Nobuki Okado has served as Managing Director of HP Japan Inc. since November 2021.

Okado most recently served as General Manager of the Japan Industrial business. Okado began his career as a consultant at Andersen Consulting (current Accenture) and joined HP in 2003. After working in the Enterprise business, he moved to Personal Systems in 2009 and then went on to grow new business areas including e-commerce, consumer PCs, and digital printing.

For the past three years, Okado has also been the executive sponsor of HP Japan’s Women's Impact Network Japan (WIN Japan), promoting the active participation of women in our workforce and driving diversity and inclusion.

Okado studied Faculty of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University in Japan.

Okado’s current office location is Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Vinay Awasthi, Managing Director, Greater Asia, is responsible for HP’s overall operations in the region driving Personal Systems, Print, Accessories, Advanced Manufacturing and Managed Services for both commercial and consumer segments.

Prior to his current role, Vinay was Global Head of HP’s Print Operations, overseeing manufacturing and R&D partners in building a seamless, differentiated Supply Chain through best-in-class cost management, operational processes and strategic partnerships.

Vinay also helped grow HP’s Personal Systems business in Asia Pacific and Japan as its General Manager and Vice President. Under his leadership, the Personal Systems business in APJ recorded the highest ever market share and became the No.1 leader in the commercial PC segment in Asia-Pacific.

His other roles included being the Managing Director for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Head of HP India for the PC Category, Director of Product Marketing for Emerging Businesses, and leadership of Managed Home initiatives in the worldwide team.

Vinay holds a postgraduate degree in management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. He supports non-profit education institutions actively and has helped drive social initiatives for underprivileged children for close to 15 years.

Dave McQuarrie serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at HP, accountable for all aspects of sales, go-to-market and revenue and margin generation on a global scale. The Commercial Organization is structured across eight geographic markets and eight global teams, spanning Global Channel, Digital Go-to-Market, Global Services & Solutions, Global End User Sales, Large Format, Sales Operations and MADO (Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Outsourcing).

Dave brings a breadth of leadership experience to the Chief Commercial Officer role from across the IT industry. He is a strong, customer-focused and data-driven leader who has built an impressive track record of results since joining HP in 2017. A native of Australia, Dave has lived and worked in six countries and brings a diverse set of global experiences to his new role. He is also a purpose-driven leader with a growth mindset and deep commitment to the HP Way, serving as the executive sponsor of the global HP disAbilities Impact Network (BIN).

Prior to his current role, Dave served as the General Manager of the Personal Systems Category, with global responsibility for profit & loss management, product management, sales management, and business planning and operations for both Consumer and Commercial product categories. Previous HP executive roles include Global Head of Customer Support and Global Head of Print Business Management.

Prior to HP, Dave spent nearly a decade at Lenovo where he held business leadership positions across Europe. He also served in sales, marketing and product leadership roles for Dell across Europe and Asia.

He and his family are based in Palo Alto.

Alex Cho is the President of the Personal Systems business at HP. As head of the $44B business, he leads a global technology portfolio spanning PCs, displays, peripherals, services, software, and immersive computing.

A 27-year veteran of HP, Alex has served in multiple strategy and operational positions spanning the company’s PC, Printing and Services business in the Americas, Europe and worldwide functions. Prior to this position, he served as Vice President and General Manager of HP’s Commercial PC business with worldwide P&L responsibility for commercial notebooks, desktop computing, accessories and displays businesses.

Over the course of his career, Alex has led HP’s LaserJet Supplies and Installed Base business globally, driving strategy, development and execution for the multi-billion-dollar printing supplies category. He has also served as Vice President for LaserJet Printers and Supplies in the Americas region, and worked in Europe managing HP’s Software Management Services category.

Alex holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering and Industrial Management from Stanford University. He is based in Palo Alto, California, with his wife and four children.

Dave Shull is President of the exciting and newly formed Workforce Solutions organization.

Dave will focus on driving more integration across our commercial services, software, and security portfolio in this customer-first organization.

Joining HP from Poly, where he held the role as President and CEO, Dave brings to HP over 25 years of senior leadership experience in business transformation, complex business partnerships, operations, and corporate development having built, led, and reinvigorated brands including TiVo, Weather Channel and Dish.

Dave serves as a board member and advisor to several technology start-ups, and also supports a group of charities focused on addressing ultra-poverty.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Oxford University.

Dave is based in Denver, Colorado.

George Brasher is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for HP Print. In this role, he is responsible for global category management for Print, 4P execution, P&L management, and country management.

George brings a wealth of HP senior leadership experience and a customer-centric mindset to his new role. Throughout his 30-year career at HP, George has held a number of senior leadership roles across multiple regions and functions. Most recently, George was Global Head of Customer Support, responsible for influencing product quality, driving innovation in digital support and analytics, managing the support operations business, and overseeing the experience and satisfaction of customers worldwide.

Prior to that, George served as the GM of HP Print Services and Solutions and as Managing Director of the United Kingdom and Ireland (UK&I) market, spanning the breadth of HP’s Print and Personal Systems portfolio, and go to market activities for the Commercial Organization. It was during his tenure that the UK&I team won the 2017 and 2019 CRN Vendor of the Year awards.

George has an extensive background with print having served as Vice President and General Manager of HP’s global Laser Printer business, Vice President of US Printing and Supplies, as well as Vice President of LaserJet Supplies in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

A long-term advocate of increasing diversity in the industry, George is a founding board member of the UK-based Tech Talent Charter, which promotes diversity and careers for women in the tech sector.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Baylor University and master’s degree in business administration from Pennsylvania State University.

George and his family are based in San Diego, California.

Senior Vice President of Personal Systems Design & Sustainability for HP Inc’s Personal Systems business, responsible for the company’s leadership and focus on design innovation and sustainable impact. Driving design excellence across consumer, commercial and vertical industries by aligning leading edge technologies with customer insights, aspirations, climate responsibility, and unparalleled experiences.

During his tenure with HP, Stacy has been instrumental in restructuring the design team by taking it from a technology driven developer to a trend-focused design leader. At HP he transformed design as a function into design as a strategy with record success.

He is responsible for the multi award-winning HP Spectre, Dragonfly, Elite, Envy and Pavilion PC product lines. In addition to the personal computer lines, he helped create HP’s Engage line of retail point of sale terminals and was instrumental in the breakthrough innovation within HP Presence / Poly communication and collaboration systems. These elegant and timeless designs have received many honors, most notably the Good Design Award, Good Design Japan, CES Innovation, Red Dot Design, IDEA, iF design, Gold Pin, Good Design Australia, and Good Design Singapore to just name a few. He was recognized in 2022 as Green Designer of the Year by Good Green Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. In March of 2023, he was also selected by the Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies as Laureate of the American Prize for Design, known as America’s highest design honor.

Prior to HP, Stacy was director of design for Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer Corp where he helped deliver several industry firsts, such as the award winning TC1000 Tablet Computer.

Before joining Compaq in 1995, he served in various roles ranging from lead designer to design manager within other Fortune 100 companies.

Josephine Tan is SVP and Division President of PS Consumer Solutions at HP Inc. She is responsible for end to end business strategy and management of consumer computing products and solutions, including core, premium and gaming notebooks and desktops.

Josephine started her computing career in Compaq Computers. She held various roles in the US and Asia, including setting up the first Asia design center in Singapore. After HP acquired Compaq, Josephine inaugurated the HP Taiwan Development Center in 2002, where HP centralized designs and develops Consumer PCs for the global market.

In 2005, Josephine left HP for external global marketing roles and rejoined HP in 2014 as the Head of Consumer Notebook Product Management. In this role, she oversaw the roadmap planning and operational success of HP Spectre, Envy, and OMEN, as well as entry-level and Pavilion PCs.

Being a certified Unix engineer, Josephine has a deep background in electrical engineering, software development, technical service and support, and customer engagement. Combining her expertise and passion, Josephine brings technology capability and design possibilities together to develop devices and solutions that make a difference in consumers’ daily lives.

When not working, Josephine enjoys playing Pokemon Go on the street, upgrading her Pokemon combating abilities to first grade, and hunting for new shoes.

Sue is the Senior VP and GM of HP’s Home Print Business, accountable for the generation of overall hardware systems and cross-organizational collaboration to drive profitable growth for home printing.

Until her recent appointment, Sue was the Global Head of Print Microfluidics, Technology & Operations, where she was responsible for MEMS and Microfluidics R&D and Inkjet Supplies Operations.

Sue brings a breadth and depth of leadership experience from her 30-year career at HP. She has a proven track record of leading high-performance teams and has transformed HP’s home print portfolio with modern design and experiences, unlocked new market segments and created the new, innovative G5 Technology Platform that is driving profitability for Print and creating opportunities for future applications.

Sue joined HP in 1990 as an intern and has held a variety of senior leadership positions in R&D and Marketing across Home Printing Solutions Organization, Supplies Organization and HP’s Inkjet Microfluidics Technology Organization. Sue has served as General Manager for the Consumer Volume Business and Home Consumer Solutions organizations.

Sue is a firm believer in net positive leadership, serving as the executive sponsor of HP’s Print Sustainability and Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

Sue serves as a board member on the Oregon Business Council (OBC) and Technology Association of Oregon (TAO). She was a member of Governor Brown’s and Senator Wyden’s Oregon Semiconductor Competitive Taskforce, supporting the semiconductor R&D, manufacturing and supply chain resiliency provisions that are part of the Bipartisan Innovation Act currently in conference in the U.S.

Sue graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. She and her family are based in Corvallis, Oregon.

Andrew Bolwell is the Global Head and Managing Partner for HP Tech Ventures, where he is responsible for HP’s partnership and investment activities with start-ups. With teams in Palo Alto and Israel, HP Tech Ventures makes early stage investments in the world’s leading startups in industry shifting technology areas including Hybrid Work, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Manufacturing, Security and Sustainability.

Andrew is also one of HP’s lead futurists, responsible for HP thought leadership and industry evangelism. In this role, Andrew is a sought-after keynote speaker, recognized futurist, blogger and HP spokesperson for global megatrends, new business creation, innovation, emerging disruptive technology trends. Prior to this role with HP Tech Ventures, Andrew was General Manager of a number of HP businesses, including co-founder and CEO of MagCloud, a self-publishing web service from HP. In this position, he guided MagCloud’s evolution from early HP Labs concept to a fast-growing online publishing business.

Andrew is a graduate of the Venture Capital Executive Program at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and the Accelerated Leadership Executive Program at Harvard Business School. He graduated magna cum laude from Monash University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

A native Australian, Andrew has lived and worked in the US, Australia, and Japan. He currently resides in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and two daughters.

Lynn Loh currently serves as Global Head of ESG Reporting at HP. Her role is to provide transparency in terms of progress made against Sustainable Impact including Climate Action, Human Rights and Digital Equity. Lynn also manages and executes corporate compliance and market access programs.

This entails ensuring HP products and services are sustainable from concept through manufacturing and recycling to help meet HPs commitment to being the most just and sustainable technology company by 2030.

Prior to this role, Lynn worked as the Regional Head of Sustainability with HP, championing HP’s sustainability efforts in Asia Pacific. In this role, she helped HP enable customers to achieve their goals sustainably while providing the security and durability they expect and depend on. Her past work includes a broad experience in product stewardship, regional environmental product compliance, and sales support and customer engagement.

Lynn has worked at HP for more than 27 years focused on Sustainability and has an Advanced Course on Materiality by Presidio Graduate School.

Kobi Elbaz is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Global Channel organization at HP, responsible for all channel and partner-facing engagement on a global scale for the entire HP portfolio, including responsibility for building and executing HP’s channel partner strategy, driving HP partner growth, and managing HP sales centres globally.

Previously, Kobi served as the General Manager of HP Global Personal Systems Category, responsible for P&L management, product management, sales management, and business planning and operations for both Consumer and Commercial product categories

Under his leadership, the team transformed Personal Systems Category management across all geographic markets while driving record revenue and profits.

Since joining HP in 1996, Kobi has served in a variety of leadership positions including Vice President and General Manager of Personal Systems for the Americas region, Vice President and General Manager of Personal Systems for the EMEA region, and Country General Manager for HP Israel.

Kobi and his family are based in Northern California.

Ketan Patel is the General Manager of PS Category, with global responsibility for P&L management, product management, sales management, and business planning and operations for both Consumer and Commercial product categories.

Most recently, Ketan served as the Managing Director of HP’s Greater India Market, comprising India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka responsible for HP Inc’s all business including computing, printing, 3D printing and associated services.

Prior to this, Ketan was based in Singapore as the Vice President & Head, Personal Systems Category. He was responsible for Greater Asia’s computing business including hardware, services, and solutions. Ketan also led HP’s Commercial PC business between 2017 and 2019 for HP’s Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) region.

During his 17 years with HP Inc., Ketan has held several leadership positions across Category, Sales, and Marketing. In these roles, Ketan led PC Hardware, services, and solutions businesses, driving profitable growth and market share gains for HP in Asia Pacific and India.

Prior to joining HP Inc., he has worked with Wipro Infotech, Wipro Peripherals & TVS Electronics in India, driving their Printing business. Ketan has over 27 years of experience in the industry with a proven and consistent track record of growing and transforming businesses. Ketan holds an Electronics Engineering Degree from the University of Pune, holds a Special Management Program from IIM-Kolkata and a Graduate Diploma in International Business from Helsinki School of Economics.

As leader of Office Print Solutions, Xavier Garcia is responsible for the overall printer portfolio strategy, product generation and services for the office sector.

Previously, Xavier led the Print Hardware Systems organization hosting hardware product generation for both transactional and services businesses. Prior to that, he managed the Personal Systems Workstations business. Xavier was leading a shift on leveraging HP assets to disrupt the market, modernize the product offering to creators and open new opportunities like VR and Remote computing.

Prior to joining Personal Systems, Xavier held executive roles in HP’s Graphics Business, Large Format Print and HP Scitex Industrial Presses, bringing disruptive products to market like Corrugated packaging presses.

Since he joined HP in 1993, Xavier has been holding several GBU leadership roles in Spain, China, Israel and now in the US.

He holds a master’s degree in business administration from ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas) Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Gagan Singh is the Vice President and General Manager for HyperX. In this capacity he is responsible for portfolio planning and delivery, HyperX brand and overall business results of the HyperX business. In addition, he leads the Gaming strategy for Personal systems with the goal of establishing HP as the gaming market leader. Previously, Gagan was Head of Commercial Portfolio Product Management and Experiences for Commercial PCs. In this capacity, he was responsible for planning and product management of Commercial Desktops, Notebooks and Thin Clients, with ownership in a variety of Pan-Commercial services, including end-user and IT experiences, manageability, education roadmap and New Product Introduction.

Prior to joining HP, Gagan served in a variety of executive roles at zero360 (HTC funded wearable start-up), HTC, Sony & Ericsson. Initially at HTC, Gagan owned P&L responsibility as the VP of Accessories, which included accountability for end-to-end P&L, including sales, marketing and engineering. Additionally, he led significant product launches for Sony’s premium mobile portfolio, Xperia and Walkman as the General Manager for Product Management and Engineering.

Gagan has lived and worked in 12 countries and holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and Graduate degree from Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.

Koh Kong Meng is Vice President and Head of the Personal Systems Category for Greater Asia at HP Inc. based in Singapore, he is responsible for HP’s commercial and consumer computing businesses including PCs, thin clients, VR, retail solutions, as well as services in the region. The Greater Asia market for HP consists of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

Kong Meng was previously General Manager and Managing Director, HP South- East Asia and Korea (SEA-K). During his tenure, he oversaw 18 countries and built a strong foundation for strategic initiatives to drive growth and profitability. These efforts led to the transformation of the SEA-K region into a top growth engine for HP in Asia-Pacific.

With 30 years of leadership experience in the IT industry in Asia, Kong Meng has a track record of delivering stellar business outcomes. Prior to HP, he spent over nine years with Lenovo in various leadership positions across their Enterprise Business Group, ASEAN Commercial Business and Desktop Business Unit.

Kong Meng sits on the IT Advisory Council for the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

He enjoys running, cycling, golf, and is currently learning Japanese.

Samir Shah is Vice President and Head of Printing Business in Greater Asia. In this role, he leads the Print Category within the Commercial Organization and is responsible for category management for Print, 4P execution, P&L management business model innovation and country category management.

Prior to this role, Samir was the Vice President of Printing Business for Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, he was responsible for developing and driving Print Strategy, leading innovation around Portfolio, Programs & GTM and for building & leading high-performance team. Before his Print leadership role, he was the Vice President of Supplies business for HP Asia Pacific & Japan.

Over his last 29 years in HP, Samir has held variety of leadership roles across different HP businesses & customer segments based out of APJ and multiple geographies within India. He brings an extensive knowledge of emerging and developed markets, deep experience in category management & brand innovation, expertise in building go-to-market assets and leading a high- performance organizations.

Vivian Chua is the Head of Market Services and Solutions for Greater Asia at HP. She is responsible for the overall planning, development and implementation of strategies and initiatives across commercial services, software, and security portfolios.

Vivian is focused on delivering profitable growth through differentiated outcome-based solutions, driven by integrated business models leveraging HP XaaS, software and sustainable offerings that support customers’ sustainable impact goals, solve business problems through advisory, design and consulting services, and develop customer thought leadership.

Prior to her current position, Vivian was Managing Director of HP Singapore and Cluster Head of Singapore and Malaysia, driving business and operations in the two countries, including the Personal Systems and Print businesses. An industry veteran with over two decades of experience, Vivian has held a wide range of leadership, sales and business development roles across Asia Pacific and Japan in regional and country capacities for Personal Systems and Print at HP.

Extremely committed to deepening Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Vivian is the global Executive Sponsor of HP’s NextGen Business Impact Network and serves on HP’s global DEI board.

As council member of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), Vivian drives focus areas for SMF, such as sustainability and DEI, and aims to take the industry to become future-ready via advanced manufacturing.

Vivian also sits on the Board of Directors of Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), where she provides strategic direction and governance oversight on all financial, remuneration, risk and audit matters.

Vivian holds a Bachelors’ degree in Business from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

David Tan is the Vice President, Managing Director of Southeast Asia at HP Inc. He is responsible for the development and execution of strategies and plans to drive long-term growth and cement HP’s

industry leadership by forging partnerships, creating operational excellence, and building brand trust among consumers and enterprises.

Prior to leading the Southeast Asia business, David served as Head of Channels and Supplies Sales in HP’s Greater Asia market, managing overall channel strategy and execution in Greater Asia, working with retail, online, commercial, services, and supplies partners.

A proven leader with over two decades of experience across different business groups and geographies, David has held a wide range of country and regional management positions at HP, including marketing, category management, and sales - in both Personal Systems and Print.

David brings extensive experience in channel strategy and is passionate about creating brand experiences that delight and inspire customers. As Head of Commercial Channels and Distribution

Sales for HP in Asia Pacific and Japan, David played a pivotal role in establishing the channel managed services go-to-market model that enabled HP’s move from transactional sales to contractual sales.

As Consumer Sales Director, he oversaw the entire HP Printing Consumer go-to-market strategy and established a strong HP foothold and growth in HP’s largest emerging market in Southeast Asia. David has an Executive MBA from the University of Helsinki, as well as postgraduate degrees in Business Management, Economics and Marketing. Based in Singapore, David is a keen traveler and an avid reader.

Pierre-Jean Châlon is Vice President of Greater Asia for HP Poly Hybrid Work Solutions. In this role, he is responsible for managing HP Hybrid Work Solutions business in Greater Asia and setting the company’s strategy for growth across the market. He also leads the region to ensure HP is the most trusted partner in audio voice, video and cloud solutions in the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) industry.

Joining HP from Poly, where he held the role as Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific, Châlon brings more than 35 years of experience in driving successful businesses in the technology industry. He has deep knowledge of market dynamics and has a proven track record in driving business growth while maintaining bottom line in highly competitive environments. He has spent the past 30 years in Asia Pacific, and is known for his inclusive leadership style, building high-performance teams with diverse expertise, and leading them to high business growth.

Châlon joined Plantronics in 2018 as Vice President of Asia Pacific and was named Senior Vice President following the company’s acquisition of Polycom.

Prior to Plantronics, Châlon was Senior Vice President Asia Pacific for Mitel Networks, which he successfully transformed from an on-premises UC vendor to a cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) leader in the region. He was also Vice President and General Manager of the Asia Pacific Theater for Sonus, which he transformed into a channel-centric Service Provider and Enterprise SIP vendor. Châlon has also held senior management roles at Green Packet, Motorola and Alcatel.

Châlon holds a Master’s degree in engineering from the Institut National Des Télécommunications (INT-Telecom SudParis) of Evry, France. Châlon currently resides in Singapore.

Gary Hang, Head of Channels, Greater Asia, is responsible for leading HP’s Greater Asia channel business, overseeing distribution, commercial, retail and omni sales across the PC, Print and Services portfolio. He has vast experience across all customer segments, as well as channels, contractual and solutions & services businesses.

In his 20 years with HP, he has held multiple strategic roles. Prior to the current role, he was the director for sales for SEA and Korea region for all customer segments in Enterprise, SMB and Retail. He also leads the Managed Print Services, Device-as-a-Service and Core services portfolio at HP. He is constantly engaged with an extensive network of key customers and partners to drive IT and business model transformation.

Other past roles include: APJ Enterprise Sales Director, Value & Services Sales Manager for Workstation, Thin Client, RPOS and Services, Solution Sales Manager for PC Managed Services & Inside Sales Manager for Direct business. Before joining HP, he managed the Enterprise business for Vietnam and Business Critical Systems for Vietnam/AEC region. He has over 20 years of vast experience in IT hardware and solution selling.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing & Management from the Curtin University of Technology. In his personal time, he enjoys running, golf and cooking for his family. Gary is currently based in Singapore with his family.

Anurag Gupta is Director of HP’s Business Personal Systems (BPS) Category in Greater Asia. He is responsible for driving the growth and profitability of HP’s commercial computing business including notebook, convertible, and desktop PCs, All-in-Ones, as well as displays and accessories. The Greater Asia market for HP consists of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Korea.

Prior to this, Anurag headed up business development management for HP’s Commercial Managed IT (CMIT) in the Asia-Pacific region. This included all the APJ countries including Greater China & India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh markets.

Before relocating to Singapore in 2018, Anurag held leadership positions in HP India. His previous roles included Consumer Personal Systems category lead, CMIT lead, and Workstations Category lead. During his 19 years with HP, he has built up extensive technical, business and marketing management experience in the PC business. Anurag spent three years with an Indian systems integrator Tata Elxsi before joining HP India.

Anurag holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. In his free time, he enjoys playing & watching sports including cricket, football & badminton, and has developed an interest in cooking recently.

Samir Sayed is currently Managing Director for the ASEAN, Korea and Emerging markets for Poly Business and is part of the GA Sales leadership team. In this role, his charter is to drive growth and market share in the region.

An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, Samir has held several leadership roles at the company since 2016, when he joined Polycom as Head of Channels and Managed Services in India. In less than a year his role was expanded to include the ASEAN region. In 2017, he moved to Singapore to lead the overall ASEAN region as Head of Sales, Channels and Distribution. Post acquisition of Polycom by Plantronics in 2019, Samir’s role was further expanded to manage the combined Plantronics and Polycom business with the addition of Korea.

Prior to joining Poly, Samir was Vice President and Global Head of Services at AGC Networks, where he was responsible for Services Revenue and Delivery, including the company’s Cloud and Managed Services business. Samir had a stint with Servion Global Solutions as Vice President and Head of India, and was Vice President of National Sales at Avaya. He has also held key positions in sales management at Tata Telecom Ltd.

Samir holds an engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications and is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business.

Sunil Rao is currently the Head of Channels APAC for Hybrid Systems & Peripherals. He is responsible to lead all channels for Distribution, Commercial Sales across the Video, Voice and Headsets portfolio

of HS & Peripherals. 25+ years of experience in Leadership roles across Sales, Channels, Business Development, Strategy & Operations.

Prior to his current role at HP, he was with Cisco Systems for 17 years in various management roles –Enterprise and Commercial sales, Strategy and Operations for Commercial vertical (APJC) and driving

Software & Services across 2-tier Distribution (APJC). His core strength is to work with a team and collaborate; this has led him to be a trusted advisors to many partners in APAC.

Before Cisco, he has worked with other leading Networking and communication companies – Nortel Networks, 3Com, D-Link in various Sales management roles in India Sub-continent.

He holds a degree in Business Administration and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. In his personal time, he enjoys traveling and exploring new places with his family. Sunil is currently based in Singapore.