Quentin Staes-Polet
Leader, Asia Pacific Digital Media Practice, IBM
Quentin Staes-Polet leads the Asia Pacific Digital Media and Media and Entertainment Practice for IBM Global Services and Business Consulting Services, based in Singapore and Bombay. He is responsible for all the business development activities for digital media and media and entertainment in Asia Pacific, including convergence projects for leading content creators and providers and service providers in Asia.
Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Staes-Polet worked for Universal Music Asia-Pacific where he handled the development and deployment of the company’s first content management and intellectual property systems. He also spent two years working on special marketing programs that included looking after alternative distribution and promotion of music such as the Internet, mail order, TV marketing etc.
Mr. Staes-Polet then took a position at OneAsia.com, an Asian entertainment Internet retailer, where he developed the strategy for digital distribution over the Internet. Mr. Staes-Polet has a degree in Engineering and an MBA with a focus on Intellectual Property Management.