Dinesh's official response: "I am thrilled to join the Microsoft Malaysia family as we look forward to exciting times – especially with this year being its 20 th anniversary. With computing moving towards the cloud, applications will become the driving force of the industry landscape." Yadda-yadda … but hiring the former director of the InfoTech cluster at MDeC is certainly a feather in Microsoft's cap. His career in ICT spans 20 years in the ICT industry, and his track record includes start-up operations, business development and technology strategy; OSS development and integration; as well as Internet and cyber security policy, planning and deployment. "Dinesh's appointment as our DPE Lead fulfills a very important building block in our commitment to transform Malaysia together, to better help the Government achieve its economic and development aspirations through the power of technology," said Ananth Lazarus, Microsoft Malaysia managing director.