About Us

iTnews Asia is the leading news source for IT and technology executives and teams. It provides insights on technology adoption and investment strategies, and helps readers learn about and understand the evolving IT landscape in Asia.

iTnews Asia distributes a weekly newsletter to our dedicated audience of more than 40,000 opt-in regional subscribers actively engaged in our content.

The iTnews Asia editorial team covers news, speaks to industry thought leaders and explores technology issues and trends that are driving digital transformation – across key IT segments and business sectors.

iTnews Asia is a brand under Lighthouse Independent Media, part of global publisher Forum Media Group. Founded in 2002, Lighthouse has been driving market-leading B2B media and events brands, “Marketing Interactive” and “Human Resources Online” for more than 20 years in Asia.

iTnews Asia is also an extension of the iTnews brand in Australia, an established technology media brand.

iTnews belongs to Sydney-based nextmedia Pty Ltd, also part of Forum Media Group. As the leading news site for IT business decision makers in Australia, iTnews has provided IT professionals with trusted, factual, and authoritative coverage of the sector.

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Raymond Tan

Editorial and Media Director

Raymond Tan is an experienced editor and communications professional who has worked across the technology, media, entertainment, broadcast, marketing and travel industries over the past 30 years.  

Raymond re-joins ITNews Asia in 2024 in a new and expanded role as editorial and media director. He helped launch iTNews Asia back in 2021 as the Editor-in-Chief.

Over the years, Raymond has worked in several media organisations such as CMP Business Media, Questex Asia, ZDNet Asia, Travel Trade Gazette Asia, and Editech International (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting) across various capacities from editorial to events. He also produced a number of conferences and awards, as well as spoken at webinars and moderated panel discussions.

Raymond was Senior Editor at MartechAsia in 2023. He previously held the roles of Publisher at ZDNet Asia and Associate Publisher at CMP Asia (Asia Computer Weekly and Intelligent Enterprise) and Questex Asia (Network World Asia). He was also the editor and editorial bureau chief of Enterprise Innovation, Network World Asia, Asia Pacific Broadcasting, and Telecom Asia.

Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel

Senior Technology Journalist

Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel is an engineer turned journalist with a passion to write on latest technologies, cyber security, telco, and semiconductor industry.

With over 5 years of experience working in media, she has done numerous interviews with industry and subject matter experts from the latest advancements to the ethical dilemmas of data privacy.

She was previously Assistant Editor, Business, at Electronics For You Group and Reporter cum Sub-Editor at The Electronics.

Kumar Gandharv

Senior Technology Journalist

With a foundation in Tech Journalism, Kumar has over the past 4 years been writing and covering emerging technologies and their implications for technology, business, and society.

His role at iTNews Asia entails crafting content and engaging with senior technology leaders across the Asia-Pacific to address industry trends through opinion pieces, case studies, whitepapers, partner content, webinars, events, and research reports.

Kumar’s expertise spans data analytics, digital transformation, AI, data science, cybersecurity, cloud, mobility, enterprise software, and software development.

Czarina Solomon
Senior Sales Manager

Czarina has been with Lighthouse Independent Media for 10 years. Prior to her current role as Senior Sales and Project Manager at iTnews Asia, she led the MARKETING-INTERACTIVE Awards commercial portfolio as Head of Project Management.

Czarina has played a crucial role in assessing new market territories, providing insights on product development and developing strategic business plans.

Czarina has over 18 years of business development experience across Singapore, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the US.