Mr. Julian TAN Sia Kai

Julian SK Tan is the AP leader for IBM's Supply Chain Transformation Analytics Solutions team. He has a strong passion for developing Cognitive Analytics technologies for IBM's Enterprise Mainframes, Servers and Storage Technologies in managing and avoidance of quality issues within the supply chain. Over the course of his career, he has held several technical roles revolving around data storage and analytics. He started his career in IBM as a Critical Situations manager in the data storage business. His role later expanded to include Supplier management roles as well as assuming responsibility for electronic technologies qualification. He most recently became the senior manager for the Analytics Solutions team and is also IBM Singapore’s Quantum Business Dev Leader. He has won several local and international awards for use of AI and Blockchain in solving supply chain challenges. He was named the prestigious global 2017 Frost & Sullivan (F&S) Manufacturing Leadership Visionary Leadership Award recipient for his work around artificial intelligence in the quality practice, which also contributed to IBM being named 2018 F&S Large Enterprise Manufacturer of the Year Award.

He speaks frequently at technology conferences globally, owns 6 patents around technology and analytics and has also published 9 technical papers.