CBSI Advisory Board Member
Former President, HYSTA
Co-Founder and Former Vice Chairman & President, VanceInfo
Mr. Chen is the former president of HYSTA. He is co-founder and former Vice Chairman & President of VanceInfo, one of the largest China based IT services firms. He oversaw strategy and daily operations between 2001 and 2010. Before going public in 2007 at NYSE, it was backed by prominent VCs including DCM, Sequoia Capital and Legend Capital. Now he is serving as Strategic Advisor for Pactera, which is the result of merger between Vanceinfo and hiSoft. Prior to co-founding VanceInfo, David held multiple management and technical positions at Crossworlds, KPMG Consulting, Oracle and UCSF Cancer Center. David is passionate about fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship and technological innovation across China and the US and he is a board member of HYSTA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to entrepreneurship and leadership among Chinese professionals and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. He is also an active angel investor and advisor in the emerging area of Internet that combines the power of Internet with traditional industries such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Smart Hardware, etc.