C.Y. Kan is an expert in system integration and has over 20 years of IT experience, which includes 15 years of project management and an architect role in many large-scale international projects. He received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Hong Kong and later a Master's degree from the University of Technology, Sydney. He holds many professional qualifications such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, CISSP, TOGAF9, and is a Certified SOA Architect.

Mr. Kan is an Assistant Vice President now working for PCCW Solutions Limited, Hong Kong. He has expertise and interests in software technologies and development methodologies, which includes Enterprise architecture, Service-oriented architecture, Java-related technologies, traditional and NoSQL database technologies, Cloud computing, Big Data, mobile application development, agile software development, and various kinds of project management methodologies.

Mr. Kan is often invited by Project Management Institute Hong Kong Chapter to teach courses on cloud computing, Big Data, service-oriented architecture, business process management, and agile software development. He is also the author of a video e-learning course, Cassandra Administration, Packt Publishing, which was published last year.