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Augmentum Chairman and CEO Dr. Leonard Liu to Give Keynote Address at Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) Connect 2007

2007-12-11 03:00 6815

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SHANGHAI, China and FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Leonard Liu, Chairman and CEO of Augmentum, a leading services provider of offshore software product and IT application development, will deliver the keynote address at this year's AAMA CONNECT 2007 Gala Dinner. Dr. Liu's keynote will be 'New City, Old City,' and he will also be honored by AAMA with the Asia Impact Award. This award is given to an individual who has taken steps to stretch convention, identify and execute on untapped opportunities, and has established a leadership role in his or her community. The AAMA has long been recognized for its ability to provide a collaborative environment for the open sharing of knowledge and networks to foster broad innovation. This year's AAMA conference will be held at the Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007.

CONNECT 2007 offers a truly unique forum for business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors to discuss key developments in the China and U.S. technology markets. With the theme "Technology's Middle Kingdom," it brings together over 1,000 leading executives, entrepreneurs and VCs to discuss China's rising influence in Asia and the West. Movers and shakers from more than 70 global companies will discuss hot industry trends, including digital media, investment in China, clean technology, energy, global IPO's, outsourcing, semiconductors and wireless.

Wayne Hom, Augmentum CTO & EVP, will also speak on the global trends in software design and development during the panel, "Outsourcing: An Evolving Market."

About Augmentum

Augmentum provides outsourcing leadership for innovation. Augmentum engineers augment their clients' teams as an extension, utilizing leading edge development tools and technologies, as well as proven processes, to create commercial-quality software. The management team has decades of collective experience outsourcing commercial software and solutions. Augmentum is headquartered in Shanghai and Beijing in China and in Foster City, California. The company has grown to 1,200 people in China out of 1,250 worldwide in four years since its founding and won the inaugural Red Herring Asia Top 100 award in 2005, the Risk Management award at the Gartner China Outsourcing Summit in 2006 and Global Services 100 in 2007. For more information, please visit http://www.augmentum.com.

About AAMA

Founded in 1979, AAMA (Asia America MultiTechnology Association) is a non-profit association dedicated to promoting growth and success of technology enterprises in Silicon Valley and Asia. The membership roster comprises an influential and diverse spectrum of high-tech companies and providers of capital, financial, legal and other professional services integral to high-tech growth in these regions. With its annual conference, monthly Speaker Series, Charter Program, VC-Entrepreneur, Face-to-Face and Beijing Chapter programs (averaging three to five events each month), AAMA hosts 110 highly influential speakers, 30 sponsors and 2,500-3,000 attendees each year. For more information, visit http://www.aamasv.com or call +1-408-955-4505.

Source: Augmentum, Inc.
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