Tech in Hyperspeed with Robert Wickham, Vice President Strategy & Growth, Tableau Asia Pacific & Japan

Robert Wickham is the Vice President of Strategy & Growth, Tableau Asia Pacific & Japan. Prior to joining Tableau, Robert held various positions at Salesforce with his most recent appointment being Chief of Staff, Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, Robert led Salesforce’s Specialized teams for Platform & Emerging Technologies across Asia Pacific – this includes Lightning Platform, Heroku, Einstein Analytics, Quip & CPQ. Robert also directed Salesforce’s regional program for start-ups . He is a highly sought after public speaker and media contributor. Previous appearances include Sky News, Bloomberg Radio Hong Kong, Boss Magazine, & The Australian Institute for Company Directors. Robert was also a member of the Victorian Government Innovation Expert Panel. Prior to joining Salesforce, Robert led the Engineered Systems business at Oracle across Australia & New Zealand. He joined Oracle through acquisition in 2008 and initially ran Oracle’s System Management business in North America. Prior to his tenure at Oracle, Robert held multiple marketing, product management and sales leadership positions at a Boston-based technology startup called Empirix (which Oracle acquired in 2008). Prior to Empirix, Robert was a cofounder of Go Fly Limited (a low cost European airline that was eventually sold to easyJet) and a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as well as an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Robert was a member of the MIT Board of Trustees from 1996-2001 and the MIT Alumni Board from 2002-2004. He is a recipient of the MIT Bronze Beaver for distinguished alumni service. He is an avid squash player, golfer and cricket fan. Fun Fact: Robert played for the record-breaking Trinidad & Tobago under-19 cricket team captained by his classmate Brian Lara.

Jess is the Regional Vice President of Salesforce, and is responsible for driving the growth of the Marketing Cloud business in Asia. Jess and her team serve as trusted advisors to the movers and shakers in the marketing industry, partnering with them to envision a customer-centric future in their digital transformation journey. A passionate marketer, Jess is particularly interested in bringing the powers of social, mobile and analytics to the hands of the customer, helping them to connect to their customers in a whole new way. Before Salesforce, Jess was Head of Digital at iSentia and was lead product evangelist at BuzzNumbers in Australia. As a leader, Jess believes in fostering an inclusive culture and lives the Salesforce values of giving back to the community. Every year, Jess leads a team of employees to volunteer and raise funds in Nepal - building houses and toilets for the underprivileged. Outside of work and volunteering, Jess is a big fitness enthusiast and loves a good physical challenge like CrossFit and long-distance running. Jess was born in Australia and proudly calls herself a Roosters fan. She has been calling Singapore home for the past four years and loves the food culture, naturally.