WaiChung Ngai

APAC Project Lead at Open Compute Project Foundation
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SG
Languages
  • Chinese Full professional proficiency
  • Cantonese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Manish Gupta

WaiChung brings a great blend of technology expertise and deep commercial understanding. This alongwith his humility and collaboration has been instrumental in him building strong network with customers and internal stakeholders enabling some of the biggest wins in the region. He is people focused and has build high performing teams that have been an asset to the organisation

Bhavish Bhatia

WaiChung is a seasoned leader with skills to scale a business to next level. He helped Extreme Scale Infrastructure group scale in APJ region over last 8 years - his leadership in assessing the market, partnering with customers and building a team that could execute is unparalleled. He has rare blend of strategic mindset yet having the eye for detail and rigor for execution on daily basis, all of which essential for significant growth that can be sustained.

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Experience

    • United States
    • Computer Hardware Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • APAC Project Lead
      • Dec 2022 - Present

      The intent of Open Compute Project Community is provide collaboration on a regional level focused on APAC. The OCP members and community are encouraged to meet locally and discuss initiatives that are applicable to this region including OCP community events and contributions from an APAC perspective. The intent of Open Compute Project Community is provide collaboration on a regional level focused on APAC. The OCP members and community are encouraged to meet locally and discuss initiatives that are applicable to this region including OCP community events and contributions from an APAC perspective.

    • China
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director, CSP & Hyperscale, APJ
      • Mar 2021 - Present

      At Lenovo, innovation isn’t just what we do, it’s part of our DNA. It doesn’t just make us who we are, it flows through everything we do—from the smartphone in your pocket and light bulbs in your smart home to the servers in your data center. And beyond. We're the only company with true end-to-end capabilities for your unique CSP solution. We'll help you design, build and deploy worldwide - all in-house. We understand the difference between CSP users and enterprise customers. As a strategic partner you can trust to deliver value for your CSP needs, we offer rapid innovation, quality products, aggressive pricing, quick delivery, unique time-to-bid cycles, and flexible service and support. Collaborative solutions - Our dedicated teams of experienced cloud service provider architects will work with you to design the optimal solution for your data center with a flexible customer-defined procurement model. Tailored to you - Our industry-leading global supply chain and Lenovo-owned manufacturing sites enable us to build to your exact specifications and deliver quickly and inexpensively, worldwide. Ongoing support - Our “rack-and-roll” capability with a dedicated customer management support team and customized maintenance services enables easy deployment and smooth continuing operation. If you would like to discuss the end-to-end infrastructure solutions that will enable greater data center efficiency and optimize TCO for your business, please feel free to get in touch with me at wngai@lenovo.com.

    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Director, Extreme Scale Infrastructure APJ
      • May 2017 - Mar 2021

      Extreme Scale Infrastructure (ESI) organization is part of Dell Server and Infrastructure Systems (SIS) which offers custom design solutions such as new technology components enablement, server platforms design, rack integration and Modular Data Center to Hyperscale, Cloud Service Providers and Enterprise customers.• Responsible to build highly effective team and oversea ESI business across Asia Pacific & Japan including direct CxO level engagement, managed pre-sales solution architecture, sales support, program and project management.• Define strategic business focus and priority to drive for revenue growth and profitability improvement by understanding market insights, verticals & technology trends and competitive dynamic in regions.• Articulate customer's business challenges with latest technology & innovation to optimize custom design solutions on system performance, power efficiency, cost, TCO, supply chain lead time & quality improvement.

    • Director, Data Center Solutions APJ
      • Mar 2012 - Apr 2017

      Manage a team of Solution Architects, Engineers and Program Managers to win the largest server opportunities and Hyper-scale customers in Greater ChinaManage a team of Solution Architects to drive for OpenStack Cloud, Cloudera Hadoop and Density-Optimized server solutions across Asia-Pacific & Japan

    • Senior Manager, Data Center Solutions Greater China
      • Aug 2009 - Mar 2012

      Start-up Dell Data Center Solutions (DCS) Organization in Greater ChinaProvide custom builds servers and modular data centers and services for some of the world’s largest search engines, e-commerce and cloud service provider in Greater China.

    • Engagement Manager
      • Nov 2007 - Jul 2009

      Responsible for Virtualization and High-Performance Computing solutions in Global Infrastructure Consulting Services (GICS) and closed the largest, complex and services opportunities in Greater China

    • Senior System Consultant
      • May 2006 - Oct 2007

      Responsible for Enterprise Solutions in Advanced System Group (ASG) and serve Global Customers and Large Corporate Accounts in Hong Kong

    • South Africa
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • CONSULTING MANAGER II / JOS Executive
      • May 2002 - Apr 2006

      Managed a team of solution consultants and responsible for consulting services and IT infrastructure solution designs that are tailored to enterprise customers Managed a team of solution consultants and responsible for consulting services and IT infrastructure solution designs that are tailored to enterprise customers

    • Infrastructure Technology Manager
      • Sep 2001 - Apr 2002

      Designed and built co-location and network infrastructure for 3 Data Centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou within 6 months. Designed and built co-location and network infrastructure for 3 Data Centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou within 6 months.

    • United States
    • Engineering Manager
      • Dec 2000 - Aug 2001

      Start-up iAsiaWorks network engineering, data centers co-location and operation in China Managed engineering and operation team in China and Taiwan to plan, build and operate World Class Data Centers co-location and network infrastructure in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Taipei Start-up iAsiaWorks network engineering, data centers co-location and operation in China Managed engineering and operation team in China and Taiwan to plan, build and operate World Class Data Centers co-location and network infrastructure in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Taipei

    • Network Support Engineer
      • Nov 1998 - Aug 2000

      Responsible to design, implement and support of Siemens Wide Area Network infrastructure with 500+ locations in Asia Pacific Responsible to design, implement and support of Siemens Wide Area Network infrastructure with 500+ locations in Asia Pacific

Education

  • University of Strathclyde
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    2006 - 2008
  • University of Greenwich
    B.Sc. (Hons) in Computing
    2003 - 2005
  • City University of Hong Kong
    Higher Diploma in Computer Studies
    1993 - 1996

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