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Kapil has over eleven years of industry experience, of which close to nine years is in business research. In his earlier stints, Kapil has headed several new initiatives at IDC India including Software & Services research, corporate research, Internet research etc. Of these Kapil built up the Software & Services research practice from scratch. Prior to joining IDC, Kapil worked for three years with IMRB (part of the WPP group and southern Asia’s largest research firm) and for one year with the HCL group. Kapil is widely quoted in the press and is a regular speaker at various industry forums.

Kapil holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical) from Bengal Engineering College (Calcutta University) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (Calcutta University).

Praveen has worked with Organizations like Lowe Lintas in brand management and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals in marketing.

Praveen graduated from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University with a Masters in International Business (specializing in International Marketing).

Prior to joining EMC, Manish was working with Hewlett Packard, India for over four years. As a Business Manager in HP, he was responsible for its UNIX server business in North India. As a sales and marketing specialist he has also worked with IT companies like Barco and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Manish holds an Engineering degree in Electronics.

Prior to APC, Amod had a strong background in channel management and sales for various IT products like Servers, Storage, etc.

Amod is an Engineering graduate and a MBA from University of Pune

Ken contributes to the Asia-Pacific press regularly and has been quoted by respectable media such as ZDNet Asia, CNET, Computerworld Singapore, The Australian, The Business Times (Singapore), Computerworld New Zealand, The Edge (Malaysia), ZDNet Korea, Sydney Morning Herald, The Jakarta Post, The Manila Times and ZDNet Japan. He is currently writing a book on security trends and best practices of Asia-Pacific governments, universities and enterprises and it will be published next year.

Mr Low has been in the IT security and telecommunications industry for the last 10 years. He holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), the GIAC Security Leadership Certification (GSLC) certifications and is an advisory board member of The SANS Institute, a prestigious information security research and training organization in the USA

White had started his career with Telecom New Zealand as a Telecommunications Engineer in the mid-1970s. He then joined IBM as a Customer Engineer, commissioning and servicing computers for two years and he moved on to Rank Xerox as an engineer for five years. White took on the electronic security field in his work for Coca-Cola before joining Optus Communications as National Security Manager.

In 1994, White joined Cardax Systems as the Australian General Manager and was responsible for many successful marketing campaigns in Australia and Asia. He had concurrently worked on major security infrastructure projects with Australian and Asian universities. White’s stint with Cardax Systems brought him to the US, where he had established Cardax Systems in the Pan-American market. He has also worked on defense security projects with the organizations such as the US Navy, United Airlines and Motorola. In 1999, Keith headed back to Australia and spearheaded major security infrastructure projects with the Australian Department of Defence, Qantas Airways, Lucent Technologies, AT&T and the Independent Commission Against Corruption. In addition, he has worked on the TA Orange Telecommunications account, developing their network and facilities security infrastructure in Thailand, right up to 2001.

White was highly regarded in academia and was awarded the Doctorate in Science, Technology Development, for his work on token-based encryption technologies.

Based in the United Kingdom, Haggart has overseen the company's international expansion and the formation of international offices worldwide. Haggart heads up the international operation responsible for business and channel relationships in over 70 countries across the EMEA and APAC region.

Haggart joined Websense from Continuus Software, a software change management product and consultancy provider, where he was vice president of international operations. Under his leadership, international revenues grew to $12.5 million in three years, concluding business with large multinationals such as BMW, BT, Dresdner Bank, Nokia, Philips, Siemens and UBS.

Prior to Continuus, he served as vice president of Northern European sales for Legent. In this role, he was responsible for more than $60 million in regional revenue and managing 60 percent of the region's employees. During his eight-year tenure at Legent, Haggart held various management positions. He established and managed channel partners in 12 countries and grew the business to $40 million in five years. Haggart also established a Legent subsidiary in the Nordic countries, which became the company's most successful European operation with revenues growing from $10.5 million to $16.5 million in the first year, and he increased the staff by 50 percent with no turnover.

Beginning his career as a programmer for Parker Pen Company in the U.K., Haggart boasts more than 25 years experience in the IT industry.

Before joining Websense in 2005, Surendra managed South East Asia and India geography for RSA Security. Prior to that he was Country Sales Manager at Ramco Systems where he was responsible for sales, marketing, corporate strategy, product-line planning and business development.

Surendra began his career as Production Engineer at Indian Telephone Industries. He is an Engineering graduate from REC Srinagar.

Prior to WatchGuard, Raman served as the product manager for Internet and Network Security business for Satyam InfoWay Ltd. where he struck alliances with security vendors and supported the field with solution design & product information.

Raman holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science from the PSG College of Technology and PGDBM ( Post graduate Diploma in Business Management ) from IIM Ahmedabad (96-98 batch) .

Jagadeesh was also co-founder and CTO for Exodus Communications, a company he led through an IPO, and Fouress Inc. Jagadeesh has also held various management and engineering positions at Novell and 3Com.

Jagadeesh holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Bangalore University and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Bombay, India.

• Philips Electronics India Limited, Director P-GIS, February 2006 onwards. Providing IT support to all Product Business Units in India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia.
• Pfizer India August 2002 – January 2006, Senior Director – Business Technology responsible for Technology initiatives for India
• Hughes Tele.com (India) Limited from April 2001 to August 2002 as Vice President – Technology managing IT and ISP operations
• DHL Worldwide Express, May 1999 to April 2001 as National IT Manager & e-Business head for India
• Vice President – Head of Technology with DSP Merrill Lynch from July 1996 to April 1999
• Great Eastern Shipping Company (GESCO), Head of IT, 1991-1996
  OMC Computers Limited, Head of support services, 1985-1991
  NELCO, Customer Engineer, 1984-1985