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    Jesse Parker, Founder & President

Jesse has more than 20 years of executive management experience consisting of global marketing and sales, venture capital financing, product development and engineering. Jesse served most recently as Vice President, International Business Development at SOFTBANK, where he was responsible for developing SOFTBANK's international network of investment funds and portfolio of companies outside of the U.S. and Japan (over $2 billion under management). At IBM, Jesse was Vice President, Marketing and Sales of IBM's first wireless semiconductor company and prior to that held the position of Direcotr, Worldwide Marketing at IBM Microelectornics, a $7 billion division. Prior to joining IBM, Jesse worked at Digital Equipment Corporation for over eight years where he was responsible for product management and engineering for Digital's PC product lines and managed the implementation of Digital's EDI-based order management system in Asia. Jesse speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and served as Director of CET, Inc., and academic and training  institute in Beijing for five years.

Jesse is currently the Executive Director of the Murrow Center and a Lecturer at the Tufts Fletcher School in Medford, MA teaching International Entrepreneurship.

jesse@changshagroup.com; Tel: +1-617-669-6845.

       
    Brian Zhang, China Representative

Brian Chang grew up in China and came to the United States in 1984 after receiving a special scholarship to attend Graduate School at the University of Minnesota. Until June 2002, Chang was a Vice President at Alliance Capital, a multi-billion dollar asset management company headquartered in New York. Chang received an MBA in International Business from University of Minnesota in 1988. Prior to joining Alliance Capital, Chang was Director of Business Development Greater China at Softbank International, a subsidiary of the Tokyo headquartered venture capital conglomerate, Softbank Corp. Chang also served as President at Pacific Investment & Consulting, a Minnesota based consulting concern guiding US companies to enter the Chinese market. Chang is also a member of the National Committee on US-China relations and on the Advisory Committee of the Minnesota Governor's China Mission.

brian@changshagroup.com

 
       
    David Parker, Vice President

David has more than 15 years of software technology and application sales experience, with a core focus on products early in their lifecycle. David held various technical sales positions at Vantive Corporation, a pioneer in customer relationship management, from 1993 to 1998. After managing the growth of the technical sales team in the Eastern U.S., David was responsible for worldwide sales operations, including internal implementation of Vantive's sales products and training programs. Prior to joining Vantive, David co-founded a software applications company where he defined product requirements and specification and early strategy. In 1999, David co-founded the Angel Investment Group of Vermont and started his own consulting company where he advised a financial services firm on its technology investment strategy. Most recently, David was Vice President of Sales at Third Sector Systems, where he launched the company's sales efforts.
david@changshagroup.com. Tel: +1-617-803-7192

       
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Changsha Consulting, Inc.
20 Farnham Circle
Needham, MA 02492
Phone: +1-781-449-9011
Fax: +1-603-949-0703
Email: info@changshagroup.com

 
 

 

 

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