Oct 6, 2026 · 59 min · 11 segments
The first episode of the new series of In Conversation by Data Centre News Asia is now live.Our first guest was Emmeline Tang, CEng, CTO at Digital Edge, who shared insights from her experience in the…
James MurphyHostSo let's move on to your current job-
...
DigitalEdge CTO.
You're not a, I mean, we- we weren't recruited as a CTO originally, as chief product officer.
But you're a kind of interesting case study in the new brand of CTO.
'Cause I think when people think of CTOs, particularly in startups, it's a design person.
I was gonna say design guy, although that is a stereotype, I guess.
[laughs]
But sat in a room somewhere with a pen and designing, or a pencil I should say, designing line by line-
...
these data centers, and so that's not the modern world now.
The customers do a lot of that.
But your role covers a lot of different areas, right?
... we've got the, I mean, how do you see that evolution of the role, and why is it different?
So in my view, the CTO role, even about two, three years ago, it's about technology strategy, right? And then you've got, like you said, Rhys, different functions.
So let's move on to your current job-
...
DigitalEdge CTO.
You're not a, I mean, we- we weren't recruited as a CTO originally, as chief product officer.
But you're a kind of interesting case study in the new brand of CTO.
'Cause I think when people think of CTOs, particularly in startups, it's a design person.
I was gonna say design guy, although that is a stereotype, I guess.
[laughs]
But sat in a room somewhere with a pen and designing, or a pencil I should say, designing line by line-
...
these data centers, and so that's not the modern world now.
The customers do a lot of that.
But your role covers a lot of different areas, right?
... we've got the, I mean, how do you see that evolution of the role, and why is it different?
So in my view, the CTO role, even about two, three years ago, it's about technology strategy, right? And then you've got, like you said, Rhys, different functions.
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