{"id":2604,"date":"2023-11-05T14:49:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:29:05","slug":"cntxt-cso-giedre-malinauskaite-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/cntxt-cso-giedre-malinauskaite-is-a-touchdown-middle-east-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"CNTXT CSO Giedre Malinauskaite is a Touchdown Middle East Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2606\" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Giedre-CNTXT-scaled-e1699191966623-300x288-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"418\" \/>We are excited to announce that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/giedre-malinauskaite-0961a14\/\">Giedre Malinauskaite<\/a> Chief Strategy Officer at<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cntxt.com\/\"><strong>CNTXT<\/strong><\/a> is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! Giedre will feature on the panels <strong><em>Development growth in Saudi<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Showcasing the future \u2013 what\u2019s next?<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Development growth in Saudi<\/em><\/strong> will take place on <strong>Day 2, 22nd\u00a0November at 15:50. <\/strong>This panel will dive into Saudi&#8217;s fast-evolving data centre market, the role the market plays comparative to Europe and Asia&#8217;s markets, and whether this huge growth is paving the way for the Kingdom to become the region\u2019s hub.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Showcasing the future \u2013 what&#8217;s next?<\/em><\/strong> will take place on <strong>Day 2, 22nd\u00a0November at 16:20. <\/strong>This panel is set to look at everything from AI and crypto to Smart Cities and autonomous cars, and how the data centre industry will support these innovations of the future. Giedre will be joined by Louay Zeatier, Senior Director Client Engagement at <strong>Oracle<\/strong>, Daneh Al Rayes, VP at <strong>Smart Way Consulting<\/strong>, Paul Kelly, CEO of <strong>Sila<\/strong> and Ameen Altajer, CEO of <strong>INFINITEWARE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Giedre is a Chief Strategy Officer of CNTXT. CNTXT is a Joint Venture between Saudi Aramco and Cognite and an exclusive reseller for Google Cloud in the Kingdom. Giedre is responsible for developing CNTXT\u2019s corporate strategy, managing strategic planning and building partnerships and alliances. In her role, she looks after the development and success of Google Cloud\u2019s partner ecosystem in the Kingdom. Previously, Giedre has held various roles within sales, strategic marketing, and communications in international technology firms and served in a number of industry organisations.<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_954075857\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(244, 187, 24);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Giedre Malinauskaite, Chief Strategy Officer, CNTXT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 1<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Panel \u2013<em> Development growth in Saudi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 15:50-16:15 | Day 2 | 22nd November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 2<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Panel \u2013<em>\u00a0Showcasing the future: what\u2019s next?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 16:20-17:00 | Day 2 | 22nd November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2023 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_954075857 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1471802837\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1471802837 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/giedre-malinauskaite-0961a14\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce that Giedre Malinauskaite Chief Strategy Officer at CNTXT is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! 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