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Selinna S.L. Chin
Managing Director, IDC Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand

Selinna Chin joined IDC since its inception in Malaysia in 1993, bringing with her rich market research and consulting experience. As the Managing Director for IDC Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand (MIPT), Selinna is responsible for strategic initiatives and driving expansion plans deeper into these four markets. She has a proven track record in developing and growing the business operations for IDC Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines (MIP) through her strong leadership.

In her previous role as the Managing Director for the Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia offices, Selinna was responsible for all research, sales and marketing, and day-to-day operations in these three countries, ensuring that the local operations meet their business, research, and financial objectives and that all research is timely and of the highest quality in servicing IDC’s clientele. She has been instrumental in providing guidance for consulting and custom projects, as well as syndicated research activities of the three offices. She has directed countless market research and consulting projects in IT market intelligence, IT adoption, and the ERP software market arena.

One of Selinna's many great triumphs is the development of IDC's regional outbound call center in Malaysia, which today is responsible for conducting IDC's end-user surveys across Asia/Pacific region, forming a vital component in supporting IDC’s research and consulting projects. Under her leadership, her team built and conducted research for the emerging markets in Asia such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Selinna's industry expertise spreads across all types of technologies, including having extensive experience in a vendor environment as Analyst Programmer and Account Manager for relational DBMS and application development tools.

Throughout her tenure in IDC, Selinna has had numerous speaking engagements at industry events and is often invited to ICT conferences and vendor briefings. In Computerworld's Millennium issue, Selinna was recognized as one of Malaysia's Top 50 Local IT Personalities in 2000.

Selinna graduated from Deakin University, Australia with double bachelors degree in Commerce (Finance and Management) and Science (Computer Science and Statistics).