VendPoint was founded in year 2000 by Hock Tiong after working for a period of 12 years in Hewlett-Packard. He holds a MBA from Warwick University (UK) and a Bachelor Degree in Electronics from National University of Singapore. His previous appointment was the HP Asia Pacific Marketing Services Manager - managing sales, technical and business skills training, channel branding, partner co-op program and reseller intelligence and profiling databases.