Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 7, 2009

Chinacast Education Corporation – Ron Chan Tze Ngon & Michael Santos (cast)

Ron Chan Tze Ngon has been CEO of ChinaCast Education Corp. since the company's inception in 1999. Mr. Chan previously worked for Unisys China as a Sales Manager and Strategic Account Manager for Unisys Asia Limited. Thereafter he joined Unisys Hong Kong Limited as a Sales Director until 1990. Mr. Chan later joined CL Computer China/Hong Kong Limited as its General Manager prior to founding Technology Ventures Holdings, an information technology company currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Chan holds Master of Science degrees in mathematics and computer science, both from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Profile
Michael Santos is Chief Marketing Officer for ChinaCast Education Corp. He is responsible for corporate strategy, global alliances, M&A and shareholder relations. He previously worked with Hughes Network Systems, where he was Senior Director, Asia-Pacific. He worked for Hughes in the USA, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines, and HE was a lead member of the Hughes deal team that made a strategic investment in ChinaCast's $17 million Series A financing round with Intel Capital in 2000. Mr. Santos holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from The George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. Profile
TWST: Would give me an overview of the company and talk a bit about its history?

Mr. Santos: ChinaCast Education is a for-profit, postsecondary education company

in China that provides both