HYSTA and AAMA (Asia America MultiTechnology Association) are honored to present Dr. Robert P. Lee as our distinguished speaker at the upcoming Entrepreneur Stories Series on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

From Big Blue To Deep Red:

Lessons from the Journey of a Chinese-American Hi-tech Executive

By Dr. Robert P. Lee

Founder and Executive Chairman, Achievo Corporation

Board of Directors, AAMA

  Dr. Robert P. Lee is a successful IT industry veteran, an accomplished educator, and a visionary leader for several Bay Area technology organizations. Robert co-founded the software outsourcing and IT services company – Achievo Corporation, and serves as its Executive Chairman.  He is board of Director for Accela, Inc. (Government Software) and Osel, Inc (Biopharmaceutical). Robert is also Professor in Entrepreneurship Practice at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Executive Director of its Center for Business Innovation & Globalization. His leadership roles in the Bay Area Asian technology circle include serving as Chairman for the Asia American MultiTechnology Association (AAMA), and Vice Chairman for HYSTA – China Global Services Alliance.

Dr. Lee grew up in Hong Kong. He holds Ph.D. and MS degrees from UCLA, and a BA from UC Berkeley, all in computer science. He resides in the Silicon Valley, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

李本能博士是软件外包及IT服务公司“大展集团(Achievo Corporation)”执行主席和共同创始人.　他同时还担任电子政务软件公司“Accela, Inc.”和生物制药公司　“Osel, Inc”的董事会董事.　李博士也是一位杰出的教育家.　他是香港中文大学商学院创业实践教授,　及商務創新及全球化研究中心执行董事.　繁忙的商务与教学之余,　李博士还担任了亚美多科技协会(AAMA-Asia America MultiTechnology Association),　硅谷董事会受托董事长,　及HYSTA China Global Services Alliance (CGSA)副主席.　

李博士在香港长大, 拥有加州大学洛杉矶分校博士学位和硕士学位，以及加州大学伯克利分校学士学位(计算机科学)。他住在硅谷，上海和香港, 说流利的英语, 广东话和普通话。

We welcome you to participate in this exceptional opportunity to have a dialogue with Dr. Robert P. Lee.  

Event Details:

Date:                 Tuesday, Feb 28th, 2012

Time:                 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Venue:               SNR Denton LLP

 Large conference room, Tashkent

 1530 Page Mill Road, # 200

 Palo Alto, CA  94304

Agenda:

6:00pm Registration & Networking

6:40pm Welcome Remarks

6:45pm Speech by Dr. Lee

8:30pm Q&A

9:00pm End

Registration:    http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2944951429

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Fee:                    Free Early Bird Special

Event Contact: 

            Yifei Zhu: yifei.zhu@gmail.com        EDP, HYSTA

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Robert P. Lee is a 35-year pioneer of the high-tech industry, spending the first half of his career managing large organizations in Fortune 100 companies, and the second half as a serial entrepreneur. During this time, he conducted business globally, and in the last 10 years, he was heavily involved with business in China.

He is Professor in Entrepreneurship Practice at The Chinese University of Hong Kong where he also serves as the Associate Director of the MBA Program, the Executive Director of the Center for Business Innovation & Globalization (Shenzhen) and an Executive Committee member of the CUHK Center for Entrepreneurship. He is Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Achievo Corporation (one of the largest China IT services companies) since early 2002 and served as its Chairman & CEO until December 2008, when the company reached 2500 people in size, about 2000 of whom were in China. During that time, he was also CEO of Accela (now serving as a board member) and led that company to become the dominant government enterprise software firm in the US. Until November 2001, he was president & CEO of Inxight Software, a Xerox-PARC spinout that tripled in revenues and raisedventure funding under his leadership (now part of SAP). Before Inxight, he was chairman, CEO and president of Insignia Solutions, a software company he took public on NASDAQ in 1995. Previously, he was executive vice president of Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC - software), where among many achievements, he acquired and integrated 6 companies, including Norton Computing which became a legendary M&A success story in the Silicon Valley. Dr. Lee was senior vice president of Shared Medical Systems (since acquired by Siemens) and was at IBM (responsible for its office systems software, healthcare industry software, overall software engineering and various systems/communications software) and Computer Sciences Corporation for many years. Dr. Lee is currently on the board of Osel, Inc., a biopharmaceutical startup, and was previously on the boards of S3, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIII - semiconductor) and SONICblue (NASDAQ: SBLU - digital media devices). He also serves as advisor to various companies and investment funds.

Dr. Lee participates in high-tech developments all over the world. During Mr. CH Tung's first visit to the Silicon Valley as Hong Kong Chief Executive in June 1999, Dr. Lee was the co-host and speaker at a luncheon in Mr. Tung's honor. At Insignia Solutions, Dr. Lee hosted a luncheon for HM Queen Elizabeth II who paid a visit to his company's offices in the UK after the company won multiple Queen's Awards. In 1996, Dr. Lee was invited to the Philippines meet President Ramos and to help formulate a high-tech initiative for that country. His business and professional activities in China have put him in frequent contact with senior government officials there. Dr. Lee has met with many heads-of-state and senior government officials during their visits to the Silicon Valley, particularly those from Asia/China.

As a result of his active professional and community activities, including serving as the chairman of the Board of Trustee of the AAMA (Asia America MultiTechnology Association), Chairman of the AAMA Pearl River Delta Chapter and vice chairman of HYSTA’s China Global Services Alliance, Dr. Lee is well known to the Silicon Valley and Asian media. He was featured in several books on Chinese-American successful entrepreneurs, and appeared frequently in print, web, radio and TV media. Dr. Lee is an accomplished public speaker.

Dr. Lee grew up in Hong Kong. He holds Ph.D. and MS degrees from UCLA, and a BA from UC Berkeley, all in computer science. He resides in the Silicon Valley, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Dr. Lee is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). 

李本能博士/教授是一位有35年全球高科技经验的先锋,　对国际国内市场有着深厚的认识。他事业的上半期在全球100强企业内管理大型机构，下半期是一位多次成功的企业家。他是香港中文大学的创业实践教授，他还作为MBA课程副主任,业务创新及全球化（深圳）研究中心执行主任和香港中文大学创业研究中心执行委员会委员。他是大展集团（中国最大的IT服务公司之一）执行主席和共同创办人,自2002年初担任其董事长兼首席执行官直到2008年底，该公司规模达到2500人，约2000人是在中国。在此期间，他还是 Accela的首席执行官，并领导该公司成为美国的领先电子政务软件公司。直到2001年底他是Inxight软件公司CEO。 Inxight是施乐公司 – PARC 的分拆公司（现在是SAP的分公司）。在他的领导下公司收入迅速增长三倍，并收到风险投资的融资。Inxight公司之前，他是Insignia Solutions董事长兼首席执行官，1995年他带该公司在美国纳斯达克(NASDAQ)上市。在此之前，他是Symantec公司执行副总裁（NASDAQ：SYMC -软件），他的成就包括收购和整合6家公司，其中有收购诺顿(Norton)电脑公司的硅谷传奇成功故事。李博士是SMS医疗系统公司高级副总裁（之后被西门子公司收购）,也在IBM（办公系统软件，医疗行业软件，整个软件工程和各系统/通讯软件负责人）和在CSC公司多年。李博士目前在Osel公司 (生物制药)当董事，并以前在S3公司（NASDAQ：SIII -半导体）和SONICblue（NASDAQ：SBLU-数字媒体装置）当董事。他现在还为多家公司和投资基金当顾问。

Co-hosts:

HYSTA EDP – Entrepreneur Development Program

AAMA – Asia American MultiTechnology Association

About HYSTA 

HYSTA (www.hysta.org) is a leading professional organization in Silicon Valley and China. It aims to promote entrepreneurship and career development, and to facilitate networking and exchange of business ideas among successful entrepreneurs and executives in Silicon Valley and Mainland China.

About AAMA

Founded in 1979, Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA), formerly known as Asian American Manuafacturers Association, is Silicon Valley’s largest and most established non-profit organization dedicated to the Asia American high-tech community. Having deep roots and a wide reach in the local Silicon Valley community and across Pacific Rim countries, as well as a proven track record of success as a Silicon Valley-based organization, AAMA expanded into China by launching chapters in Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul to better serve as the bridge between Silicon Valley and Asia. Each chapter hosts events to localize the effort to promote business relationships and works closely with Silicon Valley headquarters to ensure members realize the maximum benefit of the organization.

AAMA is a nexus that provides leading executives and other stakeholders cross-fertilization of ideas and best-of-breed collaboration, resulting in successful business ventures throughout the Asia-Pacific region and global economy. With a network of 10,000+ from over 2,000 companies and chapters in Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul, AAMA’s membership roster represents a diverse and influential spectrum of technology industries, including the internet, wireless, telecommunications, multimedia, semiconductor, software, hardware, electronics and bio-tech industries, as well as financial and professional services industries that are integral to high-tech development. Through its diverse programs ranging from monthly Speakers Series to the annual Silicon Valley-Asia Technology Conference, AAMA provides a forum in which members can network, exchange ideas and share resources.