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Our mission is to foster greater communication, collaboration and positive contact between the indigenous and non-indigenous worlds, helping reduce tensions along this global, historical fault line between ancient and modern societies and to build relationships between our two worlds.
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Young Hmong online in Sapa
Who's Who
Zellen with Asli singer in Malaysia
Staff:
Barry Zellen
Founder
Advisory Board:
Arthur Chin
Silicon Valley, USA
Arthur Chin is a high-tech executive based in Silicon Valley. He is a graduate of MIT and earned his MBA at NYU. He has had careers in IT, banking and management consulting -- living and traveling extensively in Asia, Europe and South America. He serves as the Executive Director of Ascend, a national network dedicated to the advancement of pan-Asians in management and leadership via mentorship. He has been involved with regional business, networking and charitable organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce, AAMA, PJCC, Toastmasters and the KoC. In his spare time he has produced independent films (“Undoing” starring Sung Kang, Kelly Hu and Russell Wong) and enjoys classical and pop music and culture with his 3 adorable monsters.
Ha Cao
Hanoi, Vietnam/Cambridge, USA
Ha Cao is from Hanoi, Vietnam and is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Smith College, where she awarded top honors for the best undergraduate thesis in economics. She served as Senior Research Analyst at the Brattle Group economic consulting firm, and is currently earning her MBA from the Harvard Business School. Ha is founder and director of the Institute for Media Innovation, an educational non-profit dedicated to fostering the foundations of journalism in Vietnam. Ha’s professional interest is in facilitating the transfer of technology, knowledge and capital between the developed and developing world.
Qiang Li
Shanghai, China
Since 2004, Qiang Li has served as Senior Product Manager at ArcSoft, the imaging software company. Before that, Qiang served for two years as Product Manager at Intervideo, prior to which he served as Software Development Manager at ArcSoft for three years. Qiang is a graduate of Hangzhou Dianzi University. He lives in Shanghai, China.
Barry Zellen
Founder
Advisory Board:
Arthur Chin
Silicon Valley, USA
Arthur Chin is a high-tech executive based in Silicon Valley. He is a graduate of MIT and earned his MBA at NYU. He has had careers in IT, banking and management consulting -- living and traveling extensively in Asia, Europe and South America. He serves as the Executive Director of Ascend, a national network dedicated to the advancement of pan-Asians in management and leadership via mentorship. He has been involved with regional business, networking and charitable organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce, AAMA, PJCC, Toastmasters and the KoC. In his spare time he has produced independent films (“Undoing” starring Sung Kang, Kelly Hu and Russell Wong) and enjoys classical and pop music and culture with his 3 adorable monsters.
Ha Cao
Hanoi, Vietnam/Cambridge, USA
Ha Cao is from Hanoi, Vietnam and is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Smith College, where she awarded top honors for the best undergraduate thesis in economics. She served as Senior Research Analyst at the Brattle Group economic consulting firm, and is currently earning her MBA from the Harvard Business School. Ha is founder and director of the Institute for Media Innovation, an educational non-profit dedicated to fostering the foundations of journalism in Vietnam. Ha’s professional interest is in facilitating the transfer of technology, knowledge and capital between the developed and developing world.
Qiang Li
Shanghai, China
Since 2004, Qiang Li has served as Senior Product Manager at ArcSoft, the imaging software company. Before that, Qiang served for two years as Product Manager at Intervideo, prior to which he served as Software Development Manager at ArcSoft for three years. Qiang is a graduate of Hangzhou Dianzi University. He lives in Shanghai, China.
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