Carolyn Chin

Carolyn Chin is a technology and e-business savvy senior executive with general management, strategy, marketing, technology and operations experience in information technology, financial services, media, telecommunications, health, education and small business market segments. She has extensive start-up and turnaround expertise and a strong track record for breakthrough problem solving, profit and market share improvement, speedy results, talent recruitment and team-building.

Carolyn is Chairman and CEO of Cebiz, a consulting, real estate and investment firm. In addition, she is co-founder and faculty member for “On Board Bootcamps,” designed to assist women/minorities join and serve on corporate boards. She served as Chairman of the Board of Commtouch (Nasdaq CTCH) of Mountain View, CA and Netanya, Israel, a leader in anti-SPAM solutions from ’01-’04 and remains on the board and its Compensation Committee. In ’01-’02, she served as Chairman and interim CEO for KindMark (a leader in e-philanthropy and automated giving technology and services). In 2003, she was elected to the Board of Directors of CH2M Hill, a $4B+ infrastructure services firm that was named by Fortune as “one of the top 100 firms to work for” and “one of the most admired.” In 2004, she was elected to the boards of State Farm Bank and Holcim US (one of the world’s largest producers of cement/building materials).

Her prior work experience includes EVP Marketing, Sales, and Business Development at MarketXT, an e-commerce firm that pioneered extended hours trading for individual investors. She also served as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for Reuters America where she created and managed a new branding strategy and developed Reuters’ strategy for moving content to e-commerce delivery to increase target market size and margin. Before Reuters, she held a number of senior positions at IBM including Vice President, Corporate Strategy and External Development and General Manager of Electronic Commerce in which she started and managed IBM’s global e-commerce business. Prior to IBM, Ms. Chin served in senior positions (VP/SVP) at Citibank in private banking, credit cards, Quotron and business development. She has also held general management, marketing and strategic planning positions at AT&T and at the U.S. Departments of HUD (Housing and Urban Development) and HEW (Health, Education, Welfare) including serving as Chief of Staff and Chief Regulations Officer.

Ms. Chin has served on a number of corporate boards and advisory boards including: stockjungle.com (financial community and mutual funds); Emediat (provider of Linux rapid application design tools); CEO Global Resources (database and community software and services firm); Allegiance Bank; EJV Partners (broker-dealer consortium); RWDOG (Reuters Web Development Operations Group); CRS (Citicorp Retail Services); MediaPearls (streaming and multi-media) Advisory Board; Northwestern Mutual Life Internet Advisory Board; UBS/Global Asset Management Advisory Board; Avis Advisory Board; Swissotel Advisory Board, Indentrus Advisory Board (security, identification); Tiger 21 Advisory Board (investments) and Metro Home (apartment rentals).

She has extensive negotiations experience and served as a member of the US delegation, working with David Rockefeller, to the Dartmouth Conferences for bilateral discussions with the USSR. Also, she was a US delegate, with Ambassador Woodcock, to bilateral discussions with China on trade and Taiwan. In January ’05, she served on a delegation of Chinese-Americans to meet with the President of Taiwan and Hong Kong/Beijing leaders to promote better Taiwan- China and US-Greater China relations.

Ms. Chin was a founding board member of Independent Sector, the national umbrella organization for corporations, foundations and non-profits. She has been active on a number of non-profit boards including: Committee for Economic Development (CED) (developed rebranding, marketing and client retention plan); Committee of 100 (prominent Chinese Americans); New York City Outward Bound; and the Redford Institute (to promote organ donation). She provided the leadership for a national landmark research study for the Committee of 100, in collaboration with the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), on discrimination and prejudice towards Chinese Americans and Asian Americans. She also co-chaired a recent study conducted by the Committee of 100 with Zogby on “American Attitudes Towards China and US-China Relations” released January 2005 in Hong Kong.

Carolyn received her MBA from the Harvard Business School and BS in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (receiving the highest honor for leadership) and was a White House Fellow (America’s most prestigious leadership development program). Her other honors include selection as one of Glamour Magazine’s Outstanding Young Working Women, Outstanding Woman of New Jersey, Who’s Who in America. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and has appeared in numerous TV shows and press articles.