IDC's Asia/Pacific Security and Continuity Conference
2007
Andrew Namboka Chief Technologist,
Asia Pacific, Nokia Enterprises Solutions
Andrew Namboka is Chief Technologist for Nokia
Enterprise Solutions in Asia Pacific and based
in Singapore. In his role, Andrew leads a team
of sales engineers to support the technical needs
of customers and channel partners around the region.
His portfolio spans 14 countries throughout Asia
Pacific including China and Japan.
Andrew brings with him more than 15 years of
experience in the data communications industry.
He started his career in the field as a lead engineer
with IBM UK and was responsible for building secure
banking infrastructure. He went on to join MCI
WorldCom as a VPN/PKI implementation specialist
with geographical responsibility in EMEA. In 2000,
Andrew joined Nokia UK as a European senior technical
consultant before taking on the role of technology
manager and subsequently engineering manager for
EMEA.
Andrew is a frequent expert speaker at various
industry events as well as universities. He closely
follows the standards development work of the
Working Groups of the Internet Engineering Task
Force, particularly security, mobile IP and IPv6.
Andrew holds an Engineering Honors Degree in
mechanical engineering with specialization in
robotics and artificial intelligence. He also
completed post-graduate studies investigating
motion control algorithms, digital signal processing
and parallel processing technologies.