Management
Team 
VanceInfo is guided by a globally educated and experienced management team with degrees from the US, Germany and Japan. The whole team has over 100 collective years of experience in top IT and consulting companies worldwide. Coming together with the same passion, they bring a wealth of leadership, management talents, and experience to lead VanceInfo in the outsourcing destination of a new generation: China.
VanceInfo leaders know what it takes to deliver quality services and to develop solid and dependable business relationships required by our customers. Years of pioneering experience in diverse outsourcing environments has given the management team a comprehensive vision, as well as an end-to-end understanding of the strategic business needs of its customers. Like all our VanceInfo employees, our VanceInfo management team considers itself an integral part of each customer's long-term success.
VanceInfo leaders know what it takes to deliver quality services and to develop solid and dependable business relationships required by our customers. Years of pioneering experience in diverse outsourcing environments has given the management team a comprehensive vision, as well as an end-to-end understanding of the strategic business needs of its customers. Like all our VanceInfo employees, our VanceInfo management team considers itself an integral part of each customer's long-term success.
- Mr. Chris Shuning Chen is our founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He co-founded our company in 1995, served as a managing director from 1995 to 1999 and became the chief executive officer in 1999. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Chen worked as a senior software developer at Great Wall Computer Software & System Co., Ltd., a Chinese company specializing in computer software and system integration, from 1989 to 1995, and spent two years on an assignment in the United States. He also participated in the development of the IBM OS/2 operating system from 1994 to 1995. Mr. Chen received his master's degree in engineering from Huazhong University of Science & Technology and his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Tsinghua University.
- Mr. David Lifeng Chen is co-founder and president of VanceInfo. He oversees the daily operations of Vanceinfo since 2001. David Chen has diversified experience in software engineering, management consulting, sales, and marketing. Prior to VanceInfo, David was a product marketing manager at IBM/Crosswords, a management consultant at KPMG Strategic Consulting Group, and a software engineer at Oracle’s ERP development group. David Chen received his M.S. degree in computer engineering from the University of California, Irvine, and his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tongji University, China
- Mr. Sidney Huang has been our Chief Operating Officer since August 2008 and our Chief Financial Officer since July 2006. Prior to joining us, he was the chief financial officer of Longtop Financial Technologies Limited, a China-based software development and IT services provider, from 2005 to 2006. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Huang served as the chief financial officer of 800buy China Limited, an e-commerce company in China. Prior to 2004, Mr. Huang was an investment banker with Citigroup Global Markets in New York. He also served as an audit manager of KPMG LLP in New York. Mr. Huang obtained his MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University as an Austin Scholar. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College, where he graduated as class valedictorian. Mr. Huang is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.
- Dr. Junbo Liu is the Chief Business Development Officer, in charge of the Global Sales & Marketing (GSM) organization and Software Service Group (SSG). Prior to his appointment as CBO, Dr. Liu was the head of the company’s R&D Services business unit. Before joining VanceInfo in 2005, he had served as Senior VP and other management positions at several IT companies. He was a member of the selection committee of the California NGI program in 2002, and obtained a U.S. Air Force software award for his outstanding work in building a high performance resource allocation system in 1999. Mr. Liu received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Bremen in Germany.
- Mr. Kevin Zhong Liu is our Executive Vice President and has been in charge of corporate training since 2006. He has been working with us since 1998. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Liu was a software engineer, and then a project manager of Hong Kong Royton Technologies, a Hong Kong company engaged in computer data storage system integration and service. Mr. Liu worked for Great Wall Software Co., Ltd., a Chinese company specializing in computer software and system integration, as a software engineer in the localization project of the OS/2 kernel, from 1995 to 1996. He was a software engineer of Yige Software Co., Ltd., a Chinese company specializing in computer system integration, from 1994 to 1995. Mr. Liu received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Xi'an Jiaotong University.
- Mr. Gerry Jianxin Lu is our Executive Vice President and has been in charge of IBM practice and co-head of our IT service practice since January 2007. He has been general manager of our Shanghai operations since 2005. He has been working with us since 1999. Mr. Lu received his bachelor's degree in materials engineering from Tongji University.
- Mr. Jeff Wu is our Executive Vice President and Chief Globalization Officer. He is responsible for cross functional globalization initiatives. He has also been in charge of our Microsoft Practice since 2005 and the Mobile, Internet & Telecom Group since 2009. Prior to these roles, Mr. Wu was the Center Head of Peoplesoft China Development Center and Vice President of corporate business development from 2004 to 2005. Before joining us, he served as the Vice President of Marketing at Wenditel Inc., an e-commerce company specializing in online payment in the United States from 2002 to 2004. He served as the Chief Technology Officer of Ospect Inc, a US-based CRM software company, from 2000 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Wu worked for Cambridge Technology Partners, EDS, Chordiant and Ariba in various leading roles of product development, professional services and business line management. Mr. Wu received his master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tongji University.
- Dr. Howard Yu is our Executive Vice President and co-head of the Mobile, Internet & Telecom group. Prior to joining VanceInfo, Dr. Yu was the founder and managing director of ITC, an outsourcing company acquired by VanceInfo in March 2007. Dr. Yu was also an associate professor at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications following postdoctoral research work at the Tsinghua University Department of Computer Science. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and a bachelor’s degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology.
- Ms. Frances Zhang is our Executive Vice President and co-head of the Vertical Solutions Group. An expert in software development and technology management, Ms. Zhang is responsible for providing vertical solutions to our clients in southern China, Hong Kong and the APAC region. Prior to joining VanceInfo, Frances was the chief executive officer of Prosoft, an outsourcing firm acquired by VanceInfo in 2006. Frances holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University.
- Mr. Zhang is our Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Japan Business Unit. Prior to joining VanceInfo, he was the founder and chief executive of Shanghai Solutions, an outsourcing company acquired by VanceInfo in March 2007. Mr. Zhang previously held a senior management position at NEC, where he was responsible for software development initiatives. He holds a master’s degree in Software Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Fudan University.
- Mr. Stanley Ying Zhou is our Chief Administrative Officer and has been working with us since 1999. Mr. Zhou founded the localization business division of Shanghai Science and Technology University Development Co., Ltd., a Chinese technology company, in 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Zhou was an associate professor in the computer science department at the Shanghai University of Science and Technology, from 1984 to 1999. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Shanghai University of Science and Technology.
- Mr. Michael Zhang is our Senior Vice President and co-head of the Software Services Group. He has established offshore R&D and IT service centers for a number of US and European clients, helping the clients leverage those offshore centers to penetrate China/APAC markets. Prior to joining VanceInfo, Mr. Zhang was responsible for telecom software development and the implementation of telecom technologies for Signtel in Singapore and KCS Software in Japan. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from a domestic research institution and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Xiamen University.
