Our Team

CSOFT's management and operation teams are comprised of highly experienced individuals with proven track records in the technology and localization industry. Chosen from leading localization firms worldwide, our team brings together industry best practices, technology, leadership, and operational excellence to deliver professional quality and the most competitive service.

W-e-n-y-u-a-n - S-h-i, - Chairman Prior to CSOFT, Wenyuan was founder and chief executive officer at Worksoft, Inc., a multilingual globalization firm with such clients as Microsoft, IBM, HP, Oracle and SGI. In addition to his activities at Worksoft, Wenyuan was president and member of the Management Committee for Huaneng Control Systems, Inc. Wenyuan is an active board member for several prominent China-based organizations. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of a number of local companies. Wenyuan was featured as one of China's most successful entrepreneurs in the early 90's. Wenyuan received his M.B.A. from China's prestigious Tsinghua University.

S-h-u-n-e-e - Y-e-e, - President and CEO After 9 years as an executive with two large localization firms in the US, Shunee co-founded CSOFT to provide professional and cost-effective globalization solutions. Prior to CSOFT, Shunee served as vice president for Asia Market Development at Lionbridge Technologies, a multilingual localization company based in the US. Shunee pioneered the company's technical development services in China and helped the company win multi-million dollar accounts. Shunee came to Lionbridge through the acquisition of International Communications, a US multilingual localization firm with such clients as Microsoft and Adobe. Shunee served as the vice president for Asia market development and helped build International Communications' operations in China. She has been featured in many publications including the Boston Globe, The Economist and IDG journals. Shunee holds a Master's degree in Education from Rhode Island College. She is also a graduate of Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China.

C-a-r-l - Y-a-o, - Executive VP, Global Business Development Prior to CSOFT, Carl served as president and founder of YAOS Technologies that built multilingual applications for global markets. Carl was the principal architect for the development of the world's first multilingual speech engine that used natural human voice to synthesize speech. Previously, Carl also served as director of interactive technologies at Animation Technologies in Boston, a visual communication company using multimedia and 3D to develop legal and corporate training applications. Carl was instrumental in helping the company win its first industry award (MIMIC) for overall excellence in multimedia application development. Carl also served as director of emerging technologies for Northeast Digital, Inc. focusing on multimedia application development. Carl completed a master's program in computer science from Brown University. He graduated with a BA degree in mathematics and computer science from Whitman College in Washington.

L-i-n-d-a - L-i-a-n-g, - Vice President, Finance Linda is responsible for overall accounting, reporting, and financial activities of the company. Linda is a certified public accountant (CPA) and has many years of working experience at professional accounting firms including HuaChen International Investment Consulting Ltd and Sino Reality Inc. She also led and managed several large multinational projects and conducted a number of complex foreign-investment audits in China. She holds a professional certification for International Accounting Standards from the Institute of Financial Accountants of England. Linda is also an official member of the National Institute of Accountants of Australia. Linda has a Bachelor degree in Economics from ShanDong Financial Institute of China.

J-a-s-o-n - X-u-e, - Vice President, Globalization Operations Jason is responsible for managing CSOFT engineering services for globalization and application development. Prior to CSOFT, Jason worked as senior manager for software engineering at ChinaConnect, a former Lionbridge unit, responsible for multilingual ERP and wireless application development on a variety of platforms. Previously, Jason also worked as senior localization engineer at International Communications (INT'L.com). He has a bachelor's degree in microelectronics & solid-state electronics from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

M-a-t-t - A-r-n-e-y, -Vice President, Global Business Development Matt is responsible for leading CSOFT's North American business development efforts. He joined CSOFT in 2004 after 8+ years of working in the Japanese software distribution industry. Prior to CSOFT, Matt was co-founder and V.P. of Business Development at Act2 Inc., one of Japan's leading software distribution companies. Matt was instrumental in securing the rights to 50+ popular US and European software products and growing Act2's annual revenues from zero to $10 million dollars. Prior to Act2, Matt worked as the Japan Sales Manager for Seiwa Systems; Japan's largest independent software distribution company. In addition to his sales and marketing duties, Matt oversaw the localization of over twenty software titles. Matt holds a BA degree from San Diego State University and is functionally fluent in Japanese.

H-e-l-e-n-a - R-o-j-a-s-, Director, Global Business Development for Australia and Europe Helena Rojas is responsible for leading CSOFT’s Global Business Development efforts for Europe and Australia. Helena has led various Trilingual Executive roles within leading international companies. She assisted in the development of major national and international projects. Prior to joining CSOFT, Helena was the Localization Manager for a major plastic molding software company in Australia. She was responsible for translating French and Spanish software / documentation and managing the overall localization requirements for 13 languages, a role which gained her strong industry knowledge and experience. Helena has lived in France, Spain, Chile and Australia. She is fluent in French, Spanish and English and studied at the University of Western Sydney a BA degree in Linguistics.

H-i-r-o-s-h-i - M-a-t-s-u-m-o-t-o, - Chief Representative & Lead Japanese Linguist, CSOFT Japan Hiroshi is responsible for managing CSOFT Japan's daily operations and also serves as a lead linguist for Japanese translation and editing. With more than 30 years in the Japanese localization field, Hiroshi brings a wealth of expertise to our Japanese language team. Prior to joining CSOFT, Hiroshi was instrumental in the marketing and preparation of international standards such as the International Electro-technical Commission and International Standardization Organization for Electronic Components for Hitachi Cable and Murata Manufacturing Company in Japan. Hiroshi is a graduate of Osaka University with a BS degree in Physics and has studied at the New Castle upon Tyne University in the United Kingdom.

K-l-a-u-s - -H-e-r-r-m-a-n-n, - Chief Representative & Lead German Linguist, CSOFT Germany CSOFT Germany is led by Klaus Herrmann, a localization expert having more than 25 years experience as a technical translator with a vast network of linguistic and technical experts. As Chief Representative and Lead Linguist of CSOFT Germany, Klaus serves as the direct link between German customers and CSOFT Beijing. Throughout his career, Klaus has built a vast network of linguists and technical experts, which offers prospective clients a unique advantage with respect to pricing and resources. Herrmann has studied at Germany's Cologne University.

B-i-l-l---L-i-u-, -Chief Technology Officer Bill is responsible for leading CSOFT's globalization technology development and innovation. Before assuming this role, Bill was the chief localization architect at CSOFT responsible for project analysis and planning. Prior to CSOFT, Bill worked as CTO at eChance, a provider of network security solutions. Bill also served as a senior technology manager at Lionbridge Technologies, responsible for the development and technical support of ForeignDesk, one of the first generation translation memory software. Prior to Lionbridge, Bill was the CTO at Transtar, a machine translation software developer. He has acquired broad experience in the development of globalization technologies through his 15 years in the localization industry. Bill has a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Chengdu Geology College and a bachelor's degree from Hebei Geology University in China.

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