Which IT execs from Southeast Asia should you follow? Credit: Alan Carrera Boasting more than 200 million active users, Twitter has proven to be a useful social media tool to track news (even if not always accurate or real), track trends and follow interesting people. Although Southeast Asia counts with one of the largest numbers of social media users, not many CIOs have an active account from where to discuss their work or share technology developments. Here we have compiled a list with the most active IT execs Twitter users in the ASEAN region. This list will get updated regularly. If you know of a CIO or IT executive based in Southeast Asia regularly using Twitter, let know know here. Eng Lim Goh @EngLimGoh Dr Eng Lim Goh is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, high-performance computing (HPC) & artificial intelligence (AI) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). A Singapore Visionary Award recipient, Dr. Goh is a Scientific Advisory Board member of the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office. In 2005, InfoWorld named Dr. Goh one of the World’s 25 Most Influential CTOs. He was included twice in the HPCwire list of “People to Watch”; 2005 and 2015. In 2007, he was named “Champions 2.0” of the industry by BioIT World magazine, and received the HPC Community Recognition Award from HPCwire. He regularly tweets about AI, machine learning and the work undertaken at HPE from his Twitter account. Dato Arif Siddiqui @arifsddq Dato’ Arif Siddiqui is CIO of the Standard Chartered Bank in Malaysia and he also holds the role of the Group CIO of Islamic Banking Standard Chartered. As responsible for systems development, technology support and banking operations for the Bank’s retail and wholesale banking businesses in Malaysia, Sidiqqui keeps a relatively active Twitter account where he tweets about technology developments in the country, fintech and blockchain. Ahyani Raksanagara @ahyaniR13 Ahyani Raksanagara is Head of ICT Department at the Bandung City Government in Indonesia. From her Twitter account, Raksanagara posts updates on the local government’s initiatives to make Bandung a smart city and its digital transformation. Niranjan Paranjape @niranjan_p Paranjape is CTO of Go-Jek, the popular ride-hailing app which now also offers other services such as bill payments, cleaning services or medication delivery. It’s Indonesia’s first unicorn and one of the major ride share services in Southeast Asia. Although his Twitter account hasn’t been too active during the past year, his posts show interesting news about Go-Jek. Lui Sieh @PaimeiGuy Currently Director of Technology and Business Process International at Four Hands in Vietnam, Sieh has previously held CIO and Head of IT posts across different companies in Asia, including G4S and British American Tobacco. Sieh’s tweets are varied, ranging from business and coaching to digital transformation and politics. Faisal Yahya @faisaly With more than 15 years of experience as CIO and 20 dealing with cybersecurity, Yahya’s account is one to keep an eye on Twitter. His regular activity is centred around cybersecurity and provides a good digest of articles and news on the subject. Ajey Gore @AjeyGore Also from Go-Jek, Gore is the Group CTO in the Indonesian startup. His tweets provide some interesting insights on technology and Go-Jek developments. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe