Greater Sydney Area
Senior executive with 15+ years of experience building and scaling technology businesses across Asia Pacific and Japan, including ANZ, Greater China, India, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. I have led Asia operations across global enterprises, startups, mature industry leaders, and high-growth PE-backed technology companies, with full accountability for revenue performance, go-to-market strategy, and organisational scale. My experience spans cloud, SaaS, Cybersecurity, DevOps/DevSecOps and Data Analytics consistently translating technical capability into durable revenue growth and market expansion. My track record includes driving sustained demonstrable overachievement across complex, multi-market regions, leading organisational transformation, and building high-performing, cross-functional teams spanning sales, customer success, channel, marketing, and support. I have established and scaled multi-layered partner and alliance ecosystems, accelerated adoption of emerging technologies, and delivered predictable expansion in both mature and developing markets. Equally comfortable operating at board and executive level or in-field with customers and teams, I bring a pragmatic, data-driven approach to growth—balancing strategic market development with disciplined execution. I am particularly effective in environments requiring scale, change, or turnaround. A committed leader and mentor, I focus on building strong leadership benches, aligning organisations to clear outcomes, and creating cultures that sustain high performance and long-term value creation. Former Chairman: Federal Government World Youth Committee, Former Board Member AJIC (Australia Japan Internet Connection), Former Chairman ASPIC (ASP Industry Consortium), Board Member - Cronulla Sharks Major League Baseball Club
Board member for Australian agricultural drone and robotics manufacturer
Sumo Logic leads the market with a cloud native analytics platform. Tasked with rapidly scaling the APAC organization, I helped drive its transformation from a small regional outpost into the highest revenue-generating territory outside the U.S. As a team, we developed and implemented innovative go-to-market (GTM) strategies that not only fueled regional success but were also adopted globally. We built the GTM Leveraging both a traditional 2 layer distribution model, and significant hyperscaler partnership. I was privileged to be part of a world-class leadership team that played a key role in the company’s journey to a successful IPO, contributing to both strategic growth and long-term value creation. Winner of Global Sales Leader award for 6 quarters
At Palo Alto Networks—the world’s largest dedicated cybersecurity company and a market leader in advanced threat prevention—I built and led the Specialist team across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. My primary responsibility was to launch and scale our next-generation security solutions (everything non-firewall) across Greater China, ASEAN, Korea, ANZ, and India. This involved building high-performing sales and technical teams, developing regional go-to-market (GTM) strategies, and driving adoption of key products including Traps (endpoint protection), AutoFocus (threat intelligence), Aperture (cloud security), WildFire (sandbox malware analysis), Logging Service, and Magnifier (behavioral analytics/anomaly detection). I played a pivotal role in introducing these advanced technologies to the APAC market and evolving them from early adoption to mainstream offerings. Winner of Global Sales Leader award for 6 quarters.