AVNET

Mohan Krishna Naidu
Asst. General Manager,Avnet Azure Sdn. Bhd

J.Mohan joined Avnet in 1997 as a Product Manager to start the distribution business for the IBM System X range of products. With his dedication and strong background in technical and sales management, he has proven himself and was promoted to the post of Assistant General Manager in just 2 years to spearhead the entire IBM distribution business.

Under his leadership, Avnet Azure has achieved numerous awards from IBM over the years. With his passion to strive for excellence, Avnet Azure was awarded IBM’s Partner of the Year twice.
Prior to joining Avnet, J.Mohan has held several Sales and Technical position. He started his career in IBM Malaysia in 1991 as Technical Support. He moved up from there to become Unix Specialist and eventually a Sales Manager and later moved on to join Avnet in 1997. He holds a MBA from Lansbridge University of Canada.

Christopher Siah
IBM Software Division Manager,Avnet Azure Sdn. Bhd

Chris Siah joined Avnet in 2003 as a Marketing Manager to develop and sustain the company’s brand equity as a leading value-added distributor. He was responsible for branding initiatives, customer loyalty, principal alliance and corporate communications for Avnet. In the marketing capacity, he managed to achieve several key milestones for

Avnet which include launching the first IBM BPIC in Malaysia, establishing the SAP and SAS alliance, developed significant loyalty programs and marketing initiatives to drive market share that led to Avnet achieving its landmark accolade in Malaysia as IBM’s Partner of the Year in 2008. As a result of the successes he enjoyed in the marketing function, Chris took on a new challenge within Avnet to lead the IBM Software Division to build and increase market share in the IBM software business.
Prior to joining Avnet, Chris held several positions of sales and marketing in the IT sector. He started his career as a sales executive for surgical equipments for a pharmaceutical company, Smith + Nephew and soon moved into the IT industry with an award winning IBM reseller, SL Information Systems, in a marketing capacity. He later joined Exact Software, a multinational specializing in midmarket ERP solution as a Pre-sales Consultant for the next 2 years. He was the Marketing & Corporate Comm Manager for MyETutor.com under MOL.com Bhd for 3 years before joining Azure in 2003. Chris holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.