Board of Directors
Buck Krieger
Member of the Board
Buck Krieger has an extensive financial background, which began at Clayton Brokerage Company, which later became the largest Brokerage house in the country dealing exclusively in Commodities. During his time at Clayton Brokerage he was an E.V.P. and National Sales Manager for 10 years.His career includes experience in developed in pre-paid services, insurance, telecommunications, financial services, and venture capital.
Mr. Krieger has a B.S. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Xiaoyan Xiong
Member of the Board
Xiaoyan Xiong currently leads system verification for the High Density SIP Trunk Gateway interoperability project at Avaya Inc. Prior to working for Avaya, Dr. Xiong worked at Lucent Technologies on the 10G optical router (Bandwidth Manager) development and Rhythms NetConnections, Inc., for DSL management software development. She has more than ten years of experience in telecommunication software product development and products interoperability verification. The projects she involved cross user interface, web services, application interface, call processing, data management applications, reporting application, network optical switching, and others.
Dr. Xiong is the President of XBC Consulting Firm which offers business consulting services to people who intend to expand their business in China’s emerging market. She understands the Chinese and US cultures, as well as the management style differences between Chinese and US cooperations. Born and grew up in Beijing, she has a broad contact network in China.
Dr. Xiong received her education in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, Denver and holds an EMBA from the University of Colorado, Denver, a Ph.D. from the University of South Dakota, and M.S and B.S. from Peking University, China.
Dr. Xiong is one of the founders and a former board member of the Chinese American Association (CAA) in Rocky Mountain Region. In addition to the CAA, she participated in founding the Great Wall Chinese Academy (GWCA), a Sunday school, and serves as a board member. She is a retired Principal of GWAC where she managed operation of about 200 students and 34 administrators and teachers.
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