Harris Loefti

Harris Loefti has over two decades of work experience, starting as a Restaurateur and Owner of Blue Coffee Cafe from 1996 to 1999. Afterward, they worked as Cisco Sales Support & Development at Westcon-Comstor from 2000 to 2002. Harris then held various roles at Cisco, including Marketing Programs Manager from 2002 to 2004 and Strategic Partner Marketing at Express Data from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2013, they worked at Symantec as the SMB & EXSP Program Lead and later as a Product Marketing Manager for Cloud in the APJ region. From 2013 to 2015, they served as the Head of Cloud Practice for APAC at Arrow ECS ANZ. In 2015, Harris founded and served as the Chief Experience Officer at Sydneyficant until 2017. From 2017 to 2020, they worked as the Director & Head of Marketing for APJ at Dynatrace. Harris then joined Red Hat, initially as the Global Cloud & Strategic Alliances Marketing for APAC from 2021 to 2023 and subsequently as the Acting Head of Partner Ecosystem Marketing for APAC in 2022. In 2023, they became the Head of Global Partner Marketing at Nuix, and in 2024, they joined Sysdig as the Head of Marketing for Asia-Pacific & Japan.

Harris Loefti has a diverse education history. Harris began by completing a School Certificate in Secondary Education and Teaching at St. Andrew's Cathedral School from 1988 to 1990. Harris then pursued a High School Certificate at Killara High School from 1991 to 1993. Following this, they obtained a Graduate Diploma in Hospitality Administration/Management from TAFE NSW between 1994 and 1996. Lastly, they extended their knowledge by completing another Graduate Diploma, this time in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at TAFE NSW from 2002 to 2004.