“My dad was sitting in front of the TV with me, then, and the late PM Lee was talking about trends and the economic situation of Singapore. He was talking about the next industry that would be booming, and I vividly remember he spoke about that being IT,” recalls Ler, who is now the vice-president and general manager (Asia Pacific and Japan) of data firm Commvault.
A speech by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew set Rachel Ler, the vice-president and general manager (Asia Pacific and Japan) of data firm Commvault, on a career path in technology. She speaks to Options about the importance of the human element in a time when contact is discouraged, nay, dangerous even
It was at the 1994 May Day Rally when Rachel Ler first heard then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew speak about information technology (IT).
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