Fortinet has a new Director for regional systems engineering

Source: Fortinet.
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Fortinet, a global broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions provider, has appointed Kelvin Chua as its Director for Regional Systems Engineering in Southeast Asia & Hong Kong.

Chua, a security and networking industry veteran with more than 25 years’ experience in systems engineering, sales and business development across Asia Pacific, will lead a team of engineers to ensure optimal application of technology and engineering resources to meet product development and customer requirements. He will also provide technical direction and assist country sales leaders in business development.

Chua has special expertise in cyber security incident management, breach detection and ethical hacking. He served as Asia Pacific (APAC) Systems Engineering Director at Blue Coat Systems, and before that, in Allied Telesis’ networking companies in a variety of engineering and technical consulting roles. Chua has also worked at Symantec and Check Point Software. 

Over the course of his career, Chua has regularly supported his sales teams to exceed their business and customer satisfaction objectives. “With our advanced Security Fabric architecture and my team’s strong consulting expertise, I am confident Fortinet can help even more enterprises fend off sophisticated cyberthreats,” Chua said.

“Chua is a proven leader with solid technical expertise and sales savvy,” said Peerapong Jongvibool, Fortinet’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia & Hong Kong. “I am excited to welcome him to the management team, to work together to make Fortinet a security partner to even more enterprises in the region as they seek to digitally transform themselves in the coming years.”

Chua holds a Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) degree from the University of Birmingham, UK.