Innovation Day Hong Kong 2019

Albert Wong was appointed CEO of HKSTP in August 2016.  The purpose of Science Park is to accelerate the development of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Hong Kong.

Committed to the success of Hong Kong’s future, Albert and his team are responsible for providing world-class services at the Park, to achieve their objective of helping technology companies and talents to realise their commercial potential. These services include technology incubation programmes, tools and research labs for application and product development, early-stage investments, mentoring and business consulting, and connecting Park companies with local industry and trade associations. 

Albert holds an Engineering Degree from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The 30-plus years of commercial, industrial and leadership roles with various multinationals have provided Albert with the critical appreciation and understanding of building companies, investment networks and solving market needs. The 15 years spent with GE in the US headquarters, Asia-Pacific and China – where he was responsible for M&A, Business Development, Product Management, and Business Operations – were especially significant for him, providing Albert with the knowledge and connections to lead HKSTP today.

Outside of work, Albert actively contributes to the community. He is a member of The Court of The University of Hong Kong and a board member the Hong Kong Sports Institute. An avid runner, Albert regularly takes part in marathons around the world.

Benjamin Moey is the Head of Asia Pacific for Additive Manufacturing at Siemens currently based in Singapore, driving industry transformation for advance manufacturing in the region.

Before this role, Benjamin was leading the Mergers & Acquisitions activities for Siemens Gas Power division (based in the US) with a focus on advance manufacturing technologies.

Benjamin received his executive MBA from London Business School, and holds a M.Sc. (Precision Engineering) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and B.Eng (Electrical Engineering) from National University of Singapore (NUS).

Since 2011, Eric Chong has been leading the overall company strategy for Siemens Hong Kong & Macao and driving infrastructure projects and sustainable solutions in the field of energy, buildings, mobility and industry. Mr. Chong is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Business Environment Council (BEC) and is serving as the Chair of Climate Change Business Forum, an advisory group under BEC dedicated to raising awareness of Climate Change among businesses.

Mr. Chong started his career in Singapore with GEC Plc of UK before joining Siemens.  He received his education in Singapore and Australia with degrees in Electronics Engineering and Business Administration.  In addition, he holds an MBA from Henley Management College, UK.

Jens-Peter Brauner is the CEO of Siemens Mobility Limited. With more than 25 years of experience in developing mico-computer systems, he then focuses on business development. As head of Mobility Division, Mr. Brauner is responsible for supervising program designs, project execution and service in Hong Kong and Macao.

Mr. Brauner joined Siemens in 1990 and has held various leading positions in developing railway system in countries like the US and Germany to accelerate railway automation. Mr. Brauner strived to incorporate technology in transportation to make mobility smart and tackle one of the biggest city challenges nowadays. 

Khaled is heading the MindSphere Application Center at Siemens in Dubai where he and his team collaborate with customers to innovate in the space of digitalizing logistics and designing the future air travel. Khaled is responsible to create an innovative portfolio for airports and airlines based on the latest in IoT and Artificial Intelligence. He is a strong advocate of customer centricity and established the first MindSphere Application Center for Airports and Airlines in the proximity of the world leading airport and airline - in Dubai.

Prior to joining Siemens in February 2018, Khaled has led the Solution Engineering team at Salesforce, where he and his team designed and implemented cloud-based IOT and Analytics applications for Sales, Marketing and Service across Europe focusing on personalizing the Customer Journey with highly targeted communication and processes. During his tenure in Switzerland, Khaled has supported the adoption of cloud computing in many retailers, financial services and telecommunication companies and helping them with digital transformation.

Always passionate about the latest in technology, he studied computer science in Germany and machine learning in the US before joining the leading vendor for Analytics and Machine Learning software - SAS – where he worked as Principal Solutions Architect for Customer Centric Analytics (Customer Intelligence) with large B2C companies across EMEA and the Asia Pacific.

Outside of his working, Khaled enjoys spending his time with his family and his passion for aviation, where he enjoys flying small aircrafts himself accompanied by his wife and two children.

Marcel Glathe serves as the Head of Digital Industries of Siemens Hong Kong & Macao, responsible for providing Siemens’ leading industrial portfolio (SIMATIC, SINAMICS, etc.) to more than a dozen verticals in the region – from building automation for data centers to utilities like water & waste water and also including solutions for advanced crane automation and services.

Mr. Glathe first started with Siemens Corporate Technology Beijing in 2011, before joining the company’s steel plant automation business (Metals Technologies) in 2012 as a project engineer and later product manager for long rolling electrics & automation with stations in Germany, Italy, the US and Mainland China. In 2016 he relocated to Hong Kong to take over his current role and together with his team strives to enhance the degree of automation and digitalization for Hong Kong & Macao.

Marcel received his education in Germany and Hangzhou, China and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Dresden University of Applied Sciences.

Dr. Michael May is Head of the Technology Field Business Analytics & Monitoring (BAM) at Siemens Corporate Technology and Head of Siemens Company Core Technology (CCT) Data Analytics/Artificial Intelligence. Michael is driving research at Siemens in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence and responsible for twelve research groups in Europe, US, and Asia.

Mr. Ng Mun Kit, Michael, is an Executive Director of Karin Group. He joined Karin Group in 2014 and was appointed to the Board of Directors on 1 July 2018. He is responsible for business strategy, marketing and service operation for the Group. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree with majors in Finance and Marketing in 1998. In 2002, Mr. Ng obtained a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments from the Securities Institute of Australia, and a Diploma in Technical Analysis from the Australian Technical Analysis Association. From 2000 to 2014, Mr. Ng worked at Thomson Reuters in Sydney and Hong Kong where he was the senior consultant and responsible for the training execution across the group in Asia. 

Sr. Paul Tsui is the Managing Director of Esri China (Hong Kong) Limited.  Esri is the world leader of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping software.  Prior to joining Esri, he worked in Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of the United Kingdom.  Paul has been appointed as the Chairman of the Department of Geography Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Baptist University since 2013. As a professional, he is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and a Registered Professional Surveyor (Land Surveying) in Hong Kong. In the academic and research aspect, Paul is the author and co-author of many GIS research papers published in authoritative international refereed journals and conference proceedings.  He also won the 1998 Best Paper Award held by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS).  Paul holds a degree of Master of Philosophy in GIS.

As the Vice President of Smart Infrastructures (Regional Solutions & Services) of Siemens Hong Kong & Macao, Ricky Liu leads the division for sales and marketing, project execution and services in Hong Kong and Macao to be the trusted technology partner for energy-efficient, safe and secure buildings and infrastructure. He also supports the key account management for the MA region that relates to Hong Kong-based customers.

The solid background of Mr. Liu with 28 years of experience in Building Technologies Industry and 17 years of experience in energy and Performance Contracting Projects has rooted his long and successful career in the sales management including experiences in Fire Detection, BMS, and Security Systems. Mr. Liu also specialized in the health education and commercial segments of the market. He received his education for mechanical engineering in Hong Kong and holds a degree in Business Administration from RMIT University, Australia.  

Roland Busch is Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG. He is responsible for the company’s infrastructure business. In addition, Busch is in charge of the department Corporate Development and the company’s Sustainability as well as Sales activities.

Busch joined Siemens in 1994, as a project manager at Corporate Research & Development. In 2002, Busch was appointed head of the Infotainment Solutions Division. In 2005, he relocated to Shanghai, where he served as CEO of Siemens VDO Automotive Asia Pacific. In 2007, he returned to Germany to head the Mass Transit Division at the Transportation Systems Group. In 2008, he became Head of Corporate Strategies. In 2011, he was appointed CEO of the Infrastructure & Cities Sector and Member of the Managing Board.

Ir. Dr. Lee Kar Yun is currently the Chief of Operations Engineering responsible for directing all engineering services in enhancing asset worth to business and ensuring that whole life-cycle asset management and renewal meets safety, business and customer requirements.  He has over 34 years of railway systems maintenance, design and engineering experiences, and is also an active railway system researcher, particularly on using sensors to monitor performance of equipment. He is now the Co-investigator of the "Smart Railway Sensor Networks" research project run by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and holds several patents on fiber optic sensor inventions for railway applications.  He is specialized in Foresight-Driven Asset Management, Systems & Operation Assurance, Smart Railway Development and Predictive & Prescriptive Maintenance using Big Data Analytics.  

Zhu Xiang currently is the Business Development Manager in Digital Industries of Siemens China. In his seven years in Siemens, he has been dedicated in digital enterprise transformation projects in China, and involved in nine cases which focus on industries incl. Electronics, Mechanics, Auto etc. He also received his Master Degree, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 

Dr. Zhu Xiaoxun has been leading Siemens Corporate Technology China since 2014. In 2019, he took on an additional responsibility, leading the newly established Siemens IoT Services China business unit.

As the Head of Corporate Technology China, he leads Siemens’ largest research center outside of Germany, focusing on solving unique technology challenges in the China market, with a strong emphasis on collaborative research with local partners within the China innovation eco-system.  At the same time, he leads the IoT Services unit, which builds upon the strong consulting and technology competences at Siemens China, to provide end-to-end IoT integration services as well as consulting for digital transformation.

Dr. Zhu has spent the past two decades driving innovation in multiple technology areas, managing cross-cultural R&D teams in China and globally. As a prolific inventor, he was the author of more than 270 U.S. patents, with over 10,000 citations, on various topics including laser signal processing, dimensioning and tracking algorithms, wireless devices, and imaging-based data collection devices.

Before joining Siemens, Dr. Zhu spent 16 years with Honeywell, where he was most recently Vice President and Global Leader for HTS-ACS, managing Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions engineering teams in China, India and Czech, with over 2,800 engineers. He joined Honeywell through the acquisition of Metrologic Instruments, an Automatic Identification company in New Jersey, U.S., where he was its Chief Technology Officer. 

Dr. Zhu Xiaoxun earned his PhD and MS/BS of Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, U.S. in 1997 and 1994. From 1988 to 1991, he pursued undergraduate studies in the Special Class for Gifted Young in the University of Science and Technology of China.