Speakers:
Country HOST address and Keynote address: ``Young and New Generation for our ASEAN DIGITAL TRANSFORMSTION``
Permanent Secretary; Minister of Digital Economy & Society
Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai was appointed as Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Digital Economy and Society on 1 October 2017. Prior to taking this executive position at the Ministry, she had spent her career at Office of the Board of Investment (BOI) since 1984. During that period, she was involved in many high profile projects development in petroleum & petrochemical sector, chemical sector, energy and alternative energy sector. She was also in charge of formulating investment promotion policy for many target sectors including policy to promote hi– tech industries such as aerospace, medical devices, biotechnology, and R&D in the country. Her major positions in BOI include Director of Planning and evelopment Division, Director of Chemical Division, Director of Services and Public Utilities Division, Director of Management Information System Division, Senior Executives Investment Advisor, and lastly Deputy Secretary General of BOI.
Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and a Master of Business Administration, Youngstown State University, Ohio U.S.A.
Opening Address
Assistant Director and Head of the ICT & Tourism Division, ASEAN Secretariat
| From 7/2019 | To Present | The Asian South East Nations Association (ASEAN) Secretariat | Assistant Director/ Head of ICT and Tourism Division |
| From 1/2018 | To 7/2019 | Competition and Consumer Protection Authority of Vietnam | Commissioner/ Deputy Director General |
| From 11/2015 | To 12/2017 | The Asian South East Nations Association (ASEAN) Secretariat | Assistant Director/ Head of Trade Facilitation Division |
| From 11/2011 | To 8/2015 | Permanent Mission of Vietnam to UN, WTO and other organizations at Geneva | Director – General of Ministry of Trade and Industry |
| From 2008 | To 2011 | Ministry of Industry and Trade/Multilateral Trade Policy Department | Deputy Director General Representative of Viet Nam in Senior Economic Officials Meeting in ASEAN (SEOM) |
| From 1997 | To 2008 | Ministry of Industry and Trade/Multilateral Trade Policy Department | Economic Analyst |
Welcome Address
President of ACIOA
Mr. Chaicharearn Atibaedya works in Petroleum Industry for more than 40 years in Operations, Engineering, Project Management, Strategic planning, ICT, R&D, Sustainability Management. He lead the top government CIO class#16 as a Chairman for past 10years and later developed into CIO16 Association of Thailand. Since 2013, he have passed the baton on. With good track record of transparency and trust, he is elected as the President to lead the new structured Asean Chief Information Officer Association (ACIOA) for the next many years. His background are Electrical & Mechanical Engineer and MBA.
1st Plenary: ASEAN digital transformation calls for cooperation and collaborations; this demands country digital literacy and acknowledge disruption as part of change for the betterment.
Secretary, ACIOA; Office of The Student Loans Fund in Thailand’s CIO and Deputy Manager;
Dr. Nantawan Wongkachonkitti is currently Office of The Student Loans Fund in Thailand’s CIO and Deputy Manager. In this position, she oversees an information technology (IT) portfolio of over 200 billion baht and over 5 million customers. She provides executive leadership on IT Operation, Policy and information governance. She also was selected in 2012 to serve as Cloud Security Alliance, Thailand Chapter’s Secretary and in 2016 to serve as ASEAN Chief Information Officer Association’s
Secretary.
Prior to Deputy Manager and CIO, Nantawan has served as Vice-President of Innovation Department and Network/Operations Department of Electronic Government Agency of Thailand for 7 years. She served as the day-to- day lead for coordinating and managing the various functions regarding IT Innovation, Government Cloud, Government Open Data, Government Big Data Analytics, Information management, information assurance, Government Data Center, and Government Information Network.
Nantawan has held several leadership roles in the Information Technology and Communications of U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for more than 15 years with the experience in the planning, development, delivery and monitoring of technical solutions that address the needs of customers in support of their missions around the world.
Indonesia Councillor for Government Sector, ACIOA; Chairman of Federation of Information Technology Indonesia
Andi Budimansyah is currently chairman & CEO, Indonesia Domain Registry, It is an institution established by the government and the public to provide internet domain registration services to the Government, Military, Business and Community.
Include multi-stake holder (government, business, academia, community) in the preparation of domain management policy since 2012. With his experiences over 24 years including 2 books writing published by Ministry of Communication and Information of Indonesia.
Deputy Director: Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU)
Ms Rohaya Ahmad is currently the Deputy Director of ICT Strategic Development and Architecture Division in MAMPU, Prime Minister’s Office.
She has 30 years’ experience as an ICT officer in Malaysian Public Sector serving various Government agencies such as Department of Agriculture, Office of Chief Government Security Officer, Accountant General’s Department and Ministry of Health. She has vast knowledge and experience in ICT especially in managing system development and operational. Among the high impact project which she involved is the Teleprimary Care and Oral Health Clinical Information System which is being used.
Ms Rohaya Ahmad obtained her Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science from National University of Malaysia.
Executive Board Member; Digital Government Development Agency
(Public Organization), DGA
Somkid Jiranuntarat was the Chairman of KASIKORN Business-Technology Group, the group of technology companies under KASIKORNBANK. A leader in many fields, Somkid was the founder and first CEO of SETTRADE.com, and the CIO of multiple large financial and banking organizations for the past 20 years, including CIO of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Bank of Asia/United Overseas Bank and KASIKORNBANK. He was also the president of Chulalongkorn University Computer Alumni Association and was the Chairman of the Banking Information Technology Club.
As a technology visionary, Somkid founded SETTRADE.com and implemented multiple digital innovations in the banking sphere including transforming Mobile banking to a digital autonomous banking, working on a Cashless-Society solution, and building a blockchain application for document authentication. He was at the forefront of building up KASIKORNBANK’s technological capabilities and innovations to take secure their position as the leader in technology for the future.
Somkid was involved as the designer in many technological projects. He designed multiple projects within SET, including SET’s Share Depository and Registration systems and SET’s information system. In his time at KBank, Somkid designed KBank’s current mobile banking system, KBank’s new payment system, and he played the role of the chief architect in the renovation of KBank’s technology platforms. He was also involved in Thailand’s Promptpay
technical design.
As an implementer Somkid was the project lead over multiple large projects over his career life. He was the project lead of all of SET’s back office and information systems. Somkid was also involved as the lead in setting up the stock trading system for the Stock Exchange in Vietnam as well as the project lead in Bank of Asia’s CRM systems and UOB’s bank integration. In KBank, Somkid was the program lead of KBank’s transformation process over programs worth over 1 billion USD and the project lead of KBank’s new core bank implementation.
Somkid holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering degree from Chulalongkorn University, in addition to a Master of Science, Computer of Science degree from Oregon State University, a Master of Management from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business dministration, and attended the Program for Global Leadership from Harvard Business School.
Managing Director, CrowdStrike Asia
Jagdish Mahapatra is a Cybersecurity Expert with experience across the Asia Pacific Region trying to build new Business models to make Govt and Banks more secure. He has worked extensively as Managing Director for India and SAARC for McAfee to build secure framework for Govt. of India, Large Banks and Companies and for Consumers at large. In his last role as Chief of Channels for Asia Pacific market for McAfee, he built a strong strategic partner ecosystem to enable new consumption models.
Jagdish has in the past spent extensive time in senior position with Cisco India inbuilding Networks and Connectivity for organisations in India including some of the expansive State-Wide Area Network (SWANs) and State Data centres.
In the formative part of his career, he was instrumental in creating the manufacturing off shoring model in India which emerged as a significant game changing industry phenomenon during his stint with a large Engineering Conglomerate in India.
He was recognized as one of the Top 40 Executives in India Inc under 40 in 2011 by Business World.
He recently delivered a TED talk on “How to keep our kids safe online” which was aired on Star TV. He has also delivered TEDx talk on “How Human Psychology holds key to the future of Cybersecurity”.
On the academic front, Jagdish is an Electrical Engineer with MBA in Marketing and Finance. Jagdish loves to explore travel to experience cultures, food and local mythology and loves to relate the stories to work.
Born in the holy city of Puri, one of the 4 top pilgrimages of India, he finds Indian mythology inspiring to fulfil todays’ life. He is an avid reader from fiction to Business and Technology and loves to blog regularly on all
topics on Social media. Right now, his passion is to rekindle his music desires with Piano and Drums.
Futurist Talk: Digitizing ASEAN as ONE
ACIOA Digital Transformation advisor
Dr. Sak Segkhoonthod received a Ph. D in Electronics Systems Engineering from Essex University in 1997.
He was hired immediately after his university by National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec) as a researcher at the Network Technology Laboratory.
In 2000, he was involved in the setting up the Government Information Technology Services (GITS) and eventually became the director of GITS in 2005. In 2012, he became the first CEO of the Electronic Government Agency (EGA) which turned into the Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) in 2018. In 2019, he was listed as one the World’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government. He is now an Advisor (Digital Transformation) at the Electronics Transaction Development Agency and recently been invited to lead on digital transformation function as Advisor for ASEAN CIO Association.
Country updates
Senior Expert Smart City Promotion, Department Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA)
Dr. Non A is Senior Expert in Smart City Promotion at Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) where he conducts researches urban problems through the lenses of design and social science to promote smart cities in Thailand. Using human-centered design, he uses participatory research methods (such as design thinking) and data science to create positive social impact for businesses and public institutions. Dr. Non has a background in architecture, urban design, and anthropology. Also serving as a mentor for the Social Psychology Network (SPN), Dr. Non continues to explore the nexus between academic research and the best professional practice with the goal of practical application of his collaborative and cross-discliplinary findings.
Researcher, Centre for Strategic & Policy Studies (CSPS); Senior Special Duties Officer, Prime Minister’s Office
Dr. Sophiana Chua Abdullah was a Researcher at Centre for Strategic & Policy Studies (CSPS) and a Senior Special Duties Officer at the Prime Minister’s Office up to 15 December 2018 before she retired after serving in the government for over 33 years. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Kent, an MSc in Computer Studies (AI) from the University of Essex and a BSc (Honours) in Computer Science from the University of Swansea, UK.
Her portfolio includes roles such as Principal Lecturer and Dean of Faculty of Business & Information Technology at Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB), Board member of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI), a member of the ICT subcommittee of the National Accreditation Council at the Ministry of Education, and a judge and mentor for several national and regional level ICT competitions, such as BICTA (Brunei ICT Awards) and APICTA (Asia Pacific ICT Awards).
Sophiana has contributed to a wide range of national and regional level research projects including the areas of ICT, Health, Energy, Land Optimisation, Land Transportation, Youth Policy, APWINC (Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Centre) studies such as Women in ICT, and ASEAN studies such as ASEAN Identity & ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blue Print review. She has also published and presented at international conferences in the areas of Student Modelling, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Adaptive Testing, Creative Industries, Child Online Interaction and Women in ICT.
Dr Sophiana is trained in Change Management (Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia) and Strategic Foresight & Horizon Scanning (Action Foresight Australia), and is fully certified in Strategic Management (Haines Centre for Strategic Management Singapore). She is also an active Toastmasters member and mentor and has won several accolades at both local and regional level competitions.
Over the years, she facilitated several workshops in the areas of Strategic Foresight, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Geographic Information Systems, Report Writing and Presentation Skills for middle to senior level officers from the private and government sectors. In recent years, her primary training focus has been in helping government and private sector personnel in their strategic planning development. She was instrumental in the adoption of the Systems Thinking approach of Strategic Management with Foresight elements, either as a fully-fledged system or part of a hybrid of solutions, for several key organisations, including the Ministry of Development and departments within the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, Authoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam and the Prime Minister’s Office.
Director of ICT Industry Department, Ministry Posts Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC)
Mr. EANG Kamrang worked for Royal Government of Cambodia since 2007. He is now a Director of ICT Industry Department at Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC). He heads up the ICT Industry Investment and Promotion Projects, ICT company registration, and works closely with ICT Federation of Cambodia, private companies, NGOs in the ICT field, as well as start-up firms.
Indonesia Councillor for Government Sector, ACIOA; Chairman of Federation of Information Technology Indonesia
Andi Budimansyah is currently chairman & CEO, Indonesia Domain Registry, It is an institution established by the government and the public to provide internet domain registration services to the Government, Military, Business and Community.
Include multi-stake holder (government, business, academia, community) in the preparation of domain management policy since 2012. With his experiences over 24 years including 2 books writing published by Ministry of Communication and Information of Indonesia.
Deputy Director General of Lao Telecommunication Regulatory Authority; Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MPT), Laos
Domestic experiences:
(1) 2011-2013: (Radio Frequency)
– Lao-Thailand-Viet Nam border coordinating;
– Radio Frequency Allocation Table;
– Drafting Radio Frequency Law;
– Type approval issue;
– Licensing;
(2) 2013-Present: (Telecommunication)
– Competition;
– Service;
– Quality of Service;
– Wholesale and Retail Price;
– Consumer Protection;
– Etc.
International experience:
– TELSUM-ATRC project on QoS Benchmarking;
– Trade Development Facilities-2 on Telecommunication Field;
– ASEAN-India project on advance IT Center for CLMV Countries;
– Etc.
Undersecretary of ICT, ICT Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Puan Shahrul Bariah Binti Mohd Yusof joins Civil Service in 1989. She is currently appointed to the role of Undersecretary, Information and Communication Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a post she held since 7 November 2012. Her current portfolio covers the role of ICT Manager as well as leading the Ministry’s ICT strategic planning, development and implementation, including for the Malaysian Missions abroad. Puan Shahrul Bariah has also served in various Government agencies including Implementation & Coordination Unit (ICU), SMPKE, MAMPU, Prime Minister Department and Education Service Commission. Her 30 years as civil servant has provided her with wealth of knowledge and experience in information security, system development, ICT infrastructure as well as involvement in several transformative and high impact projects and events such as ICT logistics and application for the ASEAN Chairmanship (2015), OIC Extraordinary Meeting on Rohingya (2017) and MyGov*Net.Global implementation with MAMPU. Puan Shahrul Bariah has Master of Science in Business Information Technology and Master of Business Admin (MBA) from University of Keele, United Kingdom. She is a certified Information Security Management System (ISO/IEC 27001/2013) Lead Auditor, an Affiliate Member of the British Continuity Institute (BC) as well as a Change Management Registered Practitioner.
Vice President, Myanmar Computer Federation
Ye Yint Win is Vice President and chair of Standardization Committee of Myanmar Computer Federation.
He has been working on the ICT skills standardization and Software Process Improvement. He is also a member of National Standardization Council.
Apart from his roles in association, he was a software engineer and he has about 20 years of experiences in the industry. He is running a Software Development and Consultancy Company, BizSoft.
Ye Yint Win received B.Com and Master of Business Administration degree
From Yangon Institute of Economics.
Director of Management Information System Service, Department Information and
Communication technology; (DICT)
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
• Information Systems Strategic Planning and IS architecture design
• ICT projects implementation and management both in government and the private sector with extensive experience in change management, process analysis and systems design and development.
• Extensive experience in business development for financial services, selling of IT solutions and in client management.
Current Position:
Department of Information and Communications Technology
Director IV
Government Digital Transformation Bureau and Management Information
Systems Service
Previous Positions in Government:
Department of Education
Director IV
Information and Communications Technology Service
Technology Livelihood and Resource Center
Program Director
Information Systems Services
Metro Manila Transit Corporation
Division Manager
MIS Division
Development Academy of the Philippines
Division Manager
Information Technology Group
Positions Held in the Private Sector
• Pinoy Pera Padala Inc.
Vice-President, Sales and Business Development
• 1World Cash Philippines, Inc.
President and COO
• CIS Bayad Center, Inc.
Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development
Positions Held in the Private Sector
• Accenture Philippine Delivery Center
Sr. Manager, Program Control Services
• Bankard Inc
Sr. Manager, Oracle Applications Group
Various Consultancy Engagements
• Department of Budget and Management
• NEDA (2 Consecutive 5-yr Plans)
• Department of Agriculture (2 3-yr Plans)
• Development Academy of the Philippines
• Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority
• Arellano University
Education
BS Industrial Engineering
University of the Philippines, Diliman
ACIOA Councilor
Toh Seong Wah is a change catalyst with notable achievements in driving operational excellence, compliance assurance and customer responsiveness for large-scale infrastructure. He leads a high-performing team with first-hand market operator expertise in envisioning transformative growth and charting actionable roadmaps for successful, sustainable energy markets.
Deputy Secretary General, Office of National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE)
Polawat WITOOLKOLLACHIT, MD, M.Sc.(IT-M) is serving as the Deputy Secretary general, Office of the National Committee of Digital Economy and Society, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Thailand. Dr. Polawat, received a Doctor in Medicine from Chiang Mai University Thailand, Faculty of Medicine in 1992, a Master of Science in Information Technology and management from Chiang Mai University in 2005. He received the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Science (Surgery) from Mahidol University in 1994 , Diploma of Thai board of Orthopaedic Surgery from Thai mediacal council( Vajira Hospital) in 1996 and admitted as clinical fellow of knee reconstruction and sport medicine, Clinque du Cedre, Rouen, France ( Dr. Jean Louis BRIARD) in 2001 and COBIT5 (Implementation) in 2016. He received Diploma of Thai board of Prevention medicine (Community Mental Health) from Medical council in 2017.
Dr. Polawat started his medical career as the general physician at district hospital in province in 1993 and left to study for Diploma of Thai Orthopedic Surgery at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Bangkok metropolitan Medical College and Vajira hospital in Bangkok during 1993-1996. In 2001,he was admitted as clinical fellow of knee reconstruction and sport medicine, Clinque du Cedre, Rouen, France ( Dr. Jean Louis BRIARD), then after came back to Thailand, he worked at Somdejprajaotaksin Maharaj General Hospital as Chief of Department of Orthopedic surgery, Tak province from 1996-2001.Then in 2002, he moved to work in the Department of Orthopaedic surgery at Noparat Rajthani General Hospital in Bangkok and came back to work at Somdejprajaotaksin Maharaj General Hospital, Department of Orthopedic surgery from 2003-2012, he is also served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Orthopedic surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan University. and then was appointed to be Deputy Chief Medical Officer of TAK Provincial Health Office from 2012-2013 and then promoted to be Director of Information and Communication Center, Office of Permanent Secretary from 2013 to 2018. In late 2018, he moved form Ministry of Public Health to Ministry of Digital economy and society. Currently, he is the Deputy Secretary general, Office of the National Committee of Digital Economy and Society, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Thailand. From 1998 to present, he has been admitted as follows and member of various professional associations on orthopedic surgery, information technology and other related area both in Thailand and Internationally. He also served on numerous national committees for MOPH/Thailand, including recently serving as member of Thailand Medical Informatics association, International Classification of Disease (ICD10) Thai
Modification Committee. He was appointed to be member of Thailand-US Collaboration on Health Sub-Committee’s on Data System Strengthening. He has been invited to be speakers and instructors on Orthopedic surgery, health information system , Big data in Thailand in many institutes in Thailand and internationally and many record of publications regarding important public health issues and health information, including establishing eHealth in Thailand. Recently, he is a lecturer for bachelor and master’s degree in health information technology, HealthCare information logistic, information management in Mahidol university and Rangsit University. He is also the pioneer of Healthcare Big data management in Thailand.
2nd Plenary: ASEAN CyberSecurity Collaboration, Standards Policy and Best Practices ASEAN cyber threat landscape from Indonesia's perspective
Advisor – Financial Chapter, ACIOA
Chairman of Thailand Banking Sector CERT
SVP, Security Management at Bangkok Bank Company Limited
Kitti Kosavisutte, Ph.D. is the Vice President and Head of Security Management, Bangkok Bank. He graduated in Electrical engineering and continued the master and doctorate in computer engineering in Japan. He has more than 20 years of experiences in information technology and more than 10 years focusing on information security. He received CSO Asean Award 2012 by International Data Group (IDG). He is a committee member of National Standard Adoption of ISO27001, sub-commission of control and supervision of service business relating to Electronic Transactions under the Electronic Transactions Commission. He is also the committee member of Thailand PKI Association and Thailand Information Security Association (TISA).
Chairman of ID-SIRTII/C (Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure/ Coordination Center, the National CSIRT of Indonesia) and Chairman of Advisory Board of IdNSA (Indonesia Network Security Association)
Rudi Lumanto is Chairman of ID-SIRTII/CC (Indonesia-Security Incidents Response Team on Internet Infrastructure /Coordination Center), the National CSIRT of Indonesia that responsible for National Monitoring, Building and Maintaining Security on Internet Infrastructure of Indonesia. He has served Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Republic of Indonesia as the Senior Advisor till last October 2014, where he focused on national ICT policies for enhancing economy and sustainable development of Indonesia. He was also a member of Indonesia ICT Council.
Currently he also serves University of Indonesia as lecturer in the Graduate School for Information Network Security and involved in many community activities for strengthening public security awareness such as with IdNSA (Indonesia Network Security Association)
As the Chair of ID-SIRTII/CC, he made many international cooperations with international organizations as one of his strategies for strengthening national cyber security environment. Rudi Lumanto was born in Cirebon, West Jawa, Indonesia in 1967. He graduated from Chiba University for Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1988, Nagaoka University of Technology for Mater of Engineering degree in 1992 and University of Electro-Communications Tokyo for PhD degree in 2005 in Japan, respectively.
Deputy Executive Director, Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), Thailand
Dr. Chaichana Mitrpant is currently Deputy Executive Director of the Electronic Transactions Development Agency, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, a primary government agency responsible for developing, promoting and supporting electronic transactions in Thailand. He is well-known among public sector management professionals as an expert in IT security. Dr. Chaichana Mitrpant has devoted over 15 years to raising Thailand’s cybersecurity readiness and defensive strength. His past experience includes developing computer emergency response and digital forensic capability, providing IT security consultancy services to law enforcement and legal organizations, developing security training programs for security professionals at all levels, and supporting the National Cybersecurity Committee in drafting the National Cybersecurity Framework.
During his tenure at ETDA, he has represented Thailand at various international fora and helped negotiate successful collaborations and bilateral meetings at ASEAN, APT, ITU, and the UN. Additionally, he has provided his expert opinions and recommendations to other organizations on numerous occasions.
Dr. Chaichana Mitrpant received a PhD (Engineering) from the Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany, an MS (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Michigan, US and a BS (Electrical Engineering) from Rice University, US.
Head of Cybersecurity, National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC), Thailand ‘s YAKSHA Ambassador
Chalee Vorakulpipat earned a PhD in information systems from the University of Salford, an M.S. in information technology from Kasetsart University, and a B.Eng. in electronics engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. He is currently the head of Cybersecurity Laboratory at the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand. He has been involved in several projects in information security (including ThaiCERT), H2020’s EU-ASEAN YAKSHA Project, national e-science, mobile device management, social networking, context-aware computing, e-health, and mobile application development. He has over forty refereed publications in these areas. He also serves as a subcommittee member on issues regarding national information security of Thailand. He holds professional certificates including CISSP, CISA, PMP, and IRCA (ISMS Lead Auditor). He received the (ISC)2 Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA) Asia-Pacific in the Senior Information Security Professional category in 2019.
Field Chief Security Officer, Asia Pacific
Palo Alto Networks
Kevin O’Leary is field chief security officer for Asia Pacific at Palo Alto Networks. In this role, Kevin O’Leary is responsible for developing thought leadership, threat intelligence and security best practices, for the public and private sector across Asia Pacific.
A senior IT security professional with over 20 years of experience, Kevin has held a variety of management, engineering and advisory roles in public institutions, private companies and large multinationals across Asia Pacific and Europe. Having worked both as a chief security officer and principal engineer during his career, he has an excellent understanding of business needs and technical solutions across a range of business verticals (ICT, Pharma, Finance, Aviation and Manufacturing in particular).
Before joining Palo Alto Networks as the field chief security officer in Asia Pacific, Kevin served as the vice president and chief information security officer, GE China and GGO. In this role, Kevin advised the global and local leadership on Security and Risk aligned to business strategy within China and other growth regions globally. Prior to joining GE, Kevin served as Asia Pacific & Japan CISO and Information Risk Management (IRM) leader for HP Enterprise Security Services between 2014 and 2015.
Kevin is a keen history buff and traveller and has enjoyed the opportunity to explore and discover the various countries and cultures in the Asia Pacific region.
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