- Joined
- Feb 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- UiPathVP, Growth International (EMEA & APJ)
- Status
- Current
- Cognition's official blog names him VP and GM, APAC, responsible for regional strategy, customer engagement and market expansion across Southeast Asia, Australia, India and South Korea; Japan is run separately by Takumi Masai.Apr 30, 2026
- Led the Singapore APAC HQ launch on 2026-04-29 (media event, customer sessions, evening launch) with Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How attending and shared the stage with Michael Chung of OCBC.Apr 29, 2026Yesterday marked an important moment for Cognition in Singapore. Across the media event, customer discussions, and evening launch, the focus stayed on what matters: how teams build with AI, how leaders govern it, and what it takes to turn software ambition into delivered outcomes. We're establishing Singapore as Cognition's APAC headquarters for good reason — serious policy attention on trusted A
- Joined Cognition (maker of Devin and Windsurf) in Feb 2026 as founding VP & GM, APAC, based in Singapore; announced it publicly on LinkedIn on 2026-03-06.Mar 6, 2026I am thrilled to share that I’ve joined Cognition as VP & GM, APAC! 🚀 We aren’t just building another AI tool; we are redefining the very fabric of software engineering. With Devin AI — the world’s first fully autonomous, Enterprise-class AI software engineer — we are enabling engineering teams to move at a speed previously thought impossible. For me, this chapter is about bringing that "edge of
- His announcement names Brooke Arthur (Managing Director, International) as his closest partner and thanks Scott Wu, Russell Kaplan, Emily Cohen, Nicholas Erdenberger and Asmar Ghafoor.Mar 6, 2026I am thrilled to share that I’ve joined Cognition as VP & GM, APAC! 🚀 We aren’t just building another AI tool; we are redefining the very fabric of software engineering. With Devin AI — the world’s first fully autonomous, Enterprise-class AI software engineer — we are enabling engineering teams to move at a speed previously thought impossible. For me, this chapter is about bringing that "edge of
- Immediately before Cognition: UiPath for about 4.5 years (Sep 2021 - Mar 2026): RVP Growth Sales APJ, then VP Growth Sales APJ (Nov 2023), then VP Growth International EMEA & APJ (Oct 2024).Mar 2026
- Two weeks after joining he wrote the team had 'navigated the past couple of weeks across regions' and he was 'Now fully focused on APAC' across Singapore, Japan, Australia and Korea.Mar 20, 2026
- Stated APAC mission at launch: 'Scale with Precision' starting with Singapore and Australia, customer impact on engineering bottlenecks, and building a high-performance GTM culture.Mar 6, 2026I am thrilled to share that I’ve joined Cognition as VP & GM, APAC! 🚀 We aren’t just building another AI tool; we are redefining the very fabric of software engineering. With Devin AI — the world’s first fully autonomous, Enterprise-class AI software engineer — we are enabling engineering teams to move at a speed previously thought impossible. For me, this chapter is about bringing that "edge of
- Cognition acquired Windsurf (the agentic IDE) under a definitive agreement announced 2025-07-14, including IP, product, trademark/brand, $82M ARR and 350+ enterprise customers. This predates his Feb 2026 start.Jul 14, 2025
- UiPath on Tour London 2025 listed him as speaker with title 'VP, Test Cloud, International'.2025
- Google (2017-2021): FSI & Fintech, Google Cloud, Singapore, then Regional Sales Leader ASEAN (Mar 2018 - Sep 2021).Mar 2018
- Avaya (2006-2017): Global Account Manager (Mars; EMEA for PwC, GE, Apple), Client Director FSI in London, APAC Global Account Director, Global Client Executive for Standard Chartered, then Managing Director ASEAN with $90m+ revenue and P&L ownership.Mar 2015
- Ties Devin to Singapore policy moments (May Day Rally, MOM AI adoption report, PM Lawrence Wong's National Day Rally 2026), a government-affairs-flavoured selling style suited to the region's public sector and banks.Jun 1, 2026This past month in Singapore, the conversation around AI has become much more focused on outcomes. The May Day Rally and subsequent parliamentary discussions have set a clear direction. AI is firmly positioned as a national priority and economic driver, with equal emphasis on ensuring adoption benefits workers, not just businesses. The focus is on shaping AI adoption deliberately. We have data a
Sales, business leadership and strategic growth in the South East Asia region with a focused drive on customer and partner satisfaction. Overall P&L accountability. Key Responsibilities: ● $90m+ revenue ● P&L ownership ● Manage a team of 67 direct and indirect reports ● Functional responsibility for sales, pre-sales, operations, service management, professional services
Global responsibility for Avaya's largest FSI client in Asia Pacific. 2014 - Presidents Club Winner
BA Hons Business Studies
Having lived in Singapore for 14 years, I've experienced firsthand the efficiency of its digital government — from Singpass making every interaction seamless, to filing taxes with IRAS in minutes rather than days or to paying for parking in seconds with Parking.sg. These services set a global benchmark, and they're built by people who care deeply about serving citizens. So it was a real pleasure
Following Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s National Day Rally speech, Singapore’s AI conversation is moving from systems that answer questions to AI agents that can carry out tasks on our behalf. That reflects what I’m hearing from our customers, who increasingly are looking at how teams should work differently as AI teammates take on more meaningful engineering tasks. Devin, Cognition’s AI teamma
This past month in Singapore, the conversation around AI has become much more focused on outcomes. The May Day Rally and subsequent parliamentary discussions have set a clear direction. AI is firmly positioned as a national priority and economic driver, with equal emphasis on ensuring adoption benefits workers, not just businesses. The focus is on shaping AI adoption deliberately. We have data a
Yesterday marked an important moment for Cognition in Singapore. Across the media event, customer discussions, and evening launch, the focus stayed on what matters: how teams build with AI, how leaders govern it, and what it takes to turn software ambition into delivered outcomes. We're establishing Singapore as Cognition's APAC headquarters for good reason — serious policy attention on trusted A
I am thrilled to share that I’ve joined Cognition as VP & GM, APAC! 🚀 We aren’t just building another AI tool; we are redefining the very fabric of software engineering. With Devin AI — the world’s first fully autonomous, Enterprise-class AI software engineer — we are enabling engineering teams to move at a speed previously thought impossible. For me, this chapter is about bringing that "edge of
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