David S. Lee (李信麟;
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally writte ...
: Lǐ Xìnlín) is the
CEO, president and
Chairman of the Board of eOn Communications Corporation, a telecom services company based in
Kennesaw, Georgia
Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its ...
. Lee was born in
China around 1938.
Education
Lee received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from
Montana State University in 1960. He obtained an M.S. in the same field from
North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...
. He has received an honorary doctorate from Montana State University in 1993.
Career
Lee has served as the CEO of eOn Communications Corporation since 2003 and has performed as the Chairman of the board of that company since 1991. From 1985 to 1988, Lee was President and Chairman of Data Technology Corporation, a computer peripheral company. Prior to 1985, he was Group Executive and Chairman of the Business Information Systems Group of
ITT Corporation. He was also President of ITT subsidiary ITT Qume, formerly
Qume Corporation, a computer systems peripherals company which Lee co-founded in 1973 prior to its acquisition by
ITT Corporation in 1978.
Lee serves on the corporate boards of ESS Technology, Inc.,
Linear Technology
Linear Technology Corporation was an American semiconductor company that designed, manufactured and marketed high performance analog integrated circuits. Applications for the company's products included telecommunications, cellular telephones, ne ...
,
iBassis and
Daily Wellness Company.
Public service
Lee was appointed to the board of the
Regents of the University of California
The Regents of the University of California (also referred to as the Board of Regents to distinguish the board from the corporation it governs of the same name) is the governing board of the University of California (UC), a state university sy ...
in 1994 and served his full term which ended 2006. He has also been a member of the Board of Governors for California Community Colleges.
He was an advisor to Presidents Bush and Clinton on the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation (Office of the U.S. Trade Representative/Executive Office of the President) and to former Governor Wilson through the California Economic Development Corporation and the council on California Competitiveness. He is a member of the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, appointed by President
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
.
Further reading
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External links
Forbes magazine profileeOn Communications bio
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Montana State University alumni
American people of Chinese descent
American chief executives
University of California regents
Members of Committee of 100
1930s births
Living people