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Club Officers 2006/2007

	Li Gao, Co-President Born and raised in Urumqi (Xinjiang), China, Li received a bachelor degree in economics and MS in Remote Sensing at Nanjing University. Upon graduation, she came to US to attend graduate school at North Carolina State University and received a Master's degree in 2001. Li then moved to Washington DC and worked for Booz Allen as an IT consultant for 4 years in its McLean office prior Sloan. This summer, Li will intern for Credit Suisse in New York in their Investment Banking division.

	Howard Zeng, Co-President Howard grew up in China before moving to the United States in high school. He obtained his B.S. from University of California at Berkeley and his M.S. from Columbia University. Howard is interning at HSBC Global Investment Banking in Hong Kong this summer.

	Lei Zuo, Vice-President, Outreach (Speakers)

	Qing Ji, Vice-President, Outreach (Corporate)
	Qing Ji, Vice-President, Outreach (Corporate)
	Yanping Huang, Vice-President, Marketing
	Yanping Huang, Vice-President, Marketing
	Christine Yick, Vice-President, Marketing Christine is from San Francisco and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Asian American Studies. After graduation, she held several roles at Gap Inc. Her most recent assignment was as an IT Project Manager responsible for software implementations. At Sloan, Christine is focused on marketing and is also involved with the Marketing Club. Christine is one of the Marketing VP's for the Asian Business Club.
	Adam Bastein, Vice-President ,Finance/Operations The Vice-President of Finance/Operations is responsible for the budget and spending allocations of the Asian Business Club. He is also responsible for collecting and accounting for membership dues and other revenue sources as well as facilitating reimbursements for approved expenditures by club members.

	Denise Moriguchi, Vice-President, Activities (internal) Denise was born and raised in Seattle, Washington but moved cross-country to attend Bowdoin College in Maine for undergrad where she received her degree in Economics and Asian Studies. Before coming to MIT Sloan, she worked for a small market research and strategy consultancy in Boston and an Asian food and gift importer/retailer in Seattle. Her professional interests lie in marketing, brand management and strategy. Over the summer, Denise worked for Starbucks Coffee Company as a product manager intern.

	Joe Trairatanobhas, Vice-President ,Activities (external)

	Nancy Ting, Vice-President ,Career Mentoring

Club Officers 2005/2006

	Sue Chan, Co-President Born in the US but raised in Taiwan, Sue completed her undergraduate degree in International Relations and Chinese Studies at Wellesley College. Upon graduation, Sue joined CBS News in New York as a Producer on the news website, where she covered both international and domestic content for the news network; including the Congressional Elections and the launch of the second Iraq War. Subsequently, Sue worked for the National Basketball Association where she focused on marketing through the league's international television channels, specifically in the Greater China region. Over the summer, Sue interned for the Coca-Cola Company in Shanghai in their integrated marketing department and is interested in pursuing a career in marketing.

	Isada Hiranwiwatkul, Co-President Born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, Isada received a degree in mechanical engineering. Right after college, he started his career with Michelin, one of the “big-three” tire manufacturers. Later on, he decided to join ExxonMobil, one of the world-leading oil-and-gas producers with $21.5 billion of net income last year (2003). At ExxonMobil, he was working for the Refining and Supply division with a focus on operations management and engineering. After working there for 3 years, he decided to pursue a degree in MBA. Isada comes to Sloan with a strong interest in strategic management. He plans to leverage his skills learned from ExxonMobil and knowledge learned from Sloan to pursue his career in management consulting for both summer internship and full-time employment.

	Jamie Qin, Co-President Jamie is originally from Beijing , China , but spent the later 10 years of her life in New York . After completing her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from State University of New York at Binghamton , Jamie joined Accenture as an IT management consultant and worked there for 4 years. Based out of the New York office, she worked on various projects across Telecommunication, Software, Pharmaceutical, Media and Entertainment, and Retail industries. Over the past summer, Jamie did her internship as a strategic management consultant at A.T. Kearney Shanghai office.

	Edward Shi, Co-President Edward graduated from Han Tok Su university in Pyongyang, DPR Korea and worked for the TRADOS corporation China - a US based computer-aided software developer with ten operations in eight countries. He became managing director and was responsible for generating business plans, manage marketing and sales process of TRADOS China and TRADO Singapore, and supervise local product development team. Edward is interested in pursuing a career in marketing.

	Brandon Wu, Co-President Brandon was born in Taiwan and raised in the US. He received his Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University during which he conducted research on the underlying philosophical and cultural differences in business creativity and innovation between Asian and Western companies. After graduating, he worked as a software engineer in the Silicon Valley for two and a half years. Prior to Sloan, Brandon was an Assistant Manager at Vincera Ventures in Taipei responsible for deal sourcing and due diligence in the communications, wireless and software sectors.

	Liz Su, Vice-President, Recruiting Liz Studied her bachelor degree at Wuhan university in China before coming to the US to pursue a master degree in economics at Tufts University. Afterwards, she worked for th analysis group in Boston and was responsible for managing several consulting engagement, developed valuation models on behalf of major investment bank client to asses impact of asset disposition transaction on stock price, and assisted senior partners in pitch efforts. Liz was also one of the lead organizers for the Asia trek to Hong Kong and she is interested in pursuing a career in finance.
	Sara Yun, Vice-President of Alumni Relations Sara was born in Hong Kong but moved to New York City when she was five. She graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2000. Before coming to MIT Sloan, she worked as a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a financial analyst at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management.

	ZhiYing Jiang , Vice-President of Finace/Operations Zhiying studied computer science at the polytechnic university in Brooklyn, New York before working for Goldman Sachs in the proprietary accounting and risk analysis department, responsible for streamlining workflow and reducing cost in business units that manage the firm's risk exposure. She became vice president and was responsible for reengineering the firm's trading account system that is used by over 1000 users with the firm. Zhiying is interested in pursuing a career in either finance and management consultant.

	Bernard Chan, Vice-President, Corporate Relations Bernard studied Electrical Engineering at the university of waterloo before working at Applied micro circuit as a senior engineer. He interned during the summer at Bain in Hong Kong and is looking to pursue a career in entrepreneurship or finance.

	Vincent Wang, Vice-President, Speaker Series Vincent is the VP in charge of speaker series at Asian Business Club. Prior to Sloan, Vincent served as a senior management role at BDA China, a boutique consulting firms focusing on China's telecom and technology market. At BDA, Vincent helped to build up its consulting businesses in telecom sector. As a well-recognized industry analyst in China, Vincent was frequently quoted by International and domestic media such as Red Herring, Rueters, Caijing and 21st Century Business Heralds. Vincent holds a BS from Tsinghua University. My goal is to build as a bridge between MIT Sloan and the Asian Business community. We bring the most influential business leadership from Asia and the most update information about Asia to Sloan. At the same time, we bring Sloan's academic excellence and practical knowledge to the Asian business context.

	Eva Lin, Vice-President of Marketing Eva was born and raised in Taiwan. Before coming to Sloan, Eva spent two years at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking in Taipei working with clients in financial industry and technology industry. Before Morgan Stanley, she worked for one year at Deloitte & Touche Risk Consulting Division, a group providing solutions to improve clients’ business processes. She completed her undergraduate degree in Economics from National Taiwan University.

	Sandy Yan, Vice-President of Interschool Relations Sandy graduated from the Nanjing University with a degree in Chemistry before completing her PhD in Electrical engineering in Milwaukee, WI. She worked in the National commodity Trading Corp and became head trader of commodity and futures. She sat in the board of directors in the THE GROUP INC in Wiscosin and became managing director of FRI TECH, an IT consulting company focused on small businesses. Sandy is interested in working in finance and trading.

	Shingo Murakami Vice-President of Social Events Shingo received a degree in mechanical engineering fro Kyoto University and worked for the ITOCHU corporation, a globally integrated enterprise with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. Shingo became assistant manager in the strategic aerospace program and directed an 18 person startup as CFO and COO. Shingo is interested in pursuing a career in management consulting and marketing.

	Thapana Phanich (Tap), Vice-President of Corporate Sponsorship Having lived and studied in three continents before attaining a Bsc. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in 2000, Tap worked as an IT strategy consultant first for American Management Systems (AMS), and then Wipro Technologies (following the acquisition of the energy group) where he helped manage large-scale IT projects for several major accounts in North America. Tap worked at the Thai Government Pension Fund during his summer internship and assisted the equities research department in the IPO valuation for the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). Tap plans to work in the finance industry after graduation - focusing either in investment management or hedge fund arena.

	Ted Chen, Asian American SIG Chair (Special Interest Group) Ted graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in the bachelor of science in computer engineering and a minor in Economics. He worked at Sapient corporation before moving on to Data Advantage Group and then Sun Microsystems, where he became responsible for managing and coordinating efforts of 22 engineers to address product quality issues and reduce deployment and support service cost. Ted is interested in pursuing a career in finance and private equity.

	Bing Chen, China SIG Chair (Special Interest Group) Bing is a native of Shanghai , China , and completed his undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has lived and worked in China , Canada and USA . Prior to Sloan, he worked at PROS Revenue Management, focusing on pricing software solutions and Trilogy Inc as an IT consultant. At Asian Business Club, he is the contact person for China Special Interest Group activities.

	Howard Shen, SIG Chair (Special Interest Group) Howard was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at the age of seven. He has since received a BS in Computer Systems and an MS in Electrical Engineering, both from Stanford University. After Stanford, Howard spent three years working for Silicon Valley startups as an software engineer and systems architech. Immediately prior to Sloan, Howard worked for Centrality Communication, a GPS chip design company which was based in California, but had over 75% of operations in China. Currently, Howard is a Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) Fellow at the Sloan school and pursuing a MS in Engineering Systems focusing on Technology Policy along with his Sloan MBA.
	Vince Valdepenas, SEAsia SIG Chair (Special Interest Group) Vince was born and raised in Manila , Philippines . Prior coming to MIT Sloan, he was involved in several start-up companies in different sectors such as technology, transportation, and outsourcing services. He founded Summit Technologies Corporation, a 50-person medical transcription firm, which offers transcription services to US and Philippine hospitals. He also founded Asianware Technologies Corporation which is a document management and software company serving several large Philippine enterprises. He received his Bachelors degree in Management from Ateneo de Manila University.

Club Officers 2004/2005

	Simon Poon, Co-President Simon grew up in NYC and attended Columbia University for his undergraduate studies in Materials Science. After graduating from Columbia, Simon joined Accenture's Technology Practice Group and was aligned to the Financial Services Industry. With three years of experience at Accenture, Simon left the company and founded CommonMind LLC, an Internet and eCommerce consulting firm. Concurrently, he also founded an eCommerce and gift services company, GiftMe.com, inc. Directly prior to Sloan, Simon structured the acquisition of a Nasdaq-listed environmental business company in China and joined as a Director of the Board to the company.

		Serene Jiratanan, Co-President A Thai-Singaporean, Serene completed her undergraduate degree in Economics from Cornell University. Upon graduation, she joined Bain & Company as a strategic management consultant and worked for 2.5 years in the Singapore and San Francisco offices with clients in the telecommunications, technology and financial services industries. She spent the following three years with Morgan Stanley’s Corporate Finance, M&A and Transportation Groups in the Singapore, Hong Kong and New York offices. Serene will be spending the summer with IBM Global Finance in Armonk, NY.

	Yicong Li, Co-President Yicong was born and raised in China. After receiving his college degrees in electrical engineering and English from Tianjin University, he came to the U.S. for graduate study. He conducted research in estimation theory, data fusion, and theater ballistic missile tracking, and co-authored several publications. Prior to MIT Sloan, Yicong worked for Comverse, a leading telecom equipment company, in U.S., Middle East, and Asia for over five years. At Comverse, he was a project manager for a next generation product.

	Amauri Hong, Vice President of Finance & Operations Amauri is originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, but spent the later 10 years of his life in Sydney, Australia. Prior to Sloan, he was a Research Engineer focusing on the development of alternative technologies for water treatment. He holds an honors B.E. and a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and most of his academic research was performed at the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology. His research made him recipient of the “Australian Young Water Scientist of the Year” award in 2003.

	Jooyong Lee, Vice President of Speaker Series Jooyong is from South Korea. After having completed her undergraduate degree from Yonsei University, she joined Procter & Gamble as a financial analyst. For one and half years, she supported top management in Korea, addressing a wide range of issues. Thereafter, she moved to Japan office and worked as a Pampers brand analyst for two and half years, performing analyses on pricing, sourcing, and new product development. In this summer, she did an internship at McKinsey & Company in Seoul, Korea.

	Andre Gisiger, Vice President of Social Activities André is a native of Switzerland and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to Sloan, André was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Advisory Services in San Francisco, working on global projects spanning over Asia, Europe and the Americas. At the MIT Sloan Asian Business Club he is in charge of social events.

	Lucia Mok, Vice President of Alumni Relations & Marketing Lucia is a native of Hong Kong and a graduate of Cornell University. Prior to Sloan, she worked for Accenture & Co. in Hong Kong, specializes in business planning and customer relationship management for financial services and government sectors in Greater China. Subsequent to Accenture, Lucia was engaged as a Market Development Executive in the retail business focusing on new product development and market expansion in North America, Europe and Australia.

	Yichao Cui, Vice President of Technology Yichao Cui is a native of China. Prior to Sloan, he was an entrepreneur in China, running a software company providing stock trading and analyzing software to Chinese securities corporations. He holds a BS degree and a MS degree both in electronics from Wuhan University. At the MIT Sloan Asian Business Club he is in charge of technology.

	Nancy Hu, Vice President of Recruiting Nancy was born and raised in the U.S. (Michigan). She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Science. Prior to Sloan, Nancy worked for Deloitte Consulting in Chicago for four years, focusing on the financial services industry. Within the Asian Business Club, she is the contact person for all recruiting-related company communications.

	Ruby Lam, Vice President of Inter-School Relations Ruby is a native of Hong Kong, and graduated from Stanford University (M.S.) and Northwestern University (B.S.). Prior to Sloan, she worked at Monitor Group, focusing on marketing and operations strategies. Ruby is a Leaders-for-Manufacturing (LFM) fellow at Sloan. At Asian Business Club, she is in charge of relationship development with other business and professional schools.

	Sue Peng, Vice President of Cultural Activities (C-Function) Sue is a Chinese native. She worked for Shell China Ltd. prior to coming to the US. In the past eight years, Sue worked in North America within a variety of industries in a finance role. Her most recent assignment prior to coming to Sloan was as the Financial Information Manager at the Boston Medical Center. At Asian Business Club, Sue is in charge of embracing Asia cultural activities at Sloan.

	Chye Hee Tan, Vice President of Corporate Relations Chye Hee Tan held various management, strategic planning & policy formulation portfolios in the Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore) and the Singapore Administrative Service. He graduated with a Masters degree in Engineering (First Class Honors) from Oxford and was a Michel Exhibitioner of The Queen’s College, Oxford University. Chye Hee is also a US Fulbright Scholar 2003-2004.

	Brandon Wu, Vice President of IAP AsiaTrek Brandon was born in Taiwan and raised in the US. He received his Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University during which he conducted research on the underlying philosophical and cultural differences in business creativity and innovation between Asian and Western companies. After graduating, he worked as a software engineer in the Silicon Valley for two and a half years. Prior to Sloan, Brandon was an Assistant Manager at Vincera Ventures in Taipei responsible for deal sourcing and due diligence in the communications, wireless and software sectors.

	Sara Yun, Vice President of IAP AsiaTrek I was born in Hong Kong but moved to New York City when I was five. I graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2000. Before coming to MIT Sloan, I worked as a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a financial analyst at JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management. My interests include finance, tennis, and culinary arts.

	Isada Hiranwiwatkul, Vice President of spring break AsiaTrek Born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, Isada received a degree in mechanical engineering. Right after college, he started his career with Michelin, one of the “big-three” tire manufacturers. Later on, he decided to join ExxonMobil, one of the world-leading oil-and-gas producers with $21.5 billion of net income last year (2003). At ExxonMobil, he was working for the Refining and Supply division with a focus on operations management and engineering. After working there for 3 years, he decided to pursue a degree in MBA. Isada comes to Sloan with a strong interest in strategic management. He plans to leverage his skills learned from ExxonMobil and knowledge learned from Sloan to pursue his career in management consulting for both summer internship and full-time employment.

	Eva Lin, Vice President of spring break AsiaTrek Eva Lin was born and raised in Taiwan. Before coming to Sloan, Eva spent two years at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking in Taipei working with clients in financial industry and technology industry. Before Morgan Stanley, she worked for one year at Deloitte & Touche Risk Consulting Division, a group providing solutions to improve clients’ business processes. She completed her undergraduate degree in Economics from National Taiwan University.

	Xi Xi, Co-Chair of China SIG (Special Interest Group) Xi Xi is a native of China, and graduated from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing, China. He has lived and worked in Beijing and Toronto. Prior to Sloan, Xi worked at SINOCHEM, ABN AMRO, and co-founded one finance consulting company. At Asian Business Club, he is co-chair of China SIG.

	Niraj Kumar, Co-Chair of India SIG (Special Interest Group) Prior to MIT Sloan, Niraj was a Sr. Consultant at Trilogy, a private enterprise software company, where he led multi-million dollar cross-organizational projects. Before Trilogy, he was an Analyst at D. E. Shaw – a quantitative hedge fund with over approximately 7 Billion in aggregate capital. He has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from UIUC.

	Vipin Gupta, Co-Chair of India SIG (Special Interest Group) Vipin is a native of India and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. At MIT, Vipin is a joint Sloan and Chemical Engineering Student as a part of the CEP program. He is currently on the executive committee for the Global-TIES Conference representing the South Asian Business Club. Prior to Sloan, Vipin worked in the Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics group at MIT for three years. Vipin has worked with several biotech firms such as Agamatrix and Alkermes doing market research and technology development.

	Myongsup Song, Co-Chair of Korea SIG (Special Interest Group) Myongsup is a second year MBA focusing on strategy and entrepreneurship. Prior to Sloan, He spent 6 years as an IT entrepreneur for corporations and government organizations. He co-founded two software companies, Ubiz systems and Somansa focusing on product development and project management. Myongsup attended Seoul National University, where he received BS and MS in Industrial Engineering.

	Kotaro Matsuda, Co-Chair of Japan SIG (Special Interest Group) Mr. Matsuda specializes in M&A advisory business. Prior to his current position, Mr. Matsuda spent more than 5 years at Nomura Wasserstein Perella and Nomura Securities as senior associate of M&A Advisory department, and advised more than 20 M&A transactions. Mr. Matsuda also has broad experience in intra-group restructuring through M&A and advised numerous leading companies. As a leader of financial analysis, Mr. Matsuda was in charge of financial analyses in his most M&A transactions and also in charge of Nomura’s financial training programs and valuation committee.Mr. Matsuda received B.A. in Economics from Waseda University in 1998.

	Nobuhiko Seki, Co-Chair of Japan SIG (Special Interest Group) Nobu was born and raised in Japan. He attended the University of Tokyo and received B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. After his graduation, he joined the Japan branch of Arthur D. Little as a management consultant and spent about 5 years there. At ADL, he worked mainly with electronics manufacturers and telecom carriers, and assisted them to plan corporate/division strategies, develop new business plans, and reform product development process etc.

Club Officers 2003/2004

	Prior to MITSloan, David worked at Manugistics, where he was responsible for the technology strategy and implementation of a multi-million intelligent supply chain and auction solution for one of the world’s largest mining company in Brazil. Prior to Manugistics, David worked at APPNET (acquired by Commerce One in 2000), where he was the Director of Technology Services responsible for the strategic planning, technology management, and systems engineering of the enterprise software engineering division with annual revenues of $10 million and 40+ engineers. David also helped redefine operating processes to lower costs by 40% and meet quarterly revenue targets by streamlining the systems engineering process while improving the sales process. David is currently working on his MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management. David received his Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science, Biochemistry, and Physiology & Neurobiology from the University of Maryland. He was also the President of the Asian Engineering Student Association at the University of Maryland.
David Nguyen Co-President

	Sam has extensive experience in new venture management, consulting and business development in the internet/e-commerce sector. Prior to MIT Sloan, he was a senior management consultant at PA Consulting Group managing projects in the interactive media and financial services industry. Before joining PA, Sam co-founded autofreeways.com, an Asian based internet start-up with presence in 5 countries (HK, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia), which he subsequently sold. Preceding that, Sam was one of the focal points for e-business development at Jardine Matheson Group, one of the biggest conglomerates in Asia employing over 130,000 people. As head of strategic planning department, Sam proposed and executed business plan in various internet sectors including internet retailing, e-commerce solution delivery, telecom infrastructure, and IT outsourcing. In earlier capacity as head of internet solutions department, Sam won and successfully delivered high-profile e-commerce projects in the Greater China Region. Sam is now a first year MIT Sloan MBA student focusing on New Product and Venture Development.
Sam Lai Co-President

Mavis is a first year MBA student at MIT Sloan School of Management focusing on business and marketing strategy for the high tech sector. She has a keen interest in the wireless communications domain. Prior to Sloan, Mavis worked for JTC Corporation, Singapore's leading provider of industrial land and facilities. In her three years with JTC as a Senior Strategic Analyst, Mavis handled projects covering corporate strategy and planning, corporate development and business policy formulation. She then spent one year with the Ministry of Trade and Industry as Senior Assistant Director formulating national policies and strategies relating to management of industrial land resource in Singapore.

Mavis read Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (London, UK) under a full graduate scholarship from JTC Corporation. She graduated with a Masters of Engineering (with First Class Honors) in 1997.

Mavis Chong
Co-President

At MITSloan, Chung-Hung has been elected Senator of the Caribbean Ocean and Co-President of the Asian Business Club. During his Senatorial duties, he is the chair of the Alumni Relations Committee, and is currently working with the Academic Committee to institute an ethics course in the MBA curriculum. Prior to MITSloan, Chung worked at Deloitte Consulting and gained his expertise on the stages of the product life-cycle: from design, development, testing, implementation, to marketing of products. He also has managed large cross-cultural, international projects while at Deloitte Consulting, and has considerable experience in managing cross-functional teams on projects in financial service industry.

Chung-Hung graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL with a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Science.

Chung-Hung Lee
Co-President

Club Officers 2001/2002

Pak-Seng focuses on Venture Capital and Corporate Strategy in his MBA program. He is active in venture capital activities in MIT. He worked for the Private Equity Division of Merrill Lynch in summer 2001. Prior to Sloan, he worked four years in Transpac Capital, an Asian private equity firm with a fund size of US$820m. He has extensive experience in buyouts and growth capital investments in a wide range of industries, including electronics, consumer products, food, healthcare, and software.

Pak-Seng graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with a degree in Accountancy (Honors). He worked in the audit division of PricewaterhouseCoopers after graduation, and was qualified as a Certified Public Accountant. He is also a member of Mensa International.

Pak Seng Lai
Co-President

Malee Asavathiratham is a second-year MBA student focusing in Corporate Strategy and Marketing area. In Summer 2001, Malee worked as an internal consultant at Corporate Strategy and Knowledge Development division at General Motors, Detroit, MI focusing on e-business initiatives. Prior to Sloan, in 1998, Malee spent a year working as an R&D chemist at Rust-Oleum corporation in Wisconsin. After that, Malee moved back to Thailand and worked as a purchasing manager at Dyno Paints Limited.

Malee received a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and a Master of Science degree in Polymer and Coatings from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. In her spare time, she enjoys playing golf and traveling.

Malee Asavathiratham
Co-President

Chris Pun is a second-year MBA student with a strong focus in Financial Management and Corporate Strategy. During the summer of 2001, he worked for Merrill Lynch Investment Banking in executing M&A and Corporate Finance transactions in New York. Prior to Sloan, Chris worked as a Derivatives Analyst and Risk Management Associate for T.D. Securities, a top-tier investment bank in Canada. He also worked as a Senior Actuarial Analyst for Sun Life Financial, one of the largest financial services company in Canada.

Chris obtained his Bachelor degree in Actuarial Science & Statistics from University of Waterloo in 1998. He subsequently qualified as the Fellow of Society of Actuaries specializing in Financial Engineering in 2000. He enjoys playing basketball and camping.

Chris Pun
Co-President

Prasenjit is in his second year at the MIT Sloan School of Management, focusing on technology strategy and economics. Over the summer, Prasenjit worked in Sunnyvale for Atheros Communications, where he helped the Product Management group build a pricing/production model for their product portfolio, as well as identify partners for next generation product development. Prior to Sloan, he worked at management consulting firm Accenture out of the Singapore office, implementing ERP/Internet infrastructure solutions for a wide variety of clients, and advising Fortune 100 firms on implementing Internet strategies.

Prasenjit graduated from Nanyang Technological University in 1997 with a honors degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a citizen of India, and holds permanent residency in Singapore. He is fluent in Hindi, Bengali, and Assamese.

Prasenjit Phukan
Co-President

Ambassadors

Ambassadors are 2nd year Sloan students who act as valuable resources for incoming students to not only learn about the club's activities, but also to get advice on general business school issues. Some of the ambassadors for the current term include ...

Jerry Lee Ambassador	Jerry Lee is in his second year at MIT Sloan School of Management, focusing on organizational and technology strategy. Prior to Sloan, he ran his own sales and marketing firm for six years before joining another start-up for two more years. With extreme interest in entrepreneurship, he will most likely join a start-up organization in a business development position. Jerry also received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland at College Park.
Gene Kuo Ambassador	A second year MBA student, Gene Kuo is preparing for a career in management consulting. Prior to Sloan, Gene attended Trinity University, a small liberal arts college in Texas, where he received degrees in Economics and International Studies. From there, he spent four years as an IT consultant for the financial services industry specializing in service operations improvement. Although he was born and raised in the Northeast, Gene considers himself a full-fledged "Texan" and plans on returning to Houston after graduation. There, he will hopefully purchase a home, begin working in November, and again feast on good Cajun, Tex-Mex, and South American food.
Paul Ko Ambassador	Paul Ko is a second year MBA student at the Sloan School focused on new product/venture development and technology strategy. Prior to Sloan, Paul co-founded an information portal servicing 350 entering MBA students (www.sloan2002.com). He is also active in venture capital and e-business activities at MIT. During the past summer, Paul worked at KnowledgeCube Ventures, where he evaluated early-stage investment opportunities and provided assistance to portfolio companies. Before Sloan, he worked at Sun Microsystems and Accenture as a software consultant specializing in e-commerce systems. Paul received a BS (with Distinction) in Industrial Management / Computer Science from Purdue University.
Levi Shapiro Ambassador	Holding a degree in Asian Studies and fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Levi has worked extensively in Asia. This includes four years in Tokyo with Toyota Motors and two years in Beijing with ARA Consulting. After Sloan, Levi plans to work for technology start-ups.

Club Officers 2000/2001

Lena Chi, Co-Presidents
Srinath Narayanan, Co-Presidents
Guru Prasanna, Co-Presidents
Albert Yu, Co-Presidents

Club Officers 1999/2000

Wilkie Wong, Co-Presidents
Caroline Yang, Co-Presidents
Delbert Chew, Co-Presidents
Elizabeth Lin, Co-Presidents
Michael Ang, Co-Presidents
Ming Wei Lim, Co-Presidents

Club Officers 1998/1999

Key Contacts: Kenneth Hui, Kathy Yao
Career: Becky Woo, Kathy Yao
Communication: Kenneth Hui, David Xu
Seminars / Education: Rebecca Li
Social Networking: Shin Nakamura

Club Officers 1997/1998

Key Contacts: Siu Fung Chan, Stephanie H. Tan
Career: Benjamin Mok, May Yan
Communication: Chian Der Liang, Manasawin Vinicchayakul
Seminars: Tito Vincent R. Fajardo, Siew Kiang Ng
Social: Yumiko Mitarai, Philip Mok

Club Officers 1996/1997

Ricky Ho, Co-Presidents
Ken Kasegawa, Co-Presidents
Junichi Suzuki, Co-Presidents
Jessica Wan, Co-Presidents
Tami Zhu, Co-Presidents

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