Peter Lacoste is Vice President of Global Services, Asia Pacific/Japan based in Hong Kong, reporting to Steven Leonard, President of Asia Pacific/Japan and to Howard Elias, Executive Vice President, Global Services & Resource Management Software Group.

Lacoste is customer-oriented and results-driven and has built a strong service management team, dedicated to providing superb maintenance, implementation and consulting services in this region. His team works in close collaboration with EMC's Global Services team to provide customers with 24x7x365 service coverage. He has also been responsible for various strategic initiatives including the development of Six Sigma and Total Customer Experience (TCE) in Asia Pacific/Japan.

Lacoste joined EMC in January 1997 as the first support manager in Sydney. He was promoted to District Service Manager, Northern ANZ in September 1999. A year later, he was promoted to Regional Service Director for South Asia PTI, based in Singapore. His portfolio was further expanded to cover Greater China in July 2002, and in October 2003, he was promoted to Managing Director, Customer Service for Asia Pacific/Japan.

In 2006, with the development of the company’s “One EMC” strategy, Lacoste assumed the responsibility of Acting Vice President for Global Services, Asia Pacific/Japan in July 2006. He was officially appointed as Vice President for Global Services, Asia Pacific/Japan in December 2006, with overall responsibility of the Global Services portfolio in Asia Pacific/Japan including the Maintenance and Support Services, Technology Implementation Services, and Consulting and Solutions Integration Services.

Lacoste holds a Master's degree in Technology Management from the University of Queensland.