfunded investment company to fight climate change.

Clara Lee

Chief of Practice, Data Science & Digital Sustainability - National University of Singapore

Raja Jain

Head of Investment Technology - Endowus

Sagun Garg

Director Technology Innovation - Julius Baer

Heng Wang

Professor of Law - Singapore Management University

Jean-Philippe Ehret

Founder & CEO of BetterBytes (part of Resilio Solutions) - CTO of Breinchild Innovation Group (Emplify)

Jean-Philippe has spent over 25 years at the intersection of technology and sustainability, transforming how businesses approach responsible digital practices.

In 2008, he founded a software company specializing in Data and AI, which became the first to earn the 'Responsible Digital' certification (ENR Label) awarded by French institutions.

Ankit Kumar

Head of Developer and Customer Success - Aklivity

Bipin K

Head of API Management - Autodesk

Developing highly scalable and resilient systems in the FinTech space. Solve problems - Technical & People related, mentor and coach a team of engineers to realize their potential.