Patrick Chan
Research Director, Asia/Pacific Emerging Technologies Research, IDC Asia/Pacific

Patrick Chan, Ph.D., has over 15 years of academics and industry consulting experience, serving in roles as diverse as technical director, global architect, e-government specialist, business development and alliances director, and research scientist.

As Head of IDC's Asia/Pacific Emerging Technologies practice based in Singapore, Patrick's focus and expertise is in the areas of Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA), Business Activity Monitoring, Composite Applications, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Grid Computing, Enterprise Infrastructure, and other emerging technologies. He continues his extensive work with CXOs and the industry on innovations to better enable business functions, through his advisory roles for the Standard Operating Environment initiatives in various industrial, governmental and academic institutions. He regularly presents at IDC's CIO summits and leads in IDC's Dynamic IT Benchmarking studies, advising and working with corporate CXOs on their IT refresh and business sourcing decisions. His work also includes creating content for and leading IDC's EDGE workshops specifically designed for CIOs in the areas of Dynamic Sourcing, SOAs, and IT consolidation and governance.

Prior to joining IDC, Patrick worked with OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards, as its Asia-Pacific Representative. In this role, he supported and expanded the Consortium's activities across the region through focused educational and business development initiatives. Under his technical leadership, Patrick has overseen the deployment of many EAI and enterprise integration projects of which many are highly successful.

Prior to OASIS, Patrick held various appointments with webMethods, TIBCO, Mentortech and the Institute of System Science. His doctoral research involved decision fusion techniques, machine learning and artificial neural networks algorithms, and intelligent character imaging and recognition engines. His other expertise includes 3D animations and modeling.

Fluent in English and Mandarin, Patrick holds a PHD in Computer Engineering, National Technological University, Singapore.