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Dean Vaughan is responsible for accelerating Azul’s market expansion and channel growth across Asia Pacific. Dean and his team help enterprises realize the full potential of the cloud by dramatically lowering infrastructure costs, as well as reducing Oracle Java licensing fees, with the Azul Java platform. Prior to joining the largest independent Java vendor, Azul, Dean led Aruba Networks’ global service provider business across Asia Pacific and Japan. An accomplished sales leader with a proven track record in scaling high-performing teams while capturing market share, Dean was vice president of sales, Asia Pacific and Japan at Silver Peak, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2020. Previously, Dean served in various enterprise technology sales leadership positions at Oracle Cloud Platform Solutions (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Oracle Virtualization and Linux business unit (Australia New Zealand), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure business unit (Asia Pacific Japan) and NCR Corporation’s Cisco Systems Network Integration business (Asia Pacific).

Uttam Kumar is the APAC Director for IT Portfolio Management at SoftwareOne, where he is responsible for driving the growth, strategy, and delivery of IT Portfolio Management services across the region. He leads SoftwareOne's portfolio of advisory and managed services spanning IT Asset Management (ITAM), FinOps, Cloud Cost Optimization, Publisher Advisory, Application Portfolio Management, Software Supply Chain Governance, and Digital Transformation initiatives. With more than 22 years of experience in technology consulting, IT governance, risk management, software asset management, and business transformation, Uttam has successfully built and scaled consulting and services businesses across Asia Pacific, South Asia, and the Middle East. He is known for helping organizations improve visibility into their technology landscape, optimize technology investments, strengthen governance, and align IT decisions with measurable business outcomes. Prior to his current role, Uttam held leadership positions at SoftwareOne, UST, and KPMG, and was Founder and Managing Partner of XORISK Consulting. Throughout his career, he has worked with enterprise customers across banking, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, public sector, and healthcare industries, supporting large-scale transformation, optimization, and modernization programs. At SoftwareOne, Uttam focuses on helping organizations gain greater visibility into their technology estate, maximize value from IT investments, and transform technology management from a cost center into a strategic business enabler.

Indulekha Menon is a senior technology and advisory leader with more than 24 years of professional experience, including over 15 years specializing in Software Asset Management (SAM), IT Asset Management (ITAM), software licensing, compliance, FinOps, and IT Portfolio Management. Throughout her career, she has helped organizations across Asia Pacific optimize technology investments, strengthen governance, reduce software and cloud costs, and improve business outcomes through data-driven technology decision-making. At SoftwareOne, Indulekha leads pre-sales and solution consulting for the IT Portfolio Management practice across APAC, supporting enterprise customers in areas such as ITAM managed services, software licensing advisory, FinOps, cloud cost optimization, application portfolio management, and technology value realization. Her experience spans a broad range of industries, including banking and financial services, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, and the public sector. She has successfully led numerous advisory engagements focused on software governance, publisher risk management, cloud financial management, IT cost optimization, and digital transformation initiatives for large enterprises. She is a BSA Verafirm Certified SAM Professional and FinOps Certified Practitioner and is based in India, from where she leads regional initiatives supporting customers across Southeast Asia and the wider APAC region.