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| Peter Yip |
Chief Executive Officer, Director, CDC Software |
| Chung Kiu Wong |
Acting Interim CEO, CDC Software |
| Monish Bahl |
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Mergers & Acquisitions, CDC Software |
| Mark Sutcliffe |
President, CDC Factory |
| Jason Rushforth |
President of CDC Front Office |
| Paul Plaia III |
President of CDC NFP | NGO |
| Niklas Rönnbäck |
Senior Vice President and President, CDC Supply Chain |
| Paul Elswood |
Managing Director U.K., Ireland and Benelux, President of CDC Respond |
| Thomas Zanzinger |
Managing Director, DACH, CDC Software |
| Nagaraja Prakasam |
Managing Director, South and Southeast Asia and CDC Software India |
| William Green |
President, CDC Software Enterprise |
| Brian Holder |
General Manager, Australian and New Zealand Operations |
| Donald L. Novajosky |
Vice President, General Counsel |
| Sean Yu |
Vice President, CDC Software and Chairman, CDC Software (China) |
| Hilton Law |
Managing Director, China and Southeast Asia, CDC Software |
| Edmund Lau |
Senior Vice President, Greater China, CDC Software |
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CDC Corporation Bios
Shunao Zhou
Vice Chairman and Independent Director
Shunao Zhou is Vice Chairman and an independent director on the Board of Directors of CDC Corporation. Mr. Zhou also serves as a member of the nomination and compensation committees of CDC Corporation. Previously, he was a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for both China.com and CDC Corporation from 1999 to 2004 and also served as Chief China Officer of CDC Corporation from 1999 to 2000.
He holds more than 30 years of experience in the Media business. He previously was President and General Manager of Golden Tripod Corporation, Ltd., and held several senior management positions at Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China and the largest news agency in China. Mr. Zhou also was Deputy Director of the Department for Business Development and General Manager of the China Media Development Corporation and Chairman of the China Global Public Relations Corporation.
Peter Yip
Chief Executive Officer, CDC Corporation
Mr. Yip is CEO of CDC Corporation, a value-added operator of, and growth investor in, hybrid (on premise and SaaS) enterprise software, IT, and new media businesses. Under his leadership, CDC Corporation was one of the first successful initial public offerings of an Internet company from Greater China to be listed on NASDAQ in 1999, opening the door for other Chinese entrepreneurs to list their ventures in the U.S. capital markets.
Mr. Yip co-founded Yipkon Business Systems in 1978 with his Indian partner from Bangalore, Kumar Konanur. Yipkon, as one of the first Indian outsourcing companies that pioneered outsourcing for U.S. companies and successfully grew to (U.S.) $100 million in revenue. Mr. Yip sold Yipkon to MCI Worldcom in 1987, just before the market crash, and returned to China to make investments in software and IT companies.
Mr. Yip has made a number of successful co-investments with institutional investors such as Temasek Holdings company, Xinhua News Agency, America Online, Inc., Merrill Lynch-Fred Adler Technology Fund II, and the New World Group. Mr. Yip previously held management positions at KPMG Consulting and Wharton Applied Research.
Mr. Yip is a frequent speaker at various international conferences such as the Fortune CEO Global Forum, World Economics Forum, and the United Nations Conference on Science & Technology. CDC Corporation's business model was a case study at Harvard Business School in 1996. He recently co-authored a book titled The China's Century with former Chinese Premier Zhu Yongji, amongst others. In 2010, Mr. Yip was awarded the prestigious award: "China's Top 10 Economic Figures," by the Organization Committee of the Top 10 Talents of Chinese Economy. In 2000, the Wharton School presented Mr. Yip with the Asian Alumni Entrepreneur award.
Mr. Yip received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MSEE and BSEE from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr Yip also received an associate degree in Engineering and an honorary doctorate degree in Business from Vincennes University, Indiana.
John Clough
Chairman of CDC Corporation
John Clough is chairman of CDC Software Corporation. He also serves as the chairman of the audit committee of the CDC Software John Clough is Acting Interim CEO of CDC Corporation and Chairman of the board of directors of CDC Corporation. He has served as a member of the CDC Corporation board since 2003. With more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, Mr. Clough is a leader in the global enterprise software market, and holds a successful and extensive track record as an entrepreneur in Australia. Mr. Clough currently serves as a Special Advisor to General Atlantic Partners, a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies, a position he has held for nearly a decade. Mr. Clough was also co-founder and managing director of the CSSL Group, a mid-range software distributor and hardware reseller. Prior to that, he was general manager of JBA, an Australia-based worldwide mid-range software distributor, and served as a consultant in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.
Fred Wang
Independent Director
Fred, Cheung Yu Wang, has served as an independent director of our board of directors since October 2005. The Wang family founded Salon Films (Hong Kong) Limited ("Salon") in 1969. Mr. Wang has been a director of Salon since 1970 and he has worked with various major Hollywood film and television companies in setting up projects in Asia. Since 1985, Mr. Wang has been involved with various investment groups in Asia notably Unifund S.A., a Geneva based investment service company. Mr. Wang's current projects include a multimedia satellite investment business covering the Pacific Asia region as well as high definition technology of film and TV development in Asia. Mr. Wang is the Hon. Vice President of the China Film Foundation, a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Entertainment Industry Advisory Committee, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide and Director of the Board of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited. Mr. Wang graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business and Economics from Whittier College, California.
Peter Yip
CEO
Mr. Yip is CEO of CDC Corporation, a value-added operator of, and growth investor in, hybrid (on premise and SaaS) enterprise software, IT, and new media businesses. Under his leadership, CDC Corporation was one of the first successful initial public offerings of an Internet company from Greater China to be listed on NASDAQ in 1999, opening the door for other Chinese entrepreneurs to list their ventures in the U.S. capital markets.
Mr. Yip co-founded Yipkon Business Systems in 1978 with his Indian partner from Bangalore, Kumar Konanur. Yipkon, as one of the first Indian outsourcing companies that pioneered outsourcing for U.S. companies and successfully grew to (U.S.) $100 million in revenue. Mr. Yip sold Yipkon to MCI Worldcom in 1987, just before the market crash, and returned to China to make investments in software and IT companies.
Mr. Yip has made a number of successful co-investments with institutional investors such as Temasek Holdings company, Xinhua News Agency, America Online, Inc., Merrill Lynch-Fred Adler Technology Fund II, and the New World Group. Mr. Yip previously held management positions at KPMG Consulting and Wharton Applied Research.
Mr. Yip is a frequent speaker at various international conferences such as the Fortune CEO Global Forum, World Economics Forum, and the United Nations Conference on Science & Technology. CDC Corporation's business model was a case study at Harvard Business School in 1996. He recently co-authored a book titled The China's Century with former Chinese Premier Zhu Yongji, amongst others. In 2010, Mr. Yip was awarded the prestigious award: "China's Top 10 Economic Figures," by the Organization Committee of the Top 10 Talents of Chinese Economy. In 2000, the Wharton School presented Mr. Yip with the Asian Alumni Entrepreneur award.
Mr. Yip received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MSEE and BSEE from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr Yip also received an associate degree in Engineering and an honorary doctorate degree in Business from Vincennes University, Indiana.
John Clough
Acting Interim CEO and Chairman of the Board
John Clough is Acting Interim CEO of CDC Corporation and Chairman of the board of directors of CDC Corporation. He has served as a member of the CDC Corporation board since 2003. With more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, Mr. Clough is a leader in the global enterprise software market, and holds a successful and extensive track record as an entrepreneur in Australia. Mr. Clough currently serves as a Special Advisor to General Atlantic Partners, a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies, a position he has held for nearly a decade. Mr. Clough was also co-founder and managing director of the CSSL Group, a mid-range software distributor and hardware reseller. Prior to that, he was general manager of JBA, an Australia-based worldwide mid-range software distributor, and served as a consultant in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.
Sammy Cheng
Vice President of Finance, CDC Corporation
Sammy Cheng is Chief Operating Officer and chief financial officer for China.com, a business unit of CDC Corporation, and brings a range of extensive financial and management experience to the organization. He also serves as Vice President of Finance for CDC Corporation and Chief Accounting Officer for CDC Games.
Mr. Cheng has previously held senior management positions in international institutions including Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd, Salomon Smith Barney Ltd, Citibank, Bank of America Trust, Hong Kong and Unisys Corporation Hong Kong and Singapore.
He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from University of South Australia and a master's degree in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom.
He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom; and an associate member of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom.
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Peter Yip
Chief Executive Officer, Director, CDC Software
Mr. Yip is CEO of CDC Software. Prior to CDC Software, Mr. Yip co-founded Yipkon Business Systems with his Indian partner from Bangalore, Kumar Konanur. Yipkon, as one of the first Indian outsourcing companies based in New York, pioneered outsourcing for U.S. companies using Indian resources from Bangalore and successfully grew to (U.S.) $100 million in revenue. Mr. Yip previously held management positions at KPMG Consulting and Wharton Applied Research.
Mr. Yip is a frequent speaker at various international conferences including Fortune CEO Global Forum, World Economics Forum, Forbes CEO Forum, United Nations Conference on Science & Technology, and the Nikkei International Conference. He has authored research papers published by Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Nanjing University Press, and the National Science Foundation. He recently co-authored a chapter in a book titled The China's Century with former Chinese Premier Zhu Yongji, amongst others. In 2010, Mr. Yip was awarded the prestigious award: "China's Top 10 Economic Figures," by the Organization Committee of the Top 10 Talents of Chinese Economy. In 2000, the Wharton School presented Mr. Yip with the Asian Alumni Entrepreneur award.
Mr. Yip received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MSEE and BSEE from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Yip also received an associate degree in Engineering and an honorary doctorate degree in Business from Vincennes University, Indiana.
Raymond K.F. Ch'ien
Chairman, Member of Audit Committee, CDC Software
Raymond K.F. Ch'ien is Chairman of the Board of Director and a member of the Audit Committee. He has served as chairman of our board since January 1999, and served as executive chairman of our board from April 2001 until August 2005 at which point he became chairman of our board. He served as acting chief executive officer between March 2004 and March 2005, and chief executive officer from March 2005 until August 2005. Dr. Ch'ien is chairman and a member of the executive and remuneration committees of our Hong Kong listed subsidiary, China.com Inc. Dr. Ch'ien is also chairman of MTR Corporation Limited and Hang Seng Bank Limited. Dr. Ch'ien serves on the boards of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited, Convenience Retail Asia Limited, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Limited and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. Dr. Ch'ien received a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and became a Trustee of the University in 2006. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and a Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1994. In 1999, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star medal.
Chung Kiu Wong
Interim Acting CEO, and a Director of CDC Software
Chung Kiu Wong was appointed to the CDC Software board in March 2007. He currently serves as CEO for CDC Global Services, a business unit of CDC Corporation. Mr. Wong was founder and managing principal of iASPEC, a group of companies that provide information technology consulting services, software products and services in Hong Kong, China and North America. iASPEC was established in 1988 and continues to maintain its headquarters in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California. He served as the principal architect in a State of California government data centre from 1975 to 1981 and received the Distinguished Services Award from the State of California in 1979. Mr. Wong returned to China in 1982 and has held senior positions in international information technology companies in China and in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong is a Distinguished Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society. He is also a member of the University Grants Committee and a member of the Advisory Committee on Creative Industry of the Central Policy Unit in the Hong Kong SAR Government. Mr. Wong serves as a member in the Advisory Committees of various engineering faculties and information technology academic departments in the local universities and those in China.
Wong Sin Just
Independent Director, CDC Software
Wong Sin Just was appointed to the CDC Software board in February 2007. He has served as an independent non-executive director of China.com Inc., an affiliated company, since November 1999. Mr. Wong has more than 15 years of investment banking and venture capital experience. He is non-executive Chairman of Westminster Travel Ltd. Previously, he was vice chairman of China Renji Medical Group, Ltd, Executive Co-Chairman of E2-Capital (Holdings) Limited, Managing Director and Head of Asian Equity Capital Markets for BNP Prime Peregrine Securities Ltd. And a Director and Head of Greater China Equity Capital Markets for ABN AMRO Asia Corporate Finance Ltd.
He holds a bachelor of engineering degree from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London and was qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales.
Frank K. Au
Independent Director, CDC Software
Frank K. Au is an independent board director of CDC Software and CDC Games. Mr. Au is the CEO of Cowen Latitude Asia, the wholly-owned Asia subsidiary of Cowen Group, which has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai . Mr. Au is responsible for leading all aspects of Cowen's businesses in Asia including capital markets, M&A and private placements. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Cowen Latitude Asia, Mr. Au was the President and co-founder of Latitude Capital Group, which was acquired by Cowen Group in 2008. He is based in the Firm's Hong Kong office and currently focuses on covering the alternative energy, consumer, health care, industrial, media and technology sectors in Asia.
Previously, Mr. Au was the Head of Media investing banking in Greater China for Lehman Brothers Asia. Mr. Au has extensive investment banking experience across all areas of corporate finance including equity and debt capital raising, as well as mergers and acquisition advisory having worked in both Lehman's New York and Hong Kong offices in the Technology, Telecom and Industrial/LBO Groups.
Mr. Au holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics/East Asian Studies from Columbia University.
Peter Yip
Chief Executive Officer, Director, CDC Software
Mr. Yip is CEO of CDC Software. Prior to CDC Software, Mr. Yip co-founded Yipkon Business Systems with his Indian partner from Bangalore, Kumar Konanur. Yipkon, as one of the first Indian outsourcing companies based in New York, pioneered outsourcing for U.S. companies using Indian resources from Bangalore and successfully grew to (U.S.) $100 million in revenue. Mr. Yip previously held management positions at KPMG Consulting and Wharton Applied Research.
Mr. Yip is a frequent speaker at various international conferences including Fortune CEO Global Forum, World Economics Forum, Forbes CEO Forum, United Nations Conference on Science & Technology, and the Nikkei International Conference. He has authored research papers published by Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Nanjing University Press, and the National Science Foundation. He recently co-authored a chapter in a book titled The China's Century with former Chinese Premier Zhu Yongji, amongst others. In 2010, Mr. Yip was awarded the prestigious award: "China's Top 10 Economic Figures," by the Organization Committee of the Top 10 Talents of Chinese Economy. In 2000, the Wharton School presented Mr. Yip with the Asian Alumni Entrepreneur award.
Mr. Yip received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MSEE and BSEE from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Yip also received an associate degree in Engineering and an honorary doctorate degree in Business from Vincennes University, Indiana.
Chung Kiu Wong
Acting Interim CEO, CDC Software
Chung Kiu Wong was appointed to the CDC Software board in March 2007. He currently serves as CEO for CDC Global Services, a business unit of CDC Corporation. Mr. Wong was founder and managing principal of iASPEC, a group of companies that provide information technology consulting services, software products and services in Hong Kong, China and North America. iASPEC was established in 1988 and continues to maintain its headquarters in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California. He served as the principal architect in a State of California government data centre from 1975 to 1981 and received the Distinguished Services Award from the State of California in 1979. Mr. Wong returned to China in 1982 and has held senior positions in international information technology companies in China and in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong is a Distinguished Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society. He is also a member of the University Grants Committee and a member of the Advisory Committee on Creative Industry of the Central Policy Unit in the Hong Kong SAR Government. Mr. Wong serves as a member in the Advisory Committees of various engineering faculties and information technology academic departments in the local universities and those in China.
Monish Bahl
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Mergers & Acquisitions, CDC Software
Mr. Bahl is responsible for all the company’s mergers and acquisition activities. He has held a variety of management roles at CDC Software including Vice President of Investor Relations where he communicated the company’s financial and other relevant information to shareholders and the financial community. He has held a variety of management positions with publicly traded companies and has extensive experience with Wall Street.
Prior to joining CDC Software, he served as Vice President, Investor Relations of Verso Technologies, a next generation telecommunications equipment provider in Atlanta. In this role, he communicated the company's strategy to the investment community, was involved in two equity capital raises, as well as mergers and acquisitions activity. Earlier, he was one of the founding members of HarborPayments, an e-commerce financial services company that was later sold to American Express Corporation. Prior to HarborPayments, he worked as Assistant Vice President for Parker/Hunter, a sell-side brokerage house later sold to Janney Montgomery. In that capacity, he served as a senior equity analyst covering technology stocks such as Computer Associates, Ansys and others. He was also involved in five public equity offerings. He holds a MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor of science from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Mark Sutcliffe
President, CDC Factory
Mark Sutcliffe is president of CDC Factory, a packaged manufacturing operations management solution.
Sutcliffe is an acknowledged authority on continuous improvement and change management practices, centered on technology. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences in Europe and the U.S. on the subject of deploying technology to leverage “human capital” and achieve “breakthrough performance” across the whole enterprise.
After an outstanding career in enterprise software sales, Mark formed MVI technology in 1991 to provide leading-edge improvement technology to the food & beverage manufacturing sector. In the fourth quarter of 2006, MVI was acquired by CDC Software and the product line has posted consistent record sales quarters.
Jason Rushforth
President of CDC Front Office
Jason Rushforth is Senior Vice President, North American Sales, worldwide Marketing and Strategic alliance and President of CDC Front Office business for CDC Software. He is responsible for North American CRM Sales, worldwide marketing and its Strategic Alliances channel sales program, as well as the operations for the Front Office product business.. Previously, Mr. Rushforth was CDC Software's Global Vice President of Financial Services, responsible for the long-term global strategy of the financial services vertical of the company's Front Office solutions, which include Pivotal CRM, CDC Respond, CDC MarketFirst, and Saratoga CRM. Since 2000, Mr. Rushforth has played an instrumental role in the growth of the CDC Software's Front Office products. His deep industry knowledge has guided the company in the development of industry-specific tools for institutional asset management, mutual fund wholesaling, wealth management, capital markets, and commercial banking. As a visionary expert in the application market, especially in the CRM segment, Mr. Rushforth is known for his keynote speaking engagements for such events as the Wealth Management Forum and feature webcasts with Wall Street & Technology and TowerGroup, and he frequently contributes to industry articles in publications such as CRM Magazine, Financial Services Technology, CRM Advocate, Windows in Financial Services, and Commercial Lending Review.
Paul Plaia III
President of CDC NFP | NGO
Mr. Plaia is President of CDC gomembers, CDC Software’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise applications business that specializes in the non-profit and government markets.
Plaia holds more than 20 years of management experience in finance, accounting and Information Technology. He’s a seasoned entrepreneur who founded gomembers in 1996 where he served as President and CEO of the company. Under his leadership, the company grew dramatically and was eventually sold to CDC Software in 2009. Prior to founding gomembers, Mr. Plaia was Treasurer of Orange Technologies, a software company based in the Washington D.C. area, and was founder and Managing Partner of Plaia & Company, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. Mr. Plaia began his professional career with Grant Thornton, an international assurance and management consulting firm. His tenure at Grant Thornton lasted six years working in the New York, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. offices.
He is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s in Accounting and Information Technology from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.
Niklas Rönnbäck
Senior Vice President and President, CDC Supply Chain
Niklas Rönnbäck is Senior Vice President at CDC Software. He is responsible for the CDC Software product sales throughout Europe’s Nordic region.
Since 1997, he has served in a variety of management roles at CDC Software including Vice President, Operations at CDC Supply Chain and Senior Vice President, Services responsible for all customer service, across all product lines in EMEA.
Mr. Rönnbäck brings more than 15 years of enterprise software experience, specifically in the implementation of ERP, order management and warehouse management systems. Earlier, he was President at Öhrwall & Rönnbäck, a privately held logistics and supply chain firm.
Paul Elswood
Managing Director U.K., Ireland and Benelux, President of CDC Respond
Paul Elswood has served as Managing Director, United Kingdom and Ireland for CDC Software International since January 2009 and is President of CDC Respond, the company’s enterprise complaint management and feedback management business. Mr. Elswood is responsible for CDC Respond’s global business and the operational activities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Prior to this role Mr. Elswood served as Vice President, EMEA, for the CDC Respond business of CDC Software with responsibility for all client facing activities. Mr. Elswood joined CDC Software in February 2007 as Vice President, Services for EMEA, within the CDC Respond business of CDC Software. Mr. Elswood brings more than 17 years of enterprise software experience across many industry verticals including, Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Retail and Fast Moving Consumer Goods. Prior to joining CDC Software, he worked within Oracle’s Retail Global Business Unit from November 2005 to January 2007 and Accenture from November 1992 to October 2004. Mr. Elswood holds a Bachelor degree of engineering from the University of Birmingham, U.K.
Thomas Zanzinger
Managing Director, DACH, CDC Software
Thomas Zanzinger is Managing Director, DACH (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz) for CDC Software. Mr. Zanzinger is responsible for managing the operations of CDC Software’s Germany, Austria and Switzerland regions. He brings more than 20 years of experience in successfully building and driving international business via direct and indirect sales channels. Earlier in his career, Mr. Zanzinger worked at DELL Computer, where he helped implement this leading PC company’s well-known direct marketing concept in Germany. Previously, he held a variety of management roles at Novell including managing their midmarket division in Germany. At Mitsubishi Electric, he served as Director and General Manager for the company’s PC business unit in Germany. He also was responsible for building the channel and direct sales operations of Software AG where he served as Vice President and General Manager. Previously, he built the international business from scratch for datango AG where he also achieved significant growth. Most recently, Mr. Zanzinger managed international sales for Attensity Group where he built their international business and achieved significant client wins in global blue chip accounts. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Berufsakademie Stuttgart.
Nagaraja Prakasam
Managing Director, South and Southeast Asia and CDC Software India
Nagaraja Prakasam is Managing Director, South and Southeast Asia, as well as for CDC Software India. In these capacities, Mr. Prakasam is responsible for sales in the South and Southeast Asia region, as well as overseeing the company’s Bangalore development center. Previously, he was Senior Director of India Operations from June 2006 until December 2006. Mr. Prakasam joined Ross Systems in September 1997, prior to the acquisition of Ross by CDC Software, and has more than 18 years of experience in product development, sales and managing offshore research and development, services, IT and support operations for enterprise software companies. Mr. Prakasam holds a B.E. degree from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India and an MBA degree from Kennesaw State University, USA.
William Green
President, CDC Software Enterprise
William Green leads CDC Software Enterprise, a portfolio that includes CDC Supply Chain, CDC TradeBeam, and CDC e-commerce solutions. In this role, Mr. Green is responsible for managing business relationships, operations, and customer satisfaction activities. Previously, Mr. Green was Vice President of Enterprise Sales, where he was responsible for the sales and operations of the company’s ERP applications for Life Sciences, Food & Beverage, Chemicals and other key process manufacturing verticals Mr. Green has more than 15 years of experience in technology solution selling, sales management, regional general management, and global management. Since joining the company in 2001, Mr. Green has held several other senior leadership positions throughout the organization. He also worked with the Front Office sales team through building and maintaining relationships with large enterprise organizations that use Pivotal CRM, MarketFirst and Saratoga CRM.
Prior to CDC Software, he served as the Vice President of Sales for Cube Route, provider of on demand Logistics Services. He also worked for Delano Technologies which offers supply chain and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities, as well as i2 Technologies, a supply chain software solutions provider; and, Xerox Corporation.
Brian Holder
General Manager, Australian and New Zealand Operations
Brian Holder is general manager for the Australian and New Zealand operations of the company. Mr. Holder brings nearly 20 years of experience working at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of management roles, recently as sales director for Microsoft Dynamics in Australia. Prior to joining CDC Software, Mr. Holder drove the business development activities in Microsoft’s Corporate Online Services business in Australia including management of direct sales and partnerships. Earlier, he served in various management and engineering roles with companies that included NEC Australia, Hewlett-Packard Australia and ICL U.K. and Australia.
Donald L. Novajosky
Vice President, General Counsel
Donald L. Novajosky is Vice President and General Counsel for CDC Software. He also serves as Associate General Counsel of CDC Corporation. Mr. Novajosky joined CDC Corporation as Corporate Counsel in November 2006. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Novajosky held positions with the law firms of Reed Smith LLP and Hutchison Law Group PLLC, where his practice focused on general corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters. From June 2003 to July 2005, Mr. Novajosky was the Director, Legal of Cytogen Corporation, a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company in Princeton, New Jersey. Prior to that, Mr. Novajosky held positions with the law firms of Hale and Dorr LLP (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr) and Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC. Mr. Novajosky received a Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from New York Law School, where he was a member, editor and published author of the New York Law School Law Review. Mr. Novajosky also received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.
Sean Yu
Vice President, CDC Software and Chairman, CDC Software (China)
Sean Yu, Vice President for Development of CDC Software and Chairman of CDC Software (China), is responsible for establishing, expanding and managing the company's China operations. Under his leadership, CDC Software's offshore capability in China has grown from scratch to account for more than one-third of the global product workforce within three years. To accelerate CDC Software's rapid growth in China, he also identifies and examines acquisition targets, conducts due diligence analysis, explores IPO opportunities in the domestic capital markets, and serves as board members on the company's joint ventures to ensure their continuing success.
Before joining CDC Software, Mr. Yu held senior positions in the field of supply chain management. Creative solutions developed under his leadership are supporting a number of globally-known companies and optimizing their supply chain and transportation networks.
Earlier in his career, he worked at the Harvard Institute for International Development conducting economic and investment analysis for international and government institutions such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Hilton Law
Managing Director, China and Southeast Asia, CDC Software
Hilton Law is Managing Director of China and Asia/Pacific for CDC Software. He is responsible for channel partner development, strategic planning, corporate development and management of the company in Greater China and its Southeast Asia operations. Mr. Law also is CEO of Integrated Solutions Ltd., a business unit of CDC Software.
With more than 20 years of experience in the information technology industry, Mr. Law has served in a variety of senior management roles throughout China and Asia/Pacific. Previously, he was General Manager of SOLAR Inc. Limited, the joint venture of PCCW Limited and Computer Associates International, Inc. At, SOLAR, Hilton successfully developed and brought into the market a series of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, which included Finance Solution, Human Resources and MPF Solution for the small and medium-size enterprise (SME) market that resulted in a solid customer base being formed immediately. Mr. Law serves as a Council member of the Information and Software Industry Association.
Edmund Lau
Senior Vice President, Greater China, CDC Software
Edmund Lau is senior vice president, Greater China. He is responsible for sales, services and business development in Greater China (Hong Kong, Taiwan and China).
With more than 20 years of senior management experience, Lau has earned a formidable reputation for his track record in transforming and growing established and start-up businesses while building solid relationships with customers. Most recently, he served as president of Viador, Inc., a leading provider of web-based Business Intelligence (BI) solutions based in Northern Califiornia, US. There, he also served in senior sales positions that included vice president of worldwide sales and vice president of international sales, where he expanded company sales in Europe and Asia Pacific, especially the Greater China area. Under the leadership of Lau, Viador sales increased dramatically in Greater China through direct sales and strategic OEM partnerships with China-based vertical market-focused ISVs (Independent Software Vendors). Lau also established Viador’s new outsourcing operation in that country. Earlier, Lau served as general manager of China/Hong Kong region for Hamilton/Brighton Technology Ltd., a U.S.-based IT company. Prior to that, he served in a variety of technical management positions for California-based IT companies.
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James Ferencik
Vice President, CDC Global Services
Jim Ferencik comes to CDC Global Services with more than 25 years of consulting and industry experience. For the past two years, he has been Vice President and General Manager for three of CDC Global Services business units; Catalyst SAP, Visalign and Catalyst Enterprise Mobility Solutions.
Prior to joining CDC Global Services, Mr. Ferencik was Vice President Business Development with Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. an India based Outsourcing Company. Previous experience includes consulting practice leadership at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Director - Global PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Operational Systems (SCOS) Consulting Practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Vice President at Technology Solutions Company (TSC) and Sextant Corporation, an ERP vendor focused on the Process Manufacturing Industry, where he was a founder and Vice President of Consulting Services. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from The Georgia Institute of Technology.
Madhu Ankarath
Vice President, CDC Global Services
Madhu Ankarath currently serves as the VP and General Manager for CDC Global Services. He has 25 years of experience in operations, marketing/sales and P&L management of IT Outsourcing companies. Mr. Ankarath is considered a thought leader in Transaction Processing and Indian operations for US companies. His previous positions include being the EVP of SRA systems and CEO of Trans Atlantic Systems. Mr. Ankarath is the author of a patent pending process for a Debit Gift Card. Mr. Ankarath has also been a speaker, panelist and guest lecturer on Offshore Outsourcing at several local and national forums.
Derik Reynecke
CFO CDC Global Services
Derik Reynecke is senior vice president of Corporate Finance for CDC Corporation. He also serves as CFO of CDC Global Services, a business unit of CDC Corporation. His overall responsibilities include financial planning, forecasting budgeting/analysis and performance metrics for CDC Corporation and CDC Global Services, as well as portfolio management and M&A activities at the Corporate level.
A native of South Africa, Mr. Reynecke brings extensive M&A, capital markets, public accounting and financial expertise to CDC Global Services. Most recently, Mr. Reynecke was a director of Walker Capital Partners, an investment bank in Atlanta where he managed their M&A, private placements and refinancing activities. Earlier, he served as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche for their Global M&A Transaction Services business. Mr. Reynecke is a certified public accountant and graduated with academic honors from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.
Tek-Min Gan
Vice President, CDC Global Services
Mr. Gan brings 22 years of progressive responsibility and expertise in management, software technology, consulting, operations and business. Earlier he served in various executive management roles at Digital China and IBM. He has extensive expertise and experience in building and managing BPO and ITO businesses for global companies in the U.S., China and Japan, with particular emphasis on strategy, market development and revenue growth. Having built and managed global delivery centers for Microsoft and GE at Digital China, Mr. Gan is widely regarded as one of the few leaders in the Chinese IT industry who brings a tremendous depth of experience in executive management, project deliveries and business development. Mr. Gan originates the ‘An extension of the client’ business model for outsourcing and believes that absolute success comes from executing an all-round partnership and taking ownership by vendors.
Mr. Gan diverse management experience in start-up companies includes being the Senior Partner, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of IT, VP Business Development, VP Sales and Chief Strategic Officer. Mr. Gan co-founded 4 Software technological / consulting companies with responsibilities in operations, sales, marketing, business partnership, core business development and strategic directions of the companies - an Imaging & Document Management / COLD Service Bureau, a Software consulting company & a Software professional services outsourcing company.
Mr. Gan achieved double honors in Business Management and in Computer Science for his B.A. at Kent State University and served as Commando Officer and Ranger Instructor with the Singapore Armed Forces. A qualified paratrooper, jumpmaster and jungle warfare instructor, Mr. Gan has also co-led a joint expedition with NZ Armed Forces to Himalayas.
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Fred Wang
Director and Chairman of the Board
Fred Wang has served as an independent director and chairman of our board since September 2006 and is a member of our compensation and executive committees. Mr. Wang serves as the chairman of our nominating committee. In addition, Mr. Wang has served as an independent director of our parent company, CDC Corporation, since October 2005, and an independent non-executive director of China.com Inc., an affiliated company, since February 2002 Mr. Wang has been a director of Salon Films (Hong Kong) Limited, a company founded by the Wang family, since 1969. Mr. Wang is the honorary vice president of the China Film Foundation, director of the board of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide. Mr. Wang graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics from Whittier College in the United States.
Peter Yip
Director , Vice Chairman of Board
Mr. Yip is a founder and CEO of CDC Corporation. He also is CEO of CDC Software. Under his leadership, CDC Corporation was one of the first successful initial public offerings of an Internet company from Greater China to be listed on NASDAQ in 1999, opening the door for other Chinese entrepreneurs to list their ventures in the U.S. capital markets.
Mr. Yip co-founded Yipkon Business Systems in 1978 with his Indian partner from Bangalore, Kumar Konanur. Yipkon, as one of the first Indian outsourcing companies based in New York, pioneered outsourcing for U.S. companies using Indian resources from Bangalore and successfully grew to (U.S.) $100 million in revenue, securing major federal government contracts with the U.S. Army, U.S. Treasury, DOD Logistics Agency, and financial institutions including Equitable Life, Morgan Guarantee Trust, Bankers Trust, New York Life, and Citibank. Mr. Yip sold Yipkon to MCI Worldcom in 1987, just before the market crash, and returned to Hong Kong to make investments in software and IT companies.
Mr. Yip has made a number of successful co-investments with institutional investors, corporate investors and high net worth individuals. These include investments in Temasek Holdings company, Xinhua News Agency, Bechtel Enterprises Inc., Mitsui & Co. Ltd., America Online, Inc., Merrill Lynch-Fred Adler Technology Fund II, and the New World Group. Mr. Yip previously held management positions at KPMG Consulting and Wharton Applied Research.
Mr. Yip is a frequent speaker at various international conferences and institutions, including the Harvard Business School, Fortune CEO Global Forum, World Economics Forum, Forbes CEO Forum, Businessweek CIO Forum, M.I.T. Enterprise Forum, US/Japan Symposium on Corporate Partnership, United Nations Conference on Science & Technology, Harvard University's Conference on Internet & Society, and the Nikkei International Conference. CDC Corporation's business model was a case study at Harvard Business School in 1996. He has authored research papers published by Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Nanjing University Press, and the National Science Foundation. He recently co-authored a book titled The China's Century with former Chinese Premier Zhu Yongji, amongst others. In 2010, Mr. Yip was awarded the prestigious award: “China's Top 10 Economic Figures,” by the Organization Committee of the Top 10 Talents of Chinese Economy.
Mr. Yip received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MSEE and BSEE from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr Yip also received an associate degree in Engineering and an honorary doctorate degree in Business from Vincennes University, Indiana.
Lee G. Lam
Director
Lee G. Lam has served as an independent director of our board since May 2007. Mr. Lam is a member of our audit and nominating committees. Mr. Lam currently also serves as Chairman of Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong and as a Senior Advisor to Macquarie Bank in the Asia Pacific region. He also serves on the board of several listed companies in the Asia Pacific region such as Hong Kong-listed Hutchison Harbour Ring Limited and China.com, Singapore-listed Rowsley Limited, Thailand-listed TRUE Corporation PCL and Pakistan-listed Telecard Limited. He has over 25 years of experience with multinational operations and corporate management in the telecommunications, media and technology, consumer/retail, property and financial services sectors. In addition, Mr. Lam has held various positions at major companies, including vice chairman of the Investment Banking Division at Bank of China International Holdings, president, chief executive officer and vice chairman of the board of Chia Tai Enterprises International Limited, vice chairman of Shanghai Kinghill Limited and was a founding chairman of Chia Tai Department Store and Unotel. Mr. Lam holds a bachelor's degree in science and mathematics, a masters degree in systems science and in business administration from the University of Ottawa in Canada, as well as a post-graduate diploma in public administration from Carleton University in Canada, a post-graduate diploma in English and Hong Kong law and a bachelor of laws from the Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Mr. Lam also received a doctoral degree from the University of Hong Kong.
Frank K. Au
Independent Board Director, CDC Games
Frank K. Au is an independent board director of CDC Software and CDC Games. Mr. Au is the CEO of Cowen Latitude Asia, the wholly-owned Asia subsidiary of Cowen Group, which has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai . Mr. Au is responsible for leading all aspects of Cowen's businesses in Asia including capital markets, M&A and private placements. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Cowen Latitude Asia, Mr. Au was the President and co-founder of Latitude Capital Group, which was acquired by Cowen Group in 2008. He is based in the Firm's Hong Kong office and currently focuses on covering the alternative energy, consumer, health care, industrial, media and technology sectors in Asia.
Previously, Mr. Au was the Head of Media investing banking in Greater China for Lehman Brothers Asia. Mr. Au has extensive investment banking experience across all areas of corporate finance including equity and debt capital raising, as well as mergers and acquisition advisory having worked in both Lehman's New York and Hong Kong offices in the Technology, Telecom and Industrial/LBO Groups.
Mr. Au holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics/East Asian Studies from Columbia University.
Jingqing Sun
General Manager of CDC Games
Jingqing Sun is General Manager of CDC Games. He entered the Chinese online game industry in 2000. During this time, Jingqing successfully worked in several high-level positions at game companies such as Beijing Wayi, Hongxiang and 17GAME which was acquired by CDC Games. He became the general manager of 17GAME in November 2007. Under his direction, 17GAME continuously improved its growth and efficiency.
Sammy Cheng
Chief Accounting Officer, CDC Games
Sammy Cheng is Chief Operating Officer and chief financial officer for China.com, a business unit of CDC Corporation, and brings a range of extensive financial and management experience to the organization. He also serves as Vice President of Finance for CDC Corporation and Chief Accounting Officer for CDC Games.
Mr. Cheng has previously held senior management positions in international institutions including Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd, Salomon Smith Barney Ltd, Citibank, Bank of America Trust, Hong Kong and Unisys Corporation Hong Kong and Singapore.
He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from University of South Australia and a master's degree in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom.
He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom; and an associate member of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom.
Simon Wong
CEO, CDC Games
Simon Kwong Chi Wong is CEO for CDC Games. Mr. Wong previously served as a member of the boards of directors of CDC Games Corporation from 2008 till 2011, Games International, parent of CDC Games, since September 2006, CDC Software Corporation since March 2009 and CDC Corporation since August 2005. Mr. Wong holds more than 30 years experience in investing and assisting successful technology companies, such as Alibaba.com, in China.
Previously, Mr. Wong was a director and executive vice president of Techno-Ventures, a joint venture with Advent International and TA Associates of the United States. Earlier, he served as a director and executive vice president of Transpac Capital Ltd., one of the oldest and largest funding partner investment firms in Asia, managing a more than $820 million portfolio with investments in approximately 200 companies in China, Asia and the United States. Mr. Wong is an Honorary Citizen of many fast growing cities in China such as Foshan City, Jiangmen City, and Nanhai City, and is an Advisor to the High Tech Zones of Guangdong, Chengdu and Zhuhai in China. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Sammy Cheng
COO, CFO, China.com
Sammy Cheng is Chief Operating Officer and chief financial officer for China.com, a business unit of CDC Corporation, and brings a range of extensive financial and management experience to the organization. He also serves as Vice President of Finance for CDC Corporation and Chief Accounting Officer for CDC Games.
Mr. Cheng has previously held senior management positions in international institutions including Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd, Salomon Smith Barney Ltd, Citibank, Bank of America Trust, Hong Kong and Unisys Corporation Hong Kong and Singapore.
He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from University of South Australia and a master's degree in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom.
He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom; and an associate member of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom.
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