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CNBC Catalyst, a commercial division of CNBC, in collaboration with tech giant VMware, invites you to an exclusive invite-only, virtual event: The Shape of Resilience: Strive, Survive, Thrive.
The Discussion:
Some companies haven’t survived 2020, some have struggled through, others have thrived. What is the difference between these companies, and how can we learn from them a year on from the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic?
A year later, resiliency is no longer a short-term necessity, but a long-term key objective that companies need to implement throughout all areas of business. What moves are companies making to future proof themselves, and who are the unsung heroes of digital technology enabling industries to prosper (i.e. Cloud technologies)?
The Format:
This 60 minute ‘fishbowl’ format is set up to welcome a multitude of voices. With its rotating fourth seat, a collection of key contributors will join our fixed panelists as the discussion progresses through the many facets that this topic encases. Simultaneously the opportunity for audience interaction throughout, enables you to influence the conversation. To enquire about joining the discussion as part of our fishbowl, please email rsvp@cnbc.com.
Who Should Join:
CTOs, CIOs, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Digital Transformation Officers, and other senior executives who have a major role to play in leveraging the right technologies at the right scale, with the right people running them.
When?
Thursday March 18, 2021
11.00am SGT | 2.00pm AUS | 4.00pm NZ | 8.30am IND
The session will be 60 minutes long.
Anna Gong is the CEO and Founder of Perx Technologies Pte Ltd, the leading customer data and loyalty SaaS company, backed by the co-founder of Facebook Eduardo Saverin and Golden Gate Ventures. Previous to joining Perx, her 5th startup experience, Anna was Vice President of Channels Sales for Asia Pacific & Japan at Infor where she’s responsible for the go-to-market strategy and execution of the channels sales business.
Anna brings 20 years of technology experience in management consulting and enterprise software, spanning the U.S., Asia Pacific & Japan.
Prior to Infor, she was leading the Cloud, Virtualization, and Service Automation business units at CA Technologies, Asia Pacific & Japan. Anna has held multiple leadership roles, based out of San Francisco. She established and managed the Asia Pacific business for Wily Technology, the pioneer of web application performance and diagnostics, before CA Technologies acquisition of Wily in 2006 for US$375M.
Over the past decade, Rudy Lim has encountered entrepreneurs at all stages of growth, both locally in Singapore and globally, in his dual capacity as investor and mentor. He stands firmly by the notion that technology should be used to create value for society.
Rudy’s role as Head of Fintech at DBS allows him to further this notion. In order to disrupt traditional means of banking and maintain DBS’ foothold as the leading bank in the region, he finds that integrating FinTech solutions into DBS’ core business becomes increasingly necessary.
Prior to joining DBS, Rudy was with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) as a venture capitalist and dealt with strategic innovations. There, he worked closely with media startups to develop new business models and generated fresh revenue streams across SPH’s extensive range of media and engagement platforms.
Reshmi Rajendran, is the Head of Innovation and R&D at Roquette’s Innovation Center in Singapore and leads a team of scientists in developing new plant-based solutions for the Food, Nutrition and Pharma markets in the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining Roquette, Reshmi has had progressive work experience in Research, Innovation and technology commercialization with organizations such as Danone, Budding Innovations (a start-up), A*STAR and has strong R&D and commercial leadership experiences.
Trained as a scientist (PhD in Physics/Biomedical Imaging, National University of Singapore), business person (MBA, INSEAD) and administrator (Masters in Public Administration), Reshmi enjoys leading transformation at the interface of technology and commercialization.
Apart from innovative technologies, Reshmi is passionate about children’s rights and works for various global causes, has worked at the UNICEF in India and is also the face of INSEAD’s Limitless Campaign that celebrated 50 years of women at INSEAD and champions women’s rights through this and other related activities.
Duncan Hewett is the senior vice president and general manager for VMware’s business in Asia Pacific & Japan. In this role, Hewett is responsible for VMware’s sales, business strategy and services across the region. He is adept in executing go-to-market strategy across a multi-product and multi-cloud platform supporting digital transformation of enterprises and believes that a customer centric behavior is critical for an organization’s growth.
Prior to this, Hewett was leading IBM’s Software business for Asia Pacific region. In his 29 year long career, he has held several senior leadership roles across IBM’s business units, including Enterprise Sales, Acquisition Integration, Subscription & Support and Sales Operations. Duncan joined IBM’s software business through the acquisition of Lotus where he was the general manager responsible for all sales, marketing and services in Australia/New Zealand.
Hewett graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
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