David Ko

David Ko is executive vice president of Asia Pacific at Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. He is a veteran of the Asia public relations and marketing scene, with a wealth of experience accumulated over 20 years of agency and in-house experience. Founder of Shout Communications, a pan-Asia boutique agency acquired by Waggener Edstrom in 2005, David oversees Waggener Edstrom's Asia operations, including China, Hong Kong, India and Singapore, as well as a network of affiliates that spans major cities from Seoul to Kuala Lumpur.

Before founding his own consultancy, David was Asia Pacific director of marketing for Redback Networks Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of networking solutions for the broadband and optical transmission markets. In that capacity, he oversaw Redback's corporate marketing programs for the Asian region, covering countries extending from Japan and Korea in the north to Australia and New Zealand in the south. Directing a dedicated team of events, PR and field marketing experts based throughout the region, he generated substantial buzz for this NASDAQ-listed company within a short time. Prior to Redback, David headed up Cisco Systems Inc.'s North Asia public relations as well as spent more than five years in the PR agency field, working at multinationals such as Hill & Knowlton and Edelman International. A keen technophile, David was contributing editor of IDG's PC World Hong Kong edition from 1993 to 1995, when he wrote two monthly columns about Internet trends as well as  high-tech gaming and entertainment.