Michael Deng

Michael Deng (BSc Tianjin University, MBA NUS)

Michael is a veteran business executive with more than 20 years of sales management experience across the Asia Pacific region, with a special focus on the manufacturing, power & utility, smart city and infrastructure markets. Over his long career, Michael led business development, sales and general management for many renowned multi-national corporations, including General Electric, Oracle, Invensys, Sybase, and Autodesk.

As the pioneer of digital business for Asia, Michael has overseen numerous major commercialised projects, that draw on his extensive combined OT and IT experience. He also leads smart infrastructure projects with regional governments and major industrial organizations. His deep understanding of industry eco-systems and market trends throughout Asia, allows Michael to guide businesses and governments along their digital transformation journeys.

Michael is an IEEE and Power & Energy Society member, as well as a Singapore Industry Automation Association council member, widely involved in driving industry 4.0 initiatives across Asia-Pacific as a whole. He graduated from Tianjin University in 1994, with a computer engineering & science degree, then achieved an MBA from the National University of Singapore in 1999.