| Mr. Edward Wong
Chor-Cheung is the President
of ETI Consulting Limited (ETIC).
Mr. Wong also serves as the Deputy Director in charge
of Strategy, Planning and Technology Transfer at the
University of Hong Kong's E-Business Technology Institute
(ETI), the research and development partner of ETIC.
He is an expert on executive management, having more
than 30 years' experience with IBM.
Before joining ETI in October
2004, Mr. Wong was the Program Director at IBM, responsible
for the external validation of the company's future
on-demand and autonomic computing projects. Previously,
he was assigned to China, where he was responsible for
developing and executing the IBM GCG Partnership strategy
to collaborate with Chinese IT Partners to develop the
Chinese market by utilizing IBM's complete product portfolio,
skills and technology. He helped establish the RS/6000
manufacturing facility in Shanghai as the Program Director
of Partnership Technical Support of the Greater China
Group. Mr. Wong also served as the Director of the IBM
GCG Technology, Development, Manufacturing Partnership
Program; the General Manager of the Chinese Speech Business
Unit; and the General Manager of Engineering Technology
Company (ETC), an IBM China wholly-owned subsidiary
in Shanghai.
Mr. Wong became a corporate staff
at IBM in 1997 and had been involved in the development
of the company's Worldwide Industry Solution Business,
and management of the worldwide Industry Solutions development
and investment portfolio.
He joined the IBM Data Product
Division in 1974 and, through the years, held various
technical, managerial and executive positions in software,
hardware development laboratories, corporate functions
and The IBM Greater China Group. Recognized as an expert
in EDFI (Error Detection and Fault Isolation), Fault
Tolerance and System RAS (Reliability, Availability
and Serviceability) design, he was the chief RAS Engineer
in the 1990s, responsible for the RAS requirements for
IBM 3090, 9021 and the CMOS G3 Mainframe system families.
Mr. Wong was a Visiting Instructor
of the Electrical Engineering Department of Columbia
University in 1981, and the Adjunct Professor of the
Computer Science Department of Marist College from 1983
to 1994, during which he helped establish the Graduate
program in Software Design and Development.
Mr. Wong received a BA in Mathematics
from Fordham University in 1973; and obtained his BSEE
and MSEE in 1974 and the Computer Systems Engineering
degree in 1980 from Columbia University.
Mr. Wong has been a Senior Member
of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc. (IEEE) since 1985 and was the chair of the Professional
Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) Divisional
Activities Committee (PDAC) in 1998 and 1999. He served
in the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing
Technology Award Committee from 2002 to 2004. Moreover,
he was elected to the "Men of Achievement"
in 1985 and is included in many international "Who's
Who" and Honor societies. |
