Ir. Mohd Zahari Zakaria
Ir. Zahari graduated in 1983 from Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom with an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, majoring in telecommunications.
He has over 40 years of working experience in various capacities, mostly in telecommunication engineering, information security, and project management. More than 30 years of his experience is in the oil & gas industry specializing in floating production systems.
Ir. Zahari joined ESSO Production Malaysia Inc (EPMI) in 1986. Spent more than 10 years in EPMI serving both the upstream and downstream sectors and in various telecommunication-related capacities. He later had a stint in O&G engineering companies including Technip, Aker Solution & MMC for their clients (Shell, ExxonMobil, PETRONAS, Murphy Oil, ONGC & PTTEP).
He then spent 14 years in SBM Offshore where he was involved in almost all telecom discipline activities including mentoring new telecom engineers. He has assumed lead telecom positions for more than 15 FPSO projects. He was the engineering authority for SBM group.
Ir. Zahari initiated TCG Academy to share his experience and technical knowledge to benefit oil & gas engineers globally and elevate their competencies.
Dr. Effariza Hanafi
Dr. Effariza Hanafi received the B.Eng. in Telecommunications (first class Hons.) from the University of Adelaide, Adelaide S.A., Australia, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010 and 2014 respectively.
She joined Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she is now a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering.
She is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and a Graduate Member of the Institution of Engineers and Technology (IET).
Her main research interests include wireless communications networks, Internet of Things communications technology, cognitive radio, 5G networks and beyond.
Ir. Assoc. Prof Col (R) Dato’ Ts. Dr. H. Husin Jazri
Ir Assoc. Prof Col (R) Dato’ Ts. Dr. H. Husin Jazri graduated with PhD in Computer Science (Cybersecurity) from the National Defence University of Malaysia and the alumni of the Royal Holloway University of London, University Putra Malaysia, UiTM Shah Alam, and University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Assoc. Prof Jazri is a cybersecurity professor at the Taylor’s University Malaysia. Prior to Taylor’s, he also a professor in cybersecurity at the University of Malaysia Computing and Engineering (UNIMY), Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST).
Prof Jazri was the founder of CyberSecurity Malaysia, co-founder and the first Co-Chair of Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), the founder and the first chair of OIC-CERT. He was the recipient of the prestigious Harold Tipton Lifetime Achievement Award by the ISC2, USA, for his contribution to cybersecurity in Malaysia and globally. He is currently the Assoc Professor in Cybersecurity, Director of the Global Alliance for Cyber Safety and Cybersecurity Lead for Impact Lab, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Technology and Innovation of Taylor’s University Malaysia.
Basri Berahim
Basri Berahim graduated with a BSc In Electronic & Physics degree from Malaysia Sabah University, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia in 2004 and is currently pursuing MSc in Technology Management (Research in Rail Cybersecurity) at a local university.
He has 20 years of experience in Cyber Security, technologies, telecommunication and networks including training of professionals in Transport and Oil & Gas industry sectors. He has hold multiple portfolios, both technical and managerial. He has been trained in Cyber Security locally and overseas as well in Telecommunications and networking.
He is certified to ISA/IEC 62443 Expert (CFS, CRAS, CDS& CMS) and is expected to be certified to ASIS CPP Protection Professional and GIAC GICSP. He is also a Cisco Certification Network (CCNA) engineer. He is a Global Member Cyber Security Control System Association International (CS2AI), Senior Member of International Society of Automation (ISA), a member of American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)(International and Malaysia Chapter), a member of Project Management Institute (PMI-Malaysia Chapter), and a member of The Critical Communication Association (TCCA).