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Alex Teh is a cybersecurity business leader with over 20 years of proven industry success. Over a 16-year period as Director and founder of Vigil Software, Alex built the company from a start-up into a $44 million plus turnover operation. Vigil Software was then sold to a Pan-European company in 2016. Since joining Chillisoft as CEO, Alex has spearheaded the transformation of the company, turning Chillisoft from primarily working as ESET NZ, into a multi-Gartner leading vendor business. Chillisoft are now proud distributors of ESET, LogRhythm, CyberArk, Imperva, Help Systems, Netskope, Extrahop, Radware, Mimecast, Attack IQ and more. Chillisoft has since won many awards, including: 2020, 2021 and 2022 LogRhythm distributor of the year. 2021 Imperva APJ Partner of the year. 2020 Reseller News Specialist distributor and most recently, 2022 Reseller News Distributor Innovation Specialist.

Alex has been dedicated to building and growing sales, technical and marketing teams, with focus on achieving accelerated growth through ensuring high levels of integrity and excellence in cybersecurity. Alex works in a direct touch channel sales capacity, having sold and marketed to over 5,000 partners in EMEA and ANZ who trusted Chillisoft to provide commercial and technical value back to their customers. Chillisoft no works with over 2,000 partners in the ANZ market. Alex is a subject matter expert in all aspects of cyber security including; Next Generation Firewalls, SD-Wan, SASE, Data Loss Prevention, Cloud security, SIEM, WAF, DDOS, Email and Web security, Identity and Cloud Access Management (MFA, PAM, SSO), End point security (EDR), Network detection and response (NDR) and Mobile security.

Most keen on helping business build SOC’s and security services, Alex is highly passionate about cybersecurity. Most of all, Alex is dedicated to helping make the right security solutions available, bringing the best in cyberseucity to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific!

Dane Blackmore is the country manager for Netskope, and has over a decade of experience working on digital transformation and cyber security objectives with business and government orgs of all sizes.

He is passionate about helping organisations to use zero trust architecture and cybersecurity to safely exploit one of their most valuable assets – customer data.

Simon is the Area Vice President for ExtraHop. A respected industry expert in the APJ region with over 25 years of sales and management experience Simon collaborates with the cyber security community to inform and uplift cyber security programs and capability.  Previous to this role, Simon was responsible for building and managing relationships with organisations in Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) for AttackIQ.  Simon has also held senior sales and leadership roles at LogRhythm where he served as Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific, Symantec, Commvault and Acronis. Originally from the UK, Simon has lived in Sydney since 1998.

Reinhart is an experienced Information Technology and Cyber Security leader of over 30 years.  His career, founded on a degree in Computer Science from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), has a demonstrated history of working in technology leadership, advisory and sales/pre-sales roles that help businesses uncover and explore new opportunities for growth.

With a strong technical and entrepreneurial background, Reinhart founded a company earlier in his career that successfully developed and sold authentication security reporting and billing software to enterprises worldwide. The company and technology were later acquired by a global 2FA vendor.

Today, Reinhart has a large focus on cyber security and technology innovation powered by AI and automation.  He helps organisations understand how they can source, build, and leverage technology to drive better business outcomes, while at the same time understand and manage their cyber risk.   As a pragmatic technologist, he understands the importance that people and process play in the success of securing an organisation’s users, applications, infrastructure, and most importantly their data from cyber threats and cyber-attacks.

With over 18 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, Sam has built a remarkable career trajectory. He has held key roles at reputable organizations such as Spectrum in UAE, Extol Corporation in Malaysia, IPSec, Optus, and Trustwave in Australia, where he served as the APAC Sales Director. Throughout his professional journey, Sam has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in driving successful sales teams and highlighting the business value and return on investment (ROI) of diverse cybersecurity solutions. Sam holds a master’s degree in engineering management from Malaysia’s Universiti Tenaga Nasional, adding a solid academic foundation to his practical expertise in the field.

Anthony Rowell is a Channel Account Manager for Chillisoft, New Zealand’s specialist cybersecurity distributor. Representing cybersecurity industry-leading vendors including ESET, Imperva, Mimecast, and NetSkope to partner and customer bases numbering in well into the thousands.
With a strong background in information technology and security, Anthony has a comprehensive understanding of the evolving landscape of cyber threats and the mapping of these to the vendor technology and solutions Chillisoft represents

With a channel-first approach, mirroring the values of Chillisoft, Anthony works with partners to understand the unique security challenges of their clients, and providing guidance on tailored solutions to address their specific needs.

Pierro is a senior technical manager and cybersecurity architect with more than 28 years’ experience in the IT industry across Cyber Security, Cloud, Infrastructure & Hyperconverged Technologies, IT Support and Professional Services. He has delivered solutions to various multinational and international companies spanning finance, government, utilities  and retail.  

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Brad Collins is the Enterprise and MSP Business Manager for ESET, focusing on our MSP partners and customers with our Complete, Enterprise and Elite products with the goal of allowing our MSPs to increase the security of their customers in an easy and cost effective manner. Brad has worked in IT Companies and MSPs for just over 20 years including growing one of those companies from 6 to 55 staff and is applying his wealth of real world experience in customer expectations and security solutions in this role to discuss the wider ESET product stack with MSPs.

Corey Blackburn, a professional photographer from Auckland, New Zealand, with a love for storytelling through imagery. From documenting the aftermath of September 11th in Egypt and gaining her first feature with Investigate Magazine, to her current role as the sole photographer for the University of Canterbury, Corey’s passion for photography has always come through in her work. She is especially talented in capturing corporate storytelling, the live essence of events, the feelings evoked in marketing campaigns, and the wonder from research projects. 

As an experienced photojournalist, Corey earned a sponsorship from Canon NZ for her event work during her time at Auckland’s UPFM radio station. Her portfolio includes coverage for renowned brands like Vodafone, Impact Summit, Humanitix, The Gough family Foundation, Q-Dance, ExEd, WILNZ, UC, LINCOLN and her works have been published through various print media including Fairfax, Stuff, Allied Press, Tipāko Business, Kia Ora, Investigate, Her, Woman, and Real Groove. 

Her works have been published through various print media, showcasing her diverse range of subjects and styles. From corporate biographies and product advertising to DJ, Artist, and Model portfolios, weddings, portraiture, and panoramic landscapes, Corey’s lens captures the essence of life in captivating frames.