Contributors

Jarrad Brown

Jarrad Brown is an Australian-trained and qualified Independent Fee-Based Financial Adviser with Australian Expatriate Group of Global Financial Consultants Pte Ltd providing specialist financial advice and portfolio management services to international and local professionals in Singapore.

Jasie Fon

Jasie Fon is the Regional Vice President (RVP) of Asia at Ping Identity. Based in Singapore, she works closely with IT professionals to identify how digital identity security tools can be used to address their unique business concerns.

She has over 25 years of sales, marketing and entrepreneurship experience in enterprise applications and has built transformative, vibrant and inclusive business environments throughout her career.

Prior to Ping Identity, she held leadership roles in multinational organisations including ForgeRock, Darktrace, Microsoft and Workday. She is an advocate for Women In Technology as an honouree of Singapore 100 Women in Tech 2023 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the University of Bradford, UK.

Jason Bissell

Jason Bissell joined Talend in 2016 as Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan. He is currently responsible for leading the dynamic Talend APJ team, where he works with partners and customers to accelerate innovation and empower data-driven enterprises.

Prior to joining Talend, Jason was most recently at Datameer where he held the position of Vice President and Managing Director, APAC. Here, he was tasked with setting up the APAC business of Datameer, based in Singapore. Jason also previously held managerial positions at Birst, eBaoTech Corporation and QlickTech. 

Jason Hill

Jason Hill is Ogilvy's Chief Strategy Officer in Singapore, a role that sees him leading the office's strategy group across a range of capabilities spanning brand planning, customer engagement, channel, data analytics and social strategy.

In his previous role as Ogilvy's Head of Consulting & Data Analytics in Singapore, he led teams of strategy and data specialists to combine customer insights and data analytics with creative interpretation to develop strategic solutions for some of the agency’s largest local and international clients.

With over two decades of strategic marketing experience, Hill brings substantial expertise in areas such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Value Proposition Development, Strategic Business Planning, and Data-led Communications Strategies.

Jason Solis

Jason is the CEO of Biqmind. He has over 20 years of experience as a business developer and entrepreneur across technology, financial services and marketing solutions. 

Beginning his career in sales and marketing for Xerox and Verizon, Jason ventured into the start-up world when he founded and served as CEO for an international UK-based telecommunications provider, serving global brands such as American Express and Microsoft. The company achieved profitability within 3 years and was subsequently sold to an organisation which later listed on the London Stock Exchange. His other career highlights include starting an Asia-based business incubation project from scratch, which at the end of 4 years was delivering significant annual recurring revenue and high margin profitability with customers across Asia.

Jason holds a Master of Business Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Jaya Prakash

Jaya Prakash is a writer and a maritime journalist. He began writing for internationally-renowned maritime publications and has always on ports and maritime shipping for the maritime cognoscenti.

Jayanth Narasimha & Prashant Saxena

Jayanth has nearly 10 years of experience in consumer research, largely in Qualitative. He heads Singapore Business for Brandscapes Worldwide Consultancy. Prashant is a Business Director at Brandscapes Worldwide Consultancy. He has been selected by the European Association of Consumer Research as one of their top 30 marketing researchers.

Jayden Chu

Jayden Chu works as a Business Development Consultant for Callbox Singapore. He helps businesses improve and maximise their marketing campaigns by providing expert advice on lead generation and appointment setting. He provides tips and trainings on telemarketing, email, social media, and other marketing strategies.

Jean Chong & Alexandre Kech

Jean Chong is Manager with the Securities Market Infrastructures team in SWIFT. She is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Alexandre Kech is the Head of Securities Market Infrastructures. He is also the Head of Standards APAC, leading a team of business analysts managing the definition and implementation of SWIFT MT, ISO 15022, and ISO 20022 standards.

Jean Michel Dumont

Jean Michel Dumont is the Chairman of Ruder Finn Asia, with specialties in crisis management, branding, corporate positioning and general communication counsel.