Top Characteristics of Successful People in Technology and How Asians Can Rise Even Higher

• October 3, 2014
• Edward V. Yang | Self

Speaker Details

Edward V. Yang spends most of his time presenting seminars and advising corporations in their cross boarder businesses between East and West. Mr. Yang has extensive management capabilities, a strong understanding of the client outsourcing value proposition, and comprehensive experience in global management of US and China-based businesses. He is also the author of the award-winning book, “There are no fortune cookies in China”. Edward Yang currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board of iSoftStone Inc. Prior to his current position, Mr. Yang was the Chairman and President of iSoftstone Inc. from 2008 to March 2014. iSoftStone is a global services company providing Information Technology Outsourcing, consulting and Business Process Outsourcing to clients in China, Japan, Korea, North America and Europe. iSoftStone is listed on the NYSE, ranks among the top three IT Services company in China and is head-quartered in Beijing. Before joining iSoftStone, Mr. Yang was Chairman of the Cross Shore Acquisition Corporation, a public company listed under London AIM. He was the co-founder of the company and raised US 112 Million to support the acquisition of a leading US-based provider of clinical outsourcing services, and successfully exited three years later. Prior to founding Cross Shore, Mr. Yang was Operating Partner at ING Baring Private Equity Partners Asia (BPEP Asia) that managed over US 500 Million investments in the Communications and IT sectors. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Yang was Corporate Senior Vice President and President of Electronic Data Systems (EDS Corporation) based in Plano, TX, and was responsible for the entire Asia-Pacific region. During his 8+ years with EDS, Mr. Yang brought outsourcing to the Asia-Pacific region and led the Company’s regional expansion from 100 million to more than 1.2 billion, with more than 4 billion in contracted revenue backlog. The fast expansion was achieved through sales, organic growth, acquisitions and joint-equity partnerships in 11 countries throughout the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining EDS, Mr. Yang was Corporate Senior Vice President for Wang Laboratories, responsible for the Asia Pacific and Americas region. He was credited with bringing offshore R&D and Manufacturing to Asia, and established the Company’s first Mainland China Joint Venture partnership in Shanghai in 1980. He grew Wang’s Asia business from 75 Million to 500 Million and increased sales revenue through distributors in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia and won major contracts in Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Yang has served on the board of Novelis Inc., a NYSE 8 Billion aluminum-rolled product company based in Atlanta, GA. He has also served on the Advisory Board of University of San Francisco McLaren School of Business and iCarnegie, a subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University, as well as the International Advisory Board of the Government of South Australia and the American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong. He currently serves on the Board of Yunnan Project Hope. YPH is an IRS approved 501 C (3) Corporation. The program started in 1995 and has built over 35 elementary schools in the minority regions of Yunnan and Tibet in China. Mr. Yang also serves on the advisory board of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Los Angeles, and numerous startup companies from US to China.