#1: ZT: 七月十二日硅谷华源科技协会精英讲座系列 -- An Insider’s View on Lenovo-IBM Deal and Chinese Enterprise Globalization (1428 reads) 作者: wanderer, 时间: 2005-6-24 周五, 14:46 — 作者：wanderer 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
HYSTA Distinguished Speaker Series: An Insider’s View on Lenovo-IBM Deal and Chinese Enterprise Globalization
Speaker: Mr. Lee S. Ting, Independent Director of Lenovo and Managing Director of WR Hambrech+Co.
Co-sponsor: Mission College and Shearman & Sterling LLP
About this seminar
Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM PC Division was finally closed in May 2005. Lenovo, thus, emerged to be the third-largest PC manufacturer in the world, behind Dell and HP. Comments on the merger are mixed, but few have insight into the true cause of the deal.
Mr. Lee Ting, an insider of Lenovo will disclose his first-hand knowledge about the Lenovo-IBM deal. His speech covers:
- Overview of the whole transaction process including the critical milestones
- Untold stories about the attitude of Lenovo management towards the deal
- Insightful analysis of the advantages to Lenovo and IBM out of this deal as well as the impact on PC industry
- Current challenges/ strategies for Lenovo in competing on a global scale
- Differences of serving on the board of a Chinese company vs. US companies
- Prospects for Chinese enterprises going global in the future and his suggestions
Pricing:
Free to paid members of HYSTA EC/ VC / ELF and $5 to the public with online registration by 07/07/2005. RSVP at https://www.hysta.org/event_detail.php?id124
Additional $10 for on-site registration
Note: Refreshment will be provided
Speaker Biography:
Mr. Lee S. Ting is an independent Board Member of the public companies Lenovo. He joined Lenovo in 2003 and played an instrumental role in pushing the company going global.
Mr. Ting is a former Corporate Vice President of Hewlett Packard where he worked for more than thirty years. He started as an R & D engineer and had worked in several managerial positions including the founder and General Manager of HP Taiwan and General Manager of Far East Region. While he was a Corporate Vice President and Managing Director of Worldwide Geographic Operations, he was responsible for HP’s customer facing organizations in all the countries in which the company had a business presence.
Mr. Ting is currently a Managing Director of WR Hambrecht+Co, the investment bank based in San Francisco. He is also a member of the Committee of 100.
Mr. Ting received his BSEE from the Oregon State University and is fluent in English, Chinese and Portuguese.
