Andrew Namboka is Chief Technologist for Nokia Enterprise Solutions in Asia Pacific and based in the company’s regional headquarters in Singapore. In his role, Andrew leads a team of sales engineers to support the technical needs of customers and channel partners around the region. His portfolio spans fourteen countries throughout Asia Pacific including China and Japan.Andrew brings with him more than 15 years of experience in the data communications industry. He started his career in the field as a lead engineer with IBM UK and was responsible for building secure banking infrastructure. He went on to join MCI WorldCom as a VPN/PKI implementation specialist with geographical responsibility in EMEA. In 2000, Andrew joined Nokia UK as a European senior technical consultant before taking on the role of technology manager and subsequently engineering manager for EMEA.Andrew is a frequent expert speaker at various industry events as well as universities. He is closely follows the standards development work of the Working Groups of the Internet Engineering Task Force, particularly security, mobile IP and IPv6.Andrew holds an Engineering Honors Degree in mechanical engineering with specialization in robotics and artificial intelligence. He also completed post-graduate studies investigating motion control algorithms, digital signal processing and parallel processing technologies.