Asher LingEXCO Member, Data Centre Chapter at SGTechSpeaker
Profile
Asher is the Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director of Singapore for Princeton Digital Group. With over 15 years of experience, Asher’s responsibilities include shaping the company's technology strategy globally as well as leading regional investments, growth, and business operations for PDG in Singapore, Johor, and Batam. As a proactive and adaptive leader, Asher and his SG1 team focused on innovating and optimising their existing infrastructure when there was a temporary pause on new data centre projects imposed by the Singapore government. His guidance led the team through resource limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing, streamlining, and standardising processes across business units to improve operational efficiency. Most recently, Asher’s role expanded to leading the development and operations of PDG’s Johor and Batam data centres as part of their wider Singapore strategy. This plan meets the increasing demand for colocation services in Singapore and neighbouring regions. His other stints have been at KPMG and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.