Richard Koh is passionate about helping organizations unleash the power of open source solutions. He is currently the Area Vice President for Confluent, responsible for business development, go to market strategies and growth in the Asia region. Prior to joining Confluent, Richard spent eight years with Red Hat and was responsible for the ASEAN region, during which he worked with many enterprises to embark on their transformational journey using open source at scale. Before Red Hat, he held key technical and sales leadership roles in Hewlett Packard and IBM. Richard holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore.