[Tsinghua-NC] meet mash5 and papayamobile CEO @ "Internet RoundTable" gathering next Wed

Dear alumni,

We will continue our RoundTable gathering on "Internet Software" group on next Wednesday Oct 20th.

Our invited Mentors are Dr. Chun Xia 夏淳, mash5.com CEO and Si Shen 沈思 PapayaMobile CEO, both from Tsinghua. Don't miss this great opportunity to meet Dr. Xia and Si, get the most current internet trends, receive their advice and share your ideas with alumni & friends.

Mentor Profile:

Dr. Chun Xia 夏淳

夏淳博士新近在硅谷创办了互联网社会媒体技术公司mash5并担任首席执行官，将PaaS云计算技术与社会媒体结合并推向企业应用。近五年来，夏淳活跃于社会媒体的前沿领域，是Sun的大型社群开发计划Zembly项目的社会系统构架师，也是最流行的媒体共享开源项目Azureus的主力开发贡献者。此前，夏淳在硅谷Engineered Intelligence担任副总裁，负责将云计算中的海量内存虚拟集群计算技术推广应用于华尔街的金融界。2001年，在全球化工巨头斥资两亿美元的B2B项目Elemica中担任首席系统构架师，为CIO们提供战略咨询和规划设计服务。夏淳在1998年合伙创办了硅谷公司BrightInfo，分别就任总裁和技术执行长，开发销售市场领先地位的互联网智能理货管理软件系统，并成为IBM电子商务的一级战略合作伙伴和供应商。该公司在2000年被成功并购后，又合伙创办了ThinkMart.com并任总裁，为中小型知识型服务商提供网上行销系统。创业前，在Sun Microsystems担任系统设计师，开发电信级的超大型云计算集群服务系统。 夏淳1985年获清华大学电子工程学士学位，1989年获清华大学计算机硕士学位，1996年获美国伊立诺大学计算机博士学位。在一流国际学术会议和刊物上发表多篇有影响力的学术论文。在云计算中的自我诊断容错，互联网智能嵌入，富媒体自动合成等核心技术方面，获得多项美国专利。

Si Shen 沈思

Co-founder and CEO of PapayaMobile Inc. which is one of the biggest mobile social networks and mobile social game developers on Android. Papaya has 4 million registered users in the US and Europe although the company is based in Beijing. Papaya has recently opened its platform for third-party developers to develop their applications through Papaya's SDKs and open APIs. PapayaMobile was invested by DCM. Before starting PapayaMobile, Si was the product lead for mobile in Google Beijing. She used to be a product manager for search and mobile advertising in Google Mountain View. Si got her master's degrees in Computer Science and Manage Science and Engineering from Stanford, and her bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University.

RoundTable on "Internet Software"
Time: Oct 20 Wednesday 6:45pm
Location: will be provided after registration
RSVP: Charlie Chao echarliechao@yahoo.com 408-857-7751

We have limited number of participants for efficient networking, please reply echarliechao@yahoo.com. The location and time agenda will be sent to the registered participant before the gathering.

Regards,
Charlie begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highl
RoundTable Coordinato

Regarding RoundTable:
Built on "Friendship, Sharing and Mentorship". RoundTable enables participant to get connected on the same expertise & interest, share their respective know-how, brainstorm for new business models & solution; receive advice from our invited Mentors.

RoundTable gathering is a long term connection network. Every group gets together regularly to share recent industry news, trends and continue to meet more friends with the same expertise. Seasoned Mentors are invited to our gathering giving our participants new thoughts & advice on the career path. We present our ideas and get feedback from Mentors and participants. Cross-discipline discussion are well encouraged to explore potential markets.

Each gathering is limited to a small number of group for efficient networking. Originated by Tsinghua, we welcome other school alumni to join us to strengthen your career path. 

Current Eight Elite RoundTable Groups are:
  Clean Tech/ Green Energy
  RF, Analog & Mixed-Signal
  SOC/ASIC/DSP
  Bio & Medical Devices
  Internet Software
  EDA & Embedded Software
  Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
  Telecomm & Network Communication

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