Elizabeth Xu is a Chinese businesswoman, author, and professor specializing in the developing advanced technology and digital business including

software-as-a-service Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software. SaaS is cons ...

, big data, and mobile

enterprise software Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than individual users. Such organizations include businesses, schools, interest-based user group ...

Early life and education

Xu was born in China. Her mother was a math teacher and her father was an English professor. Xu earned a Bachelor of Science degree in space physics and Master of Science in environmental science from

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charte ...

. Xu then earned a Master of Science degree in computer science and PhD in atmospheric science from

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12 ...

. Xu earned an MBA from the

Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB) is the Postgraduate education, graduate business school of Stanford University, a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it ...

Career

Xu was briefly the Chief Technology Officer for CP Group, and the CEO of CP R&D, helping the Digital Transformation for a few hundred subsidiaries with combined revenue of $45 Billion and 350,000 employees globally. She was the CTO and SVP at

BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting, and Enterprise Software company based in Houston, Texas. Gartner has positioned BMC as a Leader for the eighth consecutive year in Ga ...

. Xu was also the Group VP Engineering at

Acxiom Acxiom (pronounced "ax-ee-um") is a Conway, Arkansas-based database marketing company. The company collects, analyzes and sells customer and business information used for targeted advertising campaigns. The company was formed in 2018 when Acxio ...

, SVP at Rearden Commerce and Vitria Technology. She also held management positions at IBM. Xu is an author of Myths of the Promotion: 10 Steps to a Successful Career, lecturer at Stanford University. Xu is a co-inventor and patent owner in Architecture for web-based on-line-off-line digital certificate authority.

Awards

Xu is a recipient of several awards and recognitions. * 2015 Gold Stevie Award * 2015 Women of Influence * 2017 Women in Technology International Hall of Fame

References

External links

ElizabethXu.com
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