Dr Sean Seah appointed as the chairperson of WITSA

The Chairperson of PIKOM, Dr Sean Seah, was appointed Chairperson of World Innovation and Technology Services Alliances (WITSA) at its Annual General Meeting on September 12, 2022.

The Annual General Meeting took place in Penang in conjunction with the 26^th World Congress on Innovation and Technology (WCIT) 2022.

Dr Seah started his career in the tech industry as early as 1993 in Silicon Valley before joining Sun Microsystems. He ventured into the entrepreneurial sector in 2001 as the co-founder of Afor Pte Ltd, which was later listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 2008 as Epicentre Holdings Limited. 

He also founded and was the CEO of Galasys PLC in 2012. Galasys PLC was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2014.

The most recent positions held by Dr Seah included Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer at SEATech Ventures Corp in 2018, Executive Director of ASIAFIN Holdings Corp in 2019, and Executive Chairman of ANGKASA-X Holding Corp in 2020.

Angkasa-X is a Satellite-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) company that invests in R&D, IP creation, components sourcing, assembly-integration-testing, launching, managing state-of-the-art Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellites, and operating its satellite ground stations to control downlink or uplink and process satellite data for its customers globally.

As Chairman of WITSA, Dr Seah envisions growing the global industry alliance platform further. He expressed his vision at the recent WITSA AGM that took place recently during WCIT 2022 in Penang.

“I aim to continue positioning WITSA as the global digital ambassador and promote greater international cooperation by supporting multilateral win-win trade agreements. With the new committee, we will drive greater awareness of the competitive advantage in the digital technology industry, in tandem with the vision to strengthen WITSA’s role in the development of technology-related international public policy.”

PIKOM also stated that this appointment is indeed something the tech association is very proud of. It mentioned that Dr Seah had shown exemplary leadership as Chairman of PIKOM and the WCIT 2022 Organizing Committee. He is driven by results, one of the many attributes that garnered him chairmanship at WITSA.

WCIT 2022, which took place from 13-15 September 2022 in Penang, has been the most successful tech event since the pandemic.

The 3-day packed congress recorded 4,043 registered delegates from 65 countries, 46 media establishments, and 220 speakers and secured more than 80 corporate sponsors.

The biggest international delegation came from Singapore with 83 participants. Even before the congress began, it sold out more than 300 booth spaces that covered an exhibition space of 6448sqm at WCIT 2022 and TechFest 2022.

“Despite the international borders only reopened in April 2022, with SOP restrictions and some SHORTCOMINGS, we pulled it off with flying colours. This is also why PIKOM was awarded to host WCIT 2023 again next year, with Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation,” concluded Dr Seah.