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2 December 2021

Channel Asia Innovation Awards: and the winners are…

Channel Asia is proud to announce winners of the Innovation Awards in 2021, featuring a leading and diverse line-up of partners, vendors, distributors and individuals across Southeast Asia.

Delivered via a virtual awards ceremony, highlights of yet another challenging and turbulent 12 months were played out on the grandest regional stage, bringing the entire ecosystem together under the Channel Asia roof.

The third running of the awards set the stage for three Channel Asia Hall of Fame inductees; Vicki BatkaWilson Ho and Chong-Win Lee.

Representing the entire ASEAN ecosystem, more than 220 finalists (including 65+ individuals) were honoured from a pool of over 90 organisations and more than 300 nominations, spanning partner, start-up, telco, vendor and distributor businesses.

This marked a significant expansion in reach, support and market appeal, outpacing a best effort of over 200 finalists in 2020 to position Innovation Awards as the leading technology awards program for customer innovation and ecosystem excellence in the ASEAN channel.

Reflective of a diverse technology network, more than 55 partners and start-ups were represented and ranged from large-scale multinational consultancy firms to emerging start-ups, alongside leading system integrators, managed service providers and solution consultants, plus cloud specialists, independent software vendors, boutique agencies and application developers.

This is in addition to over 30 channel-centric vendors and telecommunications providers, plus six supply chain experts in distribution.

Within this standout group, finalists, highly commended and winners were located across the entire region, spanning Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

Aligned to the Channel Asia approach of representing established and emerging technology providers in equal measure, Innovation Awards in 2021 stands tall as the leading forum for setting the industry benchmark for ecosystem excellence across ASEAN.

“Congratulations to our finalists, highly commended and winners in 2021,” said Cherry Yumul, vice president of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation at IDG. “Following yet another challenging 12 months, to display such inspiring examples of innovation balanced with stoic levels of resilience is testament to the strength of the ecosystem in ASEAN.

“We are proud to provide a platform upon which market-leading partners, vendors, distributors and individuals can be recognised — kudos to such a thriving channel community.”

In 2021, Innovation Awards honoured the channel across eight categories, spanning Partner Innovation, Tech Innovation, ASEAN-wide Innovation, Start-up Innovation, Personal Innovation, Vendor Innovation, Distributor Innovation and Hall of Fame.

In streamlining the program, increased focus was placed on the pace-setters of the local market, those revving up the innovation engine and powering ahead in the delivery of transformative solutions and services.

Finalists were selected by an executive judging panel of business leaders from partner, vendor and distributor organisations.

In addition to delivering a market-leading virtual celebration, Innovation Awards also outlined key customer insights through dedicated end-user sessions spanning: Introducing the Revenue Generating CIO in ASEAN; Prevailing during the purchasing process: How to avoid customer abandonment and ASEAN CIOs on… Collaboration, Communication & Culture.

  • Introducing the Revenue Generating CIO in ASEAN: This session outlined the rise of the revenue generating CIO across ASEAN, and the implications on innovation agendas in the enterprise.
  • Prevailing during the purchasing process — How to avoid customer abandonment: This session documented the leading factors causing customers to abandon a vendor or partner during the purchasing process, detailing the marketing tactics which resonate most post-pandemic.
  • CIOs on… Collaboration, Communication & Culture: In this session, market-leading CIOs across ASEAN demonstrated executive best practice in relation to Collaboration, Communication and Culture.

Channel Asia congratulates all finalists, highly commended and winners and thanks all organisations and individuals for taking the time to submit nominations.

PARTNER INNOVATION

Partner Innovation recognises customer innovation and excellence across the key market segments of Enterprise, Mid-Market and SMB, in addition to pioneering technology specialists and collaborative providers.

ENTERPRISE:

Finalists:

  • Blazeclan Technologies
  • Cloud Comrade
  • Crayon
  • Exigo Tech
  • FPT Telecom
  • Nera (Philippines)
  • ViBiCloud
  • Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)
  • Techolution
  • TechX

Highly Commended: Blazeclan Technologies

Winner: Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)

MII wins this award in recognition of a standout 12 months delivering enterprise-grade solutions and services across cloud, digital transformation big data, security, hybrid IT infrastructure and business applications in Indonesia. One such example is the deployment of KOMI — a digital banking solution built in collaboration with Red Hat and Software AG to enhance customer experience levels by leveraging data analytics across financial services. MII was also selected by Bank BRI to accelerate digital adoption through a flexible single integration platform, digitising micro-finance through a modernised application suite designed to connect back-end systems to increase services time delivery.

MID-MARKET:

Finalists:

  • Cloud Comrade
  • FPT Software
  • ISS Consulting
  • Netpluz Asia
  • NTT Data Business Solutions
  • Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)
  • Searce
  • Techolution
  • Telstra Purple

Winner: Telstra Purple

Telstra Purple wins this award for supporting Singapore-based X-Press Feeders — one of the largest container shipping groups in the world — in the deployment of a cloud-based calling platform to embrace a modern workplace across multiple locations globally. In overhauling corporate telephony services, the business maximised the potential of Telstra Calling for Microsoft Teams to create a more connected and productive workforce, in addition to enhancing employee satisfaction levels through an integrated client experience.

SMB:

Finalists:

  • Cloud Comrade
  • Logicalis
  • Netpluz Asia
  • Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)

Winner: Cloud Comrade

Cloud Comrade wins this award in recognition of migrating the core applications of Detrack Systems – a Singapore-based real-time vehicle tracking solution — to Amazon Web Services during an eight-week project. In migrating back-end processes to AWS Fargate — a serverless, pay-as-you-go compute engine- Cloud Comrade eliminated the need to manage servers or clusters, helping the business respond to rapid growth and meet new market demands through a stable and scalable cloud platform.

THINK DIFFERENTLY:

Finalists:

  • Customer Capital Consulting 
  • Delaware Consulting 
  • DXC Technology
  • NTT Data Business Solutions
  • Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)
  • Searce
  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Highly Commended: DXC Technology

Winner: Customer Capital Consulting

Customer Capital Consulting wins this award for leveraging bleeding-edge Microsoft solutions to improve citizen experiences in partnership with the Singapore Government. Harnessing the power of Microsoft Dynamics 365, Customer Capital Consulting deployed a modern service management solution to improve internal approval processes while implementing a 360-degree view of service environment capabilities — helping more than 3000 agency employees overcome the constraints of legacy systems in the process.

COLLABORATION:

Finalists:

  • FPT Software
  • Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)

Winner: Mitra Integrasi Informatika (MII)

MII wins this award following a local collaboration with Salesforce and 3 Dolphins — a Jakarta-based AI chatbot solution — to overhaul the student on-boarding process in higher education. Armed by Salesforce Marketing and Sales Cloud, MII combined expertise with 3 Dolphins to create a digitised first layer of communication between students and the campus — allowing 24-hour customer service while also providing a 360-degree view of frequent student requirements.

TECH INNOVATION

Tech Innovation recognises partners leveraging established and emerging solutions to enhance customer innovation levels, underpinned by deep levels of expertise and specialist services.

CLOUD:

Finalists:

  • AsiaPac Technology
  • Blazeclan Technologies
  • Cloud4C
  • Cloud Kinetics
  • Crayon 
  • FPT Telecom
  • Logicalis
  • Searce
  • Sourced Group 
  • Stratpoint Technologies
  • Techolution
  • Telstra Purple

Winner: AsiaPac Technology

AsiaPac Technology wins this award in recognition of providing CGS-CIMB Securities (CGS) with first-mover advantage in the financial services through the deployment of VMware Cloud on AWS technologies in Singapore. Following a comprehensive IT infrastructure assessment, the M1 subsidiary leveraged VMware Cloud Discovery to migrate CGS at speed and scale — also implementing VMware vRealize Operations to manage IT operations across multiple hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The migration has helped CGS avoid allocating 50 per cent of overall IT budget to ageing infrastructure maintenance, while allowing the business to respond to increased regulatory requirements around data control.

Winner: Cloud Kinetics

Cloud Kinetics wins this award for building a market-leading cloud-centric managed service provider (MSP) spanning Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and beyond ASEAN — underpinned by over 70 per cent of a 325-strong team housing advanced certification in cloud migration and integration. Such expertise was deployed by Sony Pictures Networks to help scale-up OTT — over-the-top — platform capabilities to serve several million customers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Leveraging Cloud Kinetics’ architectural expertise, Sony Pictures leveraged the power of Amazon Web Services to roll-out a modernised content delivery network built to deliver maximum scalability and reliability.

SECURITY:

Finalists:

  • AsiaPac Technology
  • AvePoint
  • Ensign InfoSecurity
  • IPification
  • Netpluz Asia
  • Rizki Tujuhbelas Kelola (R17)
  • Trustwave, a Singtel company

Highly Commended: Trustwave, a Singtel company

Winner: Ensign InfoSecurity

Ensign InfoSecurity wins this award for developing a suite of AI-based data models capable of detecting advanced cyber threats based on behavioural analytics. This patented development technique allows models to perform self-learning functionalities to detect both existing and previously unknown threats faster at speed with a high degree of accuracy, plugging into the Singapore-based provider’s Security Operations Center and delivered with specialised managed security services.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION:

Finalists:

  • AsiaPac Technology
  • DXC Technology
  • FPT Software
  • iZeno
  • ViBiCloud
  • Hipernet Indodata (Hypernet)
  • Searce
  • Singtel
  • Techolution
  • Telstra Purple

Highly Commended: DXC Technology

Winner: FPT Software

FPT Software wins this award for the development of akaMES — a versatile digital manufacturing platform created to assist manufacturing customers in coordinating and streamlining production activities at the highest level. Built in Vietnam and exported across ASEAN and beyond, the unique IP recently supported Hanoi-based private automotive start-up VinFast in reducing manufacturing costs while enhancing productivity levels — reducing expenses by 10 per cent within the space of three months.

EMERGING:

Finalists:

  • Blazeclan Technologies
  • DXC Technology
  • IPification
  • Palo IT
  • Singtel
  • Techolution
  • Telstra Purple
  • Uniphore Software Systems

Highly Commended: Blazeclan Technologies

Winner: Singtel

Singtel wins this award in recognition of converting the market potential of 5G into an enterprise reality through bleeding-edge customer solutions and services. In bringing together connectivity and multi-access edge compute (MEC) offerings, Singtel 5G is empowering businesses to navigate the 5G paradigm shift and take full advantage of the new and improved capabilities of next generation mobile technology. Such pioneering work has allowed Singtel to capitalise on a first-mover advantage position through collaborating with Hyundai on 5G-enabled smart manufacturing and connectivity for electric vehicle battery subscription service. This is in addition to forming a first of its kind strategic alliance with Surbana Jurong to integrate technology and infrastructure to co-create smart city solutions designed to accelerate the transformation of key industries.

HOMEGROWN ISV:

Finalists:

  • Fusionex
  • IPification

Winner: Fusionex

Fusionex wins this award in recognition of establishing a market-leading analytics, big data, machine learning and AI specialist — leveraging the platforms of Google Cloud, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services among others. Born in the state of Selangor in Malaysia, Fusionex specialises in helping customers make sense of the vast amounts of structured and unstructured data flooding the enterprise — evident through the deployment of Giant AI, an integrated business suite housing e-commerce, accounting, HR, loyalty and analytics solutions.


ASEAN-WIDE INNOVATION

ASEAN-wide Innovation recognises partners delivering customer innovation headquartered in Southeast Asia. This is partner is a market-leading specialist which thrives in challenging end-user environments, sparking new ideas and outcomes through an unconventional approach to technology consulting and implementation.

NATIONAL (COUNTRY):

Finalists:

  • Digiprimatera (Indonesia)
  • FPT Software (Vietnam)
  • FPT Telecom (Vietnam)
  • Globe Telecom (Philippines)
  • Gorilla Networks (Singapore)
  • ViBiCloud (Indonesia)

Winner: ViBiCloud (Indonesia)

ViBiCloud wins this award in recognition of moving beyond simple lift-and-shift cloud services to take a lead role in delivering on the potential of cloud in Indonesia. Born in the cloud era, the Jakarta-based business and specialist Microsoft partner continues to build out end-to-end managed services capabilities across cloud and security — delivering expertise across a range of industries including financial services and insurance.

REGIONAL (ASEAN):

Finalists:

  • Cloud Comrade
  • GeTS Asia
  • Lark
  • TES – Sustainable Technology Lifecycle Solutions

Winner: Cloud Comrade

Cloud Comrade wins this award for building an arsenal of cloud technologies across Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure — providing customer guidance from strategy and design to deployment and management. With more than 300 customers and over 500 cloud projects deployed, Cloud Comrade continues to build expertise beyond Singapore borders as Southeast Asia expansion plans become a reality.


START-UP INNOVATION

Start-up Innovation recognises market-leading start-ups building unique businesses to bring innovative new technologies to the ASEAN market.

PRODUCT:

Finalists:

  • akaBot
  • Athena Dynamics
  • Instarem

Winner: Athena Dynamics

Athena Dynamics wins this award in recognition of spinning off as a cyber security focused start-up and subsidiary of BH Global — offering advisory services and deep levels of protection expertise. Since inception, the Singapore-based business has acquired more than 130 customers with an order book in excess of $4 million during the first half of 2021.

SECTOR:

Finalists:

  • Homage
  • Gorilla Networks

Winner: Homage

Homage wins this award for creating a technology-driven care and health services platform across Singapore, Malaysia and Australia — backed by deep levels of industry expertise and bleeding-edge solutions. The platform combines curated and trained care professionals with smart technology to manage and provide on-demand holistic non-medical and medical services to seniors and adults, allowing them to age and recover at home with grace, control and dignity.

CUSTOMER VALUE:

Finalists:

  • Ensign InfoSecurity
  • IPification
  • Rizki Tujuhbelas Kelola (R17)
  • TechX

Winner: Ensign Infosecurity

Ensign Infosecurity wins this award for creating a pure-play managed security services provider setting new standards for cyber protection in Singapore and beyond. In operating as a joint venture between Temasek and StarHub, the merged business is now targeting expansion beyond city-state roots to tackle cyber threats on a regional scale across enterprise and government sectors.

ENTREPRENEUR:

Finalists:

  • Xanne Leo – Gorilla Networks (Singapore)
  • Nadia Alatas – Cybertrend Data Academy (Indonesia)
  • Elisa Indriasari – Digimaster Inovasi Cemerlang (Indonesia)
  • Cherilyn Tan – Tessaract Technologies (Singapore)
  • Khwanta Sudsaeng –  The Prodigy (Thailand)

Highly Commended: Cherilyn Tan – Tessaract Technologies

Winner: Xanne Leo – Gorilla Networks

Xanne wins this award for launching a next-generation telco start-up in the form of Gorilla Mobile — spearheading a new approach to the mobile communications experience across Singapore. Shaped by a service-on-demand model and underpinned by proprietary SwitchBack technology powered by blockchain, Xanne is leading efforts to expand reach into Malaysia and Thailand, followed by Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.


VENDOR INNOVATION

Vendor Innovation recognises vendors helping partners deliver transformative solutions and services to customers, operating market-leading approaches to engagement and enablement across the key technology segments of Cloud, Security, Hardware, Software, Networking and Specialist.

CLOUD:

Finalists:

  • Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • Amazon Web Services
  • AvePoint
  • Citrix 
  • Commvault
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise 
  • Informatica
  • Veeam Software
  • VMware

Winner: Amazon Web Services

SECURITY:

Finalists:

  • AvePoint
  • Cisco
  • Citrix 
  • Claroty
  • Cloudflare
  • ESET
  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Sophos
  • VMware
  • Zscaler

Winner: Palo Alto Networks

HARDWARE:

Finalists:

  • Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • Cisco
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • HP
  • Logitech
  • Vertiv

Winner: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

SOFTWARE:

Finalists:

  • BitTitan
  • Commvault
  • EnterpriseDB (EDB)
  • Informatica
  • LogicMonitor
  • ManageEngine
  • Veeam Software
  • Veritas Technologies

Winner: Veeam Software

NETWORKING:

Finalists:

  • Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • Cisco
  • CommScope
  • P2 Mobile Technologies

Winner: Cisco

SPECIALIST:

Finalists:

  • Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • Cisco Webex
  • Cohesity
  • Datto
  • Ekata
  • StorageCraft, an Arcserve Company
  • Vonage

Winner: Cohesity


DISTRIBUTOR INNOVATION

Distributor Innovation recognises distributors spearheading ecosystem innovation and growth through transformative approaches to vendor engagement and partner enablement, spanning the core categories of Hardware, Software, Specialist, Incubation and Creativity.

HARDWARE:

Finalists:

  • Ingram Micro
  • Synnex Metrodata Indonesia
  • Tech Data

Winner: Ingram Micro

SOFTWARE:

Finalists:

  • Ingram Micro
  • Rhipe 
  • Tech Data

Winner: Rhipe 

INCUBATION:

Finalists:

  • ACA Pacific
  • Ingram Micro
  • Nextgen Asia
  • Synnex Metrodata Indonesia

Highly Commended: Synnex Metrodata Indonesia

Winner: ACA Pacific

CREATIVITY:

Finalists:

  • Ingram Micro
  • Nextgen Group
  • Synnex Metrodata Indonesia
  • Tech Data

Winner: Nextgen Group

SPECIALIST:

Finalists:

  • Ingram Micro
  • Tech Data

Winner: Tech Data


PERSONAL INNOVATION

Personal Innovation recognises standout individuals who contribute to customer, company and channel success through a transformative approach to management, channel, sales, technical and marketing positions.

CHANNEL EXCELLENCE:

Finalists:

  • Budi Santoso – Cisco
  • Kathy Chen – Citrix
  • Ang Tiang-Hin – Dell Technologies
  • Kellie Teh – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Malaysia)
  • Ashley Lee – Lenovo
  • Nelley Young – Oracle
  • Kasem Pornananrat – Rhipe (Thailand)
  • Kerry Islin – ServiceNow
  • Michelle Lim – Veeam Software
  • Eric Chow – VMware

Highly Commended: Ang Tiang-Hin – Dell Technologies

Winner: Budi Santoso – Cisco

Budi wins this award for stepping up to help Cisco partners mitigate and minimise the business impact of COVID-19 across ASEAN, while also helping the channel rebound and prepare for future growth. With more than 98 per cent of ASEAN revenue transacted via partners, Budi spearheads a predictable and consistent partner-centric route to market, shaped by initiatives such as PLEDGE — a joint demand generation campaign designed to acquire new customer logos. This is in addition to building out MSP capabilities and enhancing business transformation engagements to super-charge ecosystem innovation — helping partners in Malaysia and Thailand maximise the potential of SD-WAN and analytics respectively.

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE (VENDOR / DISTRIBUTOR)

Finalists:

  • Manoj Kalyanaraman – BitTitan
  • Nicholas Lee – Cisco (Malaysia)
  • Reuben Koh – Cisco (Singapore)
  • Adrian Ang – Dell Technologies
  • Dileepa Rajapaksa – Rhipe
  • Keith Sng – Veeam Software

Winner: Dileepa Rajapaksa – Rhipe

Dileepa wins this award for continuing to support the partner ecosystem through the technical enablement of advanced workloads specific to both Microsoft Azure and Modern Workplace. One such example is a recent sync up with local ISV — SVM Solutions and Technologies — in Singapore to provide technical advisory services to end-users in relation to Azure, resulting in eight customers migrating to the cloud.

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE (PARTNER):

Finalists:

  • Bui Dinh Giap – akaBot (Vietnam)
  • Nikhil Bansal – Delaware Consulting
  • Azwir Aziz – Digital Prima Sejahtera (Indonesia)
  • Lawrence Mistades – DXC Technology (Philippines)
  • Vinh Nguyen – FPT Software (Vietnam)
  • Anupong Buranachetthakul – ISS Consulting (Thailand)
  • Roger Loh – Logicalis
  • Echo Haryono – NTT Data Business Solutions (Indonesia)
  • Mohammad Raska – Rizki Tujuhbelas Kelola (R17) (Indonesia)
  • Som Kapoor – Sourced Group
  • Narong Huayhongthong – SuperNap (Thailand)
  • Andra Pranata Utama – ViBiCloud (Indonesia)

Highly Commended: Roger Loh – Logicalis

Winner: Lawrence Mistades – DXC Technology (Philippines)

Lawrence wins this award for demonstrating unrivalled expertise in immersive technology, user experience and design thinking — viewed as instrumental in helping DXC win Extended Reality contracts in the Philippines. Armed with deep levels of Microsoft expertise, Lawrence combines technical and business acumen to spearhead multiple mixed reality projects with holographic training materials and augmented reality collaboration tools. Such expertise has contributed to DXC becoming the first global system integrator to earn Gold partner status in Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Partner Program.

MARKETING EXCELLENCE:

Finalists:

  • Walnapa Wongsakphairot – Cisco (Thailand)
  • Eileen Goh – Cisco (Singapore)
  • Sudip Saha – Dell Technologies
  • Siriwimon Somumchan – ISS Consulting (Thailand)
  • Rueburn Liang – Netpluz Asia
  • Brian Fan – Palo Alto Networks
  • Ganjar Galuh Nugraha – NTT Data Business Solutions (Indonesia)
  • Ahmad Farid Yasin – Rizki Tujuhbelas Kelola (R17) (Indonesia)
  • Rachel Velasquez – Rhipe (Philippines)

Winner: Sudip Saha – Dell Technologies (Vendor / Distributor)

Sudip wins this award for taking a lead role in helping regional partners of Dell Technologies pivot to digital marketing — more than doubling partner marketing contribution to pipeline at 65 per cent — and revenue at 46 per cent — during the past 12 months. Driven by SPARK Partner Marketing Summit, Sudip and his team continue to enable greater partner ROI on MDG campaigns with the regional marketing contributions more than tripling since 2018. 

Winner: Rueburn Liang – Netpluz Asia (Partner)

Rueburn wins this award for overhauling Netpluz Asia’s entire marketing campaign approach to focus efforts on the customer lifecycle journey as a business priority. Transitioning away from sending out bulk promotional EDMs which served to only drive up unsubscribe rates — Rueburn focused on improving lead quality through efficient tracking campaigns, with sales qualified leads increasing from 13 per cent to 70 per cent at a deal closure average rate of 40%.

SALES EXCELLENCE (VENDOR / DISTRIBUTOR)

Finalists:

  • Stella Goh – BitTitan
  • Kelvin Looi – Cisco
  • Richard Jeremiah – Dell Technologies (Indonesia)
  • Saravanan Krishnan – Dell Technologies (Singapore)
  • Tammy Banate – Lenovo (Philippines)
  • Andy Gunawan – Nintex
  • Abbie Yap – Rhipe (Malaysia)
  • Rebecca Gan – ServiceNow
  • Cherrie Arriola-Cortez – VMware

Highly Commended: Kelvin Looi – Cisco

Winner: Abbie Yap – Rhipe (Malaysia)

Abbie wins this award for pioneering the growth of Rhipe’s Zoom business across ASEAN and Korea — building a partner ecosystem from the ground up to commercialise the vendor’s reseller program. Within the space of six months, Abbie has on-boarded more than 150 partners across 10 countries, driving $10 million in sales amid an accelerated adoption of video conferencing technologies in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Hong Kong and Indonesia to name but a few markets.

SALES EXCELLENCE (PARTNER)

Finalists:

  • Jason Lin – AsiaPac Technology
  • Kanthan Siva – Exigo Tech
  • Kugan Sivalingam – NTT Data Business Solutions (Malaysia)
  • Franck Lespayandel – Sourced Group
  • Vincentius Aditya – ViBiCloud (Indonesia)

Highly Commended: Kanthan Siva – Exigo Tech

Winner: Jason Lin – AsiaPac Technology

Jason wins this award for overcoming the economic challenges of COVID-19 to exceed company sales expectations while acquiring key new accounts in the form of NTUC First Campus, Sumitomo Chemicals, Phillip Securities and ST Engineering. Jason also contributed beyond his sales number by working with key partners to capture 90 per cent market share of the personal learning devices with Lenovo in education, in addition to supporting the delivery of managed services projects at 800 Super Waste Management, SP Group and OCBC among others.

MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE (VENDOR / DISTRIBUTOR)

Finalists:

  • Vicki Batka – Cisco
  • Rachel Ler – Commvault
  • Rhonda Robati – Crayon
  • Pang Yee Beng – Dell Technologies (Malaysia)
  • Gooi-Lee Tan – Rhipe (Malaysia)

Winner: Pang Yee Beng – Dell Technologies (Malaysia)

Pang wins this award for navigating a challenging business environment to lead Dell Technologies to 28 per cent revenue growth year-on-year across South Asia, underpinned by a 61 per cent order revenue growth delivered via the channel. Under the direction of Pang — and aligned to his approach of ‘Winning Together’ — the team has overcome ongoing supply chain challenges to support customers during the height of the pandemic. One such example is shipping 60 servers in less than two weeks to help a bank in Singapore stand up a virtual desktop infrastructure to support 5000 employees working from home.

MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE (PARTNER):

Finalists:

  • Wisit Wirayagorn – ISS Consulting (Thailand)
  • Jason Lin – iZeno
  • Connie Ang – Singtel
  • Ian Donaldson – Sourced Group 
  • Shiju Varghese – Tata Consultancy Services (Philippines)
  • Ha Ngo – TechX (Vietnam)
  • Jordan Windebank – Versent
  • Alfonsus Bram – ViBiCloud (Indonesia)

Highly Commended: Wisit Wirayagorn – ISS Consulting (Thailand)

Winner: Shiju Varghese – Tata Consultancy Services (Philippines)

Shiju wins this award for stepping up to steer Tata Consultancy Services through the stormy waters of the pandemic in the Philippines, maintaining high customer standards and employee support levels despite ongoing lockdown challenges. Within the space of three years, Shiju steered TCS Philippines to a 13.4 per cent growth rate — delivering a total of 241 projects valued at more than US$740 million while maintaining a 94 per cent customer satisfaction rating in the process. This is in addition to recruiting more than 500 Filipinos during the height of COVID-19, alongside providing weekly employee compensation, a household allowance for staff and an additional 14 days of special leave.


HALL OF FAME

Hall of Fame recognises long-standing leaders who have been instrumental in the development and enhancement of the ASEASN channel. Three individuals were inducted into the Channel Asia Hall of Fame in 2021 — determined by the executive panel of industry judges plus previous Hall of Fame inductees.

  • Vicki Batka
  • Wilson Ho
  • Chong-Win Lee

Source: https://www.channelasia.tech/article/693638/channel-asia-innovation-awards-winners/