Roc Tian

Roc Tian joined Appen with over 20 years of sales, consulting, and management experience from Fortune 100 companies. As SVP and GM of China, Japan, and Korea, Roc is responsible for Appen’s business strategy, sales, marketing, delivery, operations, and government relationships in the regions to ensure continued growth and high client satisfaction. Roc brings a wealth of sales, consulting, delivery and management experience to Appen, with a track record of success in scaling technology organizations.

Most recently, Roc was senior partner of IBM GBS where he led the client services, public sector, and enterprise application service lines across the mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan markets with remarkable business performance and achievements. Before that, Roc was also a core leader responsible for the growth of IBM’s global delivery center in China from 4,000 to over 10,000 people. Before IBM, Roc was a business quality director for HP’s global delivery center in China and a key leader responsible for helping HP grow from a start-up to over 3,000 people across China. Roc was also the founder and CTO of a technology start-up that grew to over 100 people.

Roc received his Master of Computer Applications and his PhD of Computer Software from Shanghai Jiao University.