Alibaba Cloud Day Dubai Summit 2023
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Summary Of Alibaba Cloud Day Dubai Summit 2023
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10:00-10:10
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Welcome Address
Daniel Jiang, General Manager of Middle East Turkey and Africa, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence -
10:10-10:20
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Launching Ceremony
Alibaba Cloud & Dubai Holding -
10:20-10:40
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【Keynotes】Building Ecosystems of Innovation
Abou Moustafa, Digital Transformation Leader, VP Enterprise Business and datamena at EITC -
10:40-11:00
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【Keynotes】Mobility 4.5 - Future of transportation
Raj Kamalanathsharma, RTA-Chief Data Scientist -
11:00-11:20
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【Keynotes】Innovate and Accelerate with Proven Solutions & Products
Hasnain Gilani, Head of Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud META Region -
11:20-11:30
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【Keynotes】Partnership Ecosystem Strategy
Cindy Shu, MEA Channel Manager, Partner Success Manager, Alibaba Cloud intelligence -
11:30-11:35
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Partnership Momentum
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11:35-11:50
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【Keynotes】Localization At Scale-Alibaba Cloud in Saudi
Bruce Ma, Chief Strategy Officer of Saudi Cloud Computing Company, Alibaba Cloud -
11:50-12:10
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【Keynotes】South Africa Partner Speech: BCX-Alibaba Cloud Journey
Jan Bouwer, Chief of Digital Platform Solutions, BCX -
14:00-14:15
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Alibaba Cloud Web 3.0 Mission & Vision & Solution
Yaodong Li, Alibaba Cloud web3 eco-system & community leader base in Dubai | Coffee with Crypto team -
14:15-14:30
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Guest of Honor's Opening Speech
Juma Abdulrahman Almatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Silicon Oasis -
14:30-14:40
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web3.0 Association Announcement Launching
Alibaba Cloud & Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority & GDIS -
14:40-15:00
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【Keynotes】Trends & Policy in Web 3.0
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15:00-15:20
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【Keynotes】Everything You Have To Know About Blockchain
Derik Han, Head of APAC partnerships of MystenLabs -
15:20-15:30
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Partnership with MystenLabs--Bridging Web2.0 & Web3.0
Alibaba Cloud & MystenLabs -
15:30-16:10
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【Panel】Emerging Web 3.0 Tech
Sam Lai, CEO of MetaIncubator
Mike Ng, Co-Founder & Technical Director of EDNS
Anton Agafonov, Head of Product @ Zilliqa
Jocelyn Chang, APAC Growth lead for MakerDAO -
16:10-16:20
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【Keynotes】Bringing Web3 development to the next 30 million coders
Xiao Wu, CEO@ChainIDE -
16:20-16:30
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Partnership with ChainIDE--Web3.0 Education
Alibaba Cloud & ChainIDE -
16:30-17:10
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【Panel】Crypto Exchange and Payment
Markose Chenthitta, Chief Strategy Officer @ Illum Ventures, Podcast Host @ Cryptocosm
Basab Banerjee, Chief Information Officer, Matrix Limited
Zack Yang, Co-Founder, FOMO Pay
Fakhul Miah, Elastos Head of Growth -
17:10-17:50
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【Panel】 Digital Assets
Belinda Zhou, Founding Partner, Sharding Capital
Andrew Rowlstone, Chief Business Development Officer, Zokyo
David Chreng-Messembourg, Founding partner at LeadBlock Partners
Cinderella Amar, Exec Director, Matrixport
Nasha Afshar, Senior Relationship Manager @ Seba Bank AG
Time
Topic
- 10:00-10:10
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Welcome Address
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Daniel Jiang
General Manager of Middle East Turkey and Africa, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
- 10:10-10:20
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Launching Ceremony
- 10:20-10:40
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【Keynotes】Building Ecosystems of Innovation
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Abou Moustafa
Digital Transformation Leader, VP Enterprise Business and datamena at EITC
- 10:40-11:00
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【Keynotes】Mobility 4.5 - Future of transportation
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Raj Kamalanathsharma
RTA-Chief Data Scientist
- 11:00-11:20
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【Keynotes】Innovate and Accelerate with Proven Solutions & Products
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Hasnain Gilani
Head of Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud META Region
- 11:20-11:30
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【Keynotes】Partnership Ecosystem Strategy
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Cindy Shu
MEA Channel Manager, Partner Success Manager, Alibaba Cloud intelligence
- 11:30-11:35
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Partnership Momentum
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Cindy Shu
MEA Channel Manager, Partner Success Manager, Alibaba Cloud intelligence
- 11:35-11:50
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【Keynotes】Localization At Scale-Alibaba Cloud in Saudi
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Bruce Ma
Chief Strategy Officer of Saudi Cloud Computing Company, Alibaba Cloud
- 11:50-12:10
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【Keynotes】South Africa Partner Speech: BCX-Alibaba Cloud Journey
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Jan Bouwer
Chief of Digital Platform Solutions, BCX
- 12:10-12:15
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Closure
- 12:15-14:00
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Lunchern &Booth Visit
- 14:00-14:15
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Alibaba Cloud Web 3.0 Mission & Vision & Solution
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Yaodong Li / Mohammed Ali
Alibaba Cloud web3 eco-system & community leader base in Dubai | Coffee with Crypto team
- 14:15-14:30
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Guest of Honor's Opening Speech
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Juma Abdulrahman Almatrooshi
Director General of Dubai Silicon Oasis
- 14:30-14:40
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web3.0 Association Announcement Launching
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Juma Abdulrahman Almatrooshi
Director General of Dubai Silicon Oasis Min Li
Chairman of GDIS
- 14:40-15:00
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【Keynotes】Trends & Policy in Web 3.0
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Khalifa AlJaziri
Commercial Affairs Regulatory Sector Projects Advisor, at the Ministry of Economy in UAE and Co-Founder of Dubai Blockchain Centre
- 15:00-15:30
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【Keynotes】Everything You Have To Know About Blockchain
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Derik Han
Head of APAC partnerships of MystenLabs
- 15:30-16:10
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【Panel】Emerging Web 3.0 Tech
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Sam Lai
CEO of MetaIncubator Mike Ng
Co-Founder & Technical Director of EDNS Anton Agafonov
Head of Product @ Zilliqa Jocelyn Chang
APAC Growth lead for MakerDAO
- 16:10-16:30
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【Keynotes】Bringing Web3 development to the next 30 million coders
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Xiao Wu
CEO@ChainIDE
- 16:30-17:10
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【Panel】Crypto Exchange and Payment
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Markose Chenthitta
Chief Strategy Officer @ Illum Ventures, Podcast Host @ Cryptocosm Basab Banerjee
Chief Information Officer, Matrix Limited Zack Yang
Co-Founder, FOMO Pay Fakhul Miah
Elastos Head of Growth
- 17:10-17:50
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【Panel】 Digital Assets
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Belinda Zhou
Founding Partner, Sharding Capital Andrew Rowlstone
Chief Business Development Officer, Zokyo David Chreng-Messembourg
Founding partner at LeadBlock Partners Cinderella Amar
Exec Director, Matrixport Nasha Afshar
Senior Relationship Manager @ Seba Bank AG
- 17:50-18:00
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Closure
Speakers
Sign Up NowDaniel Jiang
GM of the Middle East and Africa Region,
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
Daniel Jiang is GM of META region, Head of International Hybrid Cloud Business Development, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. He has more than 20 years' working experiences in the communication, IT, and cloud domains.
He is responsible for Cloud Intelligence International’s Solutions across multiple industries and technologies including IaaS, PaaS, Big Data, Security, and AI. his mission is to enable the customers to achieve success in “Data Intelligence”.
Khalifa AlJaziri
Commercial Affairs Regulatory Sector Projects Advisor, at the Ministry of Economy in UAE and Co-Founder of Dubai Blockchain Centre
Khalifa AlJaziri is an architect and innovator with an ardent zeal for technology. His pioneering work in automating smart building systems has set new standards and shattered conventional notions of connected living.
Juma Abdulrahman
Almatrooshi
Director General of Dubai Silicon Oasis
Dr. Juma Al Matrooshi is Director General at Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO). In his capacity as Director General, Dr. Al Matrooshi is responsible for the development, implementation and communication of DSO’s strategy, including the organization’s mandate, mission, vision and values. Dr. Al Matrooshi also oversees the leadership team, providing his expert guidance and support to ensure that DSO’s business objectives are achieved efficiently and effectively, all the while upholding international best practices. Moreover, Dr. Al Matrooshi assumes leadership for the financial performance of DSO, guiding the development, monitoring and management of DSO’s annual budgets.
Bruce Ma
Chief Strategy Officer of Saudi Cloud Computing Company, Alibaba Cloud
Bruce Ma, Chief Strategy Officer of Saudi Cloud Computing Company, Alibaba Cloud, has an outstanding experience in Cloud and Telecommunication industry related to government and enterprise business that exceeded 20 years . He previously held the roles of GM of Public Sector , GM of Beiijing Winter Olympics 2022 Project in Alibaba CLoud and GM of Alibaba Cloud Saudi .
Jan Bouwer
Chief of Digital Platform Solutions, BCX
Jan joined BCX in 2017 as Managing Executive of Transformational Solutions & Pre-sales. He was actively involved in the development and implementation of the new BCX operating model, in order to become a more customer centric organization and also extend the BCX product and service offerings to the end to end ICT value chain. Jan was appointed as Managing Executive for the West Coast Region of BCX at the end of 2017 and was asked to take over as Managing Executive for Retail and Consumer Goods in March 2019. In 2020 he was appointed as Chief of Digital Platform Solutions, responsible for Enterprise Applications (SAP, Microsoft and Payroll services), Software Engineering, Automation, Digital Insights, Digital Consulting Services, AIOps and Specialized Solutions (Own IP solutions) within BCX.
Abou Moustafa
Digital Transformation Leader, VP Enterprise Business and datamena at EITC
With over 25 years’ experience in ICT and telecoms, Abou is an inspirational leader with a passion for innovation in the information and communication technology industry.
Abou has been named in Capacity’s Power 100 in both 2019 and 2020. The Power 100 features the 100 most powerful and influential people in the wholesale telecommunications sector. And one of top 30 Edge Computing Leaders in 2020-2021 in Data Economy UK.
Min Li
Chairman of GDIS
Living in Dubai for more than 20 years, dedicated entrepreneur accomplished in real estate, manufacturing, tourism and exhibition.
Experts in operation and management.
Possessing strong analytical, problem solving and organizational ability.
Proficient in coordinating with the people. Persuasive speaker and negotiator.
Raj Kamalanathsharma
RTA-Chief Data Scientist
Experienced in Transport Analytics and Modeling, Active Management, Connected and Automated Vehicles, and Emerging Mobility and has previously worked with Arthur D Little (supporting NEOM Land Mobility), Roads and Transport Authority (Dubai), Booz Allen Hamilton (supporting the US Department of Transportation), Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (Virginia Department of Transportation), etc.; Published over 80 articles in international journals, conferences, books and government reports.
Derik Han
Head of APAC partnerships of MystenLabs
Derik Han is Head of APAC Partnerships at MystenLabs where he builds strategic partnerships and invests in companies based on APAC regions. He is Business Development Leader with experience (Ex-ByteDance, Ex-Goldman Sachs) in technology, entertainment, gaming, and finance.
Basab Banerjee
Chief Information Officer, Matrix Limited
Mr. Basab Banerjee is the Chief Information Officer with Matrix Limited. He is responsible for defining and executing the technology strategy, solution development and IT operations. He has over 27 years of work experience in various IT roles with companies mainly in FinTech, Exchanges and Clearing space. Prior to joining Matrix, he has served DGCX group as IT Director and CTO and has been instrumental in setting up several multi-asset Exchange infrastructures, Blockchain projects and marketplace solutions development.
Fakhul Miah
Elastos Head of Growth
As the Elastos Growth Lead, Fakhul drives the expansion of the ecosystem and community, leveraging his experience as the CEO of CreDA and as an elected Council Member for the Elastos 'Cyber Republic' DAO.
With over 15 years of investment banking experience as Global Head of Institutional Margin Financing, Margin Technology Development, and Risk Control at Morgan Stanley, he was instrumental in building crypto products in 2017. Fakhul is a vocal advocate of blockchain technology, self sovereign identity, DeFi, and the opportunities it provides in creating greater access to financial tools globally.
Yaodong Li / Mohammed Ali
Alibaba Cloud Web3 Eco-system & Community Leader Base in Dubai | Coffee With Crypto Team
Yaodong Li / Mohammed Ali, based in Dubai, is working on developing Alibaba Cloud web3.0 market, eco-partners and communities. On the Alibaba platform, Yaodong links communities, developers, tech partners, VC, and incubators.
Yaodong is a co-organizer of Coffee with Crypto as well. Coffee with Crypto is a pure non-commercial event been holds every week in Dubai to share ideas and discuss topics, papers and projects.
With 11 years of working experience in the META region, Yaodong Li / Mohammed Ali has conducted major projects in Telecommunications, Private and Public Cloud, AI and Big data. Also, focus on the web3.0 business.
Sam Lai
CEO of MetaIncubator
Sam started his venture capital career by working at the CTO office of Hewlett Packard. Since then, Sam becomes an expert not only in emerging technologies but more importantly in product-market-fit and venture funding lift-cycle.
MetaIncubator is the official partner of Alibaba Cloud that help both corporations and startups to be successful in the web3 space by leveraging Alibaba’s technologies.
Markose Chenthitta
Chief Strategy Officer @ Illum Ventures
Podcast Host @ Cryptocosm
Markose Chenthitta is the Chief Strategy Officer for Illum Ventures focusing on the Creator Economy. He was the Podcast & Communications Lead for XT.com, Markose Chenthitta is proud to co-host a weekly meetup called Coffee With Crypto to help drive the crypto community and blockchain adoption in the MENA region.
Anton Agafonov
Head of Product @ Zilliqa
Anton is responsible for Zilliqa's product roadmap, and he oversees the product strategy and usability improvement efforts. He drives the implementation of new features to ensure seamless functionality and a superior customer experience. Throughout his career, Anton has been dedicated to projects that align with his values, working to increase blockchain adoption and bring the decentralized world closer.
Andrew Rowlstone
Chief Business Development Officer, Zokyo
Zokyo is a venture studio that builds, secures, and funds legendary web3/crypto businesses.
Zokyo provides access to skills ranging from blockchain engineering, blockchain security, token economics, game theory, cryptography, mathematical specifications of network design, and QA.
Lucy Cheng
Regional Sales Manager of APAC of TransferMate
Lucy is a seasoned professional in the technology and Fintech industry. She has spent years working with cutting-edge technologies and financial services, and have seen first hand the incredible impact that fintech has had on the financial landscape. Currently, she’s the Regional Sales Manager of APAC of TransferMate. Her main focus is on cross-border payments and helps her customers to facilitate international trade and commerce and enables businesses to tap into new markets and opportunities.
Jocelyn Chang
APAC Growth lead for MakerDAO
Jocelyn is an entrepreneur and a tech enthusiast. She is currently the APAC Growth lead for MakerDAO leading the business development initiatives and growth efforts in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions. MakerDAO is one of the first decentralized stable coin project in the blockchain space backed by Andreessen Horowitz.
Belinda Zhou
Founding Partner, Sharding Capital
Belinda Zhou is a Chinese venture capitalist based in Dubai and a Founding Partner of Sharding Capital, a VC investing in the Web3 space. She is one of the still-too-few women leading and investing in the Web3 space.
David Chreng-
Messembourg
Founding partner at LeadBlock Partners
David Chreng-Messembourg is a founding partner at LeadBlock Partners, a blockchain & digital assets venture capital fund based in London & Paris. Investments include Bitpanda, Talos, Yuga Labs, Treehouse Finance, Token Terminal. The fund mainly focuses on infrastructure investments, in Seed and Series A with a very hands-on approach. Prior to the fund, David was working at Goldman Sachs, covering Commodities/Energy and advising global fund managers on investments. He is a guest lecturer/occasional speaker on crypto and blockchain at leading universities such as Polytechnique Paris, Imperial College London, Sciences Po Paris, EDHEC etc. He is also an advisor and mentor/jury member in various web3 incubators, including Techstars, Entrepreneurs First, European Commission etc.
Cinderella Amar
Exec Director, Matrixport
Seasoned financial expert with 15 years in the Capital Markets industry and well versed in Web3 gained through 4+ years of hands-on experience.
Cindy has a proven track record in the Hong Kong tech scene building and scaling successful businesses. Implemented AI chatbots to streamline workflow, which substantially increased the P&L of the trading desks.
She has advised and partnered with Large Digital Assets Hedge Funds, Market Makers, Asset Managers, Protocols and Crypto related technologies start-ups.
Multilingual and educated in Business, Fintech, and Psychology at top universities. Passionate about extreme sports and driving innovation in the industry. A blockchain evangelist at heart. Now based in Dubai.
Zack Yang
Co-Founder, FOMO Pay
Zack is the Co-Founder of leading FinTech, FOMO Pay, the first digital payment token licensee in Singapore, building the financial bridge between Web 2.0 & Web 3.0 worlds.
Founded in 2015, FOMO Pay is providing the solution for business to collect payment globally & make payment globally, across fiat currency as well as digital currency. FOMO Pay is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has won multiple awards for its contribution to cashless payment and financial inclusion.
Mike Ng
Co-Founder & Technical Director of EDNS
Mike Ng experienced in Web 2.0 multi-cloud solutions and development, exploring and combining Web 2.0 user experience with Web 3.0 infrastructure to deliver Web 2.5 infrastructure services.
Nasha Afshar
Senior Relationship Manager @ Seba Bank AG
Currently a Director – Senior Relationship manager for a crypto bank. SEBA Bank AG, where I work with institutional and private clients. Previously Head of Investor Relations for a Web3 Games Studio. Knowledgeable investment professional having front office experience with Private Banks, Asset Managers, and Investment Banks, firms including Credit Suisse, Macquarie Bank, HSBC, and ABN Amro. Proven track record in relationship management and investment advisory working with HNW/UHNW/Institutional clients in a Private Bank and a Multi-Family Office. Founded and raised money for an external asset manager called Parasol Capital at age 34.
Xiao Wu
CEO@ChainIDE
Xiao Wu is the CEO of WhiteMatrix and the founder of ChainIDE. He is also a co-organizer of ETH Shanghai, META Web3 Builder Competition, and 170+ events in the Web3 developer communities. WhiteMatrix is a technology company that specializes in the research and development of blockchain middleware and the global developer ecosystem. Our product ChainIDE provides cloud-based IDE services for developers in more than 185 countries and helps them compile and deploy more than 8.5 million smart contracts. ChainIDE hopes to grow up with all Web3 developers around the world.
Cindy Shu
MEA Channel Manager,
Partner Success Manager,
Alibaba Cloud intelligence
Cindy Shu is working at ICT industry for more than 15 years and ever deeply engaged in product development, supplier management and partnership development. Now she is responsible for Alibaba Cloud MEA channel strategy, business development and channel operation. Before this role she was the head of Alibaba Cloud International Training & Certification for 4 years.
Hasnain Gilani
Head of Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud META Region
Hasnain is working with Alibaba Cloud leading complex engagements across multiple industry verticals, a career spanning over 16 years across solution & service providers.Extensive work experience across Australia,Asia Pacific,Europe & now Middle East & Africa.
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