Meet Our Team

Dennis Chan is currently the Chief Security & Privacy Officer (CSPO) of Huawei International Pte Ltd, where he oversees and manage the governance, risk and compliance of Huawei businesses in both Singapore and Brunei. He is also responsible for policy communication and strategic partnership on cyber security and data privacy with the government stakeholders and certification bodies.

Dennis had over 15 years of ICT sales experience covering both public and private sectors with proven track records and experience in leading team of sales and pre-sales in Huawei. Prior to his current role, he has served as the Vice President (Government Affairs). Dennis is certified with CCSKv4 and other industry certifications, also trained in cyber risk management, audit and compliance. Dennis is also a member of IT Standards Committee (IOT Security) Workgroup and volunteering in SGTech Digital Trust Chapter.

Soffenny Yap is an IT professional, specialized in Cybersecurity who manages and promotes security solutions to enterprises and public sector. Soffenny has achieved success in driving business and spreading brand awareness efficiently with well-established companies and government agencies in her 8 years’ career in IT industry.

She also participates actively in committees like Association of Information Security (AiSP) and Singapore Computer Society (SCS) to generate more IT awareness to female professionals like herself.

Soffenny holds a Degree in Management from London School of Economics.

Wendy is the regional director for global cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike. She leads the regional sales team to help Enterprises stop breaches and drive market and revenue growth in South East Asia. She has strong interest in cyber security and has experience in cyber security for close to 20 years. She has worked with the public sector and the industry to raise cyber security awareness, upskill security professionals and develop young talents for future generations.

She has strong passion to work with women in their early career and youths who aspire to join the cyber security industry and hope to inspire women in IT and cyber security to take on more leadership roles. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Wendy was the head of security for Cisco systems and senior account management roles in Cybersecurity MNCs. She spent the first decade of her career with a Singapore based regional IT distribution start-up that specialized in cyber security. She was part of the core leadership team and led the P&L, go-to-market strategies, and engineering team in Singapore. She has worked with multi-national cyber security firms to introduce new, cutting-edge technologies into Singapore.

Wendy has a bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance from Nanyang Technological University.

Ian has over 25 years of experience in senior management, sales, marketing, consulting, and business development, with particular focus on the technology and tradeshow / convention industry and a particular emphasis in high value, market leading and content-driven business platforms across an international arena.

In the last 20 years, Ian has held management board-level roles at companies which include MNCs. His corporate experience is paired with a proven track record of entrepreneurial drive and achievement. Ian’s strengths include strong sales acumen, agility in planning & positioning, project management, out-of-the-box thinking, and the ability to create and leverage networking.