CSF’s Chairman & CEO

Prior to his involvement with CSF, Billy Lee had served multiple leadership roles in Hitachi Sunway Group overseeing its businesses in the ASEAN region as Executive Vice President of Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn Bhd, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hitachi Sunway Data Centre Services Sdn Bhd and Managing Director of Hitachi Sunway Information Systems (Thailand).

Honors Awards

2015: Best infrastructure Management Project of the Year 2015 by Outsourcing Malaysia.

2014: Best Data Centre Project of the year 2014 by Outsourcing Malaysia.

2013: Best Data Centre Project Award 2013 by Outsourcing Malaysia.

2012: Best Data Centre Engagement Award 2012 by Outsourcing Malaysia.

ISO 50001 Energy Management System (First in Malaysia Data Centre Industry) by British Standards Institution.

PCIDSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Certification.

ISO 2000 Information Technology System Management (ITSM) by British Standards Institution.

ISO 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) by British Standards Institution.

Billy Lee is well respected among the IT community in Malaysia and in the ASEAN region particularly in the space of data centre infrastructure and outsourcing services, cloud infrastructure and services, IT outsourcing services, and telecommunications. He is a frequent and sought-after speaker at various industry events. He was also the founding member of the Malaysian Data Centre Alliance (MDCA) – a professional and sustainable alliance that provides a collective voice for the industry with respect to regulation and policy issues that may affect it – and served as its Chairman for two (2) terms.

From 2013 to 2017, he served as a Member of Outsourcing Malaysia (OM) – an initiative of the Global Business Services (GBS) industry and a chapter of PIKOM (the National Technology Association of Malaysia) which aims to promote and develop Malaysia’s GBS industry as a global hub for high-value services.

During the period from 2011 to 2015, he held board positions at Internet Alliance Malaysia (IA), an association for all internet service providers in Malaysia, and also served as a panel member of Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), now known as Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), from 2011 to 2016.

Billy Lee graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information System from the Washington State University and Executive certification on Strategy and Innovation from MIT Slogn School of Management. With years of entrepreneurial experience and a proven record of having built a number of successful technology companies, he has developed good business acumen and in-depth knowledge of the IT market and industry, particularly in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. Moreover, he has also developed sound practical knowledge in important areas of business including management, finance, sales and marketing, and technical operations – the traits and skillset of a dynamic, hands-on and visionary entrepreneur.