AWS and Central Retail Technology opened an Innovation Lab jointly, to allow Startups to propose real life ideas and work with us in short pilot initiatives to pilot them in real business scenarios. The initiative an ways for application can be seen here.
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Transforming beyond the crisis
Exciting event at True Digital Park, where I had the opportunity to share some thoughts on what has transpired during Covid and how business and technology has changed Central Retail new services since Covid Super Scalers are changing technology directions Organizations need to adapt
Interview: Retail & Banking fuse
A longer term friend of mine, who also owns an runs The Asian Banker, has visited me a couple of weeks ago and out of a great beakfast conversation an impromptu interview evolved. See the following Video and Transcript
Central Retail has IPOed
Central Retail “IPOed”, as no one could have missed from my and other posts. The 2nd largest retail IPO globally and largest IPO in Thailand ever. History has been made. Digital Platforms and OMNI Channel, positioning versus new entrants and teaming with partners, played a key role in the journey to the IPO. This journeyContinue reading “Central Retail has IPOed”
Starting a CTO Career
End of the eighties I studied in Germany, focusing on a business and economics degree, and started a bit working in the company of my family. I was so excited about this degree, that I started writing the software my family business was to use, even sold it to 2 more firms. Since school daysContinue reading “Starting a CTO Career”
AWS Asia Summit Keynote 2018
In April this year, I had the great opportunity to have a keynote at the AWS Asia Summit, outlining Central Groups, dramatic change journey, creating a mostly in-house technology and data driven capability.
The future of the workplace
Today I shared my thoughts on the future of work and the workplace at Startup Thailand. The audience was a mix of students, investors, startup founders, and executives. I tried to capture how work is changing and create a different social and work experience, requiring all of us more than ever to evolve our skills.Continue reading “The future of the workplace”
Modernize the Thai Workforce
Thailand came from a 7% to 5% to 3% growth economy (give or take a few) and now is the most aging economy in the ASEAN (next to Russia and China, the only emerging economy). Instead of uplifting productivity and developing the workforce or investing into people and smart automation (which would lead to moreContinue reading “Modernize the Thai Workforce”
Annual Reports must include a CIO Scorecard
It was a pleasure to have been part of the tremendous team effort over the last few years and having helped driving upsides, which are shown in the Annual Report 2016 of Standard Chartered. Initiatives like an aggressive API Strategy, the Hadoop and Machine Learning ecosystems driving massive upsides for the business (Very proud toContinue reading “Annual Reports must include a CIO Scorecard”
Digital Transformation for Big Corporate
Digital Transformation Presentation This presentation, I discussed at the Creative Bangkok Event 2016 in Bangkok, organised by Bangkok University.