Jia Chen
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Dr. Jia Chen is currently Director of Technical Sales & Innovation for IBM
’s Growth Market Units, based in Shanghai, China. Dr. Chen has leadership for technical sales team across all IBM's sectors for Greater China Group, ASEAN, Australia/New Zealand, Korea, India, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America.
Dr. Chen was formerly Program Director for Innovation at IBM Corporate Headquarters. She was responsible for the identification, structuring and execution of first of a kind technology and business initiatives that provide innovative and sustainable differentiation for IBM’s clients. She led IBM cross business units global teams and drove collaborative innovation in datacenter, cloud, smarter security and energy with major multi-national firms.
She received her B. S. from Fudan University
, Shanghai
, China
, and her Ph.D in physics from Yale University
. In 2005, she was named to the MIT
Technology Review
TR35
as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.In 2006 she was honored as Best Researcher of the Year by Small Times magazine, recognized as one of the top 15 innovators of Nano50 by NASA's Nanotech Briefs and inducted as a Fellow of the World Technology Network. Dr. Chen holds both U.S. and foreign patents. She is the author of numerous professional publications, and a frequent invited/keynote speaker at professional society conferences.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
’s Growth Market Units, based in Shanghai, China. Dr. Chen has leadership for technical sales team across all IBM's sectors for Greater China Group, ASEAN, Australia/New Zealand, Korea, India, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America.
Dr. Chen was formerly Program Director for Innovation at IBM Corporate Headquarters. She was responsible for the identification, structuring and execution of first of a kind technology and business initiatives that provide innovative and sustainable differentiation for IBM’s clients. She led IBM cross business units global teams and drove collaborative innovation in datacenter, cloud, smarter security and energy with major multi-national firms.
She received her B. S. from Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...
, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, and her Ph.D in physics from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. In 2005, she was named to the MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
Technology Review
Technology Review
Technology Review is a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1899 as "The Technology Review", and was re-launched without the "The" in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey...
TR35
TR35
The TR35 is an annual list published by MIT Technology Review magazine, naming the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35.Some of the most famous winners of the award include Larry Page and Sergey Brin , Linus Torvalds , Jerry Yang , Jonathan Ive , Mark Zuckerberg...
as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.In 2006 she was honored as Best Researcher of the Year by Small Times magazine, recognized as one of the top 15 innovators of Nano50 by NASA's Nanotech Briefs and inducted as a Fellow of the World Technology Network. Dr. Chen holds both U.S. and foreign patents. She is the author of numerous professional publications, and a frequent invited/keynote speaker at professional society conferences.