TopCoder Launches Operations in China with New Beijing Appointment

TopCoder Launches Operations in China with New Beijing Appointment

October 26, 2006

TopCoder Announces Ms. Yingying Wu to Lead TopCoder Operations in Asia

    GLASTONBURY, Conn., Oct. 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
TopCoder(R), Inc., the leader in online programming
competition, skills assessment and competitive software
development, today announced it has hired Yingying Wu as
Vice President of Operations for TopCoder in Asia. Wu will
oversee and manage TopCoder business relationships and will
build TopCoder's market presence and member enrollment
throughout the greater China and Asia region. The new
office will be known in China as
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    Wu has earned accolades for her technical skills
including the Innovation and Technology Prize of China in
2006, the highest award of its kind from China's Ministry
of Education, and the 2005 National Contest in Modeling in
Beijing where she took first prize. Technically
accomplished, she holds patents for several of her 100
inventions including OPEN Indexing Technology and Dynamic
Counter Cachet Technology. Wu also authored several
technology books including Data Structure and Comprehensive
Practical Activity and is a member of the American
Psychology Association and the Association for Computing
Machinery.

    Previous to TopCoder, she held a position with Edoor
Information and Technology Co. Ltd, in Dalian, China and
was the Asia coordinator for the ACM International
Collegiate Programming contest. Wu is currently a student
at California's Stanford University in the graduate program
of the university's Department of Psychology.

    "TopCoder has a large number of Chinese members
and has sought to establish a presence in China for some
time, however a unique person with a highly specialized set
of skills was needed," said Rob Hughes, President and
COO of TopCoder, Inc. "Yingying Wu brings with her a
graduate degree in psychology, extensive technical
understanding and a deep awareness of business management
all of which will bring significant value as we expand
membership and the TopCoder brand in China."

    About TopCoder, Inc.

    TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying,
evaluating and mobilizing effective software development
resources. Through its proprietary programming competitions
and rating system, TopCoder recognizes and promotes the
abilities of the best programmers around the world.
TopCoder Software harnesses the talent of these developers
to design, develop and deploy software through its
revolutionary competitive development methodology.
TopCoder's methodology emphasizes thorough specification
and design, distributed development using reusable
components, and a rigorous quality assurance review process
and results in higher quality, lower cost software solutions
than traditional software development methodologies. For
more information about sponsoring TopCoder Events,
recruiting TopCoder members and utilizing TopCoder
Software, visit http://www.topcoder.com .

    TopCoder is a registered trademark of TopCoder, Inc. in
the United States and other countries. All other product and
company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

    For more information, please contact:

    Jim McKeown
    TopCoder, Inc.
    Tel:  [phone]
    Email: [e-mail]

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