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United States

Online

• Co-founded the China Africa Project (CAP), a non-profit/non-commercial/non-partisan multimedia editorial initiative dedicated to exploring every facet of China's engagement in Africa.
• Each week, CAP produces an audio podcast, weekly email newsletter, online analysis and content curation across various social media platforms of the latest China-Africa news.

Shanghai City, China

• Lead Ford Motor's corporate communications production operation for the company's nine APAC markets. Responsibilities include in building creative message strategies, creating world-class content and pioneering.
• Oversee all content production in English and Chinese for distribution to the press, media partnerships, event activities, investor relations and internal employee communications among other distribution channels (on.

Ho Chi Minh City

• Led product innovation across Ringier Vietnam’s seven print & digital brands with the twin objectives of generating new revenue while enhancing audience engagement.
• Launched Ringier LABS, a pioneering new branded content video studio that produces native advertising, Facebook Live and corporate productions.

Ho Chi Minh City

Principal executive in charge for all of ELLE's digital operations in Vietnam on everything from sales to distribution to editorial operations.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• Executive in charge of one of Vietnam's leading cable TV channels, with overall management responsibility for sales, content development, distribution and digital content syndication.

Paris, France

Launched Facebook community “Things to do in Paris,” produced daily original multimedia content and developed comprehensive editorial strategy for ParisCityVision, France's largest full-service travel operator.

Paris Area, France

Led daily editorial operations for an international newsroom of 40+ journalists across three sites in English, French and Arabic.

Paris, France

Adjunct faculty instructor for a joint Columbia University Journalism School/Sciences Po course on digital journalism.

Paris, France

• Adjunct faculty instructor for graduate-level course on digital convergence and social media.
• Taught master's level students in 2010 and then again in 2011.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed news and commercial production operations at the largest Asian-language TV station in the U.S., directing a 45-member editorial, technical and production team.

Menlo Park, California & New York, New York

Led E*TRADE’s Digital Financial Media editorial group (e.g., internet, mobile, television) that developed and produced original multimedia content distributed to the company’s three million retail customers.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Pioneered CNN International’s web/television content integration. Managed large teams of editorial, production and technical staff under constant tight deadline pressure.

Tokyo, Japan & Beijing, China

• North Asia-based correspondent in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China

Washington D.C. Metro Area & Shanghai, China

Served in the Bureau of Public Affairs under the direction of Press Secretary Michael McCurry and later in the political section of the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China.

China And San Francisco Bay Area

Produced 10-part series "Postcards from China" in 1993 for the BBC Chinese World Service; contributed additional reporting on the 1992 U.S. presidential election and the Los Angeles Rodney King riots.

Hong Kong

• Overnight writer & anchor for 24-hour all-news radio network.
• Los Angeles-based freelance foreign correspondent.

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Began ripping paper wire copy from news agencies and later promoted to weekend overnight news cut-in anchor.
• San Francisco-based freelance foreign correspondent.

Masters, International Public Affairs, Graduated With Honors

Bachelor’S Degree, African History

Mandarin Training Center, Mandarin Language Education

High School