USTC Alumni Foundation - Board Election

Zhang Haiyang, 张海阳 9108 haiyang_2000 -AT- yahoo.com
1991-1996: USTC, BS
1998-1999: UMass Lowell, MS
2000-present: IBM/Rational Software.

I'm currently a member of the Governing Board 2005, and working as a coordinator for Goodwill Scholarship, which helps the USTC students with financial challenges. If elected, I will continue to work on the Goodwill Scholarship, and other regular tasks.
Xiaogang Chen 9102&9502s oxgchen -at- gmail.com
1991-1995, B.S., Physics, USTC
1995-1997, M.S., Physics, USTC
1997-1999, M.S., Computer Science, UMass Boston,
1999-2002, Software Engineer, Lucent technologies Inc.,
2002-2003, Software Engineer, DNCP/Cemprus Inc.,
2003-present, Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Elec. Eng., Columbia University

I used to be very active in USTC and had very good memory of those precious college days. After being hibernating in the New England for a couple of years, I decided to resume my social activity.

As a USTCer, I always think of making our Alma Mater a more prestigeful school in China and in the whole world. I found my allies in USTCAF. So I joined the AF's governing board in 2005. I helped on the public relations in handling the Goodwill scholarship. I think I should be able to make more contribution to USTCAF if I have more time to put into this wonderful endeavor.

I think I have the advantage of having very good connection both in USTC and in the US. I have been working very closely with some of the current high level USTC officials when I was the Chair of the graduate student association in USTC and I am still keeping a healthy relationship with them. On the other hand, after being staying in the US for more than 8 years, I gradually built my network here. I happened to be in the area (NYC) that probably has the highest density of USTCers. It makes me easier to meet our alumni. I think I can help the AF in attracting more donation from them.

I fully understand the commitment that we make when we decide to join the AFGB. I am willing to spend my spare time and effort in this, because I believe "Together, we can make a difference."
Dongzi Liu, 854/8500, dongzi_liu-at-yahoo.com
1985-1989 BS, USTC, Dept. 4;
1989-1994 PhD, University of Maryland, College Park;
1994-1997 Postdoc Research, Univ. of Chicago, UC San Diego;
1997-2002 R&D Engineer in Viewlogic, SunMicro, Lightspeed etc;
2002-Now Senior Staff Engineer, Cadence Design Systems.

I was one of co-founders for USTCAF, after serving in the Governing Board 7 years in a row(1996-2002), I took a leave to pursue my interest in other areas including strengthening USTC alumni network in Silicon Valley during its worst economic downturn. Now I am ready to come back to serve in the USTCAF Governing Board. Your VOTE will allow me to use my experience in Fundraising and Operation to help bring USTCAF closer to its next milestone and beyond. Thank you for your support.
Peng Jin, pjin-at-genetics.emory.edu
1989-1994 University of Science and Technology of China, P.R.China B.S. in Molecular Biology
1994-1999 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation Ph.D. in Molecular and Developmental Biology
1999-2004 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Department of Human Genetics Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow

I have been AF member for many years and feel it is now my responsibility to serve USTCAF to preserve the prestige of USTC and promote the interactions between oversea alumni and the people at USTC right now.
Su, Weijia, 777, weijiasu-AT-hotmail.com
1978-1982: USTC, BS in Geophysics
1978-1982: USTC, BS in Geophysics
1982-1985: USTC, MS in Geophysics
1986-1992: M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. in Geophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1993-1996: Research Associate, Harvard University
1996-1997: Senior software engineer, Micrion Corporation, Peabody, MA
1998-2005: MRI physicist and senior software development engineer, ONI Medical Systems Inc. Wilmington, MA
2005-present: independent software consultant, Tyler, Texas
I strongly feel that our older USTC graduates should do more to help the new generation, to make our university better. If elected, I will try my best to do fund raising and other regular tasks.
Liang, Shun, 0011, sliang2-at-uic.edu.
2000.9-2004.7 B.S., USTC, Computer Science Department
2004.8-present PhD student,UIC,Computer Science Department

I have known AF for more than 5 years, from the year 2000 when I first received AF's Goodwill Scholarship. Ever since then, I have been moved by the warm-hearted elder USTCers who founded AF and who have been running AF. I had thought of doing something for AF, but I was not sure what I can do. Now I think I should and I am able to do something, I would be glad to join all of you to make AF another great success. As we can see, the majority of AF members are now elder brothers/sisters, but fewer are young students graduated recently, like me. I think I share many opinions with other young USTC students, and I would like to take use of this advantages to introduce AF to them, to unite them around AF. Attracting donations is of course one purpose, but not my main purpose. I believe AF deserves more acceptance among young USTCers, the more acceptance of AF, the more funds we can raise. The only problem is how could we make AF well known to them. If elected, I would work on this problem, and I expect I can plan a good form of advertisement(low cost and easy acceptable) for graduation period(June to July, 2006) and "upgrade" period/new semester period(September to October, 2006).
Zhengang Zhao, 9011 daniel.zhao-at-gmail.com
1990-1995, USTC BS
1995-1998, Institute of Software CAS, MS
1998-2000, Polytechnic Univ., MS
2000-present, ArcSoft Inc.

USTCers, we met each other everywhere in United States. Everybody is doing very well. I! would like to serve for you to make sure not only you are doing better, but also USTC are better supported from us. I will focus on reaching AF's fund-raising goal and strengthening our alumni relationship.
Jingbo Zheng, 8810/8800, zheng_henry-at-yahoo.com
1988-1993, BS, USTC, Dept. 10;
1993-1994, Graduate School, USTC, Dept. 10;
1994-1996, MS, University of Houston, Texas;
1996-2003, Software Engineer at Owen Healthcare, Compaq, Corona Networks etc;
2003-Now, Technical Manager, Neoforma Inc., Silicon Valley, California

I was on the USTCAF Governing Board in the year of 1998, and witnessed the early growth of USTCAF. Inspired by the continuous support of many USTCers to the foundation, I would like to come back and contribute my share to grow USTCAF to the next level.

In recent years, I have been involved in the USTC alumni network in Silicon Valley. I would like to continue to play roles in helping alumni get connected and rallying them around to support USTCAF. I am a believer of "You are as good as your network", so as "USTC is as good as her alumni network".
GAO Li, 高力 9011, ox100_1999-at-yahoo.com
BS in Computer Science, USTC, 1995
MS in Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1998
MBA program, The University of Chicago, 2005 -

Held various software development positions in JPMorgan, Oracle, AvantGo and BDNA from 1999 to 2005.

USTCAF should continue its mission to support USTC financially and spiritually. On the top of that, it could make more efforts to build stronger alumni network and help the alumni succeed. I served as the Vice Chair of USTCAF in 2005 and contributed to various initiatives. I have also been a board member for USTCAA-SV. Since I believe no organization will succeed without individual members' success, my objective is to help promote networking within and outside the alumni community. If I am elected, I'll focus on improving communication and boosting career opportunities for our alumni.
Jinqiang Wu 吴今强, 9108 jinqiang_wu91(at)yahoo.com
Grew up on USTC campus
1996, B.S. Biology Sciences, USTC
1999, M.S. Computer Sciences, North Carolina State University
2000-present, Software Engineer, Cisco Systems
I have been aware of the existence of USTCAF for more than a few years, but not until 2003 when I was part of the alumni delegation and witnessed in person the USTCAF scholarship award to those students and young faculties did I begin to realize the relevance/significance of it.
I believe the continuous growth of USTCAF needs more fresh ideas and as many volunteers as possible. How to revive the interests and confidence in AF among alumni at home and abroad? How to promote the AF to newer USTC graduates? How to better communicate the functioning and accomplishment of AF to potential donors? Could we open the gate and attract donations from non-alumni and evolve AF to some type of endowment? .... I don't have all the answers now, but I would like to be part of a team to take USTCAF forward.
The growth of USTCAF shouldn't be nine days' wonder, it is going to be a long journey, from none to existence, from small to big, with donors from 80s's graduates to 90s' to future USTC graduates. And I would like to be part of this journey.
Hong Ni, 8703, ustcaf(aT)hong-ni.com
1987-1991 USTC Dept 3
1991-1996 Columbia University, Ph.D in Physical Chemistry
1996-1998 MIT, post-doctoral fellow
1998-Present Morgan Stanley, Executive Director/Portfolio Manager

USTCAF has serviced as an outstanding channel for USTC alumni to give something back to their roots. I am offering my enthusiasm and service to help USTCAF become a top-flight organization, broaden its reach and strengthen its influence.

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