Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
SUSAN S. WANG, Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary for Solectron Corporation, has more than 21 years of high-tech
financial, consulting and senior management experience. Ms. Wang directs
Solectron's investor relations, legal and financial operations
worldwide. Under her leadership, Solectron has made the transition from
a privately held company to a publicly held corporation. She oversaw the
company's initial public offering in November 1989, and has guided its
growth into the world's largest electronics manufacturing services
company. Ms. Wang joined Solectron in 1984 as a Manager of Finance, and
was promoted to VP of Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 1986. She
became a Senior VP in 1990 and has served as Corporate Secretary since
1992. Ms. Wang is chairperson of the Financial Executive Research
Foundation, an Advisory Board Member to the YWCA in Santa Clara County,
and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the
Financial Executive Institute. In 1995 she won the YWCA's Top Women in
Industry Award, and was named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most
powerful corporate women. Before joining Solectron, Ms. Wang held
financial and accounting management positions with Xerox Corporation and
Westvaco Corporation. She began her career with Price Waterhouse & Co.
in New York. Ms. Wang holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut
and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Texas. She
is a Certified Public Accountant. Profile
Solectron, just to set the stage for readers?
Ms. Wang: Solectron was started in 1977, and we were at the time
