Bernard Ong has been in the computer industry for nearly two decades. He has held many roles, ranging from sales director to professional services practice director, project director and manager, as well as technical architect and consultant. Bernard earned the SunRise achiever award from Sun Microsystems (Singapore) and the Outstanding Project Team award and High Achiever's Award from Hewlett-Packard (Singapore). He was given the National Computer Board Award in Singapore and the Singapore Polytechnic Gold Medal for academic excellence. Bernard was a recipient of the Rank Xerox and Foreign & Commonwealth Office Scholarship for post-graduate studies at the University of Essex (U.K.), where… he earned his Master of Science in Computer Studies/Artificial Intelligence. Bernard is currently the director of Sun Microsystem's Software Professional Services for the Asia Pacific region