Yoke Kong Seow
Yoke Kong Seow is currently the Chief Technical Advisor at Globe Telecom, a position he has held since January 1, 2023.
Before joining Globe Telecom, Seow heads up the IT infrastructure for Singtel Group, with responsibility across Singtel and Optus, to modernize its IT infrastructure. Prior to that, he was the CIO for Optus. As CIO, he introduced Agile methodologies, fostering close collaboration between IT and business units. His efforts significantly improved IT system reliability, reducing outages by more than 90%, re-built in-house engineering capabilities, and facilitated the introduction of subscription-based charging for mobile services and Optus Living Networks.
From 2015 to 2019, Seow served as the VP for IP Network Engineering, where he was responsible for the planning, engineering, and deployment of fiber, transport, and broadband networks for Singtel and Optus, as well as the enterprise network for Optus.
Prior to his tenure with the Singtel Group, Seow was with MediaCorp, with responsibility to build and launch the OTT streaming app, MeWatch. Additionally, he played a key role in the establishment of the Bridge Alliance in 2005 while at Singtel and was a member of its inaugural management team.