Concurrent Track Sessions: Technology 5A

Chairperson
  Pn. Norhamimah Bt. Ibrahim
Deputy Director,
eKL Division,
MAMPU
 
 
Profile:
Pn. Norhamimah telah memulakan perkhidmatan sebagai Juruanalisa Sistem pada tahun 1982 - 1988 di Bahagian EDP, Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial (PERKESO). Kemudian berkhidmat sebagai Ketua Unit Komputer di Kementerian Sumber Manusia pada tahun 1988 – September 1993. Beliau telah memperolehi MSc in IT dari University of Glasgow, Scotland pada tahun 1993/1994. Selepas itu berkhidmat sebagai Penyelaras Projek Kanan di Program Teknologi Maklumat, INTAN pada akhir 1994 – Julai 2000. Beliau telah berkhidmat sebagai Ketua Penolong Setiausaha di Bahagian ICT, Kementerian Luar Negeri pada akhir 2000 – 2003. Kemudian berkhidmat sebagai Timbalan Pengarah (Ketua Seksyen Dasar) di Bahagian Dasar & Perancangan ICT, MAMPU mulai Jun 2003 sehingga Jun 2007. Kini beliau berkhidmat sebagai Timbalan Pengarah (Ketua Seksyen Pembangunan Sistem) di Bahagian eKL, MAMPU mulai Julai 2007 sehingga sekarang.
   

The Malaysian Free Software Community: The Way Forward

 
  Mr. Ditesh Shashikant Gathani
That Totally Awesome Dude,
Malaysian Free Software Community
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Ditesh is a free software developer and has been officially blessed by St. Ignucious. He has sworn to the oath of writing free software for the goodness of all mankind, and is known to be mostly holy (though not celibate). He can be found at free software events in Malaysia. His writings on free software and open standards can be found at http://ditesh.gathani.org

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Why Open Source at Intel?
  Mr. Chew Kuan Beng
Program Manager
Software & Services Group, Intel® Corporation
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Chew Kuan Beng, is the Software Solutions Group (SSG) Program Manager for Asia Pacific. He takes care of all Software Partner enablement activities in the Mobile Linux, Enterprise Client & Healthcare focus areas.
Chew has over 10 years of technical & sales industry experience in Multi-National companies. Chew has been with Intel for 5 years doing Technology Evangelism, Enterprise Pre-sales & Alliance Management.
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer, networking and communications products. Additional information is available at www.intel.com

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Campus Networking Infrastructure
  En. Rasid Abd Rahman
Centre for Knowledge, Communications & Technology (CKCT)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
 
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En. Rasid had his first encounter with a computer in 1977 writing a FORTRAN program using punch-cards on an IBM 370/135 mainframe. He spent most his career in USM Penang as Head of Technical Support Division in-charge of the University's proprietary mainframe installation with terminals and workstations all over the campus while performing the job of a System and Database Administrator. In 1994 he headed a network technical sub-committee to design the USM campus-wide network, one of biggest in the region (at that time). He was later posted to USM Kelantan branch campus in late 1995 to head the Computer Centre there and to implement the Hospital Information Syatem at the University's Hospital. His present position is as the Deputy Chief Information Officer in-charge of networking and security in USM, He also remains as the Head of Centre for Knowledge, Communication and Technology in USM Health Campus (USMHC) in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan.

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Delivering a Next-Generation Community Platform
  Mr. Gopinath Ganapathy
Founder, President & CEO
Essentia
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Gopi Ganapathy is Founder, President & CEO of Essentia, a product and services company focused on open source platforms, online customer experience and software as a service. He also serves as a partner in MNC Group, a diversified investment and technology incubation firm. A successful repeat entrepreneur and seasoned executive, he was a founder of Enlite Networks serving as it’s President and CEO from inception in 1999 until it’s acquisition by CollabNet in 2003. At CollabNet, Gopi served as the President/CEO of CollabNet India and as its Vice President of Engineering leading early deployments of many well known open source projects like Open Office, Java and Subversion on distributed software development environments. He has held executive positions in marketing, services and engineering since the early 90s in well known silicon valley companies including Cadence Design Systems [CDN], SVR and AMD. Gopi has a Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin with numerous patents and publications.

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