Author: Edward V. Yang

Edward V. Yang was born in China and brought up in Myanmar. He earned an MBA from Pepperdine University. He is chairman and president of i Soft Stone Inc. and lives in Southern California. Kate Ou is a software engineer currently with Microsoft. Born and educated in China, she received her MS at Kobe University, Japan. Ou lives in Seattle, Washington. Dennis Smith was born and raised in Chicago and earned an MBA in 1975. He is a partner with a large Hong Kong–based private equity firm and divides his time between Hong Kong and Hilton Head, South Carolina, with his wife, children, and grandchildren.