Taipei Economic Day 2000
Information Technology, Telecommunications, Biotechnology and Venture Capital in Taiwan: Global Opportunities & Challenges in the New Economy
Friday, November 17, 2000
The Wharf Room, Boston Harbor Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
Organized by: The Commercial Division of the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Boston
Co-Sponsors: Massachusetts Trade Office Taiwan Chamber of Commerce of New England Massachusetts Port Authority Monte Jade Science and Technology of New England Maine International Trade Center Vermont Chamber of Commerce New England Chinese Information & Network Association New Hampshire International Trade Resource Center TeleCom City, Malden Redevelopment Authority New Hampshire International Trade Association China Airlines, Boston Branch Office Rhode Island Export Assistance Cente Asian American Bank & Trust Co. Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Sherburne, Powers, Holland & Knight, LLP World Trade Center Rhode Island John H. Chaffee Center for International Business, Bryant College
Taipei Economic Day 2000
Taipei Economic Day 2000 is an excellent opportunity to explore trade, investment and strategic alliance opportunities within the high tech industries of Taiwan. Currently, Taiwan's economy is blended seamlessly into international trends in economics and trade, and it continues to focus its direction toward high technology, globalization, and Internet operations. As we enter the new millennium, Taiwan has strategically positioned itself to be the Asian Pacific Regional Operations Center for multinationals who want to do business in the Pacific Rim, renown for its manufacturing prowess and innovation.
Join us for this truly unique event, as speakers present and discuss four key areas of common interest between the business communities of Taiwan and New England: Information Technology & Telecommunications, Biotechnology and Venture Capital. Share in the experiences and gain a keen insight to the various business opportunities brought forward by the panelists, followed by informative discussions.
Taiwan is the world's third largest producer of IT products and has positioned itself to continue to flourish as it expands into the fields of E-commerce, the Internet and communications. Learn about Taiwanese venture capital, its growth at home and the Silicon Valley, and its interest in coming to New England. Discover the biotechnology industry in Taiwan and the possibilities of strategic alliances, as information technology changes the future of this industry globally.
Conference Program
8:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. Coffee & Registration
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Welcome
Mr. Thomas T.S. Cheng, Director General, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Boston Opening Remarks Mr. Chien-Jen Chen, Representative, Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office, U.S. Mr. Chung-Hong Hu, M.D., President, Taipei Medical University, R.O.C. Mr. Kenneth M. Curtis, Former Governor of Maine, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Keynote Speeches
Dr. F.C. Lin, President, Institute for Information Industry, R.O.C. "Silicon Island: The IT Industry in Taiwan" Mr. Kenneth C. Dahlberg, Executive Vice President, Raytheon Company; President, Raytheon International, Inc. "Long Lasting Relationship--Taiwan"
10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Panel I: Information & Telecommunication Industries Chairman: Mr. H.T. Kung, Ph.D., William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Harvard University "Internet Development in the Asia Pacific: How They Differ from Those in North America"
Rapporteur: Dr. Peter Fu-Ching Wang, Acting General Director, Computer & Communications Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, R.O.C. "The Communications Industry in Taiwan" Mr. Cheng Wu, Vice President, Cisco Systems "Global Communications: Merging Taiwan and U.S. Expertise in the Internet" Mr. G. S. Fang, Ph.D., President, Comtrend Corp., R.O.C. "Comtrend" Mr. Chi Kong Shue, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Central Engineering, Sycamore Networks, Inc.
Q&A session
Panel II: Biotechnology Industry Chairman: Mr. Chung-Hong Hu, M.D., President, Taipei Medical University, R.O.C.
Rapporteur: Mr. Yun-pung Paul Hsu, Ph. D., Manager, International Business Development, Development Center for Biotechnology, R.O.C."BioFronts Program: To Promote International Alliance for Taiwan's Biotechnology" Ms. Tomye Tierney, Vice President/General Manager, Emerging Markets, Genzyme Corporation "Biopharmaceuticals in Emerging Markets--Ready(?) or Not!" Mr. Chester S. Ho, Ph.D., Professor, National Chiao Tung University "Biotechnology Industry in Taiwan: Challenges and Opportunities" Mr. Wen-Fu T. Lai, DMSc, Director of Graduate of Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical College "Collagen-Based Tissue Engineering--A New Era of Biotechnology in the 21st Century" Mr. Por-Hsiung Lai, Ph.D., CEO, President Life Sciences Co., Ltd. "Post-Genomic Commercialization of Electronic Biology in Asia"
Q & A Session
12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Luncheon Keynote Address
Dr. Lester L. Thurow, Professor, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. "Taiwan in a Knowledge-Based Economy"
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Panel III: Venture Capital
Chairman: Ms. Emily Chen, CEO, China Development Industrial Bank Venture Management (USA), Inc. "The Asia Way"
Rapporteur: Mr. Nelson Lou, China Partners "Angel and Entrepreneurship--Taiwan and U.S.A." Mr. Thomas W. Huang, Sherburne, Powers, Holland & Knight, LLP
"Some Legal Issues of Venture Capital Private Placement" Sophia H.H. Yeh, Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law "Capacity Building for SMEs and New Business" Mr. Nicholas F. Fiore, Ph.D., CEO, Walsin Lihwa Corp. "U.S.A. Ventures Within a Taiwanese Parent"
Q & A Session
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception
Sponsored by Asian American Bank & Trust Co., and Sherburne, Powers, Holland & Knight, LLP
Biographies of Speakers/Panelists
Opening Remarks
Mr. Thomas Tien-Shou Cheng is currently serving as Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. Prior to coming to Boston, he served as the Director-General of the TECO office in Toronto, Canada from 1993-1996. He held the position of Director of the Coordination Council of Northern American Affairs in Washington, D.C. from 1990-1993. Within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the R.O.C. he has also served as the Deputy Director of the Personnel Office, the Director of the Far East Trade Office in Bangkok and Counselor of the Charge d'Affaires, Embassy in the Commonwealth of Dominica. He received his B.A. from National Cheng Chi University, his Masters from National Taiwan University and his M.S. from Georgetown University.
Kenneth M. Curtis is currently a principal at Atlantica Group and a principal of Curtis Thaxter Stevens Broder & Micoleau LLC. He has had a distinguished public service career in both the Maine and U.S. governments. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Canada from 1979-1981,Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1977-1981, and Field Coordinator for the Area Redevelopment Administration for Maine (U.S. Department of Commerce). In Maine, he has served as President, Maine Maritime Academy, 1986-1994, Governor, State of Maine from 1967-1975, Secretary of State (State of Maine) 1965-1967. Mr. Curtis received his B.S. from Maine Maritime Academy and his J.D. from Portland University of Law School, Portland, Maine (University of Maine) Mr. Curtis's current Board memberships include the Board of Trustees-Susan L. Curtis Foundation; Advisory Board-Alberta Northeast Gas Ltd.; Board of Directors-KeyCorp.; Board of Directors-Bowater Incorporated.
Mr. Chung-Hong Hu, M.D., F.A.C.P. is currently serving as President of Taipei Medical College, as well as Professor and as Clinical Professor to Stanford University School of Medicine. His current academic appointments include Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine; Professor of Dermatology, Taipei Medical College; and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Taipei Medical College-all appointments have been since 1990. He received his M.D. from Taipei Medical College and has medical licensure in Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, California and the Republic of China. Since 1994 he has served on the Foundation for Poison Control, Board of Trustees; Red Cross, Taipei, Board of Directors; Mennonite Christian Hospital, Board of Trustees, and the Association of Private Universities College in R.O.C., Board of Directors. In 1987 Dr. Hu received the Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine, Stanford University. He has authored and/or co-authored many books, publications and abstracts.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. F.C. Lin is currently serving as President of the Institute for Information Industry(III), R.O.C. III is chartered to assist the government in the promotion and development of the information industry as part of national strategy of spurring economic development in the R.O.C. III works closely with the domestic IT communities to enhance the competitiveness of R.O.C. information products in the world market. Dr. Lin has also served as Associate Professor, Department of Math, National Cheng-Kung University, 1979-1981; followed by his professorship at the Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering at National Taiwan University, which he still holds. He held the position of Chairman, Taiwan Association of University Professors in 1991. In public service he has also held the position of Director General, Bureau of Business Administration, Taipei City. Dr. Lin received his B.S. in math from National Tsing-Hua University and his Ph.D. in math from State University of New York at Buffalo. He has been recipient of the Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council and the Distinguished Teaching Award, Ministry of Education.
Mr. Kenneth C. Dahlberg is a Raytheon Company executive vice president for business development and president of Raytheon International, Inc. Previously, he was the president and chief operating officer of Raytheon Systems Company, which was reorganized in November, 1999. Presently, Mr. Dahlberg has oversight for international and domestic business development and government relations, and is the company's principal interface with Raytheon's Washington, D.C. defense customers. Prior to the 1997 merger of Raytheon and Hughes Aircraft Company, he served as a corporate vice president of Hughes Electronics Corp., and a senior vice president of Hughes Aircraft Company. Mr. Dahlberg joined Hughes in 1967 and held various engineering, program management and leadership positions. He was a member of the Chairman's forum of Hughes Electronics and held positions as president of Hughes Aircraft Sensors and Communications Systems and president of Hughes Aircraft's Weapon Systems.
Mr. Dahlberg was awarded a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 1967 and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1969. He also attended the University of California, Los Angeles business school for advanced education for executives. Mr. Dahlberg, a member of the National Defense Industrial Association Board of Directors, also serves as a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Society of Naval Engineers, the Surface Navy Association, and is a lifetime member of the Navy League.
Keynote Luncheon Speaker
Lester C. Thurow has been professor of management and economics at MIT for 30 years, beginning in 1968. He was dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1987-1993. A 1960 graduate of Williams College, Thurow received his M.A. in 1962 on a Rhodes Scholarship at Balliol College (Oxford) and his Ph. D. in economics from Harvard University in 1964. He taught at Harvard from 1966 to 1968 after a term as a staff economist on President Lyndon Johnson's Council of Economic Advisers.
In his formal academic work, he focuses on international economics, public finance, macroeconomics and income distribution economics. In addition, he writes for the general public in a number of American and international newspapers, and appears regularly on a television program--"The Nightly Business Report." He has been featured twice on "60 Minutes" and has been on the cover of Atlantic magazine. A prolific writer, Thurow is the author of several books, including a New York Times best seller, Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe and America, 1992--which looks at the nature of the global economic competition now underway. His latest book, The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World, March 1996, looks at the changing structure of the world economy and what it will take for individuals, firms and nations to be successful in the new economic game that is being developed at the end of the second millennium. He has served as an economics columnist for Al Bayan Press, Boston Globe, Basler Zeitung, Nightly Business Report TV, Nikkei Business, and USA Today.
Information & Telecommunication Panel
H.T. Kung, Ph. D., William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, is interested in computer and telecommunications networks as well as their applications in electronic commerce. Prior to joining Harvard in 1992, he led a large research team at Carnegie Mellon on the design and experiment of novel parallel computers and switch-based networks and, with his students, he pioneered the concept of systolic array processing. In 1996, Professor Kung was Conference Chair for the first bi-annual Harvard Conference on the Internet and Society. Since 1998, he has been the Principal Investigator for the NSF-sponsored Harvard High-Performance Internet Connection Project. To complement his academic activities, Professor Kung maintains a strong link with industry, serving as a consultant and board member to a number of corporations. Professor Kung's professional honors include: Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Member of the Academia Sinica (Taiwan); and recipient of the Inventor of the Year Award by the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association in 1991.
Dr. Peter Fu-Ching Wang is currently the Acting General Director of the Computer & Communications Research Laboratories (CCL), Industrial Technology Research Institute, R.O.C. (ITRI) Dr. Wang's professional specialties are in computer architecture, microcomputer systems design, computer product development, large scale project management, and video-on-demand. His experience includes: Program Leader for Information System Technology Development Program (MOEA); Board Member of the Taipei Computer Association, Deputy General Director, CCL/ITRI; Director, Client & Server Computer Technology Division, CCL/ITRI; Director, Computer System Technology Division, CCL/ITRI and Director, System Design Technology Division, ERSO/ITRI. He received the honor of Best 10 Engineer Award of Taiwan 1992 and Best 10 Information Technology Person Award of Taiwan 1984. Dr. Wang received his M.S. in Computer Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York and his Ph.D. in Information Engineering, National Taiwan University.
Mr. Cheng Wu was recently appointed as Vice President, Cisco Systems, upon Cisco's purchase of the company he founded, ArrowPoint Communications. A graduate of Taiwan's equivalent of MIT, he built Arrowpoint and its products from the ground up. Prior to Arrowpoint, Wu co-founded Arris Networks, a Massachusetts startup that developed high-density Internet access products. When Cascade Communications acquired Arris for more than $100 million in May, 1996, Wu served as Cascade's vice president for remote access engineering until founding ArrowPoint in April, 1997. Mr. Wu holds a master's degree in computer science from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
Mr. G.S. Fang has a B.S.E.E. degree from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, New Jersey. He worked for AT & T for 16 years, half of which at Bell Laboratories at Holmdel, N.J. He was one of the first two people and the first person of Chinese origin to be assigned to Taiwan to develop a market for AT & T products. He remained as an expatriate for AT & T in Taiwan for eight years. At the time of his resignation, he was Sales Director of AT & T Network Systems. In Taiwan, he was head of AT & T Network Systems and Senior Vice President of AT & T Taiwan Telecommunications (AT & T-TT), a joint venture between AT & T and the Taiwan government. At AT & T-TT he had the overall responsibility of marketing and sales as well as engineering and development. During his time the revenue of AT&T from Taiwan went from nothing to well over US$100 million annually. After AT & T he founded Comtrend Corporation.
Mr. Chi Kong Shue is executive vice President of the Central Engineering Organization for Sycamore Networks, Inc., where he oversees product development, systems integration and quality assurance. Prior to joining Sycamore, Mr. Shue co-founded Cascade Communications where he was also a corporate fellow and the vice president of remote access engineering. After Cascade's 1997 acquisition by Ascend Communications, Mr. Shue assumed the role of vice president, software and systems engineering for Ascend's Core Switching Division. During his tenure at Cascade, Mr. Shue led the successful development and delivery of four generations of Cascade's Broadband switching products and the first remote access concentrator product, making Cascade the world's number one supplier of frame relay and ATM carrier class switching systems. Mr. Shue holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and M.S. degrees in Computer Sciences and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University. He also studied at MIT's Sloan Graduate School of Management. Mr. Shue currently holds two data communication patents in the U.S. and is a member of IEEE.
Biotechnology Panel
Mr. Chung-Hong Hu, M.D. (see Opening Remarks)
Mr. Yun-pung Paul Hsu, Ph.D.
Ms. Tomye Tierney is Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Markets at Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA. In this role Tomye is responsible for market development of emerging countries throughout the world. With Genzyme for more than ten years, Tomye has pioneered therapeutics markets in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and most recently Tomye spent 2 1/2 years in Singapore opening markets and setting up Genzyme operations in Asia. Prior to joining Genzyme, Tomye was Director of Baxter Hyland's biologicals business in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Tomye holds a B.A. degree in Economics from California State University, Long beach and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the Board of Directors of WorldBoston, and a member of the Asia Society. She currently serves a director of WorldBoston, and the Singapore American Business Association of New England (newly elected as President).
Mr. Chester S. Ho, Ph.D. is a Professor with the Institute of Biological Science and Technology at National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Previously, he served as vice chairman of the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum of Taiwan. He is the Director of the Biotech Innovation Center and runs the Office of International Cooperation and Academic Exchange. Chester received honorary Professorship from Xian Jiao Tong University of China. From 1989-92, Chester was Executive Director of R&D and Manufacturing at Charles River Laboratories in charge of worldwide biotechnology operations. From 1987-89, he was the Director of Technology Development at Invitron Corporation and an Affiliate Professor of Biotechnology with Washington University in St. Louis. Before then, he taught biotechnology and biochemical engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo. After completing a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Chung Yuan University, he came to the U.S. for an M.S. degree from Kansas State University and a Ph.D. degree from M.I.T. He has served on the Editorial Board of Enzyme and Microbial Technology and Biopharm. Chester was elected Director of the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a Councilor for the Biochemical Technology Division of American Chemical Society.
Mr. Wen-Fu T. Lai, DMSc, is currently serving as Director of Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University. From 1998-2000 Mr. Lai served as Director of Biomaterials and Controlled Release Society of Taiwan. He held multiple positions from 1995-2000 including: Founder and Director of the Research Center for biomedical Materials, Taipei Medical College, R.O.C.; Counselor, Division of Humanity in Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical College; Consultant, Society of Radiation Protection, Taipei Medical College. Mr. Lai received his D.D.S. from Taipei Medical College, the Periodontology Specialty Certificate, Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio and his Master of Science, from the Graduate School of Ohio State University. From 1990-1993 he was a research fellow at the Department of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, as well as a clinical instructor. He received his Doctorate of Medical Sciences from Harvard University.
Mr. Por-Hsiung Lai, Ph.D. is currently CEO of President Life Sciences Co., Ltd. in Taipei, Taiwan, which he co-founded in 2000 with the President Group, which is one of the largest conglomerates in Asia. PLS focuses its business in two areas, i.e., investment in advanced biotechnology, and biotech business development in Asia. A scientist-turned biotech entrepreneur, Dr. Lai is now managing biotech operation and health care venture capital investments. More than 25 years of biotech and pharmaceutical experience, 20 years of which are in product and business development. A veteran of Amgen and Centocor, Dr. Lai played key roles in commercialization of the two most successful biopharmaceuticals, EPO and G-CSGF, as well as development of monoclonal antibody products.
In 1990, Dr. Lai founded Protein Institute, Inc. (PII), which now has developed multinational presence in the States, EC, and Asia in the area of cytokine products, biotechnology transfer and health care professional services. In 1992, he co-founded Kirin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (KPCL) with Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. of Tokyo. Under Dr. Lai's management, KPCL also played an instrumental role in the development of Kirin's Kirin Pharmaceuticals (China) Ltd. In 1997, Dr. Lai co-founded a new biotech operation, SBH Sciences, Inc. in the Boston area that focuses on mammalian cell and molecular biology. Dr. Lai received his B.S. Pharmacy from Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; his M.S. Pharmacy and Ph.D. Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, MA.
Venture Capital Panel
Ms. Emily Chen is currently serving as CEO of China Development Industrial Bank Venture Management (USA), Inc. She has extensive business experience in investing, financing, banking and marketing. Before joining CDIB, she had 12 years of experience in various positions and in different industries. Her professional career began as the International Marketing Director for Globe Industries Corp., the largest industrial tape manufacture in Taiwan. After Globe, she worked as an Assistant to the General Manager of Oak Materials Taiwan Ltd. in Taiwan, serving as a member of the general management team of this high-tech company. Later, Ms. Chen worked for Safer (USA) Inc., where she gained direct experience in leading and coordinating a subsidiary of an international firm in the U.S. She gained her banking and finance experience at Citibank, and then came upon CDIB. With 10 years of investment experience with CDIB, including three in the U.S., Ms. Chen is well-versed in evaluating corporate prospects and the viability of projects, making company valuations, critiquing management team capabilities and structuring deals. Ms. Chen holds a Masters degree in International Management Studies from the University of Texas and a B.A. in Economics from the National Taiwan University.
Mr. Nelson Lou has over 37 years experience in biopharmaceutical investments and nuclear engineering. He was the Managing Director of China Partners Group, Inc., the company that was engaged from 1997 to 1999 as a financial advisor to Taiwan on venture investments and strategic partnering. Nelson has held key positions with Paine Webber and Combustion Engineering. Nelson is also one of the founders for CEA and Aslan. CEA, the Chinese Entrepreneur Association, is a nonprofit organization of scientists, entrepreneurs and business professionals whose mission is to educate and guide participants to develop entrepreneurship with integrity and high ethical standards according to Biblical principles. Aslan is a group of angels who invest and act as mentors to venture backed companies.
Mr. Thomas W. Huang currently is a partner with Holland & Knight LLP. He is in the Business Law Department, where he practices primarily in the areas of general business law, financing and international transactions. Mr. Huang has extensive experience in business and corporate law and represents corporate and individual clients within the U.S. and abroad. His experience includes general business and corporate law; asset-based, participation, and syndicated lending; strategic alliances through joint ventures and investments, including technology transfers and licensing, agency, distributor, marketing employment and leasing arrangements; and legal matters involving moving capital and human resources across borders, such as obtaining venture capital funds and U.S. immigration investments from abroad, primarily from Asia. Mr. Huang is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese and has been engaged in the negotiation, drafting, reviewing, and production of legal documents in both English and Chinese. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York and the District of Columbia. He obtained his Bachelor of Law degree from National Taiwan University, and obtained a J.D., magna cum laude, from Indiana University Law School in Indianapolis and a Master of Law (L.L.M.) and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) degree, both from Harvard Law School, where he concentrated in comparative law studies and international business transactions.
Ms. Sophia H.H. Yeh is a Counselor at Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law, Taipei, Taiwan. She has been with the Corporate and Investment Department since 1981. Her specialization is in corporate, contracts, international investments, technology transfer, merger and acquisitions, securities, taxation, telecommunications, and cable television. Ms. Yeh received her Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) from National Taiwan University and her Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Nicholas F. Fiore, Ph.D. has been serving as CEO of Walsin USA, a subsidiary of the Taiwanese firm, Walsin Lihwa, since July of 2000. The goal of Walsin USA is to develop microelectronic and microphotonic venture capital and going-concern business activities in the U.S. Until July, he was Senior Vice President-Engineered Products for Carpenter Technology Corporation. He served as Vice President-Research and Corporate Development from April 1990 until January 1993 and as Senior Vice President-Strategic Businesses until July 1996. From 1989 to 1990, he was a Managing Director at Arthur D. Little, Inc. From 1982 to 1989, he served as Vice President of Cabot Corporation. In the Senior VP position, Dr. Fiore was responsible for the operation and geographical expansion activities of Carpenter's newly-formed business activity, Engineered Products Group, which extends from Zurich, Switzerland to Melbourne, Australia. He led the efforts to acquire Aceros Fortuna, a metals and industrial products distribution network in Mexico, and to form Walsin-CarTech , a specialty steel venture headquartered in Taiwan.
Dr. Fiore is a member of the Berks County Chamber of Commerce, The Metallurgical Society (TMS), the American Society for Metals (ASM), and ASM International, where he has served on the board of trustees. He is a trustee of Albright College. He is chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board of IBIS Associates, and he also serves on the Visiting Committees for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Drexel University. Dr. Fiore holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University and currently serves on its Materials Advisory Council.
