TIACON25 Main Stage - CTO of the Year Final (powered by AWS)

Who is the best technical leader in Southeast Asia? The CTO of the Year 2025 award, powered by AWS, shines a spotlight on the "quiet heroes" of the tech ecosystem — the leaders who build, break, and rebuild their way to massive scale and impact. In this high-stakes final, six of the region's top engineering minds present their technical strategies, leadership philosophies, and architectural visions to a panel of heavyweights from DANA, AWS, Foodpanda, and XLSMART. Watch to see who takes home the title. Finalists: Sateesh Reddy, CTO, Tonik David Gunadi, CTO, McEasy Linda Rasip, CTO, Borong Manikandan Seetharaman, CTO, Vigo Retail Patcharapit Promoppatum, CTO, OsseoLabs Shaolin Zheng, CTO, Nextbillion.ai Judges: Norman Sasono CTO, DANA Indonesia Yessie Yosetya Director & CITO, XLSMART Sebastian Rodriguez CTO, Foodpanda Pandurang Nayak ASEAN Head of Startups Solutions Architecture, AWS #CTO #TechLeadership #TIAConference2025 #EngineeringManager #SoutheastAsia #TechinAsia #CloudComputing Loved this session? Be the first to get exclusive updates and early bird access for Tech in Asia Conference 2026! Sign up for early interest now: https://bit.ly/49UyVZx ================= Let's keep in touch: • FB: https://www.facebook.com/techinasia/ • IG: https://www.instagram.com/techinasia/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinasia Tech in Asia (YC W15) is the largest English-language technology media company that focuses on Asia. From the latest news to the hottest trends and the boldest startups to the strongest titans, we cover everything tech in the region. Our goal is to build and serve Asia’s tech and startup community. Apart from producing and delivering quality editorial content, we connect brands with early adopters via Studios, our advertising agency unit. We organize tech conferences and events across Asia, and we operate the region’s go-to startup and technology jobs marketplace. See you on https://www.techinasia.com 🙂