Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has announced the appointment of Yeo Siang Tiong as its new General Manager for the Southeast Asia (SEA) region with strategic focus on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. He joined the company on February 21, 2018.
As he takes up the leadership role over the company’s business in SEA, Yeo will be responsible for further implementing the company’s strategic business vision for the region’s SMB and enterprise markets and accelerating the growth of the Kaspersky Lab’s industrial cybersecurity solutions and services across various sectors in all of six SEA countries.
He will report directly to Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific.
“I’m excited to be a part of this company particularly at this time where cybersecurity is one of the most dynamic fields of information and communication technology. I believe Kaspersky Lab has the right culture and values that enables its workforce to achieve their goals,” says Yeo.
Yeo is a veteran sales and channel professional with over 20 years of experience across the information & communication technology sector in Southeast Asia and the APAC market.
During his 25-year career, he has brought his leadership to various roles spanning strategy, business development, channel sales and development, direct sales and technical positions in Singapore and across Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, Yeo was the SMB and Channel Sales Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Singapore. He was responsible for building the channel ecosystems, and the sales into the mid-market and SMB enterprise market segment in the citystate.
“In 2017, Southeast Asia achieved a 12% growth year-over-year, in line with the results of the APAC region growth, which was 11%. This year, we’re looking to excel even further and I’m confident that with Yeo at the helm, we will be able to achieve an even larger growth in Southeast Asia, a very important region in APAC," says Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab APAC.
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