Senior Advisor
Tate has over 22 years of experience in the design and delivery of scenario planning, wargames, and red teaming exercises
Senior Advisor
Dzirhan has 25 years of extensive experience in military defence and tactical strategy, particularly in the ASEAN region.
Senior Advisor
Yuster has 30 years of military and national security experience, and he has also served as President of the Institute for Information Industry in Taiwan.
Senior Advisor
Specialising in people and market development, Mike is a performance training expert focused on how data analytics can be leveraged for great growth.
Senior Advisor
Kent Babin is a technology and communications consultant specializing in crypto, blockchain, and fintech. Processing a combination of technology, literary, and business skills, he helps non-tech companies fill the knowledge gap and tech companies position themselves as thought leaders in the media.
Strategic Business Advisor
Wain held various senior level positions including Senior Vice President of Asia and the Americas for IHS Markit, Senior Vice President, Sybase, Asia and the Americas and Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific Operations, Oracle.
Senior Advisor
Arnaud Sobrero is an expert in the Aerospace, Defense, and Security industry with more than 12 years of international experience.
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Tate’s research and analysis are focused on Indo-Pacific military capabilities and geopolitical competition; the effects of emerging technologies on security and defence communities, and the future of military capabilities and competition. Additionally, he has over 22 years of experience in the design and delivery of scenario planning, wargames, and red teaming exercises. As well as advising IScann Group, he is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with Forward Defense within the Brent Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. Tate is also the Founder of OTH Intelligence Group LLC, a Partner with One Defense, a defence technology strategic advisory and horizon scanning firm. He has published several works including Atlantic Council’s Strategy White Paper: A Candle in the Dark: A US AI Strategy for National Security, a paper on Japan-US defence collaboration in artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, and a U.S-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s report entitled China’s Advanced Weapons Systems.
Dzirhan has 25 years of extensive experience in military defence and tactical strategy, particularly in the ASEAN region. Alongside his Senior Advisor role at IScann Group, Dzirhan is a regular contributor for leading defence journals and provides his analysis at Defence forums. He has lectured at the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College on various topics pertaining to strategy and military history, and regularly briefs the Malaysian Armed Forces and visiting delegations from military institutions such as the US National Defense University, USAF Air War College and the Australian Staff College. He has published several works such as Asian Military Review: COVID adds to Malaysian Defence Funding Problems; USNI News: Navy, Coast Guard Keep Up Operations in Africa; USNI News: SECDEF Esper: U.S. Will ‘Keep Up The Pace’ of South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operations; and Shephard Media: Malaysiam Auditor Takes Aim at A400Ms and Submarines.
Yuster has 30 years of military and national security experience. Previously, he served as President of the Institute for Information Industry in Taiwan and as a Senior Advisor, Cyber Security Department, Executive Yuan, Taiwan,. It was here that he provided strategic insights on the development of the cyber security industry, focusing on intelligence operations, research and analysis. He has served in the Taiwan Navy including being Special Assistant to Secretary General, National Security Council, Taiwan, Naval Attaché to the United States. Heavily involved in US-Taiwan military relations, he has also coordinated key foreign policy programmes and is a widely sought after speaker on the subject.
Specialising in people and market development, Mike is a performance training expert focused on how data analytics can be leveraged for great growth. In addition to his advisory role at IScann Group, Mike is the Founder and Chief Developer at PM Development, where he runs a wide range of in-house events, project management and performance training courses. He has also held roles at Jane’s Information Group, The Media House & Caspian Media Ltd. Mike also leads IScann Group’s Charity initiative, in particular support for the Pancreatic Cancer UK foundation.
Kent Babin is a technology and communications consultant specializing in crypto, blockchain, and fintech. Possessing a combination of technology, literary, and business skills, he helps non-tech companies fill the knowledge gap and tech companies position themselves as thought leaders in the media.
In his current role as Head of Technology for global communications agency Redhill, he works with a portfolio of crypto, blockchain, and fintech companies across Asia. He has more than 15 years of experience in the technology industry, 8 in the crypto/blockchain space.
Before becoming a consultant, he was the Chief Technology Officer at GoldenPay, Azerbaijan’s first online payment system. Over a period of seven years, he designed and managed what has become the country’s largest online services portal: hesab.az. Prior to Azerbaijan, he spent time working in Mongolia, India, and Egypt.
An avid traveller and aspiring novelist, Kent has published two travel thriller novels and is currently working on a third.
Until his retirement in 2012, Wain held various senior level positions including Senior Vice President of Asia and the Americas for IHS Markit, Senior Vice President, Sybase, Asia and the Americas and Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific Operations, Oracle. An experienced senior executive with over 35 years of experience, Wain counsels IScann Group on business strategy. He currently sits on the Board for Advisors for BStrong4Life® based in Napa, California and Global Sales Advisor for RedCard Solutions also based in California.
Arnaud Sobrero is an expert in the Aerospace, Defense, and Security industry with more than 12 years of international experience. Arnaud has worked with well-established organizations such as the Dassault Group, Textron, and Raytheon Technologies in various capacities (Sales, Marketing, Strategy).
In addition to his business development activities, Arnaud focused on providing detailed political, military, and economic situational reporting to senior leadership and on deriving new opportunities from geopolitical shift analysis. His analyses have been featured in The Diplomat, and he is a contributing expert on cybersecurity for the newly formed think tank ‘ITSS’ (International Team for the Study of Security). He is a French citizen and has lived in 6 different countries, including 12 years in Asia.
Arnaud is a graduate of the Institut de Relations Internationales et Strategiques (‘IRIS’), a top French think tank specialized in International Relations, and is a MA candidate at King’s College London in International Affairs (Cyber Security specialism).