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| Eric Musser |
President and Chief Executive Officer, CDC Software |
| Roy Goodman |
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Finance, CDC Software |
| Dick de Haan |
Vice President, Enterprise Services, CDC Software |
| Frank Hung |
Managing Director, Australia, CDC Software |
| Edmund Lau |
Vice President, Greater China, CDC Software |
| Alan MacLamroc |
Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice President, Technology, CDC Software |
| Bruce McIntyre |
Senior Vice President of Operations, CDC Software and General Manager, Saratoga CRM |
| Arthure Masseur |
Vice President of Finance, CDC Software EMEA |
| Per Norling |
President, CDC Supply Chain |
| Oscar Pierre |
Senior Vice President, Latin America, CDC Software |
Peter Yip
Executive Chairman of the Board, CDC Software
Mr. Yip is Executive Chairman of CDC Software, a leading integrated enterprise software company currently ranked #18 of the global top 100 enterprise software providers. Mr. Yip is the architect of the acquisitions of Pivotal Corporation and Ross Systems that together form the core foundation for CDC Software. Mr. Yip is also Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of CDC Corporation. Mr. Yip was a founder of CDC Corporation and was the founding CEO between January 1999 and February 2005. 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, opening the door for other Chinese entrepreneurs to list their ventures in the US 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 US companies using Indian resources from Bangalore and successfully grew to US$100M revenue, securing major federal government contracts with the US Army, US 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.
Mr. Yip received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MSEE and BSEE from the University of Pennsylvania.
John Clough
Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee, CDC Software
In his role as Vice Chairman of the Board for CDC Software, John Clough helps to guide corporate strategy and company growth, especially in the expansion of global sales channels. Mr. Clough is also a board member and chairman of the executive committee for CDC Corporation and serves as a special advisor to General Atlantic LLC.
Mr. Clough brings significant enterprise software and entrepreneurial experience to CDC Software. He was a Co-founder and Managing Director of the CSSL Group, one of the largest mid-range application software distributors and hardware resellers in Asia and Australasia. Prior to the CSSL Group, Mr. Clough held the position of General Manager of JBA in Asia, an Australia-based worldwide mid-range software distributor.
Simon Wong
Independent Director
In addition to his directorship at CDC Software, Simon, Kwong Chi Wong has served as an independent director of our board of directors since August 2005. Mr. Wong is a partner of Argo Global Capital, LLC. Prior to joining Argo, he was a director and executive vice president of Transpac Capital Ltd., one of the oldest and largest private equity investment firms in Asia, managing a $820.0 million portfolio with investments in approximately 200 companies in East Asia and the United States. Prior to joining Transpac, Mr. Wong was deputy managing director of Cony Electronics Products Ltd. and Hung Nien Electronics Ltd. in Hong Kong and president of Cony Electronics Inc. in Chicago. Mr. Wong serves on the boards of Hang Fung Gold Technology Ltd., Fountain Set (Holdings) Limited and Glory Mark Hi-Tech (Holdings) Ltd. Mr. Wong has served previously as chairman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital Association and was vice chairman of The Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association. He is also a committee member of the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council; member of Financial Services Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Trade Development Council and board member of Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong. Mr. Wong received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Samson Tam, Ph.D.
Independent Director
Mr. Tam is the chairman and CEO of Group Sense (International) Limited, overseeing the overall strategy formulation and creation of business and technology partnerships. Mr. Tam and his brother co-founded Group Sense Limited in 1988 and launched the world's first English-Chinese electronic dictionary in 1989, under the brand name "Instant-Dict". In 1993, the company was restructured and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the holding vehicle Group Sense (International) Limited. Mr. Tam is currently the chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry Council and is also sitting on a number of different key advisory committees and councils in the public sector. He is often invited to speak at conferences and seminars on technology, industry and management. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986 with a Bachelor's degree in Science and Electronics and holds a Ph.D. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Chung Kiu Wong
Independent Director
Wong Chung Kiu was appointed to the CDC Software board in March 2007. Mr. Wong is the 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.
Sin Just Wong
Independent Director
Sin Just Wong was appointed to our board in February 2007. Mr. Wong has served as an independent non-executive director of China.com Inc., an affiliated company, since November 1999 and independent director and chairman of the audit committee of CDC Games since February 2007. He is the executive co-chairman of E2-Capital (Holdings) Limited, chairman and chief executive officer of SBI E2-Capital Asia Holdings Limited, executive chairman of Suncorp Technologies Limited, co-chairman of China Renji Medical Group Limited, chairman and chief executive officer of China Pacific Acquisition Corp, independent nonexecutive director of Capital Strategic Investment Limited and non-executive director of Intelligent Edge Technologies Berhad. Mr. Wong possesses over 15 years of investment banking and venture capital experience, and has held positions with a number of international investment banks. Mr. Wong holds a bachelor of engineering degree (first class honors) from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London and was qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales. The address for Mr. Wong is c/o CDC Corporation, 33/F, Citicorp Centre, 18 Whitfield Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Frank K. Au
Independent Director
Frank K. Au is an independent board director of CDC Software and CDC Games. Mr. Au is also Chairman of CDC Mobile. Mr. Au is a founding partner and Managing Director of Latitude Capital Group, a boutique Asian investment bank, which was founded in 2002 with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Latitude Capital specializes in cross-border China M&A and private placements. Previously, Mr. Au was the head of media investment banking in Greater China for Lehman Brothers Asia and had spent time in both Lehman's Hong Kong and New York offices in their industrial, LBO, telecom and technology investment banking groups. Mr. Au was also the president & co-founder of Pacific NetMarkets, a technology incubator. Mr. Au currently serves on the board of NASDAQ listed Grand Toys. Mr. Au holds a master's in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in economics and East Asian studies from Columbia University.
Eric Musser
President and Chief Executive Officer, CDC Software
Eric Musser is President and CEO of CDC Software. For nearly 15 years, Mr. Musser has served in a variety of management roles at CDC Software and its acquired enterprise software companies. He has built a successful track record of working closely with customers, partners, analysts, and industry associations to deliver leading, industry-specific enterprise solutions and services that enable competitive advantage for customers and create value for the company's stakeholders.
Under his leadership, the Customer-Driven Company (CDC) has consistently reported record revenue primarily because of aggressive organic growth through sales to new customers and expansion through well-targeted acquisitions. These impressive results were largely driven by the resounding success of his strategy to transition CDC Software from a developer of enterprise solutions for the horizontal market to one that delivers industry-specific enterprise solutions and services that directly addresses the unique business needs of customers' vertical markets. He also has built a formidable management team, with extensive expertise in the enterprise software, services and capital markets, that is moving the company to new levels of success.
Prior to his current roles, Mr. Musser served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Chief Technology Officer for CDC Software, where he spearheaded the company's innovative product architecture, new vertical market product strategy, support of advanced technology platforms and development of the company's acquisition strategies. In addition to that role, he also successfully expanded CDC Software's Asia Pacific operations through closely working with business partners and customers there, as well as establishing its first major development center in China. As President of CDC Software's Industri-Matematik (IMI), Eric returned the business to profitability after multiple years of losses and set the foundation for future expansion. He focused IMI on its current blue-chip customer base and started the transition of IMI into a customer-driven company. At Ross Systems, Mr. Musser held senior management positions in services, marketing and development, including Chief Technology Officer. During his tenure there, he also was responsible for shifting the company to a major new technology direction --- from client/server to Internet-based solutions.
Prior to Ross Systems, Mr. Musser held IT management and production engineering positions in the process industries, where he implemented projects spanning from shop floor automation to ERP integration. As a software entrepreneur earlier in his career, he developed CRM solutions running on the Apple Macintosh platform for non-profit organizations.
Roy Goodman
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Finance, CDC Software
As Chief Financial Officer of CDC Software, Roy Goodman is responsible for all corporate financial activity throughout the company's global operations.
Mr. Goodman has more than 25 years of financial management experience, with 10 years experience as the CFO of publicly traded companies. He brings to CDC Software a broad finance background and an extensive history of managing complex transactions, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, strategic and financial planning, SEC reporting, real estate and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Prior to CDC Software, Mr. Goodman served as CFO for RealNetworks, a global provider of network-delivered digital media products and services, as well as software products and services. Earlier, he was CFO for Juniper Financial Corporation and Heilig-Meyers Corporation.
Dick de Haan
Vice President, Enterprise Services, CDC Software
Dick de Haan is responsible for all professional services related to Enterprise Solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Prior to his current position, Mr. de Haan held several positions within CDC Software and Ross Systems, including Vice President for Central and Eastern Europe. He also previously led the Northern European region including France and Scandinavia. Mr. de Haan joined the Ross Systems sales team in 1998 and significantly grew the business in his territory, particularly in the Strategic Process Manufacturing Marketplace. Prior to joining CDC Software and Ross Systems, Mr. de Haan held senior management positions at SSA Global and other software solution vendors.
Mr. de Haan holds a Master's Degree in Econometrics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
Frank Hung
Managing Director, Australia, CDC Software
Frank Hung has served as CDC Software's managing director of Australia since January 2007 and is responsible for operations activity for Australia and New Zealand.
Mr. Hung has more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector and has held various international and senior management positions throughout Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Before joining CDC Software, Mr Hung served as the Managing Director, Australia, and Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, for Maximizer Software, where he oversaw all customer relationship management (CRM) operations for the company throughout the Asia Pacific region. Prior to Maximizer Software, Mr. Hung served as Chief Operating Officer, Asia for Powerlan Limited. While at Powerlan, he played an instrumental role in the initial merger of CSSL Group and Powerlan and led the integration of the companies' infrastructure, operations and combined services and solutions.
Edmund Lau
Vice President, Greater China, CDC Software
Edmund Lau 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, Mr. 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, and a unit of Hinge Software in Shanghai. 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 Mr. 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). Mr. Lau also established Viador's new outsourcing operation in that country. Earlier, Mr. 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.
Alan MacLamroc
Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice President, Technology, CDC Software
Mr. MacLamroc is responsible for the definition, development and deployment of all products for the company, including technology strategy, product management, software development, quality assurance, performance and systems integration for CDC Software.
With more than 20 years of technology management experience, Mc. MacLamroc comes to CDC Software from CompuCredit, where he served as Chief Technology Officer, Valued Services. Previous experience includes serving as Chief Product and Technology Officer, Global Product Marketing & Engineering, for MAPICS and Chief Technology Officer, Global Engineering, for CLARUS. He also has served in a variety of technology management positions at System Software Associates (SSA), IBM and Sprint.
Bruce McIntyre
Senior Vice President of Operations, CDC Software and General Manager, Saratoga CRM
Bruce McIntyre is senior vice president of Operations at CDC Software, as well as general manager of Saratoga CRM. He is responsible for integration of new and existing businesses at CDC Software. He will focus on improving cross-selling activities with CDC Software products and enhance the company's overall margins. In addition, he will manage the company's Saratoga CRM business. Prior to these positions, Mr. McIntyre served as Vice President, Business Development in the Pivotal CRM group. Previously he served as Vice President, Product and Marketing for GBG, a last mile delivery solutions provider. Mr. McIntyre has held executive roles in marketing, product development and sales with a focus on building and bringing vertically focused application solutions to market. Mr. McIntyre also has held management positions at Geac, Delano Technologies and JBA.
Arthure Masseur
Vice President of Finance, CDC Software EMEA
As Vice President of Finance, CDC Software EMEA, Mr. Masseur is responsible for the finance operations within EMEA, including Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and M and A activities for this territory.
Mr. Masseur brings more than twenty years of finance and software business experience to his role as Vice President of Finance, CDC Software EMEA. Most recently, he served for five years as International Finance Director for CDC Software parent company CDC Corporation, in which capacity he was responsible for financial policies and systems.
In addition to his extensive finance experience, Mr. Masseur has experience in software implementation, product management, and sales management and previously served as Area Resource Director responsible for implementing software from Ross Systems, a CDC Software subsidiary. Mr. Masseur has also held senior finance positions with Hewlett-Packard Northern European Region, Stardent Computer International, PTT Telecommunicatie, and ITT Publitec.
Per Norling
President, CDC Supply Chain
Per Norling is responsible for CDC Software operations in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) and CDC Supply Chain operations worldwide. His responsibilities include customer-focused software, services, and support solutions, as well as the company's internal operations.
Before joining CDC Software, Mr. Norling was Chief Operating Officer of Baan Company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). More recently, Mr. Norling was business leader for the EMEA region of Descartes Systems Group (DSG) and a member of the DSG Operations Team.
Mr. Norling graduated in 1979 from the School of Industrial Economics in Linköping with a Master of Science degree in Engineering. Since then he has garnered over 20 years' experience in the IT and manufacturing industries—including sales, marketing, manufacturing, consultancy, and business development roles with Nordic and global industry leaders such as General Electric, Siemens, and Ericsson.
Oscar Pierre
Senior Vice President, Latin America, CDC Software
As Senior Vice President, Latin America for CDC Software, Mr. Pierre is responsible for operations activity for all of South Europe and Latin America. In this role, he works closely with other global division heads to deliver solutions that meet area customer needs.
Prior to this role, Mr. Pierre served as Vice President, European and Latin American Operations for Ross Systems. He joined Ross Systems when it acquired the company he founded, Software International SA, and became the Managing Director of the Spanish-speaking markets. Prior to Ross Systems, he worked at Data-Pack SA, an ERP software distributor, where he was a Managing Director before its acquisition by Computer Associates. He then assumed the duties of Divisional Manager and Vice General Manager of Computer Associates' Spanish branch.