Pure Leadership Series - Future-Proofing Storage for AI: A Fool's Errand or a Strategic Imperative?

Winston Thomas

Winston brings over 20 years of journalistic experience to CDOTrends.com. As the previous editor at Computerworld Hong Kong, CIO Asia and PCWeek Asia, he followed, edited and wrote how the Internet and the rise of the digital economy impacted businesses across various industries. Most recently, Winston served as N. Asia editor of CMOInnovation. As the Editor-in-Chief of CDOTrends.com, he is bringing together intriguing articles, insights from leading thinkers, in-depth lessons from practitioners, and various thought leadership materials to develop a new resource for CDOs and other digital practitioners. Fascinated by new technology trends, he is constantly looking at how digital is reshaping our future lives.

Besides his communication skills, he is well-versed in building conference and marketing programmes externally and internally. Recently, he produced Total Security Conference 2016, Big Data and Business Analytics Forum 2016 and Future Workplace Forum 2016. Previously, he also launched CIO Asia Awards and helped to create the Computerworld Hong Kong Readers’ Choice Awards (today Computerworld Hong Kong Awards under Questex Asia).

As a copywriter, Winston has contributed to South China Morning Post (for finance and IT sections), Asia Week and IT Malaysia. He has also contributed technology-based articles for inflight magazines, including Cathay Pacific’s The Club and Gulf Air magazine, and recently to Benchmark Magazine.

Previous to his career in the media industry, he was a commodities broker and an abattoir manager in Singapore. He currently holds a B Sc. (Biology) with Merit, loves playing the piano and running marathon events.

Matthew Oostveen

Matthew Oostveen is the Chief Technology Officer for Pure in Asia Pacific & Japan. He is a member of the global CTO organization at Pure that helps empower Pure’s customers to reach new heights of capability and efficiency in their organizations as well as guide them in their journey to future technologies.

Oostveen has deep experience in working closely with customers in the region across a range of technologies. Prior to joining Pure, he had CTO roles with Dell EMC and VCE and also worked at leading companies such as IDC, Microsoft and IBM.

As an industry analyst with IDC Matt has authored and published over 50 research papers on a variety of technology related topics, forecasted the IT market and produced predictions documents on how the future will evolve.

This diverse background has given him a unique perspective of the IT landscape with particular deep expertise in the areas of cloud computing, big data, data analytics, mobility and the future workspace, and how these technologies intersect with one another. More importantly, he has a keen understanding of the dynamics between technology and business imperatives which has enabled him to serve as a trusted advisor to many large enterprises.

Oostveen has degrees from the Queensland University of Technology and Macquarie Graduate School of Management. He currently resides in Singapore with his young family and is a certified life saver.

Jeanne Pigassou

Jeanne Pigassou is a Manager at Wavestone, based in the Hong Kong office. She is an expert in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.

Passionate about innovation, Jeanne has a strong background in data and digital topics, boasting more than 10-years experience in large multinational industrial companies, such as Air Liquide and International SOS.

Jeanne has led significant data management and digital transformation projects, emphasizing data visualization and clear reporting to enhance business operations and decision-making.

At Wavestone, she has been involved in several workgroups investigating the unique relationship of Cyber & Gen AI and what the future of this pairing will bring.

Jeanne is a double Masters graduate from Imperial College London and Centrale-Supelec French Grande Ecole with an MSc in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering, respectively.

Over her illustrious career, Jeanne has worked in the Medical Services, Chemical, Banking & Insurance and Luxury industries, among others.