Dinesh Nair To Lead Developer And Platform Evangelism At Microsoft Malaysia

Tasked to lead charge in evangelizing solution platforms to developer audiences to transform Malaysia together

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 October 2012 – Microsoft has today appointed Dinesh Nair as its new Developer and Platform Evangelist (DPE) Lead for Malaysia. In this role, Dinesh will lead Microsoft’s effort to introduce, evangelize and show how Microsoft innovations can positively transform Malaysian education, businesses and lives. The DPE Lead’s role will also be responsible for leading the charge in local technology innovation and application development as the Malaysian ICT landscape evolves towards cloud computing, with an increased emphasis of new devices and form factors like smartphones and tablets.

“I am thrilled to join the Microsoft Malaysia family as we look forward to exciting times – especially with this year being its 20th anniversary. With computing moving towards the cloud, applications will become the driving force of the industry landscape. Now with Microsoft, there is a very strong and cohesive platform to help organizations make the most of this new reality. This is why Microsoft’s commitment to Transforming Malaysia Together resonates with me and I’m greatly looking forward to the opportunity to help take Microsoft Malaysia forward into the next phase of its history,” said Dinesh.

Dinesh has a career spanning 20 years in the ICT industry, with a wealth of experience from being an entrepreneur to working in both the private and government sectors. Dinesh has a demonstrated track record that includes start-up operations, business development and technology strategy; Open Source software development and integration; as well as Internet and cyber security policy, planning and deployment. Prior to joining Microsoft, Dinesh’s last role was Director for the IT Industry Cluster at Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Malaysia.

“Dinesh’s appointment as our DPE Lead fulfills a very important building block in our commitment to transform Malaysia together, to better help the Government achieve its economic and development aspirations through the power of technology. We are delighted to welcome Dinesh at such a pivotal moment as we celebrate our 20 years in Malaysia. He was identified through an extensive search within and outside Microsoft, and we were impressed by his expertise and achievements as someone especially conversant in the ICT industry. I have full confidence in this will bring great vitality to our efforts in evangelizing to our developer audiences and exciting them about our solution platforms,” said Ananth Lazarus, Managing Director, Microsoft Malaysia.