Vice President at BesTV (Shanghai Media Group)
China
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- Vice President at BesTV
- Past
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- CEO at Wealink.com
- Senior Manager at Business Incubator of National Chung Hsing University
- General Manager at Myrice.com (Lycos Asia)
- Program Director at FM 99.1 (Super FM Taichung)
- Education
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- National Chung Hsing University
- National Chung Hsing University
- foon yew high school
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Ian Chin’s Summary
Ian was recognized as the top 15 Web 2.0 leaders by China Business News in 2006, a part-time newspaper columnist, innovation theory evangelist. His fulltime job is the VP of New Product Development at BesTV (IPTV service provider, subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group)Prior to that, Ian was the CEO of Wealink.com, a business social network service(SNS) website in Shanghai, prior to that, he worked in a university based business incubator, awarded "Incubator Manager of the Year 2005" in Taiwan. Ian started his career In the early stage of internet industry in China (1999), the portal he led, Myrice.com was acquired by Lycos Asia in 2001 for 16 million USD.
Ian was born in KL, Malaysia, educated in Taiwan, has worked in many Chinese cities (Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing), he also speaks many languages and Chinese dialects: English, Mandarin, Bahasa, Hakka, Cantonese, Hokienese, Taiwanese, Shanghainese.
Ian's first master training was Culture Study and he obtained his MBA degree during working in the business incubator. He has more than ten years of working experience in media management, marketing and communication, innovation management, business startup, business incubation. He is also a tenor and an amateur play actor, he hosted a radio show for the "sleepless souls" in Taiwan when he was still a graduate student.
Ian Chin’s Specialties:
Technology and Innovation Management, Cultural Study, fluent in English, Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokienese, Taiwanese, Hakka, Shanghainese), Malay, Indonesian.
Ian Chin’s Experience
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Vice President
BesTV
(Broadcast Media industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
New Product Development, focussing on IPTV, mobile and WIFI content delivery, social network and user interface.
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CEO
Wealink.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2006 — July 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Wealink is the biggest business SNS in China
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Senior Manager
Business Incubator of National Chung Hsing University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
April 2002 — October 2006 (4 years 7 months)
university technology spin off, incubator operation, technology innovation
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General Manager
Myrice.com (Lycos Asia)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
September 1999 — July 2001 (1 year 11 months)
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Program Director
FM 99.1 (Super FM Taichung)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 1997 — March 1998 (11 months)
Program rundown editing, DJ management, run own radio show.
Ian Chin’s Education
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National Chung Hsing University
MBA , Technology and Innovation Management , 2004 — 2006
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National Chung Hsing University
BA, MA , English , 1990 — 1997
Lead Actor-- Mid Summer Night's Dream
- Activities and Societies:
- Conductor, University Choir
Vice Chairman, Overseas Chinese Society
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foon yew high school
