Crayon Group Holding ASA Expands Leadership Team with Key Hires in Southeast Asia
April 25, 2018 at 06:30 am IST
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Crayon Group Holding ASA announced a slew of leadership hires which will helm the firm's growing business in Asia Pacific. The company has made the following appointments in the region: James Ang joins in the capacity of General Manager, Crayon Singapore and Cloud Director, Asia Pacific. An industry veteran who is also a startup mentor and angel investor, James hails previously from Microsoft where he was responsible for the growth and monetization of commercial cloud partnerships with key telecommunications providers and managed service providers in the region. Jerry J. Bongco has joined as General Manager, Crayon Philippines. Jerry is a well-respected information technology professional and leader in Philippines with over 22 years' experience across both customers and channel partners. He joins Crayon Software from Microsoft Philippines, where he spent 6 years in diverse roles within the Small Mid-Market Solutions & Partners (SMS&P) team and over 5 years leading Microsoft's Consumer business. Keith Samuel joins as General Manager, Crayon Sri Lanka and New Markets. Based in Sri Lanka, he brings over 20 years of senior leadership experience in the IT industry, being the former CEO of Spusht Technologies in UAE where he led the transformation of a traditional systems integrator to a leading managed and cloud service provider in the Middle East. Marrian Lontoc will head up Crayon's Cloud Desk operations in the Southeast Asia region. Her mandate is to collaborate with Crayon's customers and partners as they transit to the cloud. The Cloud Desk will ensure that GTMs are landed across all local markets efficiently, enabling customers and partners to benefit from Crayon's value proposition. All these leaders will report to Florent Bellahsene, Vice President for Crayon in the Asia Pacific region.
Crayon Group Holding ASA is a Norway-based company engaged in the information technology (IT) sector. The Companyâs activities are divided into five segments: The Software and Cloud Direct, which comprises license offering from its partners, such as Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec, Citrix, VMware, Oracle and IBM, that focuses on standard software for technological platforms and critical commercial processes; The Software and Cloud Channel, that offers system integrators and ISVs, which includes license advisory, software sales and access to Crayons Tool and IP; The Software and Cloud Economics services include processes and tools for enabling clients to build in-house Software Asset management capabilities and supports clients in vendor audits; The Consulting that consist of cloud consulting and services related to cloud migration and development; and The Admin and shared segment, that includes administrative income and costs, global costs and elimination. The Company operates worldwide.