Careers and Current Trends in

the ICT Industry

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart NumnondaDirectorSoftware Park Thailand7 March 2011

MySelf

B.Eng (Electrical Engineering)

M.E. & Ph.D. (Image Processing)– Engineering Math– Digital Signal Processing– Digital Communication– Digital Electronic – Data Communication– etc..

MySelf

Programming (Fortran, Pascal)

Java Programing– Certified Java Programmer

J2SE, J2EE– Instructors; Sun, SWPark, Institutes,

etc..

J2ME– Nokia, Software Park

Sun-Nokia Wireless Java Project

Nokia 7650 First Java Phone

Software Park Alliance with Sun and Nokia

J2ME training programs and mobile-application contest in June 2002

Sun-Nokia Roadshow

.

MySelf

Sun Microsystems (Thailand)

Association of Thai ICT Industry (ATCI)

PriceWaterHouseCoopers

Software Park Thailand

My Career Path

Instructor

Executive

Programmer

Evangelist / Influencer

Business Development Director

Sales Director

Consultant

Executive

Career Path : Example1

Programmer

Analyst / programmer

Team leader

Project manager

Systems Development Manager

Executive Director – Systems

CIO

Career Path : Example 2

Analyst

Consultant

Manager

Director

Partner

ISV/SIMFEC, CDG, YIT, Metro, PCC, Motif, etc..

SoftSquare, A-Host, TeletroOne..

International ISV/SIReuters, DSTi, etc.

VendorsIBM, Oracle, Microsoft, HP, etc.

ConsultsPwC, Deloitte, Accenture, etc.

IT Jobs in Industry

Telco

AIS, DTAC, True, TT&T, etc.

FSIK-Bank, SCB, TMB, KCS. etc.

GovernmentGovernment Department

State Enterprise

ManufactoryPTT, Toyota, Ictus, CP, etc.

IT Jobs in Industry

Programmer

System Analysis

System Admin

Database Admin (DBA)

IT Architect

Security

IT Manager

IT Director

CIO

Job Descriptions

Computer Operator/ IT & Network Admin / Helpdesk0-2 Years Exp.

15,000 – 25,000 Baht

Programmer/ System Engineer/ IT Developer/Officer– 0-2 Years Exp.

– 25,000 – 40,000 Baht

Analyst Programmer/ Network engineer/ DB Admin/Java Developer

– 2-3 Years Exp. Good English

– 42,000 – 50,000 Baht

Source: Gemini Personnel Thailand

Job Salary Survey July 2010

System Analyst/ IT System Support/ Assistant Project Manager/Senior Developer Consultant

4-8 Years Exp., Good English

62,500 – 85,000 Baht

Project Manager/ IT Manager– 5-8 Years Exp., Master MIS, Fluent English

– 90,000 – 140,000 Baht

Source: Gemini Personnel Thailand

Job Salary Survey July 2010

Sales Engineer 2-3 Years Exp., Good English

35,000 -60,000++ Baht Commission or incentives

Sales Manager/ Account Manager– 5-8 Years Exp., Good English

– 60,000-100,000++ Baht Commission or incentives

Source: Gemini Personnel Thailand

Job Salary Survey July 2010

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Information Technology

Computer Business

IT Graduates

Basic Programming Language

Java, C#, etc..

Object Oriented Programming

Web Programming Concept

IT Architecture

Software Engineering

OS

Database

Basic Technical Skill

Presentation

Communication

Language

Writing, Speaking, Listening

English (Must)

Third Language (Chinese, German, Japanese)

General Knowledge

Soft Skill

Right now there are jobs in

Testing

Web development / Programming

Technical support – eg help desk

Systems Administration

Consulting Companies like Accenture and IBM will hire grads with good solid academic scores and excellent communication skills

Entry Level Jobs

Why Trends?

In 1950; GDP per capita < $100; Need Financial aids

The Chonggyechon river,South Korea

Transformation of the Korean Economy (1945-2003)

Liberationfrom JapaneseColonial Rule

6 Five-Year-Economic- Development Plans

FinancialCrisis

2003P19801962 1970 1995

5,000

10,000

67 87

11,432

7,355

1953

Per Capita (US$)GNI

1990

1945

12,646

OECDMember100(1964)

1,000(1977)

1998

Korea : Changing Industrial Structure: from Agriculture to Manufacturing / from Light Industry to Heavy and Chemical Industry

1960 1970 1990 1999 1980

HCI Product

Agricultural Product

Light Industry Product

50%

Wig Automobile SemiconductorTextile

2003

Semiconductor, Mobile Phone, DTV, Display, Automobile, Ship-building, etc.

84.8%

12.4%

2.8%

(ICT, 27.6%)

Changes in Export Commodity Profile

Technology & Social Shift

New Business Rules

Communication Shift

Social Networks

Socializing & Sharing

Impacts

The Future is social.

Everything is everywhere.

Everything is changing fast.

Everything is mobile.

Everything is fast.

The enterprise world we live in 2010 and beyond

Global Direct, Open CustomersCommunication

Transparency

Work RemotelyDigital Life Convergence

(e.g. Social Media)

(Work and Personal lines are blurring)

(Customers, Resources, IPs are acquired everywhere)

(Mobility Trend)

(Blogs, Social Computing) Brief Collaboration(Assemble the best, Disassemble upon completion)

Source : I’m Cloud Confused

The new “Always On” workforce

Smaller and Less Sufficiently Skilled

Increasingly Global

Highly Virtual

Vastly Diverse

Autonomous and Empowered

Source : Hewitt Associates: Next Generation Talent Management

The new unified communication

Source : Cloud Computing : Jagdish K Vasishtha, Injoos

Towards ASEAN Community 2015

Single Regional MarketRegional Producton Base

The Peaceful, Prosperous, and People-Centric ASEAN

ASEAN Security Community (ASC)

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

(ASCC)

ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015

Dual Track Strategy

Producton/Supply Consumpton/Demand

Impact of AEC

• Gross GDP to 2.65 Trillion from 1.8 • Free fow of Human Resources• Landing pad for re-export• Re-thinking of Investment Incentve• Large investment opportunity • Industry Shif

Source : Nattasak; Oracle Thailand

BRIC

Brazil

Russia

India

China

The 21st Century Business Environment

Source : Hinchcliffe at SBS 2010

Next Major Computing Cycle

Source: Morgan Stanley 2009

New Trends

Web 2.0

Web as a Platform

OS/Device independence

Large scale computing

Software as a Service

Cloud Computing

Social Networks

Source: Morgan Stanley 2010

Tablets

SmartPhones

iPad 2

Smart PhoneMarket shares Q4 2010

Mobile App Stores

Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technologies

Is anyone using Cloud?

Cloud ComputingThe next three years will see the delivery of a range of cloud service

– IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

– Public Cloud & Private Cloud

Vendors will offer packaged private cloud implementations

Many will also offer management services to remotely manage the cloud service implementation.

Cloud Computing Era

Source: ITRI ASOCIO Summit 2010

Cloud Computing Value Chain

Source: ITRI ASOCIO Summit 2010

The New Challenge

International public cloude.g.Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure

Salesforce, Amazon

Local public cloudTrue IDC

Enterprise cloud

Public Cloud Services (PaaS)e.g. Google APIs, Local APIs

Social Network APIse.g. Twitter, Facebook

Local Web Services

International Cloud Apps (SaaS)e.g. DropBox, Salesforce, CRM on Demand

Local Cloud Apps (SaaS)

Cloud Devicese.g. Tablets, SmartPhones, Desktop

Change yourself & Life long learning

Thank you

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