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Symbio Group Appoints Dr. Fenn King as Chief Operating OfficerSAN JOSE, Calif., and BEIJING, March 11, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Symbio Group ("Symbio") today announced that Dr. Fenn King has been named Chief Operating Officer, to lead its project delivery and human resources organization. Symbio is a leading China-based software development outsourcing company that provides world-class software product development and research services for clients that range from startups to large companies such as AOL, Microsoft and Symantec. Bringing more than 30 years of operations expertise, Dr. King's extensive experience includes leadership roles with MediaRing, i2 Telecom International Inc. and IBM, where he spearheaded the company's first software business team in China. Prior to joining Symbio, Dr. King was Senior Vice President and Asia Pacific General Manager for i2 Telecom International, where he grew the VOIP business in China and formed the Asia Pacific distribution sales channels. Before i2 Telecom International, he served as Senior Vice President of MediaRing, a leading VOIP service provider in Singapore, where he was the first executive to generate 10 million minutes/month, a significant feat in the industry. In 1978, Dr. King started his career at IBM, where he was a system programmer at IBM's Poughkeepsie, N.Y., facility and then moved into marketing at the company's New Jersey office in 1980. During his career at IBM, Dr. King led the Johnson & Johnson account and provided sales software solutions to accelerate J&J's growth in the hospital services area. In 1994, he moved to Beijing, where he developed and managed IBM's first software business team in the Asia Pacific region--a team that contributed more than $10 million (USD) in revenues. "Dr. Fenn King is a leader in the software and telecom industry and brings extensive operations experience to Symbio, helping to spearhead our next phase of growth as a major global software product development outsourcing company," said Jacob Hsu, CEO of the Symbio Group. According to Dr. King, "I'm thrilled to join the Symbio Group, a top-ranked global innovation outsourcing company. Leveraging Symbio's strong business processes and experienced staffers, I plan to help bring Symbio Group to an even higher level of success." Dr. King holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University. In addition, he graduated from the Everest Marketing Summit, a program held by the MBA School of Monash University, Australia and was also a member of the IBM president's class, held by Harvard Business School. Dr. King is also one of the founders of the IDUG (International DB2 Users Group) and an Adjunct Professor at California State University, where he offered courses in Finite Mathematics, Excursion in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics and Algebra. About Symbio Symbio provides innovative outsourcing solutions to global companies. It was recently selected as a 2009 Global Outsourcing 100(TM) company by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals(TM), recognizing the world's best outsourcing providers and advisors. From product development to application outsourcing through globalization and cutting-edge business solutions, Symbio leverages outsourcing teams based out of Greater China to enable companies to decrease costs, improve operations and dominate their global markets. Founded in 1994 by a group of engineers from IBM, Symbio's clients today are among the world's elite companies, including AOL, CA, Citigroup, IBM, MasterCard, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, Palm and Sony. For further information on Symbio, please visit www.symbio-group.com, call 408-694-9601, or email [email protected]. For more media information, contact: Lisa Hendrickson LCH Communications for Symbio Group 516-767-8390 [email protected] SOURCE The Symbio Group http://www.symbio-group.com |