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, Vice President, Worldwide 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, Senior Director of 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, Senior Director, 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, Director, Business Development (North America) 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-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.

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