Haminnuddin Abdul Hamid Ideal Healthcare SB 32 Malaysia EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: PhD in Business Administration, UK (2006); Master in Business Administration, UK (1992) ; Degree (Honors) in Business Administration, UK (1975) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1. CEO/Managing Director, Ideal Healthcare Sdn Bhd 1999-present With 32 years involvement in the industry especially in development of medical disposable and healthcare products with Malaysia identity. Today the brandname "Idealcare" is amongst the leader in the market. And also served as Director for the following companies: Ideal Healthcare Manufacturing Sdn Bhd Mutiara Medical Enterprise CV Harizka (Indonesia) De Tiara Collection Tiara Cookies and Candies Supply 2. Entrepreneur 1996-1999 Mutiara Medical Enterprise 3. Managing Director 1994-1996 Rusch Asia Pacific (USA) 4. Regional Sales Director (Europe/Middle East/Japan) 1985-1993 Baxter Healthcare (USA) 5. Production and Administrative Manager 1974-1984 Euromedical Industries (UK) INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANIZATION/SOCIETY and NGO: 1. Vice Chairman, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturer Kedah/Perlis 2. Council Member, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturer Northern Branch 3. Founder and Immediate Past President of PERUTAMA (Persatuan Pembekal Perubatan dan Alatan Bumiputera Malaysia) 4. Chairman, Kedah Industrial Park Management - IPMC 5. Chairman, Small Medium Enterprise Council, SME Bank 6. Committee, Penang Port Commission Consultative Committee 7. Member, Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Pulau Pinang 8. Team Manager, Sukma Pulau Pinang 2002 9. Council Member, Kedah Business Council 10. Committee, Kedah Environment Action-UPEN (Unit Perancang Ekonomi) 11. Committee, Kedah Industrial Coordination ACCREDITATION AND ACHIEVEMENT: 1. Outstanding Entrepreneur, Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2007 2. Excellent Leadership, The 6th Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Excellent Award 2007 3. Gold Winner, Business SUMMIT Award 2007 4. Anugerah Khas MECD, Tokoh Usahawan Lelaki Tahun 2007 images/speaker_haminnuddin_hamid.jpg Industry: Optics Jamal Abdul Nassier Jariz Technologies SB 99 Malaysia Born in Kuala Terengganu, currently as a Director of JARIZ Technologies Sdn Bhd. The business involved in manufacturing technology consultant, customized design of special purpose automation systems and machinery. He has over than 14 years of experience in Advanced Manufacturing Technology as an Engineer and Consultant that resulted in system and process improvement, manufacturing solution and process innovation. Some of his Innovation Projects involved concept and system design, prototype development and commissioning such as: * Automation system for high speed continuous cutting machine for rockwool * A remote-controlled 'vehicle' capable of crawling over tree tops for herbicide spraying, fertilizer distribution and harvesting purposes * A complete automation system powered by hydraulic for harvesting fresh fruits bunch in palm oil plantations * An integrated system for automotive coil spring testing, including painting, scragging and load test process. * A special hydraulic drill * Variety of material handling systems like conveyors, industrial robotic and assembly systems. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Manufacturing Industries Paul Abe Union Bank of California 26 United States An alumnus of the University of Southern California, Paul holds both undergraduate and MBA degrees from USC's Marshall School of Business. Paul has over 25 years in commercial and retail banking in New York and Los Angeles. He has experience in commercial lending, corporate finance, private banking, and branch management. Currently, he is the manager of Priority Banking (wealth management) at Union Bank of California, a subsidiary of Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ. images/participant_paul_abe.jpg Industry: Banking Counties: USA, Japan Interests: Travel, Golf Michael Alfant Fusion Systems, Shanghai/Tokyo Co. 19 Japan Mr. Alfant founded Fusion Systems Shanghai Co., Ltd. together with 6 other partners in May 2005. Mr. Alfant has again assembled a combination of deep technical expertise and results-oriented technology experts to earn the trust of some of the world's largest commercial and financial organizations. The company is focused on delivering value to clients throughout China and Asia through the design and implementation of technology-based business solutions. Prior to launching Fusion Systems he was the President and CEO of Building2 in Tokyo, Japan. Building2 is a technology investment enterprise that manages a diverse portfolio of private companies. Building2's investments are integrated into a collaborative network of firms focused on broadband, wireless and 3G telephony technologies. In 1992, Mr. Alfant founded and was President and CEO of Fusion Systems Japan, a multinational systems integrator that serviced Fortune 1000 corporations throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Mr. Alfant led FSJ to a successful $58M acquisition by IMRglobal in March 1999. Mr. Alfant chairs the Information, Communications, and Technology Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and has been an active member since 1992. As Chairman of this committee he overseas the Aerospace, Energy and Telecommunications subcommittees within the ACCJ. Mr. Alfant is a sought after advisor on business and technology in Asia and frequently provides briefings to U.S. Government delegates and business executives visiting the region. He is a frequent speaker at major Universities in the US, Japan and within Asia. Mr. Alfant serves on the Board of Directors of On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: ONT), a leading technology firm at the forefront of video compression. Mr. Alfant also maintains a close liaison with the Japan-America Society who periodically entertains trade delegations of U.S. business leaders interested in exploring opportunities in Japan. Prior to Fusion Systems Japan, Mr. Alfant worked in various technology roles at ATandT Bell Labs, Bankers Trust, UBS, Security Pacific, Citibank, EF Hutton, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. images/speaker_michael_alfant.jpg David Allen University of Colorado-Boulder 41 United States David N. Allen came to the University of Colorado in February 2002. As Associate Vice President for Technology Transfer he has responsibility for intellectual property and technology licensing matters across the three CU campuses. In FY 2006-07 CU's Technology Transfer Office received 254 invention disclosures, executed 75 licensing agreements, received $24M in revenue and helped create 10 start-up companies based on CU IP. Previous to Colorado, Dr. Allen was the Associate VP for Technology Partnerships at the Ohio State University. Before coming to Ohio State in 1997, Dr. Allen was Associate VP for Technology and Economic Development at Ohio University in Athens. From 1981 to 1991 David held positions as a Professor at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, first in the College of Liberal Arts and then in the Smeal College of Business Administration. While at Penn State he was a consultant to a seed venture capital firm. He earned a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington in Political Economy in 1980. images/speaker_david_allen.jpg Industry: Education Ronald Altoon Altoon + Porter Architects 18 United States Ronald A. Altoon, FAIA, is founding partner of Altoon + Porter Architects, LLP. He is the recipient of the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service. Altoon's work has resulted in over 75 design awards regionally, nationally and internationally. Three projects received Progressive Architecture Design Awards and one won a national Trust for Historic Preservation Award. He is the former president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Chapter and currently lectures on design, planning and leadership practice issues at universities and institutes around the world. images/speaker_ronald_altoon.jpg Industry: Architecture G. Chris Andersen GC Andersen Partners, LLC 16 United States G. Chris Andersen is the Founding Partner of G.C. Andersen Partners, a merchant and investment banking firm in New York. The firm is active in alternative energy, private equity and the mergers and acquisitions advisory business. Before founding the bank in 1996, Andersen served for five years as Vice Chairman of Paine Webber helping it to reach record corporate finance revenues where he was also responsible for the development of its international banking operations. He was previously the head of the Investment Banking Group and served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Andersen is a Vice Chair of the Milken Institute's SAVE climate change initiative and has appeared on such business programs as CNN's "Money Line" and has written articles for The New York Times and other periodicals, including a weekly column for Inc. magazine. Andersen is lead Director of Terex Corporation, the third largest heavy equipment company in the world. His previous board memberships include United Waste Systems and United Artists Theatres. Additionally, Andersen is on the Advisory Board for the Rand Institute's Center for Asia Pacific Policy, a member of the International Advisory Council of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing, China, Honorary Professor at Yanbian University of Science and Technology in Yanji, China and Pyongyang, North Korea, founder and trustee of the Garn Institute at the University of Utah, and a member of the of the Foreign Policy Association. Andersen is the founder of the Cleantech Challenge Award at the University of Colorado in Boulder as well as the Junior Achievement of New York's Business Plan Competition. He sits on the Board of Junior Achievement of New York and Co-Chairs its Endowment Campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Andersen are involved in numerous music charities, including as active Board members of the New York Philharmonic where they attended the groundbreaking performance in Pyongyang, North Korea as patrons. The Andersens also contributed the initial funding for the recital hall and rehearsal rooms in the Manhattan School of Music's 19th story building because of their conviction of the importance of maintaining the world's largest international conservatory. Andersen is a Certified Financial Analyst and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. images/participant_chris_andersen.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment Banking/Brokerage Xinkui Wang All-China Federation Of Industry & Commerce and Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce 21 China From 1978 to 1979, Dr. Wang Xinkui studied at the Dept of History of the East China Normal University. In that same year, he became a graduate student majoring in Japanese Economy at the World Economic Research Institute of Fudan University. He was conferred the degree of Master of Arts in Economics in 1982. In 1989, he earned his Ph.D. in Economics from East China Normal University. From 1978 to 1979, Dr. Wang Xinkui studied at the Dept of History of the East China Normal University. In that same year, he became a graduate student majoring in Japanese Economy at the World Economic Research Institute of Fudan University. He was conferred the degree of Master of Arts in Economics in 1982. In 1989, he earned his PhD. in Economics from the East China Normal University. Dr. Wang Xinkui started working for the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) in 1982. Since then, he has been engaged in teaching, research and educational administration and has held positions of Associate Professor, Professor, Executive Deputy Dean of the Department, Director of the International Economic and Trade Research Institute of the SIFT, Vice President and President of the SIFT. Owing to his excellent performance, he has been awarded titles of Advanced Teacher of Shanghai and National Model Teacher Prize. He won the Bao Steel Model Teacher Prize and was granted the special government allowance by the State Council. The Ministry of Personnel has also given him the Award for Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Experts Nationwide. He has held concurrent academic posts of Council Member of Chinese Society of World Economy, Executive Council Member of Chinese Society of International Trade, Executive Vice President of Shanghai Society of World Economy, and Professor of Economics at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of World Economy, etc. Dr. Wang’s research has focused on international trade theory, multilateral trade system and the reform of China's foreign trade system, as well as practical trade policy decision-making. He is a prestigious economist boasting wide academic contact and influence both at home and abroad. At present, Dr. Wang Xinkui is a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) as well as a member of the Financial and Economic Committee in SMPC. He is also a Senior Advisor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government. Since 2000, Dr. Wang Xinkui holds positions on WTO affairs as a member of the Leading Group of WTO Action Plan Works at Shanghai Municipal People's Government and Vice Chairman and President of Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center, an action body of the Leading Group. images/speaker_xinkui_wang.jpg Arif Ansari University of Southern California 48 United States Dr. Arif Ansari is an expert in the area of Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Intelligent Systems and Technologies. Dr. Ansari has fifteen years of research experience in the area of intelligent systems, and has a received a Ph.D. from USC, as well as several other degrees, including a M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and M.Tech Control Systems from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). Dr. Ansari has taught extensively in Marshall School of Business, Electrical-Systems and Industrial Engineering Departments at University of Southern California. He teaches Applied Statistics and Data Mining courses for Graduate, Undergraduate and International Executives. He won the Golden Apple Teaching Award for year 2006. He has presented at various conferences. images/participant_arif_ansari.jpg Jun Aoki Sony Corp. 75 United States Jun Aoki has been in charge of business planning for Sony Corporation, a global consumer-electronics maker. Most recently, he has been in Image Sensor division, which holds the No.1 position in its market. He planned and proposed Image Sensor development and business strategy, which helped the Senior Vice President to determine overall market segmentation when drawing up the five-year plan that doubled sales from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Aoki graduated with honors from the Tokyo University of Science, Japan, with a B.S. degree in Pure and Applied Chemistry. images/participant_jun_aoki.jpg Odelio Rodarte Arouca Filho University of Chicago GSB 77 United States Mr. Arouca Filho is an MBA candidate at The University of Chicago School of Business. Previously, from 2001 to 2007 he worked for Patria, a Brazilian company active in private equity, real estate and hedge funds, with US$1.5 billion of assets under the management of the Blackstone Group. He worked in the private equity area, formed with investments from renowned international institutions and local pension funds. He enjoyed working with the firm and participating in the restructuring and exiting of their most relevant investment: a healthcare company called DASA images/participant_arouca_filho.jpg Industry: Education Takeshi Asakawa Golf Digest Online Inc. 63 Japan As a Corporate Officer at Golf Digest Online (GDO), my responsibilities include Strategic Planning, IR, and MandA. I currently lead a project to expand our business to overseas, particularly to the Asian markets. Prior to GDO, I spent four years at MandA/Mars in Tokyo and held roles in sales/marketing functions. Before MandA/Mars, I spent four years at Nippon Oil Corporation, Japan's largest oil refiner and distributor, and was involved in the turnaround of domestic dealerships. I was born in Nagoya, Japan, and was raised in London and Tokyo. I earned a B.A. from Seikei University in Tokyo and an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB. images/participant_takeshi_asakawa.jpg Industry: Internet/Networking Countries: Japan Interests: I am an avid golfer and I enjoy playing golf with my wife. Shanie Atkinson University of Sydney 53 Australia Shanie joined the University of Sydney in 2007 and is responsible for the units of study Entrepreneurial Restructuring and Renewal [IBUS6013] and Intellectual Property Management [IBUS6014]. Previously Shanie has been associated with the AGSM, facilitating the MBA (Executive) Accounting and Financial Management and Economics in Management Practice and assisting in the full time MBA program. Shanie is a Certified Practising Accountant with over 15 years experience in accounting, finance and transaction implementation in international banking. Shanie began her career in one of the large Chartered Accounting firms, quickly moving on to a major international bank where she extended her experience into management buy-outs and highly leveraged acquisitions. After many years of international banking, Shanie joined a leading Australian private equity house where she held the position of Associate Director where shespecialised in management buy-outs, acquisition finance and development capital. Shanie has had extensive experience in developing companies and businesses including evaluation of performance and prospects, strategic and financial analysis, asset management, debt finance, and all phases of the acquisition, expansion and divestment processes. Shanie's research interests include corporate entrepreneurship and the application of private equity in Australian companies. She is currently completing a Master of Philosophy. images/participant_shanie_atkinson.jpg Industry: Education Aaron Badart emat Capital Management 75 United States Aaron Badart is currently serving emat Capital Management , LLC., as their International Relations representative. emat is a firm, which has established a new paradigm, to carry us through the rest of this century and into the next, for investing and maintaining responsibility to investors. emat is a U.S. based company with global alliances….We are Active partners and Manage Businesses. We buy and manage businesses which have solid fundamentals and meet our test of financial prudence. emat specializes in creating industry specific “PrePlanned Strategic Roll Up Ventures.” We maintain accountability through direct responsibility to the investors for the operations of the businesses in which emat’s investment funds have placed their resources. emat manages with absolute transparency. Aaron has extensive international experience. He grew up playing tennis and lived/trained for eight years at the International Nick Bollettieri tennis academy in Bradenton Florida. He lived with athletes from 71 different countries. After graduating high school he traveled the world playing professional tennis gaining world ranking. While on tour he was recruited by the University of Southern California Division 1 collegiate tennis program and played as a student athlete all four years, completing a baccalaureate degree from the USC school of International Relations. Aaron has extensive background in the sports, physical fitness, and nutraceutical industries. He has worked with international nutraceuticals, formulation research and physical fitness product and marketing companies. Aaron is working with emat to help increase emat’s global footprint. images/participant_aaron_badart.jpg Gordon Bai uTrack 71 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Paul Bartley Access Global Asia (HKG), Ltd. 26 United States As a globalizing entrepreneur, Mr. Bartley has spent more than eighteen years building market-leading organizations through outsourcing, partnerships and joint ventures primarily in Japan, Vietnam, India and China. After receiving his B.S. from the University of Southern California's Entrepreneurship Program, Mr. Bartley founded and remains involved in a myriad of businesses in staffing, publishing, restaurants, franchising, manufacturing, and the financial services industries with operations in Asia, the United States and Europe. Mr. Bartley has evolved outsourcing operations in China into established self-owned WOFIE and PRC companies that design and manufacture commercial foodservice equipment for leading QSR (quick serve restaurants) chains such as Yum Brands (Pizza Hut), Starbucks, Domino's Pizza, Subway, and other top global foodservice operations. Over a ten year period, he transformed a sourced components and in-house manufacturing operation into becoming a global provider of components, parts, and finished equipment distribution inside China and throughout more than 100 countries of distribution. With local and international partners, Mr. Bartley is currently establishing a city cell commissary-style commercial foodservice distribution system to serve the major Chinese metropolitan markets. The city cell concept will marry equipment sales; parts; smallwares; training; and prepared, pre-portioned and bulk food product distribution to local restaurants in providing a unique concept of local foodservice support and guidance to partner with restaurateurs and chains. Such distribution systems have yet to be established to serve the needs of surging Chinese foodservice operations by introducing traditional distribution concepts from the mature markets such as the United States and Europe to China's emerging-needs economy, distribution challenges and customer demands. By harnessing the capacity and expertise of integrated commercial foodservice equipment and the distribution of commissary food products, Mr. Bartley is now building a locally-owned and managed franchise restaurant concept. This concept will offer franchisees the opportunity to open low initial cost franchises that purchasing company-made equipment and are supported by a daily delivery of ready-made food products to ensure consistency and value. The concept is a by-the-slice pizza chain called New York Pizza Slice. He is currently opening the initial shell of corporate-owned stores throughout the Shanghai area with plans to open about 200 regional locations within the next two years of operations. Mr. Bartley has established multiple operations and partnerships throughout Asia. He built a financial services and credit card processing operation based in Hong Kong and Tokyo, Japan, to bridge the gaps between local merchants and global processing platforms by providing non-traditional eWallet and PayPal types of services to local and regionally established merchants. Mr. Bartley also owns and operates a healthcare industry training, placement and recruiting company that is based in Dubai and India. The concept was created by bringing the expertise of an Indian training and recruiting organization to the international challenges of offering qualified healthcare staffing. The concept was developed in cooperation with the Rhumbline Companies, an award-winning group of businesses that Mr. Bartley owns in the United States that provides recruiting, professional staffing, career placement and consulting services to the legal, accounting and litigation support fields. Since 2000, Rhumbline has grown into a leading professional services provider and employer based in Los Angeles, California, USA. As a complement to Rhumbline, Mr. Bartley also organized a litigation support BPO operation in India to build and focus on the outsourcing trends in both the corporate and legal fields. Mr. Bartley's experience in globalizing creative business opportunities will continue to be called on and challenged as the international landscape of opportunities continue to evolve. His energy and exposure to the diversities of markets and concepts offer a rare and integrated perspective from incubating new operations to evolving established entities into the impositions and opportunities of developing markets. images/speaker_paul_bartley.jpg Francis Bassolino Alaris Consulting 32 China Francis Bassolino is the Managing Director that oversees the China operations of Alaris where he specializes in providing strategic and operational support to companies building businesses in Asia. He implements sourcing programs, develops strategic initiatives and designs global expansion plans. Francis has served clients such as Citicorp, Yao Ming, Pitney Bowes and numerous private equity firms. His experiences in Asia over the past 20 years span in consumer finance, marketing and manufacturing. Previously, Mr. Bassolino was a Senior Manager with Deloitte and Touche's China Business Services group where he focused on corporate finance, conducting financial and operational due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. Other experiences include operations manager for a logistics management firm and project manager for a large Asia based conglomerate with interests in real estate, manufacturing and distribution. Francis is an adjunct Lecturer of Marketing at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. In addition to frequently speaking at public events, Francis has published articles in the Asian Venture Capital Journal, The China Business Review, Forbes, The China Economic Review, The Harvard China Review, and The Journal of Private Equity. He has aired commentaries on National Public Radio and Marketplace. Mr. Bassolino holds an MBA from the University of Chicago where he majored in Entrepreneurship and Finance and he is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. Francis has also studied at Nanjing University as well as Tunghai University in Taiwan. Francis is a past member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Fluent in Mandarin, Francis resides in Shanghai with his wife and daughter. images/speaker_francis_bassolino.jpg David Belasco Univ of Southern California 50 United States David Belasco's professional career has combined entrepreneurship, the practice of law, real estate development, investment banking, and teaching. Dave co-founded BC2 Environmental Corp. (www.bc2env.com), a California-based environmental drilling and remediation firm. BC2's clients include many of the leading petroleum companies and engineering firms in the United States. The company regularly participates on clean-up projects for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and numerous state and municipal programs. In 2007, BC2 Environmental was sold to a public company. Dave also served as a principal and board member of Latitudes International Fragrance, Inc. (www.latitudesintl.com). Latitudes is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of home fragrance products for specialty stores and upscale retailers. Last year, Latitudes was sold to a French public company. Dave began his career as an attorney with Latham and Watkins in Los Angeles. While at Latham, he represented a broad range of clients, including commercial lenders, real estate developers, leveraged buyout firms, entertainment companies, automobile manufacturers, insurance companies and community organizations. Dave currently serves as an Advisory Council member and part-time professor at the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California, where he teaches the business planning course in the MBA program. From this class, Dave has developed a website to showcase the personal stories and life lessons of successful entrepreneurs and innovators (www.The-Leap.com). Dave graduated with honors from the University of Southern California and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He is a member of the State Bar of California and a licensed real estate broker. Dave lives in Hermosa Beach, California and spends part of his year in Rochester, New York, and Miami, Florida. images/participant_david_belasco.jpg Industry: Education; Environmental Countries: United States (California, New York, Florida); Botswana, Africa; seeking to develop ties in China. Interests: Education; Media Production and Distribution; Audio/Video/Electronics. Carson Block Love Box Storage Ltd. 16 China Carson Block is pioneering the introduction of self storage to Mainland China through the company he founded, Love Box Storage Ltd. Love Box Storage will soon be opening Shanghai's first international standard self storage facility. Carson is also the founder and owner of ChinaPrimer.com Ltd (www.chinaprimer.com). ChinaPrimer.com is a website that helps Western small and medium-sized enterprises save money and minimize risks when entering China. Prior to founding ChinaPrimer.com, Carson Co-Authored the popular book, Doing Business in China for Dummies (Wiley 2007). Before Co-Authoring the book, Carson was an investment professional and attorney. Carson practiced law in Shanghai for Jones Day, a large U.S.-based law firm. At Jones Day, Carson represented foreign clients in foreign direct investment and merger / acquisition projects in China. He advised the Shanghai 2010 World Expo Committee on sponsorship agreements. Prior to coming to China, Carson was a partner in a Los Angeles-based equity research boutique, W.A.B. Capital. At W.A. B. Capital, he focused on equity research and institutional sales. Previous to W.A.B. Capital, Carson worked in corporate finance for CIBC World Markets. Carson is an adjunct professor in the Chicago-Kent / Shanghai Bar Association LL.M. program in U.S. law. He has a Juris Doctorate with High Honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was selected to the Order of the Coif, the Moot Court Honors Society, and the Law Review. Carson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. He is licensed to practice law in the State of New York. images/speaker_carson_block.jpg Ramona L. Cappello Corazonas 20 United States Ramona has a 25-year track record of delivering excellent business results for a variety of food and beverage companies by leveraging strong brands or creating new ones. Most recently, she played a key role in the management of Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company prior to its sale, and she's also held senior management roles at Nestle Foods, Kendall Jackson Wine Estates, and Celestial Seasonings. A fervent University of Southern California Trojan fan, where she graduated as valedictorian from the Business School, Ramona is also passionate about improving Americans' heart health, for she lost her father and both grandfathers to heart disease. AsCEO of Corazonas Foods, she's committed to building a passionate company that's bringing a fun approach to addressing a serious illness, by offering great tasting snack foods and through supporting education about heart disease and monitoring of individual heart conditions. She maintains her light-hearted approach to life in her free time by being an awesome aunt to her seven nieces and nephews, traveling internationally, gourmet cooking and snow skiing with her friends and family. images/speaker_ramona_cappello.jpg Industry: Manufacturing Industries Melissa Carrier Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship 38 United States Melissa Carrier joined the Dingman Center in the spring of 2006 after 11 years of leading organizational growth for technology companies ranging from Fortune 500 to early stage start-ups. Ms. Carrier brings broad experience across corporate and product-line positions including acquisitions and divestitures, venture investments, partnerships, new product launches, system implementations and marketing programs. Ms. Carrier joined the Dingman Center from ATandT, where she served as Finance Director for ATandT Mergers and Acquisitions. While at ATandT, Ms. Carrier also led investments for the company's corporate venture fund. In this role, Melissa had lead responsibility for managing the investment pipeline, analyzing financial and market data, performing on-site due diligence, and executing deals. During Ms. Carrier's tenure at ATandT, she also served as the Product Manager for the MVNO wireless data content offering/platform as well as Manager of Strategy and Business Development for ATandT Consumer Services. Ms. Carrier began her career as a process consultant for Andersen Consulting. During this time, she worked with U.S. and European clients on business process design and ERP system implementations. Subsequently, Ms. Carrier served as a Director at two startup technology companies focused on web-based business-to-business strategies. Immediately prior to obtaining her MBA, Melissa led strategic development of core processes for SAP's Global Solution Center. Ms. Carrier received a BS in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and an MBA with Honors in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. Melissa currently lives with her husband, two boys, and flat-coated retriever in Potomac, MD images/participant_melissa_carrier.jpg Industry: Education Sue Seung Min Cha Hanall Pharmaceutical 74 United States Ms. Seung Min Cha has worked for Hanall Pharmaceutical International Co., Ltd. and earned a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the Ewha Womans University. She has leveraged her education in pharmacy and utilized it to develop a career in the heath care industry. Ms. Seung Min Cha has proven her strengths in pharmaceutical research and development, program management, and marketing with numerous management positions. She has actively participated in professional associations, including serving as President of the Pharmacy Communication Association, and she is fluent in foreign languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Spanish. images/participant_sue_seung_min_cha.jpg Adriel Chan KPMG 75 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Accounting/Audit/Tax Ronnie Chan Hang Lung Properties 11 China Mr. Ronnie C. Chan is the Chairman of Hang Lung Group Limited and its subsidiary Hang Lung Properties Limited. Both are publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, with the latter being a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index. Hang Lung has been a leader in Hong Kong's property market for over 40 years, and has been expanding into mainland China for over a decade. For 2007, Hang Lung Properties reported a net profit of US$808 million. Following successes in Shanghai, from 2005 to 2009, Hang Lung plans to invest US$5 billion and build about eighteen world-class commercial complexes in several major Chinese cities, like Tianjin, Shenyang, Jinan and Wuxi. Mr. Chan co-founded the Morningside group. In the past two decades, Momingside and its associates owned and managed companies focusing on manufacturing, public transport operations, outdoor advertising, media, healthcare, online game operators, high tech and biotech investments in mainland China, developmental capital investments in Southeast Asia, manufacturing and distribution in Europe, and service industries, biotech and other venture capital investments in North America. In Hong Kong and the mainland of China, Mr. Chan is Chairman of the Executive Committees of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute and of the Better Hong Kong Foundation, Convenor of the Hong Kong Development Forum, a Vice President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, a Governing Board member of the China-United States Exchange Foundation, and an Advisor to the China Development Research Foundation of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. He also founded and chairs the China Heritage Fund which restores cultural relics in China. He is a former government appointed Non-executive Director of The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, the founding Chairman Emeritus of the Asia Business Council, and a former Chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council. Internationally, Mr. Chan is a Vice Chairman of the Board of the Asia Society and Chairman of its Hong Kong Center, and a Trustee of the African-Asian Society. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee on United States-China Relations, the Committee of 100, and the Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta. Mr. Chan is a former director of Standard Chartered PLC and Motorola, Inc. He is also a former member of the governing boards of the World Economic Forum, East-West Center, Pacific Council on International Policy, Eisenhower Fellowships, and The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. Mr. Chan is involved in many educational endeavors. He is a Trustee of China Foreign Affairs University, a Court member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a Trustee of the University of Southern California, and a Governing Board member of the Indian School of Business. He serves on the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University, the International Advisory Council of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, the International Advisory Committee of The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, and the International Advisory Committee of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University. He also co-chairs the International Advisory Board of The Culture and Civilization of China, a joint project of Yale University Press and China International Publishing Group. He is a former Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Real Estate at die Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former Brittingham Visiting Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mr, Chan is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has published numerous articles in International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Newsweek, Fortune, Asian Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review and Japan Times. Mr. Chan holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and an honorary doctorate in social sciences from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In 2004, he received the Asia Society Leadership Award for strengthening economic, cultural and political ties between China and the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. He is 58 years of age and resides in Hong Kong with his wife. They have two grown sons. images/speaker_ronnie_chan.jpg Charles Chang Twin Cypress Group 21 United States Charles Chang is theCEO of Twin Cypress Group, a private equity and consulting firm focused on investing and supporting high tech startups in the Pacific Rim, with an emphasis in China. A veteran IBM executive, Mr. Chang brings more than 30 years of executive and entrepreneurial experience in the technology industry. His primary responsibilities include leading the firm's strategic growth initiatives, building relationships with current and prospective clients, and delivering on Twin Cypress Group's mission of helping business thrive on technology innovation. Mr. Chang has spent the majority of his career at IBM where he held executive positions in sales, marketing, and general management with a focus on sales growth in Asia Pacific. He lived in Tokyo for three years when he was general manager for IBM software in Asia Pacific. After IBM, he held senior positions at four technology firms: Business Objects, as senior vice president and general manager; Americas, Informix, where he was senior vice president and group executive, Business Intelligence Group; Fujitsu Software, where he was vice president, sales and marketing; and Forrester Research, where he was President, Asia Pacific. Mr. Chang has been a featured keynote speaker at leading technology and business conferences in Asia Pacific. He holds an M.S. in management from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. images/speaker_charles_chang.jpg Financial Services: Venture Capital David Ta-wei Chang China Credit Service Ltd. 24 Taiwan Current Positions * President, China Credit Information Service, Ltd. * Chairman, Vertrust Property Management and Consulting Co. Ltd. * Chairman, Secure Online Shopping Association (SOSA) * Deputy Chairman, Chung-Tsen Real Estate Consulting Co. Ltd. * Director, Taiwan Shopping Center Development Council * Director, Taiwan SME Association * Deputy Chairman, China Institute of Land Appraisal * Director, Chamber of Commerce R.O.C. * Director, China Rating Co. Ltd. * Lecturer, Cheng-Chih University * Chief, Land Appraisal Training Course, Land Appraisal Association * Member, Land Consulting Committee, Taipei City Council Working Experience * Vice President, China Credit Information Service, Ltd. * Chairman, Business and Industrial News Agency * Member, R.O.C. Economic Development Consulting Council * Member, SME Foundation Award Panel * Member, Outstanding SME Award Panel * President, USC Alumni Association Taiwan (1996-1999) Community and Association * RDAG 12, Rotary Club (2005-2006) * President Tun-hua Rotary Club (1997-1998) * USC Alumni Association Education Background * 1975: BS of National Tsing Hua University, R.O.C. * 1981: Polymer Science of Akron University, Ohio, U.S.A. * 1985: MBA of Southern California University, U.S.A. Lecturing Experience PRC : Beijing Foreign Economic and Trade University, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, National Commodity Inspection Bureau, Construction Bank Taiwan : National Cheng-Chih University, National Ching-hua University, Tam Kang University, Open University Publication * Top5000- The Largest Corporations in Taiwan * Business Groups in Taiwan * General Corporation Financial Analysis in Taiwan * Dictionary of International Trade and Finance * Taiwan Business Directory images/speaker_david_chang.jpg George Chapman Astro All Asia Networks 40 Malaysia Mr. Chapman commenced his career in the commercial radio industry in Perth, Western Australia and during his career of more than 50 years, has held senior management positions and directorships with leading radio, television and technology corporations in Australia and South East Asia. In 1970, following a period as Program Director of Melbourne television station HSV Channel 7, in the Australian State of Victoria, Mr. Chapman returned to radio, as General Manager of the Packer owned Australian CBS Radio Network, a group of several radio stations across Western Australia. Mr. Chapman was later transferred to Sydney as General Manager of the Packer group's television station TCN Channel 9, where he was directly responsible to the Board of Directors for the management and operation of one of Australia's largest commercial television stations. After several years in Sydney, Mr. Chapman returned to radio in his hometown of Perth, Western Australia when he was appointed Managing Director of New Broadcasting Limited, responsible for the development and launch of 96FM, one of Australia's first commercial FM radio stations. Under his management, 96FM achieved the highest first rating of any new radio station, AM or FM in the history of Australian radio. He is a Past Senior Vice President of the Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters (FARB) and former Chairman of the FARB Western Australian State Executive Committee. In 1989 he moved to Hong Kong and during this period was General Manager, Business News Network Limited, a Hong Kong based company, involved in the development of a new Asian satellite Business and Financial News channel, which later merged with Asia Business News (ABN). He is a founding director of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) an industry association formed to advise members and promote the development of satellite TV and radio broadcasting and technology in the Asia-Pacific region. After four years residency in Hong Kong, Mr. Chapman returned to Australia and joined Austereo Ltd. Australia's largest commercial FM radio network and became Director of International Operations. Mr. Chapman moved to Kuala Lumpur in 1995 as Project Consultant to Airtime Management and Programming Sdn Bhd., the Astro group's radio networks. He was responsible for the design, development and launch of the Astro group's first five national Malaysian commercial FM radio networks and satellite digital audio channels, including supervision of the installation and commissioning of a digital radio broadcasting and production facility of 20 radio studios, at the All Asia Broadcast Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Chapman has been based in Malaysia for the past 13 years and is currently Director - Radio Operations for AMP Radio Networks and Astro General Manager, Business Development - Radio. In this capacity Mr. Chapman has been involved in the regional expansion of the group's radio interests in India, Indonesia and China and the development of new digital audio and multimedia services. Mr. Chapman is an Executive Director of several AANL group subsidiaries including, Airtime Management and Programming Sdn Bhd, (Malaysia) Airtime Marketing and Sales India Pvt Ltd (India) All Asia Radio Technologies Ltd (Hong Kong) and Adrep China Advertising Services Ltd. (PRC). images/speaker_george_chapman.jpg Jeffery Zhiyong Chen Shanghai Stock Exchange 58 United States images/participant_jeffrey_zhiyong_chen.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment Banking/Brokerage Hong Ling Chen Shanghai Baolong Automotive Group 11 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Samuel Chen Yew Wah International Education School 54 China Samuel Chen has earned a BS in physics and a BA in business economics from UCLA, and a Master degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University. He is currently involved in a start-up educational organization in Shanghai. The school's goal is to educate the next generation of Chinese students and prepare them for an international college education. Before his venture in education industry, Samuel worked for Applied Materials, Inc. in San Jose, CA. The business activities are mainly between U.S. and China. Samuel is married and living in Shanghai, China. He is also a core team member with the Cornell Club Shanghai organizing alumni events. images/speaker_generic.jpg Countries: USA, China Javier Chen Kimberly-Clark 74 United States Javier Chen has extensive business experience in sourcing, purchasing, sales and supply chain management in different countries in Central America and the Caribbean region. Most recently he worked for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a global leading manufacturer in paper-based consumer products. In his last position as the Sales and Operations Manager based in Puerto Rico, Javier led the effort to secure business and enhance profits through proper supply chain management, different channel penetration, trusted empowerment strategies, and smooth cross-department coordination. Mr. Chen earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from UCA (University of Central America), and he is proficient in Mandarin, Cantonese and other Chinese dialects, as well as English, Spanish and French. images/participant_javier_chen.jpg Industry: Healthcare - Retail Products Jeff Chen JimmuTECH Inc. 12 Taiwan Currently, Jeff is the Vice Chairman and Founder of JimmuTech Inc. “ JRT “. JRT is an innovative company providing services in long-distance healthcare for institutions, communities, and homes which are beyond hospital/clinic scope. JRT possesses both medical expertise and technology know-how. JRT’s vision is to enrich peoples’ lives through a ubiquitous network, which provides all kinds of value-added services by applying technology. JRT’s strong background in healthcare and comprehensive IT experiences truly made JRT the pioneers in the service application industry. Prior to JRT, he was responsible for the strategic investment analysis and implementation regarding new technological innovation and developments including strategic alliance, core technology deployment, new market survey, sourcing of new business initiatives, and study potential investment opportunities. Medical Service Industry and Elderly Healthcare Service are Jeff’s major focus of analysis. Prior to the strategic investment role in Asus, Jeff was in charge of Asus Notebook business line sales team. In his capacity as an Associate Vice President of this business line, he covered Asus Own Brand worldwide business line and OEM/ODM lines. When Jeff previously worked for BenQ, he managed global sales and marketing operations. Before joining BenQ, Jeff utilized his industry expertise in the venture capital business. He assumed the position as Assistant Vice President in Nomura group’s venture capital arm, JAFCO Investment ( Hong Kong ) Ltd. Taiwan Branch. He was responsible for identifying and evaluating potential opportunities as well as coordinating overall investment activities in Taiwan with sector focus in technology. Prior to joining JAFCO, Jeff spent his professional career with Hewlett Packard in its Business and IT Consulting and Global Procurement Service Division. Jeff is familiar with corporate operation which involves IT, product lifecycle management, financial and supply chain management. Before joining HP, Jeff worked at Acer with various assignments in Japan, Taiwan and USA. He was involved in engineering, research and design, and also international marketing. Jeff was born in Taiwan. Currently, He is pursuing his advance study in Ph.D. program in College of Management, National Taiwan University. Jeff completed his EMBA degree in National Taiwan University College of Management. He obtained his Master degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California, USA. Jeff is fluent in Chinese, Taiwanese, English and Japanese. images/participant_jeff_chen.jpg Ken Chen GF Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. 40 Hong Kong images/speaker_generic.jpg Gene Cheng Morgan Stanley 28 Hong Kong images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Venture Capital Jeremy Cheung Y Beauty Limited 21 China Jeremy Cheung, founder of Y Beauty Ltd. in Hong Kong 1996. Business focused on Women-Related business - fashion, Handbag, shoes, cosmetics, haircare products, nailcare products. OEM manufacturing for haircare and nailcare products export worldwide. Retail Focus in CHINA on Cosmetics/Skincare business with own brand and also distributing other brands. Retail Focus in KOREA on Fashion, Hangbag, Shoes products. 3 offices - Shanghai, Seoul, Hong Kong, 2 factories - Dongguan, China Born in Hong Kong. Undergraduate Degree 1992 at USC - Accounting. MBA in 2000 at Harvard Business School Member of EO (Young Entrepreneur Organization) Hong Kong Chapter images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Women Related Business - Cosmetics/SkinCare - Retail/Franchise Countries: Main Focus - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea. Others - USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, Poland, Russia, Italy, France Interests: Retail Business concept that can be brought to China and Korea market Eugene Choi iLighting Solutions 39 United States As General Manager at iLighting Solutions, an energy efficient lighting startup, Eugene Choi was involved in launching the venture and managed its participation in the Southern CA Edison Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Mass Communications, he worked for advertising agency Carat UNITED STATES where he supported media planning and buying efforts for the Hyundai UNITED STATES account, a large automotive client with extensive advertising across all media. He then joined Entertainment Marketing Partners, which focused on product placement and other branded entertainment initiatives for clients such as Activision, Major League Soccer, Showtime Networks and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. He was instrumental in the company's subsequent merger with Ketchum Entertainment Marketing, an Omnicom company. He speaks English, Korean and Spanish. Following the IBEAR MBA program, he seeks a management role at a multinational media/entertainment company with strong international initiatives. images/participant_eugene_choi.jpg Industry: Advertising, media, entertainment Countries: USA, South Korea Interests: Telecom, new media, entertainment Gabrielle Chou Acxiom Greater China Information Services, Ltd. 21 China As Asia Pacific Division Leader for Acxiom Corporation, Gabrielle Chou is responsible for overall business and marketing strategy for Asia Pacific. Based in China since 1992, she has in-depth knowledge of Chinese business practices and culture as well as experience throughout Asia. She has been instrumental in designing and implementing successful customer management solutions and multi-channels marketing strategies in the Asia Pacific for some of the world's top international brands. Gabrielle is a frequent speaker at regional and American marketing and information technology conferences where the emphasis is on the optimization of information for enterprise strategy. She is also a frequent contributor to trade journals and magazines and is often quoted in publications such as the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Week and the Economist. Recognizing that consumer privacy and data protection would be an important component in its on-going business and the industry, Acxiom was one of the first marketing services providers to engage an executive-level data privacy officer in the United States. Gabrielle continues this tradition by representing Acxiom in the Asia Pacific region through the active engagement of the industry in data protection and consumer preference management matters. Gabrielle joined Acxiom in 2004 through the acquisition of ChinaLOOP, a company that she co-founded. Gabrielle came to China as an intellectual property lawyer, leading a practice involving international brands. She later managed for the Consumer Goods Business Division for the French Trade Commission in China. Gabrielle was one of the founding members of the China Direct Marketing Association (DMA) in 2002 and is serving as the Chairman of the Association. She and Acxiom are actively involved in the China DMA activities which include education and the support for a world class direct marketing regulatory environment. She holds a LL. Masters from London University and LL. Doctorate from Paris Pantheon-Assas University. Gabrielle is fluent in Chinese, English, French and Italian. images/speaker_gabrielle_chou.jpg Timothy Chou National Taiwan University 47 Taiwan Dr. S.C. Tim Chou is Professor of Information Management, Associate Dean of International Affairs and Director of Global MBA at the College of Management, National Taiwan University. He received his B.Sc. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, M.S. from the University of California, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focus is information services covering SSME, Web technologies and services, e-business and e-commerce, knowledge management, data mining, and ubiquitous and mobile computing. images/speaker_tim_chou.jpg Industry: Education Frances Chou Schechter + Chou, Inc. 24 United States Founded in 2004, Schechter + Chou, Inc. is an international consulting firm that assists both US and Chinese companies in cross-border business between the US and China. The firm provides clients, in a variety of industries, with assistance in search, introductions and representation; helping clients to identify strategic partners, gain market entry, and to facilitate investment related activities. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Ms. Chou is fluent in both English and Chinese (Mandarin). Ms. Chou has 19 years of experience as a practicing attorney in Los Angeles, California. She was an associate, and then a partner, of various major U.S. law firms and also served as general counsel for two U.S. companies in the Los Angeles area. She has represented numerous international companies doing business in diverse industries in the U.S., China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has experience in complex business, corporate and transactional matters, and has successfully incorporated foreign entities and supported legal due diligence to enable them to conduct business in the U.S. and assisted U.S. companies to form entities and to conduct legal due diligence in China. Ms. Chou is also a consultant and instructor on international legal and business subjects for the California Centers for International Trade Development (CITD), and has been a speaker at various venues, including USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development, the UCLA Andersen School of Management, American Bar Association, and U.S. Department of Commerce. Ms. Chou was interviewed by Chinese Daily News, aka Chinese World Journal and Shing Tao Newspaper in the U.S. Additionally, she has been interviewed by two Chinese magazines, Expression magazine published by Xin Hua Airlines, and Shang Xue Yuan magazine, both in Beijing Ms. Chou obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, Ms. Chou also holds a Master of Comparative Law from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and completed her Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California, in 1990. Ms. Chou was admitted to California State Bar in 1990. images/speaker_frances_chou.jpg Industry: International Consulting related to Investment and Market Entry Countries: US, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Interests: Cooking, Eating and Art Eric Chow USC Center for Int'l Business 57 United States Eric H. Chow is the Assistant Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at the USC Marshall School of Business. Over the past 4 years, he has helped develop and manage the annual Asia Pacific Business Outlook conference and in 2006 Microfinance and Beyond, featuring Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Prior to his position at the Marshall School, Eric organized international research conferences and continuing education seminars for the USC School of Pharmacy and managed the foreign language and studies programs for The Japan Foundation. His first professional experience with globalization began during his tenure as an English teacher in Yasugi-City, Shimane Prefecture, in southwest Japan. Eric holds degrees in Political Science and American Literature from the University of Southern California. A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Eric was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. In his free time Eric enjoys playing and watching sports, especially basketball, American football, and golf, traveling, reading and writing. images/participant_eric_chow.jpg Industry: Education Jason Christie AsiaPacific Access 34 United States Current Project: Jason Christie is co-founder and director of AsiaPacific Access, LLC. AsiaPacific Access helps companies identify, qualify, engage and manage their partners in China. Jason provides consulting and program management services to clients focused primarily on developing business relationships between China and the United States of America. Background: Jason is bilingual (Mandarin Chinese and English) and has over ten years of business experience in Asia. He was worked in manufacturing, sales, marketing, sourcing and as a program manager. Jason lived in Beijing in 1996 and in Shanghai from 1998 thru 2002. Since 2004, Jason has spent more than half of his time in China working on client projects. His industry experience includes wireless, manufacturing, and software. Credentials: * MBA in Entrepreneurship from the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder. * Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. * Mandarin Language Training Center, Peking University, Beijing, China. * On-the-ground business experience in Asia including China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan. images/participant_jason_christie.jpg Industry: Consulting, Manufacturing Countries: USA (Colorado, Nebraska), China (Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, Shandong, Chongqing, and Yunnan) Interests: Consulting, Venture, Capital, Former US National Gymnastics Team Member, Certified Gymnastics Instructor, Age-group Triathlete, International Traveling Jessie Chu NTU College of Management 29 Taiwan images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Education Robert C. Collins Doing China Business LLC 22 China Rob Collins is a senior executive and management consultant with more than 25 years of success in international markets. As a pioneer in China in 1983, he managed one of the earliest representative offices. He was also an officer with the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Co-author of a groundbreaking book on Doing Business in China for Dummies, Rob speaks to businesspeople on the challenges, opportunities and risk management of conducting business in the Middle Kingdom. Rob has both studied and lived the world of doing business in. He obtained a joint MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He lived in Hong Kong and Beijing for over 12 years. Rob, who has worked as an executive and consultant throughout the world, including Asia, Europe, North and South America, is based in suburban Chicago where he lives with his wife and three children. He enjoys promoting Mandarin language programs in schools and is an active member of the Mayor of Chicago's Shanghai Sister Cities' Business Committee. images/speaker_robert_collins.jpg Ted Dai ESREA Home Technologies Co. Ltd. 10 Taiwan Ted Dai is theCEO and Chairman of ESREA Home Technologies Co. Ltd. Now, he studies EMBA in National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He also got his Master degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He held the BS degree in Computer Science and Information Engineering from Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan. From year 1996 to 2002, he worked in ASUS, leading company in IT products, to develop the motherboard and server system. From year 2002 to 2007, he worked for AVerMedia, a leading company of PC TV tuner card, as a Director of Hardware Div., ODM sales and PM departments. In year 2007, he founded a company, ESREA Home Technologies Co. Ltd, in Taipei and Shanghai. Industry Our business is about Digital Home Integration or Home Automation. We would like to integrate all available technologies to improve people's life. Digital Home must be a clear trend world-wide. We would like to catch up the trend and bring the new life-style to people. Countries or regions in which you have business activities or ties China and Taiwan. World-wide in the near future. Interests Golf and Travel images/participant_ted_dai.jpg Industry: Applied Technology Rommy Dai UBS Securities 67 United States Hui Rong (Rommy) Dai was the Director, Head of the Wealth Management Advisory Center for UBS Securities Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading financial firms in Shanghai, China. In this role, she established and managed the Advisory Center to provide wealth management services to local, high net-worth individuals. Previously, Ms. Dai worked for Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. for 5 years. As a top performer, Ms. Dai worked from sales position to deputy branch manager and then to a more strategic role in the Management Office. During her stay in Citibank, Ms. Dai received numerous awards, including both Global and Asia Pacific top awards of Citibank Consumer Banking. Ms. Dai earned a bachelor degree in Investment and Economics at Shanghai University of Engineering Science. images/participant_rommy_huirong_dai.jpg Ted Dean BDA 23 China Ted Dean is President and Managing Director and a principal at BDA. Ted has helped manage BDA's growth to become the leading advisory firm of its kind in Asia with a team of over 30 professionals in Beijing and a new office in New Delhi. Since joining BDA in 1999, Ted has advised a wide range of foreign firms and investors on opportunities in China and India. Past clients have included handset vendors, equipment vendors, telecom operators, media companies, IT companies, chipset vendors, and financial institutions investing in private and public equity. Ted chairs the American Chamber of Commerce China's IT and Telecom Forum. Ted has written columns on telecom and technology in China for the China Business Review, the China Economic Review, and other industry publications. He is a frequent speaker at industry events including CommunicAsia, the World Handset Forum, 3GSM, and the Ultra Low Cost Handset Forum and regularly comments on industry developments for media outlets including Business Week, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Ted has lived in China for the past ten years. He has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and an honors B.A. in History from Yale University. Ted also studied in China at Nankai University and Beijing Normal University. images/participant_ted_dean.jpg Industry: Strategy consulting and investment advisory Counties: China, India and SE Asia Interests: Consulting and investment advisory in telecom, media, technology, education, alternative energy, and consumer goods. Dennis DeCoste Homeland Security Technology Corporation (HSTC) 10 United States Mr. Dennis DeCoste is the Chairman and CEO of Homeland Security Technology Corporation (HSTC), a company providing cutting edge technologies to provide security services and products to the global enterprise and large governmental organizations with offices in Israel, the EU, Canada, the U.S, and China. Over the last 25 years, Mr. DeCoste has served in a variety of executive positions, including Chairman,CEO, President and CFO, for a prolific list of high technology company startups. Companies that Mr.DeCoste has played a principal role include Cyclone Commerce; InterHDL (sold to Avant! Corporation), High Level Design Systems (sold to Cadence Design Systems), Fact Software International (sold to a Canadian computer software manufacturer), The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), and the American Learning Corporation. Mr. DeCoste formerly served, among others, on the board of Aptitude (sold to HIFN), and Cyclone Commerce, SCO (now Tarantella - the UNIX business having been sold to Caldera) and Novadigm (NVDM) (sold to HP in 2004). He was also a member of the Band of Angels, a group of about 150 former and current high tech executives and entrepreneurs who provided counsel and capital to startup companies for many years. Prior to his business career, Mr. DeCoste was a teacher at the Boston and Marblehead Public Schools, and was voted as Boston's Teacher of the Year. Mr. DeCoste received an MBA from Stanford Business School, an M. Ed in elementary education from the University of Massachusetts and a BA cum laude from Harvard College. images/speaker_dennis_decoste.jpg Robert Di Scipio Aegis Analytical Corp. 20 United States Robert M. Di Scipio, President and CEO, has more than 22 years of leadership experience in business development, sales management, corporate law, and debt and equity finance, including executive positions with biotechnology, software and technology companies. Mr. Di Scipio is the founder of Skyland Capital, a late stage venture capital firm. His biotechnology career includes Martek Biosciences (NASDAQ:MATK), where he served as Vice President, Business Development and Associate General Counsel and was a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to Martek, Mr. Di Scipio was Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel and Secretary for OmegaTech, where as a member of the Executive Committee, he managed legal affairs, Asia/Pacific sales, the Gold Circle Farms consumer brand, intellectual property strategy and licensing, debt and equity financings and negotiated the company’s merger with Martek. Earlier in his career, Mr. Di Scipio was managing partner of the Connecticut law firm Hawthorne, Ackerly & Dorrance and an attorney with Coopers & Lybrand. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Barofold, which licenses its drug development technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and ePals, a provider of email and Internet-filtering technology to the education market . Mr. Di Scipio received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Pace University. He is a member of the bars of New York and Connecticut. images/participant_robert_scipio.jpg Lu Dong La miu 21 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Richard Drobnick USC Center for Int'l Business 34 United States Dr. Drobnick has a joint appointment with the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), which maintains its Secretariat at NUS. At USC, Drobnick is the director of the Center for Global Business Excellence at the Marshall School of Business and a Research Professor of Management and Organization. He is also the founding director of USC's Center for International Business Education and Research, which has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education since 1990, as one of its 30 national resource centers on international business. From 1994-2005, Drobnick served as USC's Vice Provost for International Affairs. At NUS, Drobnick is the Managing Director of the APRU World Institute, an institute founded in 2006 to produce interdisciplinary research on issues of critical importance to Pacific Rim policy makers and he is a Visiting Professor of Global Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Drobnick is also the Secretary General Emeritus and a member of the Steering Committee of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the association of presidents of 37 leading Pacific Rim research universities (www.apru.org). Drobnick specializes in Pacific Rim economic and business issues and U.S. and Pacific Rim trade policies. He is the author of numerous articles regarding international economics and business, as well as the co-author of Neither Feast nor Famine: Food Conditions to the Year 2000 (D.C. Heath, 1978) and co-editor of Small Firms in Global Competition (Oxford University Press, 1994). Drobnick is a vice chairman and a director of the United States National Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), a member of the Executive Committee of the United States Asia Pacific Council, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy, a director of the Japan-America Society of Southern California, and a member of the Advisory Council of the Asia Society's Southern California Center. images/speaker_richard_drobnick.jpg Industry: Education Richard Dunford University of Sydney 44 Australia Professor Dunford's teaching and research interests range across strategic management, organisational change and organisational behaviour. His current research is centred on corporate restructuring, particularly in regard to de-regulation, downsizing and the emergence of new organisational forms. Professor Dunford is an active researcher having produced over sixty publications (books, monographs, chapters, refereed articles, refereed conference proceedings) including papers in the leading international journals Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, and the Journal of Organisational Behaviour and Organisation Studies. As a consultant he has worked with many organisations on issues involving strategic management and executive development. images/participant_richard_dunford.jpg Industry: Education Shantanu Dutta Marshall School of Business, USC 43 United States Shantanu Dutta is Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Advancement and the Dave and Jeanne Tappan Chair in Marketing. He has done extensive research on strategic marketing issues. Specifically, he has studied key drivers of success for firms in knowledge intensive markets like biotechnology, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. In particular, he has studied how firms can use distribution, strategic partnerships (i.e., RandD agreements, licensing, marketing agreements, etc) and value pricing to build competitive advantage. He has also explored the capabilities that firms need to develop new products and technologies. He has published extensively on these topics in leading marketing, economics, law and strategy journals. Prior to joining the Marshall School of Business, he was on the faculty at The University of Chicago. He was also visiting Professor at London Business School. He serves as a member of the Editorial Review Board for Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and Marketing Letters. He is also Secretary of the Informs Society for Marketing Science (ISMS). images/participant_shantanu_dutta.jpg Scott Eckersley Office of the Governor of Missouri 64 United States Scott J. Eckersley, J.D. joins the IBEAR program from the Office of the Governor of Missouri. Mr. Eckersley worked directly for Governor Matt Blunt as a policy advisor and later gained promotion as Deputy General Counsel to the Governor. As the Governor's attorney, he oversaw the handling of clemency petitions, judicial appointments, and all public records requests. Mr. Eckersley has the distinction of being the youngest attorney in Missouri to be appointed to this position. Prior to his work in the public sector, Mr. Eckersley practiced with Lathrop and Gage, L.C. As an associate, he focused his practice area in business litigation. He also completed a clerkship with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Madrid, Spain,--after being awarded a grant from BYU's law school. Mr. Eckersley is fluent in Spanish. He earned his bachelor's degree from the Marriott School of Management (BYU). Following IBEAR, Mr. Eckersley seeks a position specializing in governmental relations and international business. images/participant_scott_eckersley.jpg Industry: Government Asher Epstein Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship 32 United States Asher Epstein joined the Dingman Center full time during the summer of 2004. Prior to that Mr. Epstein held a variety of management and operational positions working with Fortune 500 companies and startups. He began his career working for American Management Systems, a billion dollar information technology consulting firm headquartered in Northern Virginia. Epstein was responsible for the implementation of a proprietary software application designed to manage delinquent customers for a variety of credit products ranging from home equity lines to telephone service. His clients included ATandT, the Bank of Montreal, Bezeq Ltd. and Chevy Chase Bank. Following that, Mr. Epstein took a position as the Director of Business Operations for Exit1, a local e-commerce and web development startup. Epstein helped grow the company from 9 employees and $250,000 in revenue to 30 employees and almost $2 million in revenue in just over one year. Exit1's clients included AOL, eAgents and the Federal Government. Mr. Epstein then teamed up with his father and brother to co-found SilentFrog. SilentFrog operated as an internet marketplace to facilitate hiring in the "microservices" market for local tasks ranging from lawn-mowing and babysitting to plumbing and car repair. He helped raise $550,000 for this venture and was featured in the Washington Post and on the local NBC affiliate. SilentFrog operated for over two years with close to 10,000 registered customers across the country. Mr. Epstein has an undergraduate degree in English and History as well as a Certificate of Management Studies from the University of Rochester. Mr. Epstein received an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of business. Asher currently lives with his wife, daughter, and son in Chevy Chase, MD. images/speaker_asher_epstein.jpg Industry: Education Carl Everett Capital Services Group 21 Japan Carl Everett heads Capital Services Group and oversees its Asian and European operations. He also serves as Representative Director to Capital Servicing Co., Ltd. in Tokyo and oversees equivalent servicing operations in Bangkok, Istanbul, Manila, Singapore and China. Capital Service's Group principal client is Lehman Brothers and collectively Capital's 300 employees work at managing Lehman Brothers and other client's real estate assets. Carl Everett has been in the real estate business since completing graduate school in 1978. From 1978-1986, the emphasis was real estate development in Southern California and beginning in 1989, concentrating exclusively on the resolution of non-performing ("NPL") real estate loans. This US work-out experience continued until 1996 at which time the US non-performing loan problems were mostly resolved. His real estate loan workout experience was with major money center US banks and he served as a NPL team leader, while concurrently managing his own portfolio of defaulted real estate loans. Mr. Everett arrived in Japan in December 1997 with GMAC Commercial Mortgage. He assisted GMAC in closing in January 1998 its first purchase of Japan NPL portfolios. Mr. Everett helped establish in 1998 GMAC's Japan loan servicing company, Premier. He continued working with GMAC CM through the summer of 1999. On September 1, 1999, he joined Capital Servicing Co. Ltd. in Tokyo as Managing Director. Mr. Everett holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California and an MBA degree from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. images/speaker_carl_everett.jpg Industry: Real Estate Services Matthew Fairshter emat Capital Management 32 United States Matthew J. Fairshter is a Co-Founder and current Managing Director of emat Capital Management, LLC., a firm which has established a new paradigm, to carry us through the rest of this century and into the next, for investing and maintaining responsibility to investors. emat is a U.S. based company with global alliances. We are Active Partners and Manage Businesses. We buy and manage businesses which have solid fundamentals and meet our test of financial prudence, and specialize in creating industry specific “PrePlanned Strategic Roll Up Ventures.” We maintain accountability through direct responsibility to the investors for the operations of the businesses in which emat’s investment funds have placed their resources. emat manages with absolute transparency. As Managing Director, Mr. Fairshter has responsibility for strategic planning, finance, business plan development and strategies, business plan execution, and oversight for legal, accounting, and risk management affairs. Mr. Fairshter is also on the Board of Directors of the Foreign Trade Association, an international business advocacy and education nonprofit enterprise. Prior to founding emat Capital Management, LLC, Mr. Fairshter was a partner at the national law firm of Dykema Gossett, PLLC, where he handled transaction and advisory assignments for international and domestic clients on finance matters (including bond and securitized pool debt instruments), real estate, international trade, reorganization, international and domestic tax structuring, international and domestic corporate strategic planning, corporate acquisition/divestiture/merger, and other related matters. Since 1997, Mr. Fairshter has been on the Board of Directors for Flagstaff Capital Group, and related companies, with approximately $150 million in real estate assets under management. Mr. Fairshter was also General Counsel to three United States based Foreign Trade Zones and was on the Board of Directors of USCAN Free Trade Zones, Inc., a Federal Public Utility engaged in the management of United States foreign trade zones. Mr. Fairshter’s career has been focused on international business, finance, and trade issues. Currently, emat Capital Management, LLC is about to unveil six separate private placement offerings to meet the demands of investors in the international marketplace. images/participant_matthew_fairshter.jpg Dan Feder Five Point Capital 22 United States Dan Feder co-founded Five Point Capital, Inc. in 1999 and serves as its President. Mr. Feder takes a leadership role in formulating and articulating Five Point Capital's vision and mission. He fosters an achievement-oriented culture based on principles where employees are motivated and rewarded for both individual and team contributions. Mr. Feder helps FPC achieve maximum efficiency and profit objectives through leading a committed and enthusiastic management team. Mr. Feder worked as an Industrial Auctioneer and learned the ins and outs of asset disposition and equipment. This experience, combined with honing his presentation skills, proved invaluable for him. Mr. Feder received his B.S. degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Entrepreneurship from University of Southern California. images/participant_dan_feder.jpg Industry: Financial Services Michael Fedrick Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson 33 United States Michael F. Fedrick has specialized in protecting intellectual property rights since 1991. He is a registered patent attorney with extensive experience in securing patent and trademark protection worldwide, licensing intellectual property rights, and performing intellectual property due diligence and strategic analysis. He has counseled clients in a wide range of industries, both in English and Chinese. Mr. Fedrick previously served as counsel for the biopharmaceutical business of Baxter Healthcare Corporation, where he was responsible for intellectual property matters relating to product lines with sales in excess of $1 billion. images/participant_michael_fedrick.jpg Michael Femino New Economy Capital Mgt. LLC 69 United States Mr. Femino is the founder of New Economy Capital Management LLC, a Los Angeles-based money management firm focused on investing in global growth stocks. Before founding NECM, Mike worked in various capacities for both hedge funds and mutual funds. A graduate of USC's undergrad entrepreneur program, Mike also earned his MBA from USC's IBEAR program. images/participant_michael_femino.jpg Industry: Investment/Portfolio Mgmt Yanfei Feng Abbott Laboratories 72 China Yanfei Feng is a Group Product Manager at Abbott Laboratories. She is based in Shanghai and responsible for all global products launch in China. She started from Chicago in Abbott International strategic marketing, then assigned to China and successfully turned around Anesthesia portfolio. She was also active in business development and licensing and led negotiations for various pharmaceutical deals. Yanfei has over 7 years of experience in Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical industry. She began her career at Integrated DNA Technologies, the largest DNA manufacturer in United States, where she developed new print solution for microarrays and designed new process for DNA purification. Previous to that she spent one year as Undergraduate Research Program Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, New York. Yanfei holds Bachelor of Science in life sciences from Beijing University and M.S. degree in Neuroscience from University of Iowa. She earned her MBA from University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. images/participant_yanfei_fang.jpg Industry: Healthcare Countries: United States and China Interests: Traveling and reading, most recently "Historical Atlas of China"; "The CIA's secret war in Tibet" and "Dreams from My Father". Brian Foster Togetherweserved.com Inc 24 United States Brian Foster is President and Owner of Togetherweserved.com Inc. which was established in 2003 for the purpose of creating Military Heritage Community Websites for members of the US Armed Forces. Over the last 4 years, TWS has built 4 websites for the US Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force representing a fast growing membership of nearly 700,000 active duty and veteran servicemen and women. Togetherweserved.com Inc. is an early pioneer of the social networking business and TWS websites are well accepted in the US military community. Mr. Foster is also President and Senior Partner of Creative Marketing and Media LLC, which is the Authorized Representative for Paramount Pictures and MGM Film in China. Based in Beijing, CMM currently captures 25% of the China television market for US films. Mr. Foster is also President and Co-Owner of Militel LLC which has supplied low cost international calling services to the US military stationed around the world since 1994. Although the global telecoms markets have become highly deregulated in recent years, Militel is still an important provider of international phone services to troops deployed to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Mr. Foster obtained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glasgow in 1977 and graduated from the IBEAR MBA Program in 1993. images/participant_brian_foster.jpg Industry: Social Networking/ Media Countries: USA, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, UK Interests: Sports, Morgan cars, Guitar Bob Fuchs NA 99 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Koji Fukuhara Atona Inc. 21 China Born in Okinawa, Japan Studied in an International School in Okinawa until High School BSc, Sophia University, Tokyo 1985 M.B.A. University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1990 * 1990-1997 As a consultant to various international companies, established and operated hi-tech business operations in Japan. * 1997-2000 As Managing Director of AiCube Co. Ltd., Tokyo, lead a software development company specializing in computer graphics tools and applications. * 2002-2006 As CEO of Enplas Nanotech Inc., Sunnyvale California, founded optical technology development and marketing team in the US for a Japanese manufacturer. * 2006- As CEO of Atona Inc., Taipei, the mission is to save as many as possible the life stories of people. Atona is a venture company starting in Taiwan which plans to expand into China, and then to English and Japanese speaking countries. images/participant_koji_lee.jpg Industry: Service Countries: China, Japan, USA Alfred Fung Tele Pacific Communications 74 United States Alfred Fung has a diverse background in business analysis, international development, and education. Most recently, he evaluated business cases and modeled pricing and profitability in the Marketing, Planning, and Analysis Group of TelePacific Communications in Los Angeles. Previously, Mr. Fung served multiple terms as a Volunteer for the Peace Corps. He first served in China as an English instructor at Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities in Guizhou Province. He then trained entrepreneurs in business planning and financial forecasting at the Small Business Development Center in the Republic of Palau. Mr. Fung earned a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition to his professional and educational achievements, he is proficient in Palauan, Spanish, Mandarin and other Chinese dialects. Mr. Fung seeks a position in global supply chain management to further develop his skills in strategy and business development. images/participant_alfred_fung.jpg Industry: Telecommunications Services Suzette Furbeyre USC Center for Int'l Business 49 United States Suzette Furbeyre is the Associate Director for the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) of the USC Marshall School of Business, a resource center funded under a Title IV Program of the U.S. Department of Education. She coordinates the initiatives and programs sponsored by the Center; supports faculty project activities; manages the $1.3M Federal grant; and supervises the general operations, communications and outreach activities of the CIBER. She is also responsible for managing the Asia/Pacific Business Outlook conference, a program that has been hosted by the Marshall School for the past 21 years. She also coordinates the delivery of international custom executive education programs and events. Additionally, she leads the Visiting International Professionals (VIP) program, designed for middle to senior level executives interested in short-term participation in the international MBA program. Suzette has held a number of management positions at USC, spanning over 25 years, in areas of international admissions, overseas studies, international student and alumni services, and faculty administrative affairs. A two-time graduate of the University of Southern California, she earned a BA degree in English Literature and an MS in Higher and Post-Secondary Administration. images/participant_suzette_furbeyre.jpg Industry: Education Jason Gonclaves Tario Ventures Inc. 24 Canada Jason Goncalves is currently Founder and President of Tario Ventures an investment and management group that acquires and manages established cash flow positive business. Tario Ventures identifies high-potential entrepreneurial opportunities and then brings together general management expertise, specific industry experience and capital to convert opportunities into successes. Experience: In 2000 Jason Goncalves left his Ph.D. studies in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto to be a founder of Iobion Informatics, a startup software company developing software for the biotechnology sector. Iobion thrived and was fully acquired in 2004 by Stratagene Corporation a publicly traded biotechnology company. At this time Jason joined Stratagene to run the Stratagene software business and lead the Stratagene product education team worldwide as Director of Application Science. In mid 2006 Jason left Stratagene to focus on his entrepreneurial interests through Tario Ventures and complete his Executive MBA at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Tario Ventures currently has interests in the health and beauty distribution and is evaluating other distribution and service businesses. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Import/Export Trade Christopher Goode White (China) Drive Products Co. 23 China Chris Goode, was born in Staffordshire England, and has resided in the UNITED STATES since 1980. Prior to joining White Drive Products in 2000, he spent most his diverse career with Eaton Corporation in Europe, Africa, Far East and finally in the UNITED STATES. Chris has an engineering background but held global sales, marketing and general management positions with Eaton Corporation. In addition he has managed joint ventures in Mexico, Argentina, Korea and Japan. He also managed two equipment distributorships in the US and South Africa. Since joining White in 2000, he has been the driving force who developed the company from a North American regional company to the global company it is today. He is the "father" of White (China) Drive Products Co. Ltd, having taken it from concept to profitable in its first full year of operation in 2006. He has been recognized by the government of RunZhou, Zhenjiang for the contribution he has made to that area and is an honoree member of the RunZhou District Economic Development Council, and in December 2006 was voted as Business Entrepreneur of the year by members of the RunZhou District Government. images/speaker_christopher_goode.jpg David Gossack U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Consulate General Sh 40 China David Gossack serves as Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China where he leads one of the Commerce Department's largest overseas offices in supporting American companies conducting business in China. He previously served as Commercial Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing from 2003-2007, in Bangkok, Thailand from 1999-2002 and in Tokyo, Japan from 1995-1999. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Department of Commerce, including its Gold Medal Award, that agency's highest honorary award in recognition of professional achievement. Earlier in his career Mr. Gossack held several positions in the Department of State, including at the American Embassy in Tokyo from 1982 to 1985, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Legislative Assistant and Counsel to the late U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga of Hawaii, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on International Trade. Mr. Gossack was an active participant in the drafting of several pieces of major legislation in the Senate and also served as the Senator's representative on the U.S. National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. An attorney, Mr. Gossack subsequently practiced international trade and business law in a Washington, DC firm for several years. Mr. Gossack is a graduate of Stanford University and the School of Law at the University of Washington and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association. He is a native of San Jose, California. His foreign language is Japanese as well as conversational Chinese, French and Spanish. images/speaker_generic.jpg Amy Grat USC Marshall School of Business 62 United States Amy Grat is a graduate of USC's Marshall School of Business, where she received her MBA with a concentration in international business. Immediately preceding her coursework, Ms. Grat served as Vice President of Membership/Investor Relations for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), a private organization focused on expanding economic growth and promoting foreign investment in the region. In this role she was responsible for development of the organization's relationships with Southern California's business community and worked to engage the region's top business and civic leaders in the mission and initiatives of the LAEDC. Prior to joining the LAEDC, Ms. Grat was Associate Director of International Executive Programs at USC Marshall School's International Business Education and Research (IBEAR) Program. There, she produced executive education programs focused on Asia and Latin America for U.S. and international companies. She also directed USC's annual Asia/Pacific Business Outlook Conference. Ms. Grat has held management positions in the areas of international education and intercultural exchange. As overseas program manager for University of Pennsylvania's Office of International Programs, she managed Penn's study abroad programs in Spain, Mexico and the Czech Republic. While Program Associate for the International Visitors Council of Philadelphia, she organized numerous intercultural exchange activities. In addition to her MBA, Ms. Grat holds a BA in English summa cum laude from San Diego State University and an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University. She is actively engaged in the local international business community as a member of the Asia Society and the British American Business Council. She also serves on the board of International Trade Education Programs (ITEP), an organization that helps prepare high school students to careers in global trade, transportation and logistics. Ms. Grat is currently engaged as a consultant for USC's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in conjunction with Moscow State University's School of Business. Following this project she seeks a full time general management position in an internationally focused organization. images/participant_amy_grat.jpg Industry: Education Lloyd Greif Greif and Co. 20 United States Mr. Greif founded Greif and Co. in 1992 following a successful, decade-long investment banking career as vice chairman of Sutro and Co. Incorporated, where he was managing director of the investment banking consultant with Touche, Ross and Co. Mr. Greif holds degrees in economics (BA-UCLA), entrepreneurship (MBA-USC), and law (JD-Loyola Law School). In 2002, he received the Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin God and Country Exemplar Award from the Boy Scouts of America, in 2000 received the Corporate Excellence Award from Loyola Law School and in 1999 received a commendation from the City of Los Angeles for this dedication and outstanding contributions to the Los Angeles community. In 1987, he received the Outstanding Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the USC Entrepreneur Program and in 1984 received the Loyola Law School Annual Alumni Association Award. Mr. Greif is chairman of the Advisory Council of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC, a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, chairman of the joint Milken Institute/LAEDC Capital Access Task Force, a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Police Foundation, vice chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Board of Overseers of Loyal Law School, a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the Florence Academy of Art and a member of both the Board of Directors of USC Associates and the Marshall Schools Board of Leaders. He is an internationally recognized authority in the field of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance and is admitted to practice law in the State of California. images/speaker_lloyd_greif.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment Banking/Brokerage Ahmed Hamdy Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP 33 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Stephen Harper New Horizon Real Estate Group, LLC 20 China STEPHEN W. HARPER is President and Chief Executive Officer of New Horizon Real Estate Group, LLC. As CEO of the company, Mr. Harper bears responsibility for determining New Horizon's strategic direction, for the execution of its business plan and for the final success and profitability of its operations. Prior to founding New Horizon, Mr. Harper was Senior Vice President of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, where he was responsible for the organization's international, investor relations, marketing and corporate communications programs. Mr. Harper also served as President and CEO of the World Trade Center Association Los Angeles - Long Beach, a subsidiary of the LAEDC. Prior to joining the LAEDC and WTCA LA-LB, Mr. Harper was Vice President of AMRESCO Japan, a subsidiary of Sydney, Australia-based Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, a publicly traded global real estate and financial services firm with 40 offices on five continents and over US$70 billion in assets under management. As the senior American executive in Tokyo for AMRESCO, he held responsibility for the 1998 start-up and operations of the company, which specialized in the acquisition and management of distressed and under-performing commercial real estate assets. At the time of his return to Los Angeles to join the LAEDC, assets under management of the company exceeded US$500 million. Mr. Harper held additional responsibility as the company's Statutory Auditor, and also served on the boards of two AMRESCO affiliated companies, one of which was co-owned with Merrill Lynch Japan, and the other with Cargill Japan (a subsidiary of the largest privately-owned company in the U.S.). Mr. Harper's other real estate experience includes over thirty successful U.S. projects since 1985 as principal, advisor or arranger of debt and/or equity capital. Aggregate value of completed projects is approximately US$200 million and includes retail, multi-family, industrial, office and specialty-use properties. Mr. Harper has been active in Asia for over twenty-five years and first came to the People's Republic of China in 1982. Including his tenure with AMRESCO, he has had three prior overseas assignments in Asia totaling some seven years, including the position of Senior Research Analyst in the U.S. Department of Commerce/U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in the U.S. Consulate General, Hong Kong. Mr. Harper holds a B.S. in economics, summa cum laude, from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and an MBA in international business from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business IBEAR Program. He has served on the Board of Governors of the USC Alumni Association and the National Board of Directors of the USC Marshall School of Business Alumni Association. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of the USC Center for International Business Education and Research and the Asia Society Southern California Center. He served previously in Japan and serves currently in China as a USC Ambassador on appointment of USC President Steven B. Sample. images/speaker_generic.jpg Roy Ho Leasing and Management (China), Hang Lung Properties 57 China Aged 57, Mr. Ho joined the Group in 1992 as Property Manager, and has been responsible for projects, leasing and property management in mainland China since 1993. He was appointed Assistant Director in 2005. Mr. Ho holds a Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, USA. images/speaker_generic.jpg Francis Ho Invista 61 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Textile/Apparel T. David Hodgkinson Emerald Capital Asia Ltd. 28 Thailand David Hodgkinson is an international finance and investment executive. He started his career as a projects officer with the World Bank Group in Washington DC, with overseas postings in the South and East Asia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. From 1992 to 1997, he was a senior staff member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), with responsibility for managing the bank's private sector investment portfolio. From 1997 to 2004, he headed ADB's Commercial Co-financing team, with a global remit to structure and arrange financial and investment partnerships with leading international banks and institutional investors. In 2006, David established Emerald Capital Asia Ltd in Thailand. Emerald specialises in structuring, financing and managing sustainable investments in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm is currently focused on projects in three sectors: Renewable Energy, Clean Fuels and Green Buildings. In addition to his role at Emerald, David is Special Advisor to the Asean China Investment Fund, a private equity fund operating in South East Asia and China. Previously he served on the boards of HandQ Ventures and Planter's Bank in the Philippines, and was a member of the Advisory Board of the NIF Daiwa Asia-Pacific Fund (Singapore). David earned an MBA from the University of Southern California. Additionally, he holds graduate degrees from the George Washington University and the University of Hawaii (where he was an East-West Center Scholar). He completed undergraduate studies at the University of California, earning a degree in Political Economy. images/speaker_david_hodgkinson.jpg Industry: a) Financial and Investment Advisory; b) Investment Management; c) Sustainable Investment Countries: Main focus is on opportunities in South East Asia and Greater China. To date, our investment partners have come mainly from Europe and Asia. Interests: Main business interests are in two areas: a) Private Equity Investment, via the Asean China Investment Fund (ACIF) or other sources. b) Sustainable Investment, via Emerald Capital Asia. Focus areas include: * Renewable Energy Development, especially biogas and biomass energy projects that generate Carbon Credits; * Clean Fuels (example: Financing the repowering of heavy duty vehicle fleets to operate on CNG); * Green Buildings (including building retrofit) Walter Bier Hoechner RBS Zero Hora Jornalistica S/A 60 United States Walter Bier Hoechner is employed by RBS - Zero Hora Editora Jornalistica S.A. a Brazilian multimedia communications company, where he ran a circulation department for all eight RBS newspapers. He launched three newspapers and re-launched one, bought by RBS. In addition he was in charge of three profit centers, subscriptions, single copy and a publishing house, with a budget of 120 million dollars. He led a team of 900 people including a call center with 600 agents. In the last five years RBS experienced significant growth in all eight newspapers. Zero Hora, its main newspaper got circulation leadership by 2005 and was 17% ahead of its main competitor in 2008. Mr. Hoechner earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing from ESPM. images/participant_walter_hoechner.jpg Industry: Media Services Wei Hopeman Winnington Capital 34 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Robert Chijung Hsieh LongChiZen Industrial Corp. 74 United States Robert (ChiJung) Hsieh joins the USC IBEAR MBA program from IBM Taiwan where he has been working since 1999. Mr. Hsieh served in multi functional positions such as system service representative, IT specialist, project manager and advisory sales specialist. By integrating IBM's core competency, Mr. Hsieh won various large projects like the infrastructure project of Corning Display Technology and the disaster recovery systems of key financial service companies. To recognize his contribution, IBM granted him two key honors: the Project Quality award and the Hundred Percent Club award. Previously, Mr. Hsieh worked for LiteOn Electronics and was in charge of LED quality system management for the China, Thailand and Philippine plants. During the transition from IBM to IBEAR, Mr. Hsieh worked for LongChiZen Industrial Corp, owned by his family, to keep his business sense sharp. Mr. Hsieh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Chinese Culture University. Following IBEAR, Mr. Hsieh seeks a general management consulting position in an international company pursuing growth in North America. images/participant_robert_chijung_hsieh.jpg Robert Hsiung Circolos 13 Hong Kong Robert recently graduated with an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to enrolling at Stanford, Robert founded a digital media startup in Beijing with a group of PhD students from Beijing University and worked for strategy consulting firm Monitor Group in Hong Kong. Robert completed his Bachelors in Computer Science and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania images/participant_robert_hsiung.jpg Industry: Internet, Advertising Countries: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Interests: Golf, tennis, running, snowboarding, wakeboarding Jamie Jaewon Huh G and S Company 77 United States Jaewon Jamie Huh comes to the IBEAR program from GandS Co. in Seoul, Korea. GandS Co provides fashion merchandising and global sourcing services to apparel retailers around the world. Since Ms. Huh joined GandS as the director of merchandising in 2005, she managed merchandising teams that provide apparel outsourcing, purchasing and product development services to clients. Her most significant accomplishment was instituting a departmental restructuring program for merchandising teams which resulted in 150% increase in sales. Prior to joining GandS, Ms. Huh held a senior merchandiser position at Wal-Mart Global Procurement in Seoul where she was in charge of ladies wear merchandising for four years. Ms. Huh earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Finance from Stern School of Business at New York University. On completion of the IBEAR MBA, she anticipates further contributing to the fashion retail industry. images/speaker_generic.jpg Qing Huo Horaes Robotics/Battery Co., Ltd 20 China Qing Huo is Founder and President/CEO of Horaes Co., Ltd. based in Shanghai, China. Started Feb 2008, Horaes quickly involved into the network of LEV and EV industry and establishing an efficient sourcing and supply chain in China, especially on Lithium ion batteries and relevant electric system components. Recently Horaes has been preparing for launching a road going sports car directly relates to a racing heritage, engine or electric powered, in China. Before founding Horaes, Ms. Huo had 18 years of work experience in Management, Sales and Marketing, and Engineering. She worked as the New Product Development Manager for Ultra Motor (USA), a UK based LEV manufacturer. Prior to joining Ultra Motor (USA), she was Vice President and founder, responsible for Sales and Marketing, at Shanghai Grandar Robotics Company and Shanghai Grandar Landscape Lighting Company. Within eleven years, Ms. Huo successfully developed several markets never existed and established a company develops and manufactures robots for domestic, academic, and commercial use which owns 90% of the robotics market share in China, as well as landscape lighting which secured government contracts worth $6M in 2006 to provide landscape lighting for venues such as Formula One racing car tracks and stadiums for the 2008 Olympics. Ms. Huo holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Harbin University of Science and Technology and MBA from University of Southern California. images/participant_qing_huo.jpg Interests: Sports and Pursuing speed Ryan D. Jackson Kuroi Designs LLC 76 United States Ryan Jackson joins the IBEAR program with over 9 years of experience in the online marketing and web development industry. Most recently, he served as the Director of Internet Operations for AccuScore.com, a multi-media sports forecasting company. At AccuScore he initiated innovative online marketing plans and co-developed industry leading web applications with many of the biggest names in the sports industry. In addition to working at AccuScore, Mr. Jackson is also the founder of Kuroi Designs LLC, a web development and online marketing consulting firm. Through Kuroi Designs Mr. Jackson has provided many companies in the U.S. and Japan with online, multi-lingual web solutions that have increased revenue and streamlined operations. Mr. Jackson holds a Masters of Science in Organizational Communications with a concentration in Economics from Northwestern University. Following IBEAR, Mr. Jackson seeks a role in an internationally focused organization with an emphasis on emerging internet and wireless technologies. images/participant_ryan_jackson.jpg Benjamin Jensen West Corp Management Group 77 United States Ben Jensen comes to IBEAR from the real estate and finance industries. Most recently he was Vice President of Acquisitions for WestCorp Management Group, a startup multi-family real estate investment company. There, Mr. Jensen was responsible for acquisitions, underwriting, and financial modeling. Mr. Jensen played a crucial role in building WestCorp from startup to over 350 employees and $515 million in holdings in a 14 month period. Mr. Jensen previously worked with Colliers International completing over 150 industrial real estate transactions valued at $300 million and was the recipient of regional and national leadership awards. He began his career as an investment banker with Zions Bancorporation participating in the issuance of over $1 billion in municipal bonds. Mr. Jensen completed his B.A. in Marketing Communications from Brigham Young University and studied internationally in Jerusalem, Israel. After IBEAR, Mr. Jensen plans to gain employment with an international real estate investment firm. images/participant_benjamin_jensen.jpg Paul Jerde University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and The Deming Center 34 United States Paul Jerde is the Diirector of the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. Mr. Jerde has held a number of senior general management and senior financial management positions with private and public companies in a broad variety of industries and markets. He has also served on the boards of directors of a number of public and private companies. His management experiences have included early stage start-ups and emerging growth companies, later stage established companies and companies undergoing substantial transition or turn-arounds. The companies have spanned numerous markets including consumer, medical (clinical systems, medical devices), telecommunications (paging systems and network management), biotechnology, voice recognition systems for order fulfillment and electronic commerce. Mr. Jerde co-founded Corboy and Jerde, LLC, an investment banking firm specializing in private transactions for emerging growth and medium sized businesses. The firm's clients reflected the diversity and rapid growth profiles typified by the expanding entrepreneurially driven sector of companies in the Rocky Mountain region. Previously, Mr. Jerde wasCEO and Chairman of Requisite Technology, Inc., an early stage electronic commerce information services business. Requisite created proprietary state-of-the-art "universal" cataloging processes and electronic cataloging technology that enabled a foundation for successful e-Commerce. Prior to Requisite he served asCEO of Cortech, Inc. a public biotechnology research firm and before that asCEO of Mountain Medical Equipment, a public home-healthcare medical products company. Mr. Jerde received his M.B.A. from the Business School at the University of Colorado. He has served for several years as a member of the Advisory Board of the Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado-Boulder. images/speaker_paul_jerde.jpg Industry: Education Chunyan Jiang Nanjing University Business School 48 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Education Xiaodong Jiang NEA China 32 China Xiaodong joined NEA in 2005 to focus on investments in the rapidly growing China markets. In December 2005, he launched New Enterprise Associates (Beijing) Ltd. and opened its Beijing and Shanghai offices. Xiaodong currently helps manage and support all China related activities. Xiaodong's areas of interest include consumer and growth equity opportunities. He is on the board of Redbaby, BlueApple and Uni-Power Loan Guaranty. Xiaodong has co-sponsored NEA investments in Lianlian Pay, Leadtone, LineKong, ChinaWay, Baihe.com, Citic Pharmaceutical and Cathay Biotech, and works closely with Spreadtrum Communications, Availink and other NEA China portfolio companies. Xiaodong was recently honored by Entrepreneur magazine in China as one of China's most influential venture capitalists under age 40. Prior to joining NEA, Xiaodong worked at ONStor, a storage networking start-up in marketing and business development and at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on multimodal recognition. He was also a consultant to Hitachi on RFID market strategy. Xiaodong received a Master's degree from the University of Illinois and a bachelor's degree from Nanjing University in China. He was a doctoral candidate in computer science at University of California, Berkeley as a United Nations Fellow and a Mayfield Fellow. images/speaker_xiaodong_jiang.jpg Sha Jianyuan GF Holdings (HK) Co., Ltd. 74 Hong Kong images/speaker_generic.jpg Yusniza Kamarulzaman University Malaya, Marketing Department 51 Malaysia Career History: - Tutor, Caldiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales, 18-Sep-06 until 30-Oct-07 images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Education Allen K.L. Kao Eternal Chemical Co. Ltd. 24 Taiwan images/speaker_generic.jpg Keith Kato Pentair 74 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Offer Katz Magna Projects Limited 30 Vietnam Offer has resided in Vietnam and Singapore since 1996. Over the last 12 years Offer founded and co-founded several successful industrial companies in Vietnam (aquaculture and light manufacturing industries) and he has been actively investing in a variety of Vietnamese and Cambodian companies and ventures. Offer is a principal and is CEO of Magna Projects Limited, a developer and sponsor of environmental & infrastructure projects. Magna’s main activity is focused in Vietnam and Cambodia. Offer holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from The University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Financial Services Pan Kequn Taiyang Electrical Appliance (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 39 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Mohammad Khidzir University of Malaya 53 Malaysia images/speaker_generic.jpg Caroline Kim Hawaii Small Business Development Center 28 United States Graduated from the University of Hawaii with a BS in Medical Technology. Practiced in the financial-securities field as a Certified Financial Planner/consultant, and finished graduate school (MBA) at the University of West Florida. From there spent time in Europe as the Business and Marketing Specialist in the Air Force's Morale, Recreation and Welfare Department, worked in both the private as well as public systems on projects such as HIPPA, Y2K, etc. Diverse industry experience including such state departments as Labor and Industry, Corrections, Lottery, Attorneys General, and Highways-Licensing. Served as the executive director for an association of building owners in Honolulu's busy downtown, and is currently the director of the Honolulu SBDC (Hawaii SBDC Network,) teaching, lecturing on college campuses, developing programs and fulfilling the mission of keeping small businesses successful. images/participant_caroline_kim.jpg Industry: Small Business Consulting-a SBA resource partner Interests: The SBDC network is composed of some 1100 offices all of which do consulting work. Some of our centers have specialties such as high tech centers, research branches, and/or international trade centers, but all of us do small business consulting including start-up companies. Real Estate, Commodity Trading, Expanding Businesses that are seeking partnerships Takeshi Kimura Primesap Inc. 21 Japan images/speaker_generic.jpg Takashi Koreeda University of Southern California 77 United States Takashi Koreeda joins the IBEAR program with 12 years experience at Unilever, one of the biggest global consumer goods companies. For the last four years, Mr. Koreeda recruited and trained the employees as an Assistant Human Resources Manager. In that role he developed and implemented local and Asian regional training plans, planned and executed recruitment processes, and led some Human Resource Management projects such as introducing flexible-time working. He also coached young talents about career development. Previously, he worked for four years in Public Relations roles. He managed media relations as the first contact person with the media. He also handled crisis management. He worked in the Sales Department for the first four years. He introduced new schemes for managing promotion budget to major customers. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and Business from Keio University. Following IBEAR, Mr. Koreeda seeks a general Human Resources management position. images/participant_takashi_koreeda.jpg Kevin Kraft Tradewinds Global 14 United States Kevin Kraft is president and founder of Tradewinds Global (www.tradewinds-global.com), an export marketing and consulting company, focusing on the export development and placement of consumer goods within the Pacific Rim. Tradewinds Global was founded in 2005 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tradewinds Global currently has employees from Japan and Taiwan. Tradewinds Global represents natural, organic and lifestyle product lines for both people and pets. Tradewinds Global main areas of focus are Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Tradewinds Global is also currently exporting to Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, India, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Kevin Kraft graduated with honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder has lived in Japan, Saipan, and Costa Rica and speaks Japanese and Spanish. Kevin is a member of the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the Hawaii Pacific Export Council. images/participant_kevin_kraft.jpg Industry: Consumer Products Chris Hui-Ling Kuo Bureau of Mines 74 United States Hui-Ling (Chris) Kuo has been senior Public Relations Specialist for the Bureau of Mines, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan. Ms. Kuo led a team to manage the relations with media, other governmental entities and the public. She also handled crisis management and created a fluent communication channel with other mining countries. Before Bureau of Mines, Ms. Kuo worked for Lian-He Wen-Xue, which is the most prestigious literary publishing house and belongs to the biggest media group in Taiwan, the United Daily Newspaper Group. She was a journalist first and then a chief editor. Her responsibilities were screening and marketing books, and organizing marketing events and book fairs. She successfully marketed 8 best-sellers. Ms. Kuo earned a Bachelor's degree in History from National Taiwan University. Ms. Kuo intends to work with a multinational firm, focused on entertainment or media, or with an international consultancy. images/participant_chris_hui_ling_kuo.jpg David Lam GAM HongKong Ltd. 32 China David Lam is Managing Director - Clients, Asia and is responsible for sales and client relations across Asia Pacific (excluding Japan). Prior to joining GAM in February 2002, Mr. Lam spent five years with Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd. Hong Kong with his last assignment being the Director of Private Wealth Services for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., Hong Kong and Chemical Bank Hong Kong where he was Head of the Private Banking division in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Lam holds a BA and MBA from the University of Southern California. images/participant_david_lam.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment/Portfolio Mgmt. Reginald Lathan Radford Alexander Corporation 24 United States images/participant_reginald_lathan.jpg Industry: Chemicals Melissa Lee Aon 65 United States Melissa A. Lee joins the IBEAR program from Aon Corporation, the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage. Ms. Lee joined the company in 2007 as an account specialist for various risk management sized accounts and also served as implementation champion for a national company rollout in the San Francisco office. Previously, she serviced complex, national, risk management-sized accounts at Marsh, Risk and Insurance Services for 5 years in various brokering roles. Ms. Lee earned a bachelor's degree in Business Economics and a minor in Asian American Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. She is also insurance broker licensed in California, New York and Texas. Following IBEAR, Ms. Lee seeks a position in risk management or product branding in a multinational company. images/participant_melissa_lee.jpg Industry: Consulting Peter Lee Jamison Services, Inc. 35 United States Peter Y. Lee joins the IBEAR program from Jamison Services, Inc. As the Director of Business Development, he leveraged Jamison's captive market of 150 properties to develop a wireless network that delivers high speed Internet access and VOIP to building tenants. He also created operational controls to reduce expenses by 40% and negotiated $2.5 million in capital improvements. Previously, Mr. Lee was based in Beijing, China where he managed a team of engineers to prototype and sell antenna solutions to cell phone design houses in Korea, China, and Singapore. While in China, Mr. Lee founded a leadership development program for Chinese graduate students that utilized the Harvard Case Method to encourage students to debate issues in business ethics. Mr. Lee earned a bachelor's degree in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College. Following IBEAR, Mr. Lee seeks to work with creative people in venture capital, manufacturing, and real estate development. images/participant_peter_lee.jpg Industry: Real Estate Services Chul Joo (Charley) Lee Korean Air 74 Korea Chul Joo (Charley) Lee has extensive experience in cargo sales, marketing and business planning from Korean Air, a leading global cargo and passenger airline. He has greatly contributed to Korean Air becoming the world's largest cargo carrier as manager in charge of cargo business planning and sales manager in the Seoul and San Francisco offices. Notably, he revitalized the air cargo business in San Francisco and reshuffled its organization as District Manager of the Skyteam Cargo US Sales Joint Venture. He also stunned everyone by raising the price two times in three years in the San Francisco market resulting in significant sales growth. Mr. Lee holds a BA in Public Administration from Yonsei University. Mr. Lee intends to develop global sales and marketing strategies including global alliance like Skyteam. images/participant_charley_chul_joo_lee.jpg Francois Lemonnier Ecust Parks 73 China Francois has 20 years experience in the electrical industry in new markets development, set up and management of sales and distribution networks; first in Eastern Europe during the 90s and in Asia since 1998. Put in place and managed 2 industrial units in Shanghai over the past 4 years. He received his MBA of the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, and Business Degree from the French Business School. He is fluent in German and English. In 2008, he had co-managed Shanghai China Source Ltd, providing complete sourcing services and sales support for table ware, kitchen tools, wine accessories and packaging, electrical motors and components, chemical-free water treatment for fish farms. He is mainly active between China, Japan, Italy and France. He has a passion for wine and serves as chairman of the Shanghai Wine Society. images/participant_francois_lemonnier.jpg Industry: Real Estate Services Jack Lewis USC Marshall School of Business 46 United States Jack Lewis is Associate Dean, IBEAR MBA and International MBA Alumni Outreach at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. The IBEAR MBA Program, currently in its 31st year, is a one-year, mid-career, international MBA that emphasizes business in and between the Americas and Asia. IBEAR MBA Program's 1300 plus graduates serve in positions of corporate responsibility in over 50 countries. From November 2004 to December 2006, Jack also served as Associate Dean for Marshall's Global EMBA in Shanghai Program (GEMBA) which was launched in May 2004 in collaboration with Shanghai Jiaotong University. It is 21 months long and attracts participants from 12 countries. It includes 10 five-day sessions in Shanghai, two ten-day sessions on the USC campus, and an Asian field trip. GEMBA is a version of Marshall's EMBA program that is ranked in the top ten by BusinessWeek. During the 2004-2005 school year, Jack served as co-founder and co-director of Marshall's Center for Global Business Excellence (C-Globe). C-Globe serves as Marshall's international business center, supporting the expansion of its globalization. From 1985 to 2004, IBEAR Executive Programs, a precursor to C-Globe, presented nearly 100 open enrollment and custom international executive programs to approximately 8,000 executives. Jack joined USC and the Marshall School in January 1984 in the middle of IBEAR VI. Before joining the USC Marshall School, he served as Assistant Director of International and Pacific Rim Programs in the Executive Development Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and the East Asia Studies Center. From 1978 to 1981, he managed Illinois' overseas study center in Kobe, Japan. From 1977 to 1978, he did post-graduate research in Japan sponsored by the Social Science Research Center. Jack received his Ph.D. in comparative politics from Stanford University in 1975. His dissertation research focused on Japanese politics, coalition formation, citizen opposition and industrial development. His current interests include the society, politics and business in Japan, and structure and change in business groups in Japan, Korea and China. He lived in Japan for a total of six years and visits Asia and Latin America often in connection with his Marshall responsibilities. images/participant_jack_lewis.jpg Industry: Education Adrian Marcus Kwok Tung Li Idapted Ltd. 21 China Adrian is responsible for managing the overall operations for Idapted and overseeing the company's global development for its flagship products, EQEnglish, StudioChinese and the Idapted Live Learning System. Prior to starting Idapted, Adrian worked for Pepsi in Shanghai in a project management role where he was responsible for coordinating the launch of their new Soybean drink. In 2001, Adrian worked with JPMorgan based in London where he advised on acquisition and growth strategy for financial institutions. Adrian then joined a social enterprise incubator, Globalegacy, in 2004 where he advised entrepreneurs starting for-profit social ventures. Adrian has a passion for education and founded a UK based charity; CNYTrust; which has raised thousands of pounds (GBP) to support children in rural China pursue education. The Trust has provided scholarships to many students in China and has also built a primary school in the village of Da Miao, China. Adrian completed his degree in Economics at Cambridge University and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese and a splash of French and enjoys training for marathons and ironman triathlon events in his spare time. images/participant_adrian_li.jpg Industry: Online Language Training Countries: China, UK, US Interests: Endurance sports, education, eating. Diana Li Morgan Stanley 67 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Ken Lin Credit Suisse 28 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment/Portfolio Mgmt. Brandon Lin S.A.I.F. 19 China Brandon Lin joined SAIF in December 2001 and is a Partner. Before joining SAIF, Mr. Lin was Vice President, Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group, NY. He has also worked as Vice President, Investment Banking at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, NY and before that he was an Associate, MandA and Securities, at Sullivan and Cromwell, Hong Kong. He has BA in Economics from Stanford University and JD from Harvard Law School. images/speaker_brandon_lin.jpg Jonathan Lin Trend Micro Inc. 99 United States Jonathan Lin brings to the IBEAR program several years of experience in the fields of global Information Technology and Security management. Mr. Lin has over 5 years of IT project management and operation consulting experience in Trend Micro Inc. a leading global Internet Security company. He helped developed company's first oversea Helpdesk Support System in Philippines. The monthly service satisfaction rate for support to Trend offices in America was 93%. Besides English, Mr. Lin is multilingual in Mandarin, Taiwanese, and some German. Most recently, he was selected by the CEO office to work on its global IT operation projects. With his distinctive cultural background, he was able to communicate effectively with colleagues from Asia, Europe and America to ensure smooth on-time project delivery. Mr. Lin graduated from University of Alberta with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and he was a campus club president during his studies. Following IBEAR, Mr. Lin plans to use his experience in global project management to work in a firm with focus on expanding their overseas market. images/participant_jonathan_lin.jpg Starr Marcello Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship 56 United States Starr Marcello is the Senior Associate Director of the Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. In this role, she consults with students, alumni, and community members about their academic career paths and entrepreneurial ventures. She runs the Center's major conferences, internship program, which places University graduate students in key positions with entrepreneurial companies around the world, and the Center's annual business plan competition, which awards over $80,000 in seed money each year to new student businesses. In 2007, Starr organized the first-ever Midwest Alternative Energy Venture Forum. As a partnership between the University of Chicago, Argonne National Labs, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and several other University and community groups, this Forum has created a venue for the most innovative energy entrepreneurs in the Midwest to interact with top investors in the industry. Starr spends her free time as a coach for the Collegiate Scholars Program, teaching entrepreneurship to high school students from the Chicago Public Schools, and producing documentary films. In 2007, she was recognized for her work at the University of Chicago with a Dean's Award of Distinction. Starr holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA from the University of Chicago. images/speaker_starr_marcello.jpg Industry: Education Ricardo Martins CESL Asia 33 Macao images/participant_ricardo_martins.jpg Kevin McAuliffe Newport Ltd. 24 Japan McAuliffe is Founder and President of Newport Ltd., a leading marketing services company based in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1994, Newport has built an organization of over 800 sales professionals in 60 independently owned offices throughout Japan. This sales force performs a variety of one-to-one marketing services including sales promotion, customer acquisition and product sales for a select number of Japanese and international clients. The company was certified with ISO14001 in 2004. He is also on the Board of Directors of Beijing New Horizon Real Estate Consulting Co., Ltd, a real estate development company focusing on the China market. Prior to founding Newport Ltd., McAuliffe held senior-level marketing and strategic development positions for seven years with Reuters Japan Ltd. His responsibilities included directing Reuters worldwide mergers and acquisition strategy for the medical information business, launching a satellite based video information service, and marketing real-time print and video news services. Before joining Reuters, he worked in Hong Kong for Time Inc. for six years. From an initial stint as advertising manager for Time Magazine he moved to circulation director for Time in Southeast Asia and then Asian circulation director for Fortune International where he launched the Asian/Pacific edition. Prior to joining Time Inc., McAuliffe worked for eight years in various freelance and staffed editorial positions throughout Asia Pacific including three years based in Tokyo as Asian editor for Ace International, a trade magazine for the consumer electronics industry. McAuliffe received an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business IBEAR Program in 1987 and took his undergraduate degree in English Literature from San Diego State University in 1973. He is active in service and business organizations including Rotary International and the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. images/speaker_kevin_mcauliffe.jpg James McGregor JL McGregor and Company 10 China James McGregor is chairman and CEO of JL McGregor and Company and author of the book One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, a widely-acclaimed best-seller published by Simon and Schuster. Previously, Mr. McGregor wasCEO of Dow Jones and Company in China, bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal in China and Taiwan, and the China managing director for GIV Venture Partners, a $140-million venture capital fund specializing in technology investments in China and India. He has served as a China advisor for dozens of multinationals and investment funds. He has also been involved with many Chinese Internet startups, and was an early investor and board member of Sohu.com during the company's July 2000 NASDAQ listing. In 1996, Mr. McGregor served as chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, and he was a governor of that organization for a decade. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the International Council of the Asia Society, and serves on a variety of China-related advisory boards. He has advised both the Chinese and U.S. governments on economic and trade policies. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, Mr. McGregor was first exposed to Asia at age eighteen when he served in Vietnam as an infantry soldier. He learned about the rise of China while working as a newspaper reporter in the U.S., and in 1985 planned a backpacking trip across China to take a look for himself. Convinced that China was destined to become the world's most interesting country, at age thirty-three he and his wife sold their household possessions and moved to Taiwan with two suitcases each. Mr. McGregor studied Mandarin intensively and joined The Wall Street Journal several months after arriving in Taiwan. He has lived in Beijing since 1990. images/speaker_james_mcgregor.jpg Jon Megibow Darden School of Business, Taylor Murphy International Business Studies Center 71 United States Jon Megibow teaches Management Communication in Darden's MBA program. In addition to writing cases, he is the co-author of a textbook on the fundamentals of managerial communications. Prior to joining Darden in 1986, Megibow taught in the English department at the University of Virginia while also serving as an undergraduate academic dean. Appointed Darden's Associate Director of Admissions in 1987, he served as Director of Admissions from 1989 to 2000. Megibow has been appointed to leadership positions in a number of professional organizations, including the Board of Directors of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management from 1991-2002. images/participant_jon_megibow.jpg Andrew Meyer Capability Alignment Professionals 16 United States Andrew Meyer studied systems and industrial engineering before spending fifteen years implementing global IT and Business Process Re-Engineering projects. Frustrated with seeing communication, incentive and governance issues hurt projects again and again, he returned to get his MBA from the University of Southern California and focused on project communications and risk management. To apply this to real-world problems, Andrew founded the Capability Alignment Professionals (http://www.CompanyAlign.com), which is dedicated to aligning incentives and improving communications. He discusses these issues in his blog Inquiries Into Alignment (http://alignmentinquiries.blogspot.com/) images/participant_andrew_meyer.jpg Gene Miller University of Southern California 48 United States Gene has consulted for a variety of organizations, including the Sound Advance Systems, Rockwell Science Center, Munger, Towles and Olsen, and Akin, Gump. Harvard University Graduate School of Business (Finance), MBA 1969; New York University School of Law (Corporate and Taxation Law), JD 1966; New York University School of Commerce, Accountants and Finance (Public Accounting), BS 1963 Other Positions Guest Lecturer: UCLA; Anderson Graduate School; UCLA Extension 2001 - Present: President, Peregrine Investment Company 1981-2001: President of the Management Firm and General Partner, Peregrine Ventures/Peregrine Investment Co. 1976-1981: Principal, Xerox Development Corporation 1971-1976: Vice President, Security Pacific Capital Group images/speaker_gene_miller.jpg Industry: Education Leonard Mitchell USC School of Policy, Planning and Development 28 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Edward O. Moran Inforan Intl. Telecom and Alt Energy 24 United States Edward O. Moran has over 20 years of vast international experience in strategic consulting, sales, marketing, international business development, technical support and RandD in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industries. He is an expert in the telecommunications markets of Global Emerging markets across Latin American, Eastern European and Southeast Asia. Most recently, Mr. Moran has been providing consulting and advisory services under the flag of Inforan international Telecom / Alternative Energy advisory services - a company he founded in the early 90's to provides strategic and management consulting and advisory services in the area of technology, media, telecommunications and alternative energy (biofuels segment) for both developed and developing markets. It offers a wide variety of services such as strategic advisory for MandA, macroeconomic research, market / region / sector / product / service studies, risk and credit assessments, regulatory / tariff studies, business plan development and execution among others. Mr. Moran has been involved in recent years in extensive research and green field projects of renewable fuels in several global markets. He has been providing consultancy on Ethanol and biodiesel production / international trading in several markets also evaluating Ethanol refinery buildup in emerging markets where sugar cane is abundant. Mr. Moran maintains good working relationships with several multinational corporations that are part of the value chain of Ethanol and biodiesel production / commerce globally and monitor closely the evolution of the Brazilian sugar cane Ethanol production and industrialization (Brazil - the world's largest and most efficient producer of sugar cane Ethanol). Mr. Moran is a telecom industry expert in new wireless (RF / Microwave, Wi-Max, Wi-Fi, PoC), and wireline (Triple / Quad play, VoIP, IPTV, FMC, FTTx, IMS) technologies and provides a wide variety of technology assessment services to the financial investment "Buy-side" sector. Before, he served as the Latin American regional commercial and technical director for Netro Corporation, a leading provider of broadband, point-to-multipoint, fixed wireless equipment to provide voice and high-speed data access connectivity to corporate users in major metropolitan areas. Previously, he worked for Polycom Inc. a worldwide leading Provider of Teleconferencing equipment, as a regional sales and technical support manager for the Mercosur trade block region, where he led, managed and trained local channel partner sales and technical support personnel. Under his management, regional sales have quadrupled in less than two years time. Prior to the above, Mr. Moran held several senior design and development positions in the electronics / telecommunications industries in both the US and Israel. He received his International MBA degree from the IBEAR program of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC) in July of 2003. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering (B.Sc.EE) from Tel-Aviv University, Israel. He speaks fluently Spanish and Portuguese. images/participant_edward_moran.jpg Industry: Telecommunications Russell Muranaka C-R Cousins Inc. 39 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Charles Ogilvie Panasonic 28 China Charles Ogilvie brings is a decade of global experience in both interactive and traditional entertainment to his role as executive director at Panasonic Avionics Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for the business strategy in the China market. A graduate of the University of Southern California with an MBA in International Business and Entertainment and a BS in Business Administration, Charles joined Comspan Communications to manage the International distribution in Asian territories. He then moved to Panasonic Avionics Corporation (then known as MAS) as business development manager. Most recently he was the director of Inflight Entertainment and Partnerships at Virgin America where he was directly responsible for designing, producing and managing Virgin America's inflight interactive passenger entertainment experience, Red(TM). As an active member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Charles votes on Emmy nominees and is a member of the Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group. He also serves on the World Airline Entertainment Association's Educational Committee, is a member of the Asia Society, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild New Media Council. He speaks Mandarin-Chinese fluently. images/participant_charles_ogilvie.jpg Tom O'Malia USC Marshall School of Business 34 United States Tom O'Malia's entire career experience has been in entrepreneurial ventures and teaching. O'Malia has served as the Director of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Under his leadership, the program has consistently ranked among the top programs in the nation as well as #1 ranking by Success Magazine. Teaching experience has been extensive with the highlight being a more than two decade of service to the University of Southern California. Entrepreneurial ventures have included the successful startup, growth and sale of a software technology company. Consulting experiences include turnarounds of five troubled companies including the successful sale of three and, being a key team member in the startup of two ventures, one of which is now NASDAQ listed. A career of varied experiences has afforded O'Malia the opportunity to have lived in both the business and academic worlds. He is well-positioned to manage and teach a rigorous academic program, to make research an important component of the overall program plan, to meld the Entrepreneur Program's teaching and its research into the greater business school and to actively reach out to and involve the business community and alumni in the activities and the University. images/speaker_tom_omalia.jpg Industry: Education Jeff Ouyang Deluxe Digital Studios 37 United States Jeff (Chieh) Ouyang has 10 years of technology development, customer service and project management experience in the optical data storage industry. Most recently, as a director of operation in Deluxe Digital Studios, Mr. Ouyang held vital responsibilities for strategic planning and financial modeling. He developed and managed a business unit that pioneered High Definition DVD replication services in North America and is recognized as a lead provider of Blu-ray Disc technology. His career spans both domestic and international exposure. During his tenure at Oerlikon in Liechtenstein, he invented two key patents for the latest Blu-ray Disc format. Mr. Ouyang graduated from National Central University in Taiwan with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After completing his IBEAR MBA at the USC Marshall School of Business, he seeks opportunities in business developments in the fields of consulting or technology. images/participant_jeff_chieh_ou_yang.jpg Industry: Entertainment/Leisure/Sports Stacy Palestrant Exetor Group 50 China Stacy started at the firm as employee number ?ve in February, 1999. She returned after spending one year in Beijing working as a freelance consultant and radio talk show host and two years studying at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. While in business school, Stacy initiated the firm's CHINA 2024 venture along with Niko Canner. Previously Stacy was a research associate at Harvard Business School, where she wrote case studies on organizational behavior. A graduate of Wellesley College, Stacy studied religion and political science. Insight into Stacy: Stacy enjoys obsessing over her United Airlines frequent ?yer account, as well as traveling to far and exotic places to ensure that she maintains a respectable mileage balance. images/speaker_generic.jpg William Pan EBM Technologies 21 Taiwan William Pan, aged 45, founded computer software company EBM Technologies in 1988. In 1993, EBM shifted its core business from general business administration software to medical imaging software. Today, medical informatics is 95% of EBM's core business. Three years ago William began his EMBA studies at National University of Taiwan with a focus on Entrepreneurship. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Medical informatics; Medical Imaging Countries: Taiwan; Thailand; United States; Mexico; Philippines; Mainland China; Japan Interests: Golf; Photography; Travel; Make successful business Michael Pennington Shanghai Business Review 99 China Tom Petersen University of Southern California (USC) Global Exe 34 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Ping Ping Morgan Stanley 74 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Naveena Ponnusamy USC Marshall School of Business 39 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Alysa Priestly MBB Co.LTD. 28 China images/speaker_generic.jpg David Rakhit Intersoft 21 Japan After completing both his MBA and Masters in Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, Mr. Rakhit has utilized this knowledge as the foundation of an impressive 21 year career working for such companies as Unisys, Citibank, Reuters, and Dow Jones. Within these companies, he has been exposed to multiple facets of the industry including sales, trade, market data, technology, and risk management. Though he has been living and working in Japan for the past 15 years, Mr. Rakhit also possess a great deal of professional experience regarding both the US and India. In addition to the cultural and professional knowledge he has acquired, David also speaks Japanese, English, Bengali, and Hindi fluently. As theCEO of Intersoft, Mr. Rakhit's leadership has resulted in a number of fully implemented compliance-related technology solutions for its multinational clients in the domain of Trading as well as Anti-Money Laundering (AML). Under his leadership, Intersoft has expanded rapidly, with offices in 5 countries in a span of five years and has been very successful in the investment banking and consumer banking sector. images/speaker_david_rakhit.jpg Elsa Richardson Synapse Medica Management 25 United States Elsa has 18 years of consulting experience in systems analysis, software development and project management. Her former clients included the Disney Corporation, Baxter International, Southern California Physician's Insurance Exchange (SCPIE), Hyundai Motors America, the Salvation Army and Countrywide Home Loans. This broad spectrum of experience has provided her with extensive exposure to various aspects of back office operations including requirements planning and scheduling, resource allocation, and streamlining of job processes and workflow. She is currently pursuing the executive MBA program at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Health Care Eric Rongley Bleum Inc. 13 China Eric Rongley founded Bleum in October of 2001 and was named the Chairman of the Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce's Info Comm Committee. Before starting Bleum, Mr. Rongley founded Navion Software Development Company for Capital One Financial of Virginia, UNITED STATES. He built Navion into a leader in China's software industry, and as a beacon of excellence within the IT department of Capital One. Mr. Rongley led Navion to win 10th best employer in Asia award by the Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review in September 2001. Before coming to China, Mr. Rongley was the General Manager for IVR's (International Voice Register) software development center in India. IVR India was part of an organization that achieved CMM Level 4 in 1998. He has a deep experience building high performance software centers in Asia. He brought this wealth of experience to Bleum to drive it to become a leader in China and Asia's software industry. images/speaker_eric_rongley.jpg Monte Rosen Special Education Consulting 31 China Mr. Rosen is the Managing Director and Founder of Special Education Consulting, Shanghai, a wholly owned foreign enterprise that provides a variety of alternative and special education services to foreign families living in China. Prior to founding his current company, he was the Managing Director of a Japanese software services company that had operations in China, India, Mongolia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan and the U.S. Mr. Rosen's previous experience includes a variety of senior management positions in technology companies, on-line education, and extensive experience working with special education students, their families and professionals. Mr. Rosen is also the founder of a newly formed non-profit organization in Hong Kong, The Foundation for Special Education Research and Training in China. He graduated in 1985 with a MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. images/participant_monte_rosen.jpg Industry: Education Countries: China, Hong Kong, looking to expand through out Asia Interests: Talking to others with an interest in education, looking for strategic partners. Charlene Ruan Argent Trading 34 China Charlene currently works as the Director of Client Services for the Shanghai office of Argent Trading, Inc., an international corporate trading firm headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to helping companies restore value to under-performing assets. Charlene works in developing an extensive client roster and in strengthening the direction of the new office in order to contribute effectively to the core value of Argent Trading, Inc. In the past she has held various positions through a variety of media outlets, including Good Morning America, KTLA channel 5, Teen Magazine, a Hearst Publication and even briefly at Shanghai Media Network. Charlene's experience and underlying passion, however, spreads across the apparel and fashion industry. She has previously worked as the Regional Director and Buyer of a retail company responding to market trends and supervising the creation of their Los Angeles office. In addition, she was formerly a Senior Consultant and Analyst for an international fashion office, aiding and advising major American retail stores in market trends and resources. images/speaker_generic.jpg Faud Samir Said Rennsport 10 United States Samir Said is a Los Angeles native with 6 years experience in the automotive aftermarket industry. In 2002, he founded a startup enterprise specializing in the importation and distribution of automotive aftermarket products from Japan, Germany and the United States. As Chairman and CEO of Rennsport Inc., Mr. Said achieved sales revenues in excess of $2 million within the first 3 years of operation. In addition to his automotive background, Mr. Said has successfully managed an investment portfolio with over $1.5 million in equity and achieved returns in excess of 230% from 2003-2005. Using the gains from his portfolio, he set up a private equity fund, which has participated in several rounds of angel financing for startup companies specializing in the development of innovative medical devices and IP-based information systems. Mr. Said graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in International Relations. While serving as Chairman of Rennsport he is seeking out global investment opportunities within the medical, real-estate and alternative-energy industries. images/participant_samir_fouad_said.jpg Shinichi Sato Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd. 68 Japan Shin Sato is an Asia-based Information Technology and Telecommunication Industry Strategist, currently working as a venture capitalist for Asia Pacific region. Mr. Sato is a 19 year experienced industry strategist and a venture capitalist in information technologies and telecommunication. Mr.Sato started his career as a systems engineer at Hewlett-Packard. After three year's service in engineering, he shifted his profession to marketing and business development. Later, he has experienced various management positions, such as regional buisiness development manager, project manager for the telecommunication projects, systems engineering team group manager, and business creation team manager. He currently works as a senior investment manager specialized in investing early to late stage, cutting edge mobile technology and information technology firms at Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd. He speaks Chinese, English, and Japanese and has deep understanding in multi-national culture in Asia region. images/speaker_generic.jpg Aaron Schechter Schechter + Chou Inc. 10 United States Founded in 2004, Schechter + Chou, Inc. is an international consulting firm that assists both US and Chinese companies in cross-border business between the US and China. The firm provides clients, in a variety of industries, with assistance in search, introductions and representation; helping clients to identify strategic partners, gain market entry, and to facilitate investment related activities. Mr. Schechter brings 20 years of experience in hands-on business operations in different industries, such as international trade, direct marketing, distribution, infomercial, Internet, investment and real estate. Prior to founding Schechter + Chou, Mr. Schechter served as executive vice-president of COMAR Acquisitions, Inc., a leading fulfillment company in the U.S. that provided services for the infomercial, direct response and entertainment industries, including companies such as Walt Disney Records, King World Direct, and Playboy Enterprises. During his tenure, this fulfillment company entered into a strategic partnership with Cardservice International, one of the fastest growing credit card processing companies in the U.S. Mr. Schechter also served as president of COMAR Interactive, the internet division of the fulfillment company. Prior to joining this fulfillment company, he was in charge of domestic operations of Nativity Stones, LLP, an infomercial company. He also successfully established their distribution channel in Europe, including meeting with the Vatican Museum Stores in Rome, Italy, to establish new outlets. Mr. Schechter has been a guest lecturer on the subject of cross-border business between the U.S. and China at USC's School of Policy, Planning and Development, the UCLA Andersen School of Management, and at the California Center for International Trade Development (CITD). He has been interviewed by China Business News in Shanghai and for two Chinese magazines, Expression magazine published by Xin Hua Airlines, and Shang Xue magazine, both in Beijing. He has also been interviewed on CCTV-9 television news show "Biz China" during their "people in the Biz" segment. Mr. Schechter was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He also received an MBA and MRED (Master Degree in Real Estate Development) from the University of Southern California. He holds a real estate brokers license in California. images/speaker_aaron_schechter.jpg Industry: International Consulting related to Investment and Market Entry Countries: US, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Interests: Taking art classes and visiting art galleries Richard Seymour University of Sydney 52 Australia Richard Seymour joined the University of Sydney in 2006. Prior to this he worked in the corporate, NGO and consulting sectors. As well as having run his own business, he has over 5 years experience advising small and medium-sized enterprises on corporate divestments, capital raisings and cross-border transactions. He also has over 10 years experience with a number of European, Asian and Australian organizations in the financial, property, and environmental sectors. Richard's research interests include the creative industries, innovation and entrepreneurship (both social and business). His current research projects include: Defining and measuring entrepreneurial activity (a project which includes membership of the OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Steering Group). Exploring the value created by entrepreneurial activity, including via: technology-driven innovation, design/creativity-led innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Understanding how innovation and enterprise can best be taught and encouraged (in technical, creative and social contexts). images/speaker_richard_seymour.jpg Industry: Edu Jude Shao MTS, Inc. 24 China Jude Shao is a Shanghai born American entrepreneur. Originally trained as an electronic and computer engineer, he worked in a Chinese state owned computer manufacturer developing bank-transaction clearing software and later, in an American company integrating PC based network systems for large law firms in the Boston area. Upon graduation from the Stanford MBA class in 1993, he raised a search fund from alumni and started a trading company specialized in exporting American medical devices and equipment to hospitals in China. By 1997, the venture grew to be a multi-million dollar company with offices in San Francisco and Shanghai having 15 full-time employees. Currently, Jude Shao resides in Shanghai studying law and offering consultancy and concierge services on well-defined project bases in venture investing, product marketing, import/export, WOFE formation and entrepreneur start-up in China. images/speaker_generic.jpg James B. Shein Northwestern University 45 United States Professor James B. Shein is Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy and also is part of Kellogg's Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice. He teaches Managing Turnarounds (MGMT 934) and Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formulation (ENTR 462). Professor Shein is also counsel at McDermott, Will and Emery with primary areas of practice including corporate financial and operating restructurings, business startups and acquisitions, and fiduciary duties of officers and directors. Previously, Professor Shein spent four years as the president and chief executive officer of R.C. Manufacturing and ten years prior to that as president and chief executive officer of Northbrook Corporation. Professor Shein has chaired programs at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on the outlook for the troubled steel, textile and plastics industries. Professor Shein conducts seminars and workshops on commercial loan structuring and workouts for the Bank Lending Institute and the Banking Law Institute. His work with corporate director led to his article, "Trying to Match SOX: Dealing with New Challenges and Risks Facing Directors," published in The Journal of Private Equity, 2005. A frequent lecturer and author on corporate renewal, he has been highlighted on National Public Radio programs as an authority on restructuring and downsizing. He was elected by his peers as Vice President of the Turnaround Management Association, an international organization of 7,000 turnaround, bankruptcy, and restructuring professionals, and is on the International Board of Directors. Professor Shein graduated with an engineering degree from Purdue University and then earned an M.B.A. from Indiana University. He also holds a doctoral degree in organizational behavior from Indiana University. He later received his juris doctor degree, cum laude, from Loyola University of Chicago, where he was lead articles editor of the Law Journal. images/speaker_james_shein.jpg Michael L. Singer Strategic Partners 20 United States Mr. Singer is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Strategic Partners, which he founded in 1995. Under Mr. Singer's direction, the company has grown into a global leader in the manufacturing and marketing of medical apparel and footwear, incorporating sophisticated licensing arrangements with major studios, sports teams, branded apparel and established artists. Prior to forming Strategic Partners, Mr. Singer ran the uniform division of Cherokee, Inc. Mr. Singer is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, where he was the Undergraduate Commencement Speaker in 2006. Mr. Singer was also recognized by the USC Greif Center for Entrepreneurship as the Outstanding Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997. Mr. Singer serves on the board of Governors for Cedar's Sinai Medical Center and the Board of Trustees for Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, CA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Film Department. images/speaker_michael_singer.jpg Industry: Manufacturing Industries Tony Kwong Chun Sit Sunivo International Co., LTD 21 China Tony Sit, founder of Sunivo Group, born in 1971 with a educational background of Master in Business Administration 1995-2001, worked in Shenzhen Guanghui Group and holds the post of the following duty successively: manager of financial department, associate president, lastly was promoted to be chief executive director and concurrently president of the subsidiary company. During this period, he participated in the company's foundation and was responsible for the capital operation, the government public relationship and project implementation (100,000 ton fuel depots, 50,000 ton oil jetties, 40,000 square meter industrial park). When he left company in 2001, Guanghui Group's sales amount in one year has broken through hundreds of millions and achieved the strategic cooperation with China Petroleum Company. 2001-2003, studied Business Management in UCLA: Anderson USA 2003-2007, established Shanghai Sunivo Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at present this company's sales volume in one year breaks through 300,000,000 Yuan. images/participant_tony_sit.jpg Industry: Chemicals Bongrak Sohn TCC Steel 11 Korea Mr. Bong-rak Sohn is Chairman of the TCC STEEL in Korea. TCC Steel is a leading tinplate manufacturer in Korea with a 45 year history. He graduated from the Kyung Hee University in 1972 and then finished military service in Korea. He had worked for a general trading company for 4 years from 1975 and during the time he had been in the London branch of the company for 2 years. After he joined the TCC STEEL in 1979, he worked in the Tokyo branch for 2 years and had studied at the Waseda University's Business School for 1 year in 1981. In 1986, he received an MBA from the University of Southern California (USC), U. S. A. and he still maintains good ties with the university. He is a former governor of the USC alumni association and now he serves as Vice-Chairman of USC's Seoul Alumni Club. TCC STEEL was founded in 1959 and it has subsidiaries in the steel, electronics and service industries. It has set up a joint venture company, the Ohio Coatings Company, in Ohio with the Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, UNITED STATES and Mr. Sohn is Chairman of the company. It also has established overseas trading companies, Dongyang America Corp. in Los Angeles and Dongyang Tinplate Japan Corp. in Tokyo. In addition, TCC STEEL has made inroads into Chinese market. In 1992, it set up a joint venture company with Japanese and Chinese steel companies in Hainan Island and set up transistor plants in Beijing and Shandong Province. Mr. Sohn has been serving in several social activities. He is Chairman of UNESCO Seoul Association; Director of the Korea International Trade Association; Chairman of KECC (the Korea E-CEO Club), Honorary Consul of the Republic of Hungary in Korea and he served as Chairman of the Seoul Rotary Club in 1999. images/speaker_bongrak_sohn.jpg Industry: Manufacturing Industries Daniel Stakoe Entry Japan K.K. 24 Japan Professional History 2001 - Present Established Entry Japan K.K. Importer and distributor of breathing and hearing related medical devices and consumer products. Japan focused market entry strategy consulting. 1999 - 2001 Vice President of Business Development, Nihon Cochlear K.K., local subsidiary of the world's largest cochlear implant manufacturer. 1993 - 1999 Representative Director and Controller, The Stanley Works Japan K.K., which had acquired its bankrupt local master distributor. This franchise sales organization became both profitable and predictable in the first three years. 1989 - 1993 Manager, Citibank NY and Citibank Tokyo. Performed a variety of tasks, including mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis, market research, sales management and planning. 1986 - 1989 Systems Analyst, Yasuda Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. Engaged in overseas branch management system design, programming, training, and translating. Education 1997 - 1998 M.B.A., Asian business focus, University of Southern California, I.B.E.A.R. program 1982 - 1986 B.A., Global Finance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor images/participant_daniel_stakoe.jpg Julia Stamberger GoPicnic 24 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Michael Kam Sun University of Chicago GSB 77 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Investment Banking/Brokerage Masaya Takeuchi Toray Industries, Inc. 59 United States Masaya Takeuchi is a business planner at Toray Industries, Inc., a multinational cooperation that specializes in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry and biochemistry. He entered the company in 2001 and has worked in its Carbon Fiber Division. In the previous three years, he was a member of an Invest Project Team and played a key role in drafting investment plans whose total amount is approximately $750 Million to expand its business in Japan, USA and France. He was also in charge of Investor Relations, holding a seminar about Carbon Fiber business for security analysts. He graduated from the Doshisha University with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. After IBEAR MBA program at University of Southern California, he intends to continue working with Toray Industries and start a new career in a new business field. images/participant_masaya_takeuchi.jpg Industry: Chemicals Hiroaki Tanaka Nomura Asset Management 70 United States Hiroaki Tanaka joins the IBEAR program from Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM), a Japan's largest asset management company. Mr. Tanaka started his career as an assistant fund manager in the Fixed Income Investment Dept. in 2003. He has developed expertise in cross-operational cash management and risk management fixed income and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) billions USD portfolios. Also, he has played key roles in initiating new funds and achieving top fund returns as well as making several presentations to institutional customers. Most recently, Mr. Tanaka was a fund manager of J-REIT and Asia Pacific REIT fund. Mr. Tanaka earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree of engineering in Electronics, Information and Communication from Waseda University in Japan. Following IBEAR, Mr. Tanaka will develop his career in global portfolio management as a fund manager at NAM. images/participant_hiroaki_tanaka.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment/Portfolio Mgmt. Fujiko Terayama USC Marshall School of Business 55 United States Fujiko Terayama is the Director of International Business Education and Research (IBEAR) MBA Program at the USC Marshall School of Business. After joining IBEAR in August 1980, she has assumed a range of administrative roles including office manager, program coordinator, and director of admissions. She particularly enjoys the diversity each class offers and maintains lifelong, worldwide friendships she has built with the IBEAR alumni in over 26 years of service. Fujiko has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Latin America, and India to recruit students on behalf of IBEAR and the Marshall School. In her spare time Fujiko enjoys spending time with her family and learning foreign languages and cultures. images/participant_fujiko_terayama.jpg Industry: Education David Terry ImmixRed 24 United States David Terry is currently responsible for the overall direction of ImmixRed LLC, a consulting and exporting company. Prior to cofounding ImmixRed in 2008, he served in general management roles with GE Healthcare’s medical imaging business. While at GE Healthcare he received both a Sigma Omega award for financial performance and a Growth Leadership award for sustaining double digit organic growth. Prior to his tenure with GE, he served as Regional Vice President with Integrated Health Services and Divisional Vice President with Genesis Health Ventures. Dave’s professional focus is driving organizational change, business development and general management. Dave holds B.A. and M.B.A. degrees. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Consulting, Training, Healthcare Interests: Sailing, Wine collecting, Fitness Caleo C. Tsai Marshall MSBA Program 77 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Simon Tu Thiz Technology Group Limited 28 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Sean Hsin-Hung Tu Fubor Management Company 13 United States Hsin-Hung (Sean) Tu has a successful professional background in the consulting industry. He was the founder and CEO of Fur-Bor Consulting, Ltd. specializing in industrial , labor safety and health issues. Combining his passion and technical background of environmental science, he led projects to build waste recycling plants as well as establishing standard operation protocols for labor and health safety. As a subject matter expert and entrepreneur, he employed his excellent management skills and professionalism to make his company well-known in the market place. Enterprises such as Formosa Plastics Corporation, EVA AIR, and Chinatrust Commercial Bank have relied on his seminars and conferences to adopt and enforce correct labor safety concepts. Mr. Tu holds a MS in Environmental and Occupational Health from National Cheng Kung University. He would like to further his career in the environmental related green industry. images/participant_sean_hsin_hung_tu.jpg Industry: Consulting Timothy Tu Parkland Plastics, Inc. 77 United States Timothy Tu joins the IBEAR program from Indiana based Parkland Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of building materials and OEM parts. Mr. Tu transformed Parkland's business model into an international producer by pioneering a Chinese imports division. Then as National Sales and Marketing Manager, he doubled product sales through distribution. Previously, he taught English in Osaka, Japan and assimilated Eastern culture and values. Overseas Training Center, Inc. recognized him as an executive level coach who traveled to various client sites in Kansai prefecture to prepare Japanese business managers for international assignments and university students for the standardized Test of English for International Communication. Mr. Tu holds a bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley. After earning his MBA, he seeks a business development or operations management position in which his fluency in Mandarin Chinese and knowledge of Japanese will contribute to a large, global firm. images/participant_timothy_tu.jpg Hans Tung Qiming Venture Partners 33 China Hans Tung joined Qiming in 2007. Prior to Qiming, Hans initiated Bessemer Venture Partners' China investment practice in 2005 and was promoted to Vice President in 2007. Hans started his career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in New York and Hong Kong. He was a founding member of Crimson Asia Capital, helped to raise $435million and was involved with two successful investments. He was also an entrepreneur and co-founder of two award-winning Internet start-ups: Asia2B in Hong Kong and HelloAsia in Singapore. Education B.S. from Stanford University Studied at MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Kennedy School images/speaker_generic.jpg W. Michael Verge PCCW Ltd. 27 China Mr. Verge has over 30 years experience in the Banking/Finance industry. Prior to joining PCCW Limited in 1999 as CFO of the Cyberport project, Mr. Verge held senior executive positions with two major international banks and was CFO of a large pulp and paper company in South East Asia. Mr. Verge was appointed Group Treasurer of PCCW Limited in 2000 and is a member of the PCCW Finance and Management Committee and an Executive Committee Member of Pacific Century Premium Developments, a publicly listed property developer in Hong Kong. Mr. Verge has a degree in Economics from McMaster University, is a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong), a past Chairman of the Canadian International School of Hong Kong and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. images/speaker_michael_verge.jpg Industry: Telecommunications Greg Wahl Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP 33 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Xiang Wang Nanjing University Business School 48 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Education Lu Wang Shenzhen Dong Huang Investment Co., Ltd. 11 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Zhongming Wang Zhejiang University, School of Management 44 China Research Areas: 1. Human Resources Assessment and Leadership Models 2. Management Decision Making and Organizational Behavior 3. Entrepreneurship and Venture Management 4. Strategic Human Resources Management images/speaker_zhongming_wang.jpg Linda Wells Center for Entrepreneurial Studies 28 United States Linda Wells is the Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this capacity for the last 9 years, she has partnered with faculty to create innovative courses and programs for the students and alumni from Stanford Business School. Prior to her role at Stanford Linda was founder of The Sanitas Group, a healthcare consulting group; the Director of Product Management for Informed Access Systems/Access Health, an early stage healthcare software company; and a project engineer with DuPont. She has her MBA from Stanford Business School and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. images/speaker_linda_wells.jpg Industry: Education Scott T. Whitaker Larry and Carol Levy Institute 49 United States Scott Whitaker is the Associate Director of the Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice at the Kellogg School of Management. Scott advises students, alumni, and people in the community, bringing effective strategies and resources to their business. Prior to joining the Levy Institute, Scott worked in financial development for the National Office of Philanthropy for the YMCA. He organized and led a delegation on a tour of Israel and a visit to the JerUnited Stateslem International YMCA. Prior to the YMCA, Scott advised Media and Entertainment clients for Proxicom Inc, an Internet consulting firm. Earlier in his career, he managed the financial assets of a commercial real estate portfolio with Jones Lang LaSalle. Scott is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management and Princeton University. He lives in Chicago with his wife Jennifer and daughter Eleanor. images/participant_scott_whitaker.jpg Industry: Education James Wilburn Pepperdine University 42 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Tien Wong Opus8, Inc. 10 United States Mr. S. Tien Wong is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Opus8, Inc., a Washington DC-based private investment firm with offices in Shanghai. Opus8 specializes in middle market buyouts, private equity and venture capital investment. The firm seeks to acquire Chinese and North American call center, CRM (customer relationship management), and outsourced marketing services and technology companies with a special focus on tech and services companies in the following sectors: ITO (IT outsourcing), CRM, BPO (business process outsourcing), and outsourced marketing and information management. The firm is raising a $50 million fund to invest in business services and outsourcing companies in China. In February, 2008, affiliates of Opus8 acquired a majority interest in Lore Systems, Inc. an advanced IT services company located in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Mr. Wong currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Lore Systems. Lore provides world class managed datacenter hosting and colocation services, high-end IT networking and infrastructure consulting, GREEN IT solutions, and help desk and technical support services to a diverse base of over 300 clients. In 1991, Mr. Wong co-founded and served as CEO of CyberRep, Inc. until its acquisition in 2003 by Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE: ACS). At the time of its acquisition, CyberRep was one of the largest privately held CRM outsourcing companies in the world, operating 6 customer interaction centers throughout the USA with over 2,300 employees and $80 million in revenue. Today, the CyberRep/ACS business unit is one of the largest call center operations in the world, with over $850 million in revenue. In addition to garnering such prestigious awards as Customer Inter@ction Solutions magazine's MVP Quality Award and Customer Interface magazine's ACCE (Award for Call Center Excellence), CyberRep was ranked in INC. magazine's 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000's "Inc. 500" as the 51st, 53rd, 72nd and 408th fastest growing private company in the USA, respectively. CyberRep was profitable for eleven consecutive years and was backed by Allied Capital Corporation, a $5 billion investment company (NYSE: ALD). Mr. Wong is a recognized international expert in CRM, direct marketing, and BPO. He has presented at dozens of industry events around the world, and has written numerous articles on the CRM and BPO spaces. He has also provided industry commentary on the ABC, Fox, NBC, CNBC, Maryland Public Television, and China's CCTV networks. Prior to co-founding CyberRep, he worked for ten years in commercial real estate finance and investments. Mr. Wong was the recipient of the 2001 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Greater Washington. An "Entrepreneur in Residence" at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, he frequently guest lectures on entrepreneurship, leadership and finance at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, and the University of Virginia. Mr. Wong serves on the Boards of Directors of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (bsomusic.org), Technology Council of Maryland (techcouncilmd.com), HarVest Bancorp (harvestbankmd.com), Association for Corporate Growth - National Capital (acg.org), the Potomac Officer's Club (potomacofficersclub.com), and Monte Jade Science and Technology Association (mj-dc.org). He serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund (cit.org). He is former Treasurer and National Board Member of the American Teleservices Association (ataconnect.org). Mr. Wong is Chairman of the Executive Leadership Committee for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship's Greater Washington region. He is CEO of The Tien and Beverly Wong Foundation, which supports youth, education, and social services charities. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he majored in Government. images/speaker_tien_wong.jpg Song Wong Black Trumpet Investments 34 China images/speaker_generic.jpg John Wong Brand Imperatives 20 United States John Wong is founder and CEO of Brand Imperatives, a strategic, customer intelligence and research company. Founded by highly experienced line managers, and marketing and marketing research executives with extensive branding expertise, Brand Imperatives works with global companies that desire to unleash the full power of their brands by bringing the "Voice of the Customer" to every marketing decision. The company's primary industry focus includes extensive experience in technology products and services, digital entertainment and digital media distribution, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and consumer packaged goods. Mr. Wong has over 20 years of marketing and business strategy development, consulting, and marketing research experience primarily in technology, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and consumer packaged goods. Mr. Wong has extensive experience in strategic planning and process design, brand and marketing strategy, and marketing analytics and business intelligence. Mr. Wong has an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and serves as an investor and advisor to TGap Venture Partners, a venture fund focused on technology and medical devices and services. Mr. Wong also is an investor and advisor to Open Box Technologies, a digital media distribution start-up and is an advisory board member of Konnects, a social networking platform for business professionals. images/participant_john_wong.jpg Industry: Advertising/Marketing Services Stephen Wong Chongbang Group and Edward Wong Development Co. Ltd. 23 China Stephen is the President for Chongbang Group in Shanghai and the MD for Chongbang's parent company Edward Wong Development Co. Ltd. in HK. Based in Shanghai, Stephen is responsible for the overall planning, finance and operation real estate investment and development activities. Since the early 1990's, Stephen has been the catalyst for the group's investments into China, US and Canada. In Shanghai, China, The group is one of the founding partners for the Chongbang Group, the Forrester Group, and one of the early investors / partners of the Shui On Land (now listed on the HK Stock Exchange). In the US and Canada, the group has been active in both investment and development activities on both the east coast and the west coast thru Palladium Group, Citiland Group and Sunny Hills - Palladium, LLC. Currently, Stephen is a non-executive director for newly incorporated HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited; a member of the Advisory Board for the Stanford Sloan Program, Graduate School of Business; and a member of the Board of Councilors for the School of Architecture, University of Southern California. Professionally, Stephen is a licensed architect from the State of California and holds a Master degree from the GSB at Stanford University where he was a Sloan Fellow; Bachelor degrees in Business Administration and in Architecture, both from the University of Southern California. images/speaker_stephen_wong.jpg Hung Kwang Wu Bright Light Capital 32 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Steven Xi Riverwood Capital LLC 32 United States Steven Xi is a Managing Director of Riverwood Capital, responsible for non-semiconductor investment opportunities in China. Prior to joining Riverwood, Mr. Xi was a Managing Director at The Hina Group Fund I from December 2004 to June 2007, where he focused on expansion-stage investments in the technology, media and consumer-related space in addition to his investment banking responsibilities at The Hina Group Holdings. Since 1998, Mr. Xi has either invested or participated in investments in several successful companies, including Framedia (sold to Focus Media (Nasdaq: FMCN) for $183 million), VanceInfo Technologies (NYSE: VIT), Oak Pacific Interactive and Hengan (1044.HK). Before joining Hina, Mr. Xi co-founded and managed an ecommerce start-up with locations in the Silicon Valley and Beijing, China. Prior to his entrepreneurial experience, Mr. Xi had spent six and half years in investment banking and principal investment, including five years based in Hong Kong. During that time, Mr. Xi served as Director of Investment Banking and Principal Investment Group at China Everbright Financial Holdings (Hong Kong), the Head of China Investment Banking Division at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (Hong Kong), and an associate at GSC Partners/Salomon Smith Barney (Hong Kong). Mr. Xi started his investment banking career with CSFB in New York in 1992. Mr. Xi earned an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, an MA in economics from the University of Southern California and a BS in physics from Jilin University in China. Mr. Xi is a member of the Chicago GSB Global Advisory Council, Asia Cabinet. images/speaker_steven_xi.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Venture Capital Cheng Xu Apptz Inc. 21 United States Mr. Cheng Xu is the founder and CEO of Apptz, Inc., a leading social applications publisher in China. Native to Shanghai, Mr. Xu studied Computer Science at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai, from 2002 to 2005. He then came to USC to continue Entrepreneurship studies between 2006 and 2008. A former experienced programmer himself, Mr. Xu utilizes his technical background and started his first venture—Five Minutes, a revenue-funded social gaming company in 2006. In June 2008, as the most influential Chinese social media platform Xiaonei opened its platform for third-party developers, Mr. Xu foresees the potential of social media and founded Apptz, Inc. in Shanghai. Apptz now develops and executes "app-vertising campaigns" for brands. Through Apptz's campaigns—branded social applications, brands can reach their target consumers through social media channels in a very cost-efficient way, as well as forming brand recognition and engagement. images/participant_cheng_xu.jpg Industry: IT, Marketing Countries: China (Especially Shanghai) & Los Angeles Interests: New technology, reading, entrepreneurship, swimming, and badminton Jerry Yang Goldman Sachs 74 United States Jerry Yang has successively developed his career at financial firms such as Merrill Lynch, Prudential Financial and most recently, Goldman Sachs. At Prudential, he was responsible for the design and implementation of e-marketing. He has significantly improved both sales practices and client satisfaction. At Goldman Sachs, he was an Associate in the marketing area of the asset management division well as the owner of a global marketing platform. He strategized and formulated marketing strategies and took on a role as an effective strategic solutions provider and advisor to both domestic and multi-national sales channels. Mr. Yang has a Bachelors of Science degree in Management Science with Finance and Management Information Systems concentrations from Purdue University. Upon completion of the IBEAR program, Mr. Yang seeks a position to further develop his career in the field of international sales and marketing and business development. images/participant_jerry_yang.jpg Industry: Financial Services: Investment Banking/Brokerage Lin Yang The Smithers Group 36 China Currently, Lin is with The Smithers Group as director of business development for greater China region. He heads up the Shanghai office and leads The Smithers Groups' efforts in China. Lin brings more than 15 years of experience in manufacturing, corporate strategic planning, and Asia market development experience. Most recently, Lin was a marketing director at a US multi-national company Unifi and responsible for China market strategy. Previously, he has served with such global companies as IMC Chemicals, U.S. Borax, and Rio Tinto in US. Lin holds a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Southern California (USC), Marshall Business School. In additional, he has a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from Lamar University - Beaumont, Texas and a Bachelor in chemical engineering degree from Nanjing University of Chemical Technology in Nanjing, China. images/participant_lin_yang.jpg Industry: Consulting Sonia Yu Morgan Stanley 76 United States images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Financial Services James Zakoor Eddie Z's Blinds and Drapery 21 United States James Edward Zakoor was born in Windsor, Ontario Canada in 1955. He attended undergraduate school at St. Leo College in Florida where he earned his BA in Criminology. James then went on to earn his Masters degree in Management in the Executive Program at Northwestern University's Kellogg Business School in 1990. His personal interests include collecting European art, traveling and reading. After earning his undergraduate degree in 1976, James began his career in sales with Everfresh Juice Co. Limited. in Toronto Canada.. In 1978 he was promoted at Everfresh to Assistant Manager for the Toronto Operation and took over as General Manager in 1980. In 1982 Everfresh was purchased by John Labbatt Limited and James took over as Marketing Manager as the company positioned itself in the marketplace. In 1983 James was promoted to the position of Vice President of the Toronto Operation and Director of Cooperate Marketing and held this position until 1987.. Transferred to Chicago, Illinois in 1988 James became the Executive Vice President of Everfresh Juice Co. Inc. As well in 1988, James entered the Executive MBA Program at Kellogg . While in Graduate School James became Vice President of Contract and Private Label manufacturing which he held until 1990. James left Everfresh in 1990 and spent time privately investing in small companies. In 1992 he founded Eddie Z's Blinds and Drapery Inc in Chicago and continues to develop the business in the Chicagoland area as well as expanding the company into Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Michigan. In 2003 he started the window treatment Internet Business, BlindsandDrapery.com which retails to the entire continental US. For over 16 years he has been in the manufacturing and retail window treatment industry and is always pushing his company to expand forward. images/participant_james_zakoor.jpg Interests: Collecting European Art, Traveling and Reading Syed Zamberi University of Malaya 53 Malaysia Syed Zamberi Ahmad holds a Ph.D from the University of Hull Business School, United Kingdom. His research interests lie in the areas of international business, international entrepreneurhsip, marketing strategies, and foreign direct investment by SMEs and multinational corporations. He is currently as Senior Lecturer in International Marketing at University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. Prior to entering academia, he had several years' industrial experience in international banking and finance in Malaysia. images/participant_syed_zamberi.jpg Industry: Education Annie Zhan Skybridge Limited 13 China Annie Zhan is a professional IT and Telecom executive with extensive experiences in the industry and with a successful track record building sales team and revenues for international products, solutions and consulting services in the Greater China market. She founded SkyBridge in Feb 2005 and currently serves as CEO. Annie is leading SkyBridge in developing SaaS (Software as a service) business in Greater China market. SkyBridge provides on demand web-based Business Intelligence, Loyalty Points Management,and eMarketing services to enterprises in China market. Before SkyBridge, Annie worked with several multinational companies in China and HongKong with senior management positions at Compaq, PCCW-HK Telecom. She also had strong entrepreneurial experiences with a historyof building the first outsourcing call center in China in 1998. She obtained her MBA from Kellogg School of Management and HongKong University of Science and Technology. images/speaker_annie_zhan.jpg Industry: Information Technology and Marketing Innovation Services Interests: Topics: Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China. ; Business: Loyalty marketing, Email Direct marketing, Business Intelligence. Wu Zhan University of Sydney 53 Australia Wu Zhan is a lecturer in International Business of the School of Business. He used to work in a Chinese import and export company and a governmental agency responsible for FDI in China. He earned his Ph.D degree in International Business from Singapore in 2006. His main research interests are International Business Strategy with focus on emerging markets and transition economies, FDI from developing countries, and strategy and organization of MNCs. His teaching interests are international business strategy, international strategic alliance and international marketing. Up to date, he has published and presented some IB-related papers in international journals and at international conferences. images/speaker_generic.jpg Industry: Education Lan Zhang South Beauty Group 11 China Zhang Lan, the founder of South Beauty, currently serves as Board Chairman. In 1987 she graduated from the Beijing Technology and Business University with a degree in Business Administration, and in 1989 she went to Canada for further study. Later, in 2006 she graduated from the EMBA program at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Zhang Lan has 17 years of experience in the food service industry, where she has continued to develop a deep understanding and strong intuition. In 1991, Zhang Lan returned from Canada and opened her first eatery. After 10 years of gaining experience and building up funds, she opened the first South Beauty restaurant in 2000. To better service high-end clientele she opened the 881 Club in Shanghai and Lan Club in Beijing in 2005, both clubs featured exquisite decoration and elegant style. Late last year her newest endeavor, SUBU, was launched; a high concept restaurant offering modern style and healthy fusion cuisine. Zhang Lan was recognized as one of China's "Ten greatest people in 2006".and also one of the"Ten Most Influential People in China's Food Industry",as well as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential CEOs in China." images/speaker_zhang_lan.jpg Joan (Qiong) Zhang ABC Consulting 13 China Ms. Joan (Qiong) Zhang holds an EMBA of Stanford University, a master degree in Economics, a bachelor degree in Law. Currently, she is the CEO of ABC Group, the founding and managing partner of ABC Capital as well. As one of the first licensed securities lawyers in China and the former CEO of ABC Consulting, a first mover and leading consulting firm based in China with global vision and structure, Ms. Zhang has been involved in many cases of SOE(State Owned Enterprise)s’ Restructuring, Merge and Acquisition and IPO(Initial Public Offering)s since the startup of China’s capital market in 1990’s. She initialed the ranking of “Top 50 Listed Companies” in China in late 1990’s, which aim to encourage the sustaining development of Chinese enterprises. She is also one of the pioneers in Private Equity investment in China and has deepened insights and rich experiences in this field. She leads ABC Capital to won “Top 10 Most Influential PE Firms in China” in 2007, one of the only two local firms among the international renowned PEs such as KKR, Carlyle and etc. Widely recognized as one of the expertise and rare outstanding women in Investment Banking and PE business, Ms. Zhang is regularly invited as a keynote speaker by varies business forums and interviewed by main business medias. Her published book, Strategic Change: Leadership Matters has received critical acclaim in the management consulting industry and capital market. Ms. Zhang was also honored as “Top 10 Golden Brand Management Professional” and “Prominent Management Professional” by IMC(International Management Institute) and CCMC(Committee of China Management Conference). Besides her passion in entrepreneurship, Ms. Zhang also has a warm heart and elegant life style. Actively in charity auctions, social activities, she has donated and built “Hope School”s in far mountain areas in Yunnan Province to help the schoolless children going back to classrooms. As a member of Chaine des Rotisseurs, she loves fine cuisine, art, wine, traveling and sports such as golfing, horse riding as well. “Fashion is an attitude of life.” The way she is walking makes her the “icon” of modern elite women in fast growing China. images/speaker_joan_zhang.jpg Xia Zhao USC 77 China Xia (Stella) Zhao joins the IBEAR Program from Sony China. As a marketing supervisor, Ms. Zhao was in charge of the marketing of the Memory Stick Technology Alliance in Greater China. In her position, she led a team that was responsible for overseeing promotional events, product exhibitions, and business forums. In addition, Ms. Zhao successfully established partnerships with all top five Chinese IT manufacturers, expanded the alliance company number from two to thirty, and achieved the Green Belt of Sony Six Sigma. Ms. Zhao earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the International College of University of Colorado Denver. After IBEAR, Ms. Zhao intends to seek a position in strategy marketing in the High-Tech industry with an international focus. images/speaker_generic.jpg Shuming Zhao Nanjing University 43 China Dr. Shuming Zhao is Dean, Professor, and Ph.D. Advisor of the School of Business, Nanjing University. He received his B. A. (English Language and Literature) from Nanjing University and his M. A. (Education) and Ph. D. in Higher Education Administration and Human Resource Management from Claremont Graduate School, U.S.A.. He is one of the leading business educators in China. Under his leadership, Nanjing University has been selected as a National Key Program in Business Administration. He is a member, Science and Technology Academic Committee of the Ministry of Education; Vice Chairman, Advisory Committee for Business Programs, Ministry of Education; member, Review Committee for Management Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China; member, National MBA Advisory Committee; and member, Human Resource Development Committee of Macau Special Administration Region Government. Dr. Zhao is one of China's leading academic authorities in the field of human resource management. He is Vice President, China Human Resource Management Research Association; President, Jiangsu Province Human Resource Association; Vice President, Jiangsu Province Enterprise Management Association; and Vice President, Jiangsu Province Entrepreneur Association. He has served as Visiting Professor at many international universities, including clinical professor at Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He also serves as an independent director for several companies, including KHD Humboldt Wedag International Ltd. in Germany. He has also been serving as one of the three members of Selection Committee for Tao Shing Pee Education Foundation (TSPEF) - Harvard Business School since 2000. Among his main honors, he was selected to be one of the first scholars in management to receive support from China's Excellent Young Scholars Fund; Best Scholar by eight ministries of China; and First Level Scholar by the "333 Trans-century Academic and Technological Chairperson Project". He received the Best Book Prize from the Ministry of Education for Research on Human Resource Management in 2006; and Best Teaching Award, and Outstanding Professor recognition from Jiangsu Province in 2006. He received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Seton Hill University, U.S.A. in May 2006. His major areas of interest are human resource management and multinational business management. images/speaker_shuming_zhao.jpg Industry: Education Allen Zhou Oracle 59 China images/speaker_generic.jpg Mingdong Zhou Zensun (Shanghai) Sci and Tech Co. 13 China A graduate in biology from Fudan University in 1982, Dr. Zhou obtained a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the New York State University . He then completed post-doctoral research training at the University of California, San Diego. In 1996, Dr. Zhou joined the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, where he headed the Cell Signaling Laboratory. During this time he discovered important effects of neuregulins in improving myocardial cell structure and function, as well as the fact that ErbB2/ErbB3 hetero-dimerization is essential for tumor d evelopment. In 2000, he returned to China and together with Dr. Xifu Liu founded Zensun ( Shanghai ) Sci and Tech Co., Ltd., one of the first companies in China to be dedicated to the de novo development of novel therapeutics. Since founding Zensun, Dr. Zhou has successfully raised over USD 15 million and under his leadership Zensun has completed the pre-clinical development of two novel therapeutics, therapeutics that have already been approved by the Food and Drug Administration of China (SFDA) for clinical trials testing, and are protected by 6 PCT and 5 China patents. images/speaker_mingdong_zhou.jpg Anguo Zhu Ingersoll-Rand China 39 China Mr. Zhu joined Ingersoll Rand in 1987. Ingersoll Rand is a $17 billion global diversified industrial company, driven by employees who are proud to offer products and solutions people use every day to create a positive impact in their world. Driven by a 100-year-old tradition of technological innovation, Inersoll Rand enable companies and their customers to create progress. Mr Zhu is the General Manager of ITS China, Ingersoll Rand. He has over 25 years of experience in company management field. Mr. Zhu obtained his MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. images/participant_anguo_zhu.jpg Industry: Machinery Countries: China Interests: Reading Min Zhu Bank of China 22 China Dr. Zhu currently serves as Group Executive Vice President of the Bank of China. He is responsible for group finance, internal control, legal and compliance, strategy and research. He joined the Bank in 1996, and he led the group restructure and USD 15 billion IPO in 2006, and Bank of China Hong Kong restructure and IPO in 2002 as well. Prior to joining Bank of China, Dr. Zhu worked as an Economist in the World Bank in Washington, D.C. for six years, and he taught economics in both Johns Hopkins University and Fudan University. Dr. Zhu receives a Ph.D. and an M.A. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.A. from Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University and a B.A. in economics from Fudan University in China. Dr. Zhu is affiliated to the Global Advisory Board, Chicago GSB, China National Social Science Planning Committee, the China National Science Foundation, and the Western Returned Scholars Association in his capacity as a Director, as well as the Vice Chairman of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and Vice Chairman of the China International Finance Association. Dr. Zhu has published extensively on a wide range of international economic issues, including banking, financial and exchange rate systems, as well as numerous macroeconomic topics. He is a guest lecturer at several university graduate schools, and a frequent speaker at the World Economic Forum, Future 500, APEC CEO, Euromoney Global Forum and etc. images/speaker_min_zhu.jpg