Achievo Names Raymond Tong as Executive Vice President Of Worldwide Integration and Transformation

Achievo Names Raymond Tong as Executive Vice President Of Worldwide Integration and Transformation

August 07, 2006

New Position Focuses on Achievo's Global Delivery Model

    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
that Raymond Tong has been named executive vice president of
worldwide integration and transformation.  Mr. Tong will be
located in China and will report to Dr. Robert P. Lee,
Achievo's chairman and chief executive officer. 

    "One of Achievo's core competencies is its ability
to source M&A candidates, qualify and acquire them, and
then integrate and transform these companies into
high-growth integrated entities within the Achievo
family," said Dr. Lee.  "This is an unusual
capability that requires the kind of experience found only
in the global executive team of Achievo.  This newly
established position is focused on this very important part
of the Achievo business model.  It is because of the vital
importance of this role that I have named Raymond Tong to
this position."

    In this position, Mr. Tong will have worldwide
responsibility on behalf of the corporation to ensure that
acquired companies are integrated efficiently into the
Achievo model, and make certain that all of these companies
leverage each other's strengths, expertise and abilities to
deliver the highest quality service to Achievo's customers.


    Prior to this role, Mr. Tong served as president of
Achievo China.  He joined the company when it began in
2002, and was the senior executive sent to China to build
Achievo's China operations. 

    "Raymond has first-hand experience and knowledge
of how our business operates, and he is credited with
having built a vibrant organization from one employee to
almost 1,000 employees in China in less than four years. 
He helped develop an integration process that has
successfully contributed to the company's growth globally,
and he has the experience, knowledge and know-how to build
the foundation for the next phase of the company.  I'm
pleased to have someone of Raymond's background and skills
lead this effort." 

    Mr. Tong was raised in Hong Kong, educated in the
United States, and worked for companies in the U.S. and
China.  He has 20 years of product development and
executive management experience in the information
technology industry, particularly in telecommunications. 
He participated in the development of the Rolm PhoneMail
product, the world's first voice mail system, in the early
1980s. 

    Mr. Tong later joined Voysys Corporation as director of
software engineering, responsible for leading the
development and successful launch of "StarTalk,"
an OEM voice mail system for Nortel's popular NorStar key
system. After leaving Voysys in 1997, Mr. Tong co-founded
Linux Systems Ltd. in Hong Kong which later became UniCONN
Technologies Limited.  The company developed the UNISON
communication server, and in May 2000 launched
"HelloVoice," the first unified messaging service
in Hong Kong. 

    Mr. Tong has a bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a
MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley. 

    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, ESRI, Audi, 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 www.achievo.com.

    For more information, please contact:

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

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