EXPERT JUDGES
Leong Wai Khong
Head of Multimedia Design Department, The One Academy Penang
For over fifteen years, Wai Khong has worked as a Multimedia Design academician, staying focused and on-trend with Multimedia Design education and its industry.
He first joined The One Academy of Communication Design in 2000, where he worked as a web and interaction design specialist in the Multimedia Department. The One Academy soon proved its worth in producing industry-standard graduates and in 2009—they pursued north and opened a branch in Penang named The One Academy Penang.
Today, The One Academy is internationally recognized as one of the most respected institutions in art, computer graphics and communication design.
Vickson Tan
Senior VP Marketing, Exabytes
An experienced graphic web designer and a passionate digital marketing strategist with a demonstrated history of working with Exabytes, the cloud solutions company. He knows what it takes a web professional to build, secure and maintain professional websites and uses his expertise to drive growth and go to market with new products and services successfully.
Susilan Kesavan
Consultant, MDEC
Susilan Kesavan began his career as a web designer and scaling up to companies ever since. He is a passionate designer and a digital marketer. He has a collective of 20 years of experience vastly diverse working for a small production house to big MNCs and GLCs.
Susilan Kesavan currently holds the position Consultant with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation(MDEC), an agency under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM) with a close to 25-year track-record of successfully leading the ICT and digital economy growth in Malaysia.
Irene Foo
VP, Head of Branding and Communications at Lazada Malaysia
With nearly 12 years of experience in marketing and communications, I have a passion to create exciting and dramatic results, via all the different and experimental channels. Passionate, committed, creative and able to give 110% to everything.
I strive to ensure that the people I work with enjoy what they do and create campaigns that crosses all marketing borders. I ensure that we achieve our goals in user acquisitions, brand awareness, budget planning via different marketing channels and effort.
Sam Suresh
WordPress Community Leader
Sam Suresh is senior technology instructor at MU DOT MY PLT with over 6 years of WordPress teaching experience. Formerly, Sam worked for Joomla! CMS Project as Certification Team Leader. Currently, Sam is the WordPress KL Community manager and organize WordCamps and Meetups at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
Sam is an active open water swimmer and trying to complete his 5KM open water swimming! He often travel around the world and attend conferences and workshops.
Eileen Khor
Regional Content Manager, SEEK Asia
Passionate about digital and branding, Eileen started her career in television and digital branded content programming. She then move to advertising industry where she expanded her portfolio to include strategic planning, brand development, account servicing, project management, creative and art direction, social media management, digital content strategy and development.
From building a brand’s identity to app and website development, Eileen believes in the importance of good UI/UX and CX. Over the years, she has provided both art & creative direction across industries ranging from retail, FMCG, automotive, financial services, insurance, telco, property and technology, with Axiata Group, Samsung, Boost, Timberland, Gap, La Senza, Tune Insurance, Prego, Pepsico, Tropicana, Quaker, Allianz, and EcoWorld among her key accounts.
Saliya Withana
Founder/CEO, Momentro Sdn Bhd
A seasoned global marketer with over 20 years of experience in managing global brands such as Petronas, Honeywell, Audi, Intuit, TpLink, MSD, Novartis, Zuellig Pharma etc. Top 50 most global influential marketer award winner (2016) as well as Intuit Marketing Star (2013) winner. Founder/CEO of regional marketing services entity ‘enfection’ as well as martech platform ‘Momentro’ and a guest lecturer for Digital Marketing at University of Plymouth, Colombo, Moratuwa.