Professor William F. Miller Joins OlymTech’s Advisory Board
Dr. William F.
Miller, a World Premier Authority and Visionary
Brings Strong Support to SaaS in China
Cupertino, California, January 2, 2008 – OlymTech
Corporation today announced that it has named
William Miller to its Board of Advisory.
“I like what you are doing and believe OlymTech
can be a big contributor to businesses in China
and beyond,” said Professor Miller in his email.
"Prof. Miller's significant leadership
in hi-tech business strategies and management,
his track record of driving global growth, his
vast experience in both academic and international
business will greatly benefit the company’s
vision of Platform as a Service (PaaS),"
said Jim Wang, Co-founder and Chairman of OlymTech.
"In the recent years, Prof. Miller has
spent a lot of his time promoting innovations
in China. His support to SaaS will bring profound
impact to China’s informization process."
William F. Miller is Herbert Hoover Professor
of Public and Private Management Emeritus; Professor
of Computer Science Emeritus; President Emeritus,
SRI International; Chairman Emeritus, Borland
Software Corporation; and Chairman/Founder of
Nanostellar, Inc.
Miller has spent about half of his professional
life in business and about half in academia.
He was the last faculty member recruited to
Stanford University by the legendary Frederick
Terman who was then Vice President and Provost
of Stanford. Miller, himself, later became Vice
President and Provost of Stanford. He conducted
research and directed many graduate students
in Computer Science. Miller was an Adjunct Professor
at the University of Chicago and a Visiting
Professor at Purdue University.
In 1968 Miller played a role in the founding
of the first Mayfield Fund (venture capital)
as a special limited partner and advisor to
the general partners.
As President and CEO of SRI International (1979-1990)
Miller opened SRI to the Pacific Region, he
established the spin-out and commercialization
program at SRI and established the Sarnoff Corporation
as a for-profit subsidiary of SRI. He became
the Chairman and CEO.
In 1982 Miller was appointed to the National
Science Board .He has served on the board of
directors of several major companies such as
Signetics, Firemans Fund Insurance, First Interstate
Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, Varian Associates, WhoWhere? Inc. (Chairman),
and Borland Software Corp. (Chairman).
He co-founded SmartValley,Inc. and aided the
formation of CommerceNet and serves on the board
of directors. Miller was a founding director
and Vice Chairman of the Center for Excellence
in Non-profits. He currently serves as Chairman
of the Board of Sentius Corporation and is a
Founder and Chairman of Nanostellar,Inc.
Miller is a Life Member of the National Academy
of Engineering, Fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Science, Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science,
Life Fellow of IEEE, a Member of the Silicon
Valley Engineering Hall of Fame, and a Member
of the Jr. Achievement Business Hall of Fame.
He received the Okawa Prize in 2000 and the
Dongbaeg Medal from the Republic of Korea in
2000. He is an Honorary Professor at Zhejiang
University in Hangzhou, China.
Professor Miller holds the following degrees
from Purdue University: BS (Physics) 1949; MS
(Physics) 1951; PhD (Physics) 1956; and a DSc
Honorary 1972.
About OlymTech Corporation:
Founded in 2002, OlymTech Corp. is a leading
Platform as a Service provider dedicated to
enable telecoms, ISV, government, and eCommerce
companies to offer Software as a Service. Today,
thousands of companies run their businesses
on OlymTech’s platform solutions. The Corporation
is headquartered in Cupertino, California and
has major operations in China with branch offices
in Tianjin, Ningbo and Hangzhou of China. Additional
information is available at http://www.olymtech.com
or http://cn.olymtech.com (Chinese site).
Release issued: January 2, 2008
SOURCE: OlymTech Corporation
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