Achievo Names Former HP Executive Vincent Lin to Head New Business Group in China

Achievo Names Former HP Executive Vincent Lin to Head New Business Group in China

August 07, 2006

New Achievo Multinational Business Group Announced

    SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Achievo(R) Corporation, the leading global software and
information technology outsourcing provider with a local
front-end and China back-end service model, today announced
the appointment of Dr. Vincent Lin to head the Achievo
Multinational Business Group, one of two new business units
announced today.  (Refer to the Achievo Business Groups
press announcement released today.)  Dr. Lin will report to
Dr. Robert P. Lee, Achievo's chairman and chief executive
officer. 

    "As our operations expand in Asia, we are
strengthening our management team to ensure that Achievo's
back-end capabilities have the right mix of skills,
resources and expertise to support the offshore outsourcing
requirements of our customers worldwide," said Dr. Lee.
 "Vincent has a wealth of IT experience and a proven
track record, and brings high energy, strategic thinking,
and a strong customer focus to the table.  In addition, he
will help improve our industry and government relations in
China.  We are fortunate to have someone of Vincent's
caliber and diverse background join our management
team."

    As the head of the Achievo Multinational Business
Group, Dr. Lin has overall responsibility for the
operations of Achievo's many business divisions in Greater
China including the original Achievo Beijing (Beijing),
Achievo Jeyo (Guangzhou) and Achievo VisualSoft (Taipei and
Jinan).  In addition, Dr. Lin will work with the Achievo
divisions worldwide to plan, develop and align Achievo
China's back-end capabilities with the requirements of the
other divisions to support their sales and customer service
goals.

    Dr. Lin and the Achievo Multinational Business Group
will be located in Beijing.

    Dr. Lin comes to Achievo from Hewlett Packard where he
was senior director of HP's Global Delivery China Center,
and senior director of business operation and strategy for
HP's Global Delivery Application Services North Asia
Cluster.  Dr. Lin set up and managed software development
centers in China in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and
Dalian.  While at HP, he oversaw more than 1,300 software
professionals and consultants working to develop and
deliver application solutions to local and offshore
customers in Greater China, Japan, Korea, North Asia, the
United States and Europe.

    Previously, Dr. Lin was Greater China Java chief
consultant and ISV director of Great China for Sun
Microsystems.  He also held senior engineering positions at
Corel Corporation in Canada and at Varian Associates in the
U.S. Additionally, Dr. Lin is founder of a risk management
investment company with funding from Japan Softbank Venture
Capital.

    Dr. Lin received a doctoral degree from the Dalian
Institute of Chemical Physics at the Chinese Academy of
Sciences, and a bachelor's degree from Jilin University. 
He did doctoral research on artificial intelligent expert
systems at the Varian Research Center under the sponsorship
of Stanford University.  In addition to his corporate
responsibilities at Achievo, Dr. Lin is a part time
professor of engineering at Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunications Engineering Institute.

    About Achievo 

    Achievo is a global offshore software and information
technology outsourcing provider with a local front-end and
China back-end service model. With expertise in diverse
technologies including Java/J2EE, .NET and embedded
platforms, the CMM-certified company offers improved
efficiencies, scale, diversification, and a combined talent
pool to deliver cost-effective, quality-centric, and
scalable IT outsourcing services to customers and partners
worldwide. 

    Customers include IBM, HP, Sun Microsystems, Netgear,
Cadence, Accela, China Academy of Sciences,
DaimlerChrysler, Ellie Mae, Audi, ESRI, Fujitsu, Mercedes
Benz, Mitsubishi, Siemens, United Way, Hitachi, NEC,
Pioneer, NTT Data, Toshiba and other Fortune 2000
companies. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Achievo has
offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Greater China
and Japan.  For information on the company and its services,
visit http://www.achievo.com .

    For more information, please contact:

     Jayme Curtis, Public Relations
     Achievo Corporation
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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