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Our Team
Our team includes leading professionals, pioneers and innovators in the fields
of electronic commerce and procurement. Included among them are:
Dr. George Fan
Ms. Anna-Lena Neches
Mr. Paul Postel
Dr. George Fan
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, FASTXchange, Inc.
One of the cofounders, and current chairman of FASTXchange, Dr. Fan's background
includes more than 30 years with IBM, where he held a number of senior
technical and senior management positions, including Director of Planning
for IBM's worldwide research organization, Director of Microsystems (where
his team developed IBM's RISC computer architecture) and liaison between
IBM and Rolm Corporation. Dr. Fan's background also includes service on
advisory committees for the National Academy of Science of the People's
Republic of China (PRC) and the Singapore Science Council. From 1989 to
1991, he was the founding Dean of Engineering at the Chinese University
in Hong Kong. In recent years, he has developed several businesses in
the PRC and Hong Kong in the fields of telecommunications, electronics
and computers. Dr. Fan's career has resulted in many strong relationships
throughout both the Asian and United States' technical and industrial
communities.
Dr. Fan received a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from New York University. He has written
more than 30 technical publications and holds 15 patents.
Ms. Anna-Lena Neches
Vice President of Operations, FASTXchange, Inc.
One of the cofounders of FASTXchange, Ms. Neches serves as the firm's Vice
President of Operations. Ms. Neches' background features more than 12
years experience with electronic commerce, including more than five years
as Program Director, and five years as Operations Manager for two Department
of Defense-funded operations conducted under the auspices of the University
of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Her
accomplishments in those roles include the retention of the project's
funding, as well as the organization and supervision of its electronic
commerce service, known as "FAST." It also includes the development
of strategic alliances with such federal, state and private sector eCommerce
partners as the Defense Logistics Agency, the State of California, Citibank,
General Electric and Hughes Aircraft. Prior to joining USC/ISI, Ms. Neches
spent more than 14 years as a lecturer at universities in Sweden and the
United States. Ms. Neches received a BS and an MS in Cognitive Psychology
from the University of Stockholm in Sweden.
Mr. Paul Postel
Vice President of Engineering FASTXchange, Inc.
One of the cofounders of FASTXchange, Mr. Postel serves as the firm's Vice
President of Engineering. The lead developer and architect of the FAST
system, Mr. Postel possesses more than ten years experience with eCommerce,
including more than seven years as a Computer Scientist on two Department
of Defense-funded electronic commerce efforts at University of Southern
California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Mr. Postel's background
also includes experience as a senior consultant with the Unify Corporation,
where he led several major application development efforts for customers
including Coca-Cola Enterprises and Northrop Corporation. Mr. Postel has
a BS in Computer Science from California State University in Sacramento.
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