ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS

Keynote Speaker & Chairperson: Mr Graham Perkins, CEO: Dekko (Singapore)

Graham has been working within the design and publishing industry for over 27 years. He started his career and worked in the days of computer-less environments, through to the birth and revolution of Desktop Publishing, and into the pervasive age of technology today. His experience has covered areas such as management of departments, infrastructures and workflows, and further across the technology chasm to spend 2 years at Adobe, and 3.5 years at Apple.

Graham, along with his team, are now developing a new, fresh approach towards system integration under the name of Dekko. Put simply, Dekko are focused on bringing technology closer to the individuals in many unique ways. Dekko provide hardware and software solutions and offer support for industry specific education, productivity, workflow and technical infrastructure. Graham has lived in Singapore for 9 years and is a permanent resident.

Mr Sugu Karuppiah, Partner: Ravindran Associates (Singapore)

Sugu is a member of various local and international intellectual property associations such as the International Trade Mark Association (INTA), Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APPA) to name a few. He is a member of the EXCO of the APAA Singapore Group and a member of the INTA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Sugu also speaks and writes regularly on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights both in Singapore and Malaysia. He has appeared regularly as a speaker in the United States in respect of a seminar series entitled, Intellectual Property Protection In The Pacific Rim Countries, covering Malaysia and Singapore, organised by CLE International for the years 1993 to 2000. Amongst his most significant writing is as a contributor to the chapters on Singapore and Malaysia in the book entitled Intellectual Property Protection in Asia published by LexisNexis and edited by Arthur Wineburg. He was also named as a Patent Law expert for Singapore by the Expert Guide for 2001 published by Euro Money Legal Media Group.

Mr Jon Griffin, Partner: Brandspeed (Singapore)

Mr Steve Bristow, Managing Director: Fat Lizard (Malaysia)

Steve, a native of Melbourne Australia is the founding partner and Managing Director of Fat Lizard. Steve’s almost two decades of experience include accomplishment as a 3D animator, compositor and photographer. Steve is equally adept at directing character animation as he is with visual effects or live action. He has an in-depth understanding of the craft, and has the technical and creative problem solving skills to deliver to the most complex brief.

Mr Benny Sriphet, CTO: Dekko (Singapore)

Benny has been providing consulting services and products to the media industry for the past 12 years. starting out with the traditional print industry during the era of Desktop Publishing. he has been responsible for bringing new products to market with organisations such as Adobe and Meta Creations and his last position was with Apple as their pro-video business development manager for the Nordic region.

Mr Ian Beattie: WizWorks (Singapore)

Ian has worked in the video film industry for the past 15 yrs , originally an industrial illustrator, he left the world of pen and paper to meet the computer age head on , he has travelled the world adapting as technologies change, working in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, London and for the past 10yrs here in Singapore .

He now works with a variety of clients - helping them make the digital transition, understanding the technology, showing creative individuals how to produce TV and Film content on Desktop workstations, guiding them through the digital revolution, removing the myth Video and film post is Difficult and expensive.

Mr Ho Chee-Yue, Founding Partner & Managing Director (Singapore): AKQA Inc. (Singapore)

Chee-Yue is Founding Partner and Managing Director, Singapore of AKQA Inc. He has over a decade of brand-building, advertising and service marketing experience in the financial, information technology, telecommunications and travel industries. Before the founding of AKQA Inc., he was Managing Director of the AdInc, a creative marketing company that builds and markets brands such as Palm, Lycos Asia, Beenz and Home Box Office.

Mr Benjamin Grubbs, Manager - Enterprise Solutions: Yahoo! Asia (Singapore)

As Manager of Yahoo! Southeast Asia's Enterprise Solutions business unit, Benjamin leads a team that delivers corporate and portal solutions to companies in Asia. Through webcasting, enterprises can save costs and improve productivity by reaching various audiences with live or recorded events and content via Internet audio and video streaming. Yahoo!'s portal solutions enables companies to aggregate and deliver relevant and stimulating content to employees, customers and partners. Yahoo! Enterprise Solutions have received recognition from the Singapore government for its contributions to the industry, and has been at the forefront in pioneering several local and foreign corporations to adopt online communication strategies. Customers in Singapore include Cisco Systems, HSBC, IBM, IDA, IE Singapore, and Nokia. Before joining Yahoo!, Benjamin worked in the United States as a journalist and producer with various television, radio, newspaper and magazine companies.

Mr Michael Switow, Managing Director: B2Bcast Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Michael brings a strong background in radio and television production, reporting and journalism. Having worked for TVB (Hong Kong), Public Radio International, Metro Broadcast (Hong Kong) and the Associated Press (Philippines), Michael is multi-talented, not only producing shows but also reporting and appearing on camera for television.

From 1997 to 2000, Michael was the Financial Producer and Reporter for TVB, where he produced the daily Financial Report seen on TVB's English language channel. He also reported and produced 5-minute features for Money Magazine, a weekly half-hour program. Concurrently, Michael was the Hong Kong correspondent for The World, a co-production of Public Radio International, the BBC World Service, and WGBH. The World can be heard across the United States. Michael produced in-depth features on Asian politics, economics and culture. From 1996 - 1997, Michael was the Business Editor for Metro Broadcast 1044 AM (HK), with responsibility for all business content.

Michael has served as a freelance journalist for Monitor Radio (US), the Christian Science Monitor (US), Blue Danube Radio (Austria), National Public Radio (US) and the Associated Press (Manila, Philippines). His work has been published in the Chicago Tribune, the Toronto Star and the Commercial Appeal. Michael served in the Peace Corps as a math teacher in Niger and Gabon.

Michael is fluent in French and has a working knowledge of Cantonese and Hausa plus the basics of Mandarin. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Tufts University with a BA in History and received his MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.