Speakers

Vision Speakers

Shoummo K. Acharya
Founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
VI eTrans Pvt Ltd.
India

Mr. Shoummo K Acharya, Founder, Managing Director and CEO of VI eTrans Pvt Ltd. is one of the most active leaders in the field of transportation infrastructure and logistics. A chemical engineer from Jadavpur University and alumnus of Templeton College, Oxford, Shoummo has a formidable reserve of experience in petroleum products, advertising, public relations, transportation, freight forwarding, concept creation & promotion and information technology. He started his career with Indo-Burma Petroleum in sales of petroleum product and as Head of Sales in its Head Office, worked in close collaboration with Govt and petroleum industry and initiated a number of measures for petroleum industry. Shoummo then moved to head public relation and advertising in IBP-Balmer Group. In 1985 Shoummo took over the freight forwarding division and was responsible for initiating turn-around of logistic activity of Balmer Lawrie, before he moved to United Kingdom to set up Balmer Lawrie's UK division. In 1994 he came back to the country as the Managing Director of Indian Container Leasing Co. Ltd.

Shoummo converted his dream into reality by creating VI eTrans and launched its commercial operations in mid 2002 and in a matter of little over 4 years is changing the way logistics is handled in Indian Industry. It has already enrolled blue chip companies like Maruti, Hindalco, Honda-siel, Tata Steel, Balco, Grasim, Sterlite, ITC, etc as its dedicated customer. The system envisages creation of a shared infrastructure to provide information on truck movement including in-plant delays for loading/unloading and transit period and introduction of performance enhancement and monitoring tools and a freight exchange, to improve transport efficiency.

With rich experience in transportation infrastructure and logistics, Shoummo, a charter member of TIE and the President of the Kolkata chapter, has addressed several CII sessions on the subject. He is currently a member of the Working Group of the Planning Commission of India, to consider issues relating to logistics in the 11th Plan.

Ashutosh Pande
Corporate VP & MD
SiRF Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd
India

Ashutosh Pande is Managing Director, SiRF India and VP Marketing at SiRF USA. Ashutosh has helped SiRF develop partnerships, product solutions and tools to allow its customers bring Wireless-GPS products to market and further the adoption and acceptance of its patented Multimode GPS solution. Ashu has over 18 years experience in the wireless communication, data and GPS industry. Prior to joining SiRF, he was founder and CEO of MicroCom Consulting, LLC, providing consulting services in the area of GPS, Cellular Data, Traffic Telematics, E-911 and Location Management. Ashu has also worked for Intel, Japan Radio and NovAtel Communications. Ashu holds seven patents and has over 15 patents pending.

Tuan Haji Mohammad bin Haron (Mohammad)
General Manager
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysia

Tuan Haji Mohammad bin Haron (Mohammad) is a Malaysian and graduate in B.Sc Electrical Engineering, University of Pacific,Stockton California,United States. He start with Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) in 1998 as a Manager MBG Data & Broadband Product. He was assigned as General Manager in Channel Management Sales, TM Retail from 2004 and at present which also currently handle Geomatic Development & Services (GDS) partner. He earning a vast experience and exposure in managing partner and external channel in extending sales arm and pushing TM product to the market place.
Keynote Speakers

Stanley Ng
Chief Executive Officer
MapKing International Limited
Hong Kong

Stanley Wing-fai NG, MSc. BSc. R.P.P., is the CEO, MapKing and MapAsia.com. MapKing is a navigation map with services in about ten countries in and launched Real Time Traffic Navigation in Singapore in summer 2007, the first in South East Asia. MapKing was nominated “Best Software 2006” in Travel software category by Smartphone and Pocket PC magazine, USA. Stanley is GIS and planning consultant qualified in Hong Kong and U.K. with 15 years related experience.

Arnout Desmet
MD South and Southeast Asia
Tele Atlas Asia-Pacific Pvt Ltd
Singapore

Desmet joined Tele Atlas in 1998 as a project manager for Scandinavia and Australia, responsible for the on-going development of the company's digital map of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland and for coordinating support for Sensis, Tele Atlas' map partner in Australia. He was later promoted to business development manager, and managed various new coverage projects in Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong. Desmet became a director of the company in 2002, responsible for business development, operations and sales related to new coverage development in Russia, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia and Malaysia. Before his permanent assignment in Asia, he was the director of AMEA New Markets and initiated digital map coverage of Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Indonesia.

Before joining Tele Atlas, Desmet was a research associate with the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Leuven in Belgium. He was also a consultant with the Policy Research Corporation in Belgium and has managed agricultural development projects and programs in Zimbabwe and Uganda. Desmet holds an M.SC. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Leuven in Belgium and a Postgraduate degree in Economics from the University of Grenoble in France.

Loo Keen Ngin
Chief Information Officer
MapIT MSC Sdn. Bhd.
Malaysia

Mr. Loo is the Chief Information Officer of the company with more than 10 years of experience in the Banking, Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication industry. He graduated with an Honors Degree in Information Technology (IT) and Business Information Systems (BIS) from Middlesex University, United Kingdom and a Master of Business of Administration (MBA) from Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya Malaysia.

Mr. Loo's involvement in MapIT includes Marketing, Research and Development of Location Based Services (LBS) and Digital Map Content. MapIT's experience in LBS includes Mobile Content, Location Positioning Platforms and Business Geography in business decision making. MapIT's digital map content are now in major GIS platforms, navigation devices and world's famous search engine map portal.

IIan Reiter
Senior Product Manger
DigitalGlobe
USA

Mr. Reiter is a Senior Product Manger at DigitalGlobe, covering personal and wireless navigation imagery products. Mr. Reiter has over twenty years of experience in the wireless and LBS industries. Before DigitalGlobe, Mr. Reiter served at various management positions at Comverse and Mobixell where he was responsible for the development and marketing of value added services and multimedia content to wireless devices and mobile subscribers.

Assoc Prof Goh Pong Chai
Chief Executive Officer
AGIS Pte Ltd
Singapore

Associate Professor Goh Pong Chai was a practicing surveyor with Jurong Town Corporation before joining NTU (Nanyang Technological University) in the 80’s. His main interests are in GIS and GPS developments and have over the years, offered consultancy services to government bodies, private industry and major GIS software houses such as ESRI. He is also the principal architect in the cadastral reform in Singapore, involving legislative changes and application of IT and GPS technology in the surveying profession. Together with the University of New South Wales, his alma mater, he has developed a real-time high precision GPS infrastructure in Singapore. He is currently on leave from NTU to spearhead expansion of Agis Pte Ltd in the capacity of CEO and Chief Scientist. Agis specializes in map development, navigation and mobile solutions. A/P Goh is concurrently deputy director of Positioning & Wireless Technology Centre at NTU.

Sylvain Leroy
Chief Representative - Asia
Pole Star
China

Sylvain Leroy is the Chief Representative of Pole Star in Asia since December 2006. Prior to become responsible of the Asian branch office in Shanghai, Sylvain Leroy was the technical coordinator in China of CECILE group, a French association of SMEs, for a Firemen Intervention System based on GNSS in Chongqing, China. Sylvain Leroy joined Pole Star in 2004 where he spent one year in the R&D team of Pole Star’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the French Civil Aviation School (ENAC) with a Master in Electronics and Telecommunications and also spent one year in the Department of Electronics & Telecommunications in the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China.

Robert Lorimer
Managing Partner
Position One Consulting
Australia

Rob Lorimer is the founder and Managing Partner of Position One Consulting and has over twenty years experience in Location Technologies including Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning System (GPS).He is a member of the technical committee of the International Global Navigation Satellite Society (IGNSS), sits on the Queensland Governments Galileo Working Group and is Chairman of the Location Australia industry network.Position One Consulting’ clients include government, research organisations, manufacturers and distributors, application developers, system integrators and end users.

Rob has an extensive background in the commercial application of Location Technologies for enterprise and industrial value chains including marine, automotive, agriculture, mining, forestry, transport and many other sectors. His international experience includes Europe, Middle East, Africa, US & Canada, South Asia, East Asia and Australasia.He has held several senior executive roles including CEO of Beeline Technology (a pioneer of GPS auto-steering for agricultural machinery), Managing Director of Trimble Asia Pacific and OEM Business Manager for Trimble Europe, Middle East and Africa.His corporate experience includes company directorships in Australia, Singapore, USA, Philippines and Japan and advisory board positions to companies in Australia, UK and the USA.

Rob graduated with a BSc 1st Class (Hons) from the University of Cardiff (a leading UK earth sciences institute) and completed his post-graduate business studies at the University of Queensland, Australia. Publications include numerous papers and articles and authorship of Global Navigation – A GPS Users Guide (1991,1994) one of the earliest books to deal with the application of GPS.

Kavan Mukhtyar
Heads - Asia-Pacific Automotive
Transportation & Logistics Practice at Frost & Sullivan

Mr. Kavan Mukhtyar heads the Asia-Pacific Automotive, Transportation & Logistics Practice at Frost & Sullivan. He has directed and managed several consulting engagements across Asia- Pacific Automotive, Transportation & Logistics markets. Some of the leading clients that he has worked with include General Motors, Ford Motors, Snap-On, Lucas, Hyundai Motors, TATA Motors, Perodua, EON, ZF, Goetze, Delphi, Bosch, Mahle, Cat Logistics, DHL, Bridgestone etc. Mr. Mukhtyar has advised clients on engagements involving new market entry strategies, market positioning and competitive strategy development, competitive benchmarking, strategic planning, and changing regulatory environment. He has also been instrumental in launching Frost & Sullivan’s ASEAN Automotive Awards & ASEAN Transportation & Logistics Awards in the region. Mr. Mukhtyar has been interviewed by leading TV channels such as CNBC, BBC World and international news agencies like Bloomberg and Associated Press for his views on the Asian automotive & transportation industry. Prior to joining Frost & Sullivan, Mr. Mukhtyar worked at a leading automotive component company. With a consulting experience spanning almost a decade, Mr. Mukhtyar brings a strong understanding of technology and business dynamics in the automotive, transportation & logistics sector.

Jason Koch
President - OnTrack Division and Founder
Telogis
USA

Jason Koch is the President of the OnTrack Division and a Founder of Telogis. In this role he is in charge of strategy and execution of the business unit worldwide. Telogis is a Location Technology company delivering services and software through two product lines - OnTrack and GeoBase. OnTrack is a GPS Fleet Management Solution. GeoBase is a scalable, easy-to-use mapping engine that delivers geospatial functionality through a robust SDK. Telogis products power over 250,000 assets and have been deployed in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific. Jason earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, 1996.
Invited Speakers

Bino Abraham
Business Development Manager
InfoTrack Solutions Pte Ltd
Singapore

Bino Abraham has over 10 Yrs experience in Enterprise solutions and 6 Yrs experience in Telematics business. He has established good clientele for remote vehicle tracking in sectors such as Petroleum, Telecommunication, Logistics Services providers, Equipment Leasing companies, Security companies, Transportation companies, Taxis etc. He has experience in providing solutions in remote asset tracking as diverse as trailers, people, vessels, prime movers etc. With a background with Master of Computer Applications ( M.C.A), Master of Business Administration ( M.B.A) & M.Tech (I.T) has helped me in understanding customer requirement better. His prime responsibility is in business development and also look into project management, Operations management & strategic marketing.

Darren Fisher
SE Asia Regional Sales Manager
Spirent Communications
UK

Darren Fisher is the SE Asia Regional Sales Manager for Spirent Communications, Positioning Technologies Division. He is a GNSS test specialist and plays a key part within the Spirent Asia Pacific sales team, providing GNSS solutions within key markets throughout Asia.Before joining Spirent, Darren held technical positions involving simulation solutions for a variety of industries including the Semiconductor industry in the UK, France and the Netherlands.Darren studied Engineering at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

Raymond Chong
Chief Technical Officer
Global Telematics


Raymond Chong is the Chief Technical Officer of the company with more than 20 years of experience in the Electrical, Electronic and Hig-Tech Engineering Business. He graduated with an Honors Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Windsor, Canada.

Raymond Chong started his business career in the manufacturing of electrical goods for the local electrical industry supplying to the contractors and end users. He has been in the manufacturing sector for more than 10 years. the experience he gained has given him a thorough understanding of the opportunities and problems involved in managing a manufacturing company. Then he started in R&D in Information Communication Technologies (ICT), research in Vehicle Tracking System, GIS (Geographical Information System) and Telemetry to name a few, and today these products are successfully marketed.

Ananth Siva
General Manager Asia Pacific
Mobile Resource Management
Trimble Navigation

Ananth Siva is the General Manager Asia Pacific of Mobile Resource Management sector for Trimble Navigation. In this capacity, Ananth is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of Trimble’s MRM solutions portfolio across the region. Trimble utilises GPS, internet and wireless technologies to deliver significant productivity and efficiency gains to customers. Trimble solutions are focused on applications for industries including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. Trimble employs more than 3,600 employees across 18 countries.

Ananth joined Trimble in 2005 from IBM, where he held various management and executive positions in IBM Asia Pacific including responsibility for industry solutions, ISV alliances, sector management to name a few. Ananth holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics from India and a MBA in International Business from Sydney. In addition, is a certified Major Deal Maker from the Wharton Business School.

Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi
Associate Professor of Geoinformatics in AIT
Thailand

Dr. Tripathi is the Director, UNIGIS@AIT Centre, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Geoinformatics and Associate Professor of Geoinformatics in Asian Institute of Technology. His research interest are Geoinformatics Application for Location Based Services, Health, Environment, Marine and Coastal Zone Monitoring and Management and Disaster. He has authored around 95 papers in International Journals and International Conference Proceedings. He is also the author of a book “Remote Sensing in Geosciences”. He is recipient of DAE Young Scientists Award, AICTE Career Award, and Osaka City University Distinguished Researcher Award. In addition several of papers were awarded Best Paper in International Conferences. Dr. Tripathi was working in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India Prior to joining Asian Institute of Technology in 1999.

Dr. Rejean Simard
Director - International Business Development
GeoGeny® Asia Sdn. Bhd.
Malaysia

He has been recently involved with Command and Control trial project with Royal Malaysian Police and has been marketing the Swiss GeoGeny C4I plug-and-play like solution in South-East Asia since 2007. Dr. Simard is a remote sensing expert since 1980 having conducted various management, consulting and research functions both in Malaysia and in Canada for government and private sector. He is residing in Kuala Lumpur since 1995.

Mark White
Founder & CEO
Locatrix Communications
Australia

Mark White is the Founder & CEO of Locatrix Communications, a leader in mobile location-based and social networking application services. Locatrix uses location information to shape and create mobile content experiences that create value for users and generate revenue for network operators. Uandme, their flagship LBS product, has been successfully deployed by mobile network operators in Australia and Europe.

Ahmed Ali Malik
Manager, Business Development
Join Technology Limited
Hong Kong

Ahmed Malik has more then 10 years experience in GIS, Transportation and Digital portable devices firmware/hardware. With unique mapping solutions and related compatible hardware, He introduces products and projects in the market that offer more value to money compare to the traditional competitive products. With the latest trend of adding connectivity to the GPS devices, Malik is leading JoinTech to a new concept of commercial GPS online services. With a degree in Masters in Engineering from Australia, He is not only an expert in 3D Programming, Numerical Modeling/simulation, Firmware Development, but he is equally good in Business Analysis and Marketing.

Dr. Shawn Pillay
Chief Executive Officer
MyMatrix Tracking Sdn Bhd

Dr. Shawn has a double doctorate in the fields of Technology and Administration. He has worked across various boundaries including South Africa, United States, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia. His expertise lies in designing, implementing and recommending Business Process Re-engineering and Improvement for Business Solutions, particularly at the Government Level. Dr. Shawn played an integral role in the Malaysian Government’s eGoverment project.

Etienne Besnier
Regional Sales Manager Asia-Pacific
Mobile Devices
Singapore


Etienne Besnier is the Asia-Pacific Regional Sales Manager for Mobile Devices. He is the local representative in Asia of Mobile Devices, an innovative French company dedicated to road Telematics. Mobile Devices was founded in 2002 by a team of engineers with more than 15 years of experience in vehicle embedded electronics and is dedicated since then in Telematics hardware design and software frameworks with tools for rapid application development.

Before joining Mobile Devices, Etienne held Operations and Sales management positions with Tekelec, an MNC Telecommunications hardware and software manufacturer, in France (EMEA) and Singapore (Asia). Etienne holds Master Degree of Computer Science from the Ecole National D’Ingénieurs de Brest, France.

Harish Shanthi Kumar
Director of Engineering
Hetrogenous Inc
India

Harish Shanthi Kumar is the Director of Engineering at Hetrogenous Inc. His main interests are in mobile convergence technologies involving location, web and mobile multimedia like IMS. Harish is a wireless application and platform expert who has contributed significantly to the development of the such mobile technologies like IMS, Push to Talk, Video Sharing etc. He has been responsible for architecting various industrial automation systems involving wireless data technologies. Prior to his role in Hetrogenous, Harish was the technical founding members of Qualphone Inc, where he was heading the engineering team. Qualphone was later acquired by Qualcomm Inc. At Quaclomm he held various leadership positions for delivering Video over IP solutions on mobile platforms. He is widely networked with major handset ODM/OEM vendors and Carriers across North America and Europe. Harish has an academic background in engineering and management with Computer Science and Marketing as majors.