Ray Wah
SVP & GM, Dell Consumer and Small Business Product Group
Raymond Wah has over 20 years of IT experience and leads Dell worldwide Consumer and Small business based in Taipei. He oversees this segment’s PC roadmaps & P&L for both notebooks and all in ones/desktops, including the Alienware, XPS, Inspiron and Vostro brands and their product launch, management, and sustaining functions. Under his watch, Dell’s consumer business has attained 18 consecutive quarters of year over year share gain through CYQ217, with multiple awards from key events like CES, IFA and IT publications. Before joining Dell, he led Samsung’s worldwide Product Planning and Marketing Group for both commercial and consumer PCs and was based in Seoul for 2 years.
Prior to the Samsung appointment, Raymond was the Vice President for consumer notebooks, Personal Systems Group in Hewlett Packard International. He gained his experience after the HP-Compaq merger as the Vice President of marketing for Asia Pacific Japan for both the commercial and consumer notebook business based in Singapore. As a Director in Compaq, Raymond contributed to Compaq’s growth in the consumer business, increasing both revenue and profit for the company to market leadership in the ASEAN markets.
Before joining Compaq, Raymond was with Procter and Gamble in trade marketing and area sales where he led the trade marketing and field sales team. In 1993 he was awarded the Achiever’s and Manager’s Cup for outstanding sales performance.
Raymond Wah graduated from the National University of Singapore, faculty of Business Administration in 1991. He also holds an executive MBA from Kellogg – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In 1986, he was enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces, and graduated as one of the top officer cadets and served as an officer in SAF 1st Guards Battalion (heliborne and amphibious operations).