Main Stage Keynote Speakers
Innovation Tour keynote sessions bring together OpenText executives with industry
thought leaders and customers who are leveraging OpenText technologies to drive
digital transformation.
Breakout Session Speakers
Mark J. Barrenechea
Vice Chairman, CEO & CTO
OpenText |
Mark J. Barrenechea joined OpenText as President and Chief Executive Officer in
January 2012, and also serves as a member of the Board. In January 2016, Mark took
on the role of Chief Technology Officer. As CEO of Canada’s largest software company,
Mark oversees the strategic direction of the organization and upholds the company’s
position at the forefront of the industry. Under his direction, the Company has
grown both organically and through strategic acquisitions, into a $1.9 billion technology
company.
Mr. Barrenechea has received many accolades over the years. In 2011, the San Francisco Business Times named him the 2011 Best Large Company CEO . Most recently, he was named the 2015 Results-Oriented CEO of the year by the CEO World Awards. The prestigious award recognizes Mr. Barrenechea’s leadership and innovation in attaining results for the company and its customers.
In addition, Mark has authored several books including On Digital , Digital: Disrupt or Die , eGovernment or Out of Government , Enterprise Information Management: The Next Generation of Enterprise Software , Software Rules and e-Business or Out of Business .
For more industry thoughts from Mark, you can read his blog , follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn .
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Mr. Barrenechea has received many accolades over the years. In 2011, the San Francisco Business Times named him the 2011 Best Large Company CEO . Most recently, he was named the 2015 Results-Oriented CEO of the year by the CEO World Awards. The prestigious award recognizes Mr. Barrenechea’s leadership and innovation in attaining results for the company and its customers.
In addition, Mark has authored several books including On Digital , Digital: Disrupt or Die , eGovernment or Out of Government , Enterprise Information Management: The Next Generation of Enterprise Software , Software Rules and e-Business or Out of Business .
For more industry thoughts from Mark, you can read his blog , follow him on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn .
Muhi Majzoub
EVP, Engineering and IT
OpenText |
Muhi S. Majzoub was named Executive Vice President, Engineering in January 2016.
Muhi joined OpenText as Senior Vice President of Engineering in June 2012 reporting
to Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Barrenechea. Muhi is responsible for Corporate
and Commercial IT, including Cloud Services, as well as defining the vision and
strategy for OpenText products, leading the development organization and transitioning
OpenText to the cloud.
Prior to OpenText, Muhi was Chief of Products for NorthgateArinso, where he was responsible for defining the company's product vision, strategy and the development life cycle. He focused on consolidating the late software portfolio and developing new product capabilities for both cloud and on-premise solutions.
Muhi has also held the position of Senior Vice President of Product Development for CA, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of the common technology platform and components and integration strategy.
Prior to CA, Muhi was Vice President of Product Development at Oracle Corporation. During his tenure at Oracle, he was responsible for the delivery of the Sales Automation Suite, including Sales Online TeleSales, Sales Compensation, Sales Intelligence and many other Internet technology projects, such as Oracle Store, Oracle.com and the MetaLink TAR system.
Muhi attended San Francisco State University.
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Prior to OpenText, Muhi was Chief of Products for NorthgateArinso, where he was responsible for defining the company's product vision, strategy and the development life cycle. He focused on consolidating the late software portfolio and developing new product capabilities for both cloud and on-premise solutions.
Muhi has also held the position of Senior Vice President of Product Development for CA, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of the common technology platform and components and integration strategy.
Prior to CA, Muhi was Vice President of Product Development at Oracle Corporation. During his tenure at Oracle, he was responsible for the delivery of the Sales Automation Suite, including Sales Online TeleSales, Sales Compensation, Sales Intelligence and many other Internet technology projects, such as Oracle Store, Oracle.com and the MetaLink TAR system.
Muhi attended San Francisco State University.
Adam Howatson
CMO
OpenText |
Adam joined OpenText in October of 2001 and has served the organization in numerous
roles, including Product Management, Marketing, Engineering, Information Technology,
The Office of The President/CEO and PMO, Partner Development and Mergers & Acquisitions.
Adam presently holds the station of Chief Marketing Officer and SVP and also oversees
OpenText’s Global Partner & Alliance operations.
Working with and learning from the smartest, most passionate and curious people in the industry over the past 15 years, Adam has contributed to the successful growth of OpenText by bringing to market numerous innovative products and services in the Enterprise Software space.
Throughout his career, Adam has had the opportunity to work with numerous academic institutions, including the University of Waterloo for its Masters of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program, and as a speaker or lecturer on ICT topics at Western, Ryerson, Waterloo and a number of other Universities. Adam has also previously served on the national board of directors for the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and presently serves on the board of directors of LogiSense Corporation.
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Working with and learning from the smartest, most passionate and curious people in the industry over the past 15 years, Adam has contributed to the successful growth of OpenText by bringing to market numerous innovative products and services in the Enterprise Software space.
Throughout his career, Adam has had the opportunity to work with numerous academic institutions, including the University of Waterloo for its Masters of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program, and as a speaker or lecturer on ICT topics at Western, Ryerson, Waterloo and a number of other Universities. Adam has also previously served on the national board of directors for the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and presently serves on the board of directors of LogiSense Corporation.
James McGourlay
EVP, Global Technical Services
OpenText |
James McGourlay joined OpenText in 1997 and has held many key positions in IT, technical
support, product support and special projects. In May 2015, James was appointed
as Senior Vice President of Global Technical Services at OpenText. He is responsible
for leading OpenText’s Technical Support, Renewals, Customer Onboarding and Professional
Services, managing all post sale services, customer life-time value, and accelerating
customers’ time to value.
Throughout the last 18 years, James has been the catalyst for tremendous growth in the OpenText Customer Services team for the Americas. He has sponsored programs such as the Knowledge Center, Partner Support Program, quality audits and enhanced Customer Support programs. He and his team are also spearheading the movement towards integrations management, social engagement support for customers and continued improvements to the customer experience.
James was instrumental in the company’s early acquisitions and the OpenText Enterprise Deployment Board, which he chaired until 2010.
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Throughout the last 18 years, James has been the catalyst for tremendous growth in the OpenText Customer Services team for the Americas. He has sponsored programs such as the Knowledge Center, Partner Support Program, quality audits and enhanced Customer Support programs. He and his team are also spearheading the movement towards integrations management, social engagement support for customers and continued improvements to the customer experience.
James was instrumental in the company’s early acquisitions and the OpenText Enterprise Deployment Board, which he chaired until 2010.
Azli Mohamed
Chief Strategy Officer
Malaysia Airports |
Azli Mohamed joined MAHB in 2017. As the Chief Strategy Officer, he is in charge of the strategic and innovative execution for the business-side of the aviation-related units and overall group-level activities with focus in driving efficiency, organic and inorganic growth, digitization roll-out and maximizing company’s bottom line.
Having started his career in banking, Azli then focused in structured finance in a corporate-setting with strong emphasis on strategy, merger & acquisitions, business development and private equity in a cross-border and multi-industry environment. He joined Malaysia Airports from GE, where he was the Chief Operating Officer for the Malaysia’s operations. Prior to GE, Azli was with Mubadala Investment Company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Azli has been trained at Crotonville - GE's premier Leadership Development Center, attended Executive Financial Leadership Program by INSEAD and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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Having started his career in banking, Azli then focused in structured finance in a corporate-setting with strong emphasis on strategy, merger & acquisitions, business development and private equity in a cross-border and multi-industry environment. He joined Malaysia Airports from GE, where he was the Chief Operating Officer for the Malaysia’s operations. Prior to GE, Azli was with Mubadala Investment Company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Azli has been trained at Crotonville - GE's premier Leadership Development Center, attended Executive Financial Leadership Program by INSEAD and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Albert Tay
Director, Financial Services, Asia Pacific
OpenText |
Albert has extensive experience in the Financial Services and Enterprise Business
Transformation space. With more than 22 years in Banking and Financial Services
Industry (BFSI), he has developed expertise in the creation of new growth engines,
digital transformation, and designing high-level business strategies across Asia-Pacific.
His passion in developing Impact, Core Values & Memorable Experience to Senior Executive and Customers alike, guides him to balance both the customers' needs and his deliverables, creating multiple wins-wins for all parties.
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His passion in developing Impact, Core Values & Memorable Experience to Senior Executive and Customers alike, guides him to balance both the customers' needs and his deliverables, creating multiple wins-wins for all parties.
Arthur Puah
Senior Manager of Global Information Technology
Broadcom Limited |
Arthur leads a Global B2B team responsible for:
Arthur has been with Hewlett-Packard/Agilent/Avago/Broadcom since 1999 and has been a pioneer in deploying eBusiness solutions. He played a pivotal role in establishing Avago B2B infrastructure and framework when the company was separated from Agilent in 2006. In recent years, his team has also successfully completed a few M&A B2B integrations.
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- driving Strategic B2B Programs to achieve optimum Supply Chain Performance and
- reducing Operational Costs through Improved Process Efficiency via B2B Proliferation
Arthur has been with Hewlett-Packard/Agilent/Avago/Broadcom since 1999 and has been a pioneer in deploying eBusiness solutions. He played a pivotal role in establishing Avago B2B infrastructure and framework when the company was separated from Agilent in 2006. In recent years, his team has also successfully completed a few M&A B2B integrations.
Bernd Hennicke
Senior Director, Ecosystems - Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce
OpenText |
Bernd is responsible for ensuring sales success for a set of products and solutions
within the Ecosystems team at OpenText. Bernd started his career in 2000 as a consultant
in the ECM practice of Accenture. He then was co-founder and Product Manager of
Platform Dynamics, an EMC Documentum partner headquartered in US and Germany, specialized
on object-level backup and disaster recovery solutions for Documentum. Bernd joined
OpenText in November 2007 and since then dedicates his work to the OpenText Solutions
for Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce with a focus on GTM strategy and Strategic
Alliances.
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Bruce Sandeman
Lead Solution Consultant
OpenText |
Bruce Sandeman leads the OpenText Solution Consulting organisation with regards
to OpenText Cloud strategy and security working closely with OpenText Product Engineering,
Cloud Services, Professional Services, Sales & Marketing. Bruce speaks at OpenText
events as well as industry events, in addition to working closely with our customers
and sales organisation to understand customer based cloud strategies and to assist
in forming cloud solutions for our customers. Bruce’s background is in professional
services, architecture and development, working alongside many large global enterprises
to form strategy, solutions and integrations. Bruce has over 20+ years’ experience
within the IT industry; over 9 years of which have been at OpenText.
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Eugene Tan (HK)
Senior Principal Solutions Consultant
OpenText |
Eugene engages with strategic insurance and power utility customers in Asia to plan and deploy enterprise information management (EIM) systems. He has also worked with other customers in various industries such as Oil & Gas, Telecoms, Government, Media & Broadcasting and so on to develop meaningful solutions that generate good returns on investments as well as bring about transformation readiness for doing digital business.
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Guy Hellier
VP, Product Management for ES and CEM
OpenText |
Guy Hellier is VP, Product Management, for the Experience Suite and Customer Experience
Management (CEM) products at OpenText. Guy leads the team of CEM product managers
delivering solutions for digital asset management (DAM), multi-channel customer
communications (CCM), digital experiences with web content management (WCM), and
call center workforce optimization (WFO). With 17 years of experience in the digital
media and customer experience space, Guy is responsible for the Experience Suite
product strategy and bringing OpenText CEM solutions to market. Guy holds a Master’s
degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia.
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Isam Alyousfi
Vice President, Product Development
OpenText |
Isam Alyousfi is a Vice President of Product Development at Open Text. Isam is responsible
for the development of BPM products which feature Process Suite. Isam has been with
Open Text for over 3 years. Isam is an industry veteran who joined Open Text after
spending close to 20 years at Oracle in various leadership roles. Prior to Oracle,
he worked on various software development projects.
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Dr. Marc Diefenbruch
Director, Product Management, Enterprise Applications
OpenText |
Marc heads up Product Management for Enterprise Application at OpenText with responsibility
for product strategy and roadmap for OpenText's SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce
solutions.
He is Working closely with customers, development and product specialists to research current and emerging challenges in information management and to works to deliver technologies to meet these challenges facing the information worker and how content can be leveraged into the daily business processes they perform.
Marc has more than 16 years in Document Management, EIM, ECM, Knowledge Management and Process Management and holds a Master and PhD in Computer Science.
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He is Working closely with customers, development and product specialists to research current and emerging challenges in information management and to works to deliver technologies to meet these challenges facing the information worker and how content can be leveraged into the daily business processes they perform.
Marc has more than 16 years in Document Management, EIM, ECM, Knowledge Management and Process Management and holds a Master and PhD in Computer Science.
Carol Brock
Industry and Value Marketing Strategist, Public Sector
OpenText |
Carol was a member of the core management team steering the U.S. Department of the
Interior’s enterprise-wide content management system with auto-categorization serving
98,000 users in all 50 states from a FISMA-moderate cloud in full-compliance with
federal regulations and guidance.
She was the former Director of Information Assets for the U.S. Government Accountability Office. At GAO, she successfully spearheaded a NARA pilot project for simplified records scheduling and implemented an enterprise-wide electronic recordkeeping system for which she earned the National Archivist’s Achievement Award. She has 20+ years of Federal RM experience as a contractor, consultant, and Federal employee. Carol is also a Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin working on a Ph.D. in Digital Preservation.
Carol is a founding member of the U.S. Federal Information and Records Management (FIRM) Council and is an active member of ARMA and AIIM. As a member of AIIM's C-30 Committee, she co-authored the EDM/ERM Integrated Functional Requirements.
Carol is a frequent speaker on the topics of electronic records and document management technologies. In June 2010, Carol provided invited expert testimony, “Federal Electronic Records Management: A Status Report” on behalf of ARMA, International before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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She was the former Director of Information Assets for the U.S. Government Accountability Office. At GAO, she successfully spearheaded a NARA pilot project for simplified records scheduling and implemented an enterprise-wide electronic recordkeeping system for which she earned the National Archivist’s Achievement Award. She has 20+ years of Federal RM experience as a contractor, consultant, and Federal employee. Carol is also a Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin working on a Ph.D. in Digital Preservation.
Carol is a founding member of the U.S. Federal Information and Records Management (FIRM) Council and is an active member of ARMA and AIIM. As a member of AIIM's C-30 Committee, she co-authored the EDM/ERM Integrated Functional Requirements.
Carol is a frequent speaker on the topics of electronic records and document management technologies. In June 2010, Carol provided invited expert testimony, “Federal Electronic Records Management: A Status Report” on behalf of ARMA, International before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Marci Maddox
Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Customer Experience Management
OpenText |
With over 20 years of experience in web applications, Marci has developed a passion
for helping organizations improve their digital marketing, online commerce and customer
self-service engagement. Her passion is taken back out to the community through
her writing, videos, webinars and social network while continuously innovating the
go-to-market best practices within OpenText. Marci oversees product marketing of
the Customer Experience Management set of products within OpenText, helping organizations
realize their Digital Experience vision with media, web, social, contact center
and communications solutions. Marci has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
from the University of Texas and an MBA with a concentration in e-Business.
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Janet De Guzman
Director, Compliance Group in Product Marketing
OpenText |
Janet is responsible for global go-to-market strategies for OpenText compliance
solutions. Janet has 15+ years’ experience in the information management (IM) space
including time as an IM strategist and instructor at the University of Toronto Faculty
of Information Studies. She is passionate about helping organizations build strong
information governance programs in the digital world. Follow her on Twitter @Janet_DeGuzman.
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Jonathan Agger
Director of Solutions Marketing, Customer Experience Management
OpenText |
With over 25 years of industry experience developing and marketing solutions in
the communications market, he has a wealth of experience helping industry leading
customers digitize their enterprises to meet critical business challenges, grow
revenue and improve customer experience.
In the past he has also held senior managerial positions with Agfa Corporation, Electronics for Imaging (EFI), Kodak and Polaroid, as well as being a contributing editor for Converting Magazine.
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In the past he has also held senior managerial positions with Agfa Corporation, Electronics for Imaging (EFI), Kodak and Polaroid, as well as being a contributing editor for Converting Magazine.
Lynn Elwood
Vice President, Cloud & Services Solutions
OpenText |
Lynn Elwood is responsible for global Cloud and Professional Services market strategy
and go to market at OpenText. This includes delivery of Solutions for Cloud and
Services, Field and Services enablement, market and internal messaging and positioning
and customer evangelism.
Presenting and meeting with customers and partners around the world, Lynn shares insights on strategy and benefits realization as organizations consider cloud and hybrid application scenarios. With over 30 years of experience she has worked with technology companies in a variety of leadership roles including engineering, product management and portfolio ownership. Lynn enjoys working with cross-functional global teams driving technology and cultural change.
Based in Toronto, Lynn can be found on Twitter @l_elwood or ca.linkedin.com/in/lelwood.
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Presenting and meeting with customers and partners around the world, Lynn shares insights on strategy and benefits realization as organizations consider cloud and hybrid application scenarios. With over 30 years of experience she has worked with technology companies in a variety of leadership roles including engineering, product management and portfolio ownership. Lynn enjoys working with cross-functional global teams driving technology and cultural change.
Based in Toronto, Lynn can be found on Twitter @l_elwood or ca.linkedin.com/in/lelwood.
Mark Gamble
Senior Director of Technical Marketing, Analytics
OpenText |
Mark Gamble leads a team of engineers who build, maintain, and demonstrate reference
applications based on OpenText Analytics products. He joined the company as a field
engineer over 15 years ago and spent many years implementing analytics and reporting
applications for financial services, insurance, manufacturing and other customers.
His knowledge and experience enable him to address both the technical and business
benefits of OpenText Analytics.
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Martin Richards
Senior Director, Energy Industry Strategy
OpenText |
Martin is currently responsible for the Energy & Engineering Industry Strategy within
OpenText. Based on his extensive experience in the industry and with content management
solutions, Martin has worked with customers and lead the effort to design, develop,
and deploy industry solutions aimed at managing documents and processes with the
engineering functions of energy companies. Martin started his career as a Plant
Engineer in the Automotive Industry in the UK before moving to Intergraph’s Plant
Design Team in the late 1980’s and has been in the IT industry since then. Martin
started working with the Documentum products in 1995 while at Cap Gemini and was
a founder and EVP at McLaren Software and established their US operations. Martin
joined EMC’s Content Division in 2004 and was Global head of sales for Professional
Services before heading up the Energy and Engineering business in 2011.
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Marco H. de Vries
Senior Director, Product Marketing
OpenText |
As Senior Director, Product Marketing, Marco is responsible for global product marketing,
messaging and setting strategic direction at OpenText Business Network, the market
leader in secure B2B information exchange. Marco has over 25 years of experience
in supply chain automation and e-commerce spanning multiple industries. Prior to
joining OpenText, Marco led all marketing activity at 7thonline, a leader in supply
chain planning. Prior to 7thonline, Marco headed up strategic marketing at Global
Healthcare Exchange, where he drove market development and commercialization of
new industry solutions for supply chain automation, driving billions in savings
for the healthcare industry. Prior to GHX, Marco held several leadership positions
with GXS (now OpenText), Serena Software and AT&T (both Lucent Technologies and
NCR divisions). Marco received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan,
and his Master’s degree from the American University in Washington, DC. He has also
pursued continuing education with Wharton’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education
at the University of Pennsylvania. Marco lives in the Washington, DC metro area.
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Mike Hooper
Director for Solutions Consulting in Asia
OpenText |
Mike Hooper is the Director for Digital Transformation in Asia with OpenText. He has 30 years of experience in IT including technical, commercial, business and sales roles, with an ability to think both analytically and creatively towards client needs through the use of proven business value and account development tools to deliver demonstrable value. Digital disruptors create real opportunity for organisations positively differentiate themselves, in his role he helps OpenText customers achieve new levels of insight, relevance and performance.
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Nicholas Carter
Senior Director of ECM Product Management
OpenText |
Nicholas Carter is responsible for the product directions for the complete Enterprise
Content Management portfolio, including Content Server, Archive Server and Applications
such as Email Management and Tempo Box. Prior to joining OpenText in 2008 he worked
with Cincom Systems to create a brand new document generation and output product
for the company which won technical and design awards on launch. He works with a
team of product managers and developers on the next generations of OpenText software,
presents at Enterprise World and on the Innovation Tour and is based in Luxembourg.
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Sandip Sharma
Technical Director for Analytics in Asia
OpenText |
Sandip Sharma is the Technical Director for Analytics in Asia with OpenText. His
extensive International and Asia Pacific management experience in digital business
analytics has helped large local and multi-national clients to reap their investment
returns on projects that cover Embedded BI, Performance Management, Enterprise Information
Delivery, BIG Data Insights & Analytic solutions.
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Sophia Loh
Principle Solution Consultant in Asia
OpenText |
Sophia Loh is the Principle Solution Consultant in Asia with OpenText Business Network,
the market leader in secure B2B information exchange. She is the subject matter
expert for Opentext Cloud B2B Managed Services in Asia Pacific and has over 20 years
of experience in architecting regional and global B2B e-commerce supply chain collaboration
and M&A and divestiture B2B integration solutions for MNCs spanning multiple industries.
Prior to this, she held regional Program Management role in Cisco derived connected
real estate, healthcare and education communities ICT solution in the western cities
in China.
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Thomas Demmler
Director, Product Management
OpenText |
Thomas is a product management leader with more than 20 years of experience. Responsible
for the definition and execution of the strategy of the OpenText Extended ECM applications,
which integrate into SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and Salesforce business applications
as well as cover focused business solutions for Engineering and Government.
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Tony Tsang
Regional Sales Director, Business Network Asia
OpenText |
Tony Tsang, boasts over 25 years of collective experience in sales and business development functions with industry knowledge in telecommunications, internet collaborations, digital marketing, e-commerce and B2B commerce fields. Prior to joining OpenText, Tony has worked for a number Silicon Valley start-ups, as well much larger enterprises such as Cisco and IBM. Tony is now a Regional Sales Director, leading the sales function within OpenText Business Network division across Asia.
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Stephen Ludlow
Senior Director, Enterprise Product Marketing
OpenText |
Stephen Ludlow leads Product Marketing for OpenText’s Enterprise business unit.
In this role, he serves as a subject matter expert for ECM, Information Governance
and eDiscovery - both internally and with OpenText’s diverse client base. Mr. Ludlow
frequently speaks at industry and customer events on Information Governance and
Discovery trends, technologies and best practices. Mr. Ludlow’s previous information
management experience includes positions in Product Management, Professional Services,
and private consulting with the Canadian Federal Government and Fortune 500 companies.
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