Contributors

Rick Seeto

Rick Seeto is currently vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific and Japan. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for sales and sales strategy within the geographical area encompassing Japan, Korea, Greater China region and southeast Asia. In this role, he leads the Ciena field sales teams and interfaces with a variety of communication service providers and internet content players to understand their business needs and ensure Ciena is delivering networking solutions that underpin their business success.

He brings to Ciena a wealth of experience working in the Asia Pacific region, previously holding several leadership roles within Nortel Networks including CMO of APAC, vice president of enterprise networks as well as positions managing partner programs. Prior to joining Ciena, Seeto oversaw sales and services at Citrix Systems APJ for their mobile data optimisation platform, and prior to that was a senior director at Avaya responsible for the APAC channel business and marketing.

Ricky Ho

Ricky Ho is the vice president of SSH Communications Security (SSH) for Asia Pacific Region. Prior to SSH, he was regional director at McAfee for Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. Before joining McAfee, Ricky served as the managing director in companies such as TippingPoint and Fortinet. He has also served as the Country Manager of NetApp.

Ricky Kapur

Ricky Kapur is Head of APAC for Zoom, bringing over 25 years of experience to his role. Prior to joining Zoom, Kapur was Vice President of Sales and Marketing Operations at Microsoft APAC. In his role, he managed all segments, from SMB and Majors up to Enterprise and led a cross-functional team of Sales, Marketing, Partner and Customer Success and Operations professionals. Before joining Microsoft, Kapur served as Managing Director at Google where he was responsible for overseeing the growth of Google Cloud Platform across APJ. Prior to that, Kapur held the position of Vice President, ASEAN Technology Sales at Oracle. He also worked at Siebel Systems, Unica Corporation, and Chordiant Software. Kapur is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India and holds an MBA from the University of Melbourne.

Rico Chan

Rico Chan is Co-Head APAC of Verizon Media. He first joined the senior leadership team of Yahoo Hong Kong in 2009 bringing in his versatile sales & marketing and senior management experiences of over 25 years from the Information Technology to Media arena both in Hong Kong and in the Mainland of China.

Then, as the Head of Advertising Business with Yahoo Hong Kong in the first four years, Rico was responsible for direct sales, channel sales and online business development, driving the integration of Display and Search Marketing sales teams – taking the creativity and business growth of Hong Kong’s online advertising to the next level.

In 2013, Rico was promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo Hong Kong. Starting from 2014 fall, he has expanded his role in overseeing advertising business of India and South East Asia injecting his firing passion and unparalleled expertise across Asia Pacific.

Rico is now a key member of Verizon Media APAC leadership team, overseeing Hong Kong, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand markets and operations.

Rikhil Bakhda

Rikhil manages AsiaBiz Singapore Pte Ltd that specialises in incorporating companies locally. He graduated from Singapore Polytechnic in Business Engineering.

Riku Malkki

Riku Malkki, experienced e-recruitment professional and CEO at RecRight

Riku has over 12 years’ experience in HR Tech vertical. He’s a MSc in Information Systems Management and has helped more than 200 organisations in developing their recruitment process. He's a firm advocate of lean methodologies and listens carefully Voice of the Customer.

Ritin Mathur

Ritin joined Avanade in April 2018 to lead Data and AI – Avanade’s newest Market Unit with the boldest ambition for accelerated growth – in ASEAN.

With more than 20 years of industry experience, Ritin brings a powerful combination of versatility, leadership and a specialization in advanced analytics techniques to help Avanade’s clients increase revenue, reduce cost, drive operational efficiency and improve customer experience. In his role, Ritin drives strong, collaborative partnerships between business management/leaders and IT teams to champion the adoption and integration of analytics into business processes – enabling Avanade’s clients to harness the full potential of data and analytics. 

He is currently teaching a course on “Big Data Tools” for the Master of IT in Business (MITB) program (Analytics) at the Singapore Management University (SMU).

Ritin Mathur and Marie-Claude Ferland

Ritin Mathur
Partner, Consulting, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd.

Ritin is a consulting partner in the artificial intelligence (AI) and data practice. Based in Singapore, he specializes in the application of AI for commercial enterprises as well as the public sector. He has worked with clients across geographies, industries and business functions to develop AI strategy and governance, implement modern data platforms, and deploy machine learning (ML) and AI powered applications.

With more than 20 years experience, Ritin brings a powerful combination of specialization in AI, business leadership and consulting experience to help clients reduce cost, drive operational efficiencies, increase revenue, and improve customer and citizen experiences.

Marie-Claude Ferland
Associate Partner, Consulting, AI Strategy, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd

Marie-Claude is the Asia-Pacific AI Strategy Lead. She has more than 18 years of experience related to AI, modeling, financial engineering, risk management and transformation. She helps global organizations leverage information using advanced technologies such as analytics, artificial intelligence and generative AI to increase data-driven decision-making and transform their operations.

Marie-Claude is passionate about improving organizations’ approach to implementing AI governance that identifies and mitigates risks in AI solutions.

Rob Bier

Rob is an experienced organisational consultant and executive coach, specialising in developing high-performance teams and working with senior executives on leadership issues.

Rob Meyerson

Rob Meyerson is the Strategy Director for FutureBrand.