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Avanti Kumar

(He/Him)
Malaysia
As seen in: Disruptive.Asia, Substack, TechTarget, Macworld, CIO, MindBodyGreen, Computer Weekly, Macworld UK, BusinessToday Malaysia, HR Asia, sme.asia and
Covers:  Digital trends, digital disruption, digital transformation: impact across industry, enterprise IT, B2B, government, and society in Asia Pacific for business/c-suite audiences.
“Navigating Worlds with Words”- British research journalist and author, based both in the UK & Asia. Mastodon @avantikumar@newsie.social
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Avanti Kumar’s Biography

British citizen with full Malaysian PR (Permanent Residency) status: Based both in the UK and Asia (since June 2000) covering technology and management in Asia and Europe.

Highlights: Published author, award winning digital technology research journalist, and screenwriter [Writing credits with the BBC, RTE, etc.)

Trained as technical author and documentation specialist when back in the UK with the ISTC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators).

Former weekly consumer tech & devices review columnist for five years with CNet, The Sun and Sunday Mail in Malaysia. Editor for 11 years for Computerworld Malaysia and country correspondent for CIO Asia and IDG tech newswire.

Currently, Contributing Editor, for media outlets such as Disruptive.Asia and independent columnist for various international media channels including Computerweekly and Disruptive Asia, Macworld and others. Reformed consultant/executive coach.

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