James Chia is the General Director for Cisco's Vietnam operations. Reporting directly to Vorkon Patra-Yanan, Regional Managing Director of Indochina, Mr. Chia is responsible for all of Cisco's sales and marketing activities in the country. Mr. Chia has been with Cisco for over six years serving in a variety of leadership positions including Managing Director for Cisco's operations in Singapore. His previous appointment in Cisco was in leading the advanced technologies initiative in South Asia. Cisco's advanced technologies represent the future of the company and include IP telephony, security, wireless LAN, storage networking, optical and home networking. Prior to Cisco, Mr. Chia worked for IBM in a variety of sales positions, including Client Manager in the Finance Industry. In that role, he was responsible for developing account relationships and customer satisfaction with IBM's key customers in the Banking sector. Mr. Chia's successful track record was recognised through consecutive awards of the Personal Achievement and Manager's Award as well as the Managing Director's and Golden Circle Award. Mr. Chia has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. |
