Directors & advisors from across Asia-Pacific
GSS is backed by leaders from national research & education networks, universities and government agencies across the region.
Core team
Liana Jacinta
Co-founder · APAN General Manager · MY
14 years with the Malaysian Research and Education Network (MYREN); network engineering background; co-founded Global Support Services; APAN General Manager from 1 April 2023.
Shaan
Partner · MY
Partner and lead contact at Global Support Services.
Directors
Roshan Ragel
Director · LK
Consultant CEO at the Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) since 2017; Professor of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya; Chair of the Asi@Connect Steering Committee since 2023.
Sanjeev Banzal
Director · IN
Director General of the Education and Research Network (ERNET), India; 31+ years of ICT experience; former Advisor at TRAI; led ITU study groups on ICT for disaster risk reduction and smart cities.
Bo Wang
Director · CN
Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University; PhD in Computer Science (2019); N2Women Rising Stars in Networking and Communications (2022).
wangbo2019@tsinghua.edu.cnEr. Lochan Lal Amatya
Director · NP
Chairman of the Nepal Research and Education Network (NREN); Masters in Computer Engineering (1986); 32+ years at Nepal Telecom, rising to CTO.
Advisors
Dr. Buseung Cho
Advisor · KR
Principal researcher and Director of the KREONET Center at KISTI; Chair of APAN-KR; research in software-defined networking and programmability.
DY Kim
Advisor · KR
APAN member since 1997; Internet Hall of Fame inductee (2021); champion of Cyber-Performance cultural initiatives.
Gerrit Willem Bahlman
Advisor · NZ
Former Chair and current advisor to APAN; former interim CEO of REANNZ; former Director of IT at Hong Kong Polytechnic University; former CIO at Massey University.
Dr. Markus Buchhorn
Advisor · AU
Former astrophysicist and university IT director (ANU); APAN General Manager 2012–2023; consultant to research infrastructure projects.
Shigeki Goto
Advisor · JP
Professor at Waseda University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering; ACM and IEEE member; IPSJ fellow.
sgoto@waseda.jpEric Yen
Advisor · TW
Research scientist at Academia Sinica Grid Computing Centre, Taiwan; initiated the APAN Disaster Mitigation Working Group; APGridPMA chairperson.
Jianping Wu
Advisor · CN
Professor of Computer Science at Tsinghua University since 1993; Director of the China Education and Research Network (CERNET).
jianping@cernet.edu.cnGeorge McLaughlin
Advisor · AU
FRSC, AM. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry; Member of the Order of Australia (2009).
Ranjan Kumar
Advisor · IN
Joint Director and CISO at ERNET India; MSc Physics, MTech Computer Science.
ranjan@eis.ernet.inSuhaimi Napis
Advisor · MY
Associate Professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia; instrumental in the Malaysian Bioinformatics Network and Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network.
suhaimi@upm.myShinji Shimojo
Advisor · JP
Professor and Director of the Cybermedia Center, Osaka University; founding member of PRAGMA and CENTRA; IPSJ fellow.
Chalermpol Charnsripinyo
Advisor · TH
Senior research specialist and Head of the Internet Innovation Laboratory at NECTEC, Thailand.
chalermpol.charnsripinyo@nectec.or.thJilong Wang
Advisor · CN
Professor at Tsinghua University's Institute of Network Science and Cyberspace; Chair of APAN-CN; former NOC director of CERNET2/TEIN.
wjl@cernet.edu.cn