Contributors
Sumir Bhatia
Sumir Bhatia serves as the president of Lenovo's Infrastructure Solutions Group in the Asia Pacific. As the president, he is responsible for driving substantial growth across its compute, storage, networking, and services offerings in this fast-growing region. His role covers sales, strategic alliances, product, and go-to-market execution. He has over two decades of experience in the IT industry in Asia Pacific, holding senior positions involving sales, business development and marketing roles in multinational organisations such as Dell, Nortel Networks, HCL Group, and Thakral Group, prior to joining Lenovo.
Syed Natashrul
With over 20 years of experience working closely with businesses across the Asia-Pacific region, Syed brings deep regional knowledge and a proven track record in leading market expansion. He has a genuine passion for helping enterprises connect and grow through IoT solutions, building strong strategic partnerships across ASEAN, Greater China, Japan, and Korea.
Before joining Wireless Logic, Syed played a key role in establishing Kigen’s presence in Asia, supporting organisations with advanced connectivity solutions and fostering trusted relationships with clients from established corporations to emerging innovators. Earlier, he spent seven years at Thales, collaborating with stakeholders across South-East Asia on secure software and identity solutions.
Ta Loong Gan
As the Managing Director of Barco Southeast Asia & Taiwan, Ta Loong Gan is responsible for revenue and operational management at Barco Southeast Asia and Taiwan across Healthcare, Enterprise and Entertainment business in the region. Ta Loong is also the Vice President for Immersive Experience business for Barco Asia Pacific. A seasoned professional with more than 27 years of strategic and business development experience in the consumer and enterprise technology industry in Asia, Ta Loong is recognised for his high-performance team building and management skills. Ta Loong is an innovative and results-oriented business leader who is adept at change management and business transformation. Under his leadership, he has enabled his team to exceed both personal and corporate financial objectives.