Gery Messer

Background

About Gery Messer

Gery Messer is a Senior Executive and General Manager with more than 30 years of leadership experience in the technology, services, software, and telco space with industry leaders IBM, CenturyLink, Red Hat, EMC, Deloitte, and SAP. He has held full P&L responsibility for a multibillion-dollar business and led various organizations through high double-digit sales and revenue growth across Asia Pacific and Japan. His proven multicultural and multilingual background—as well as his commendable people management skills—were born out of his 25+ years of experience living in Asia. Gery has repeatedly and fundamentally changed the trajectory of businesses to lay the foundation for long-term growth in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Europe. Areas of expertise: • Transforming businesses to deliver strong gains in revenue, profitability, and visibility in both established and emerging markets. • Leveraging emerging technologies—such as Cloud, AI, Open Source, 5G, and Security—to solve business problems and support clients in their innovation and digital transformation journeys • Overhauling go-to-market models to outpace the competition and keep pace with the changing technology landscape. • Establishing strong partner ecosystems to extend reach and leverage across multiple markets. • Building diverse, high-performing teams at all levels of the organization and creating organizational cultures built upon integrity and a shared vision of success. An experienced media spokesperson, Gery has been interviewed on CNBC Live and Bloomberg and featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Financial Review, and The Business Times to share his views on emerging technologies, digital transformation, and doing business in Asia Pacific. Product & Solution Expertise: Hybrid/Multi-Cloud, Big Data & AI, Open Source, Blockchain, 5G, Security, Business Resiliency, Colocation, Managed Services, SAP Hosting, Apps & Infra Modernization, Digital Transformation, Cognitive Enterprise