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Mr. Jason Chu,
Chairman,
Asia Pacific Customer Service Consortium
Topic: Building the Foundation for a Service Brand
Company: Learning from the Winners!
Mr. Jason Chu is the
Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Customer Service
Consortium (HKCSC) and Asia Pacific Customer Service
Consortium (APCSC).
Mr. Chu collaborates with industry
experts and major university researchers to consult and
research on key aspects of Customer Satisfaction and
Loyalty. Jointly with researchers in the University of
Hong Kong and the members of APCSC, Mr. Chu has led the
consortium effort in developing the Customer Service
Quality Standard (CSQS) in setting international
standards and world class framework for customer service
organizations. He is the pioneer of innovative customer
service research including eSurvey on Internet Banking,
Securities and Travel Services, CRM and Contact Center
Benchmarking in Asia Pacific, Customer Satisfaction and
Aspiration Survey and other international standards in
Asia, Australia and the United States.
Mr. Chu is the Industry
Visionary to build a Global Certification with
international bodies in the USA, Australia, China and
other countries for the Customer Service and Support
Industry to develop professionalism and career
development for the contact center and customer service
industry, including the Certified CRM Director,
Certified Contact Center Manager, and Certified Customer
Service Analyst & and Auditor training curriculum and
recently the Certificate in Customer Service Management
approved under the Continuous Education Fund (CEF) under
Hong Kong SAR Government.
Mr. Chu received his BS
and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations
Research from the University of California, Berkeley. He
is the President of the University of California Alumni
Association in Hong Kong and a guest Lecturer at the
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and other
universities. He is a speaker of high demand at
conferences and workshops to senior executives on
developing customer focused organizations and building
CRM and customer loyalty. |
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Mr. Tatsumi Yamashita,
CEO, HDI-Japan (Help Desk Institute Japan)
Topic: Ask
Your Customer How to Improve Your Service Center
Tatsumi Yamashita has 20 years support industry experience
and has developed several help desks and support centers
throughout Japan. In 1999, he became the first Japanese HDI
intern and has since studied advanced support principles in
the U.S. that could be applied toward the advancement of
Japanese support environments. He finally established HDI-Japan
in 2001 based on the strong demand of Japanese support
service industries and he is working as CEO of HDI-Japan
with many HDI members and partners in Japan now. |
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Mr. Ansson Chan,
Regional Vice President,
Call Center Operations, American International Group,
Inc
Topic:
Measuring Call Centers of 21st Century in Business
Focused Perspectives
Mr. Chan joined AIG in 1998 and is now the Regional Vice
President in the Call Center Operations. Prior to
joinging AIG, he was the Head of Call Center Operations
of Hong Kong Telecom, Customer Service Manager of
Chevalier (Telepoint) Ltd and Productivity Consultant of
Alexander Proudfoot Group. Mr. Chan received his Degree
of Bachelor of Social Science from The Chinese
University of Hong Kong. He is also a Fellow of Life
Management Institute (FLMI) and Associate of Customer
Service (ACS). |
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Mr. Victor MOK,
Senior Vice President (Greater China)
DHL Global Forwarding
Topic: Knowing Your Customer: Identifying and Responding
to Customer Needs Ahead of Competition
Victor Mok is the Head of Greater China Region, DHL
Global Forwarding, responsible for the management and
development of its operations in Mainland China, Hong
Kong, and Taiwan.
Mr Mok has had over 20 years of experience in the
aviation, freight forwarding and logistics industries.
He had been working in Cathay Pacific Airways for 9
years before joining Expeditors International as
Director, International Sales for Central Pacific
Region. Mr Mok subsequently joined Excel (DHL) in 1997,
and was appointed to his current position in January
2006.
Mr Mok was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of
Freight Forwarding and Logistics Limited (HAFFA) between
2002 -2005, and was appointed as official member of the
Hong Kong Logistics Development Council, HKSAR
Government between 2003 –2005.
Mr Mok is a Chartered Fellow member of the Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transport and was elected as
the Vice President of the Institute between 2004 and
2005. He is currently appointed by the HK Government as
a member of Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic
Cooperation.
Mr Mok holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics & Business
Management and a Master Degree in Transport Studies from
University of Hong Kong. He also obtained his MBA from
Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western
Ontario, Canada. |
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Mr. Kapil Sharma, Head -
Group Service Delivery Management
Dialog Telekom PLC
Topic: Customer Driven Service Standard with Customer
Knowledge Management
Kapil joined Dialog
Telekom Group in December 2007 as Head of Group Service
Delivery and Front‐Line Customer Services after
completing over 9 years of service domain experience
from India. He has worked extensively on assignments in
Contact Centre and Service Delivery for
Telecommunication companies like Tata Indicom & Idea
Cellular ltd. He has been responsible for overseeing the
set up & management of end to end service delivery
activities from Customer Care to Complaint Management
through start up, migration and outsourcing stages.
Revenue Generation through Service Delivery channels has
been one of his key accomplishments within telecom
Service domain. He has also led BPO operations for I
Call US as Manager Business Development & Finance with
responsibility of managing profitability for a centre
having an entire portfolio of Outsourcing Clients from
US, UK & Germany.
Kapil is a post graduate in Finance & Marketing from The
Institute of Management and Technology in
Ghaziabad, India. |
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Mr. WF Yuk,
Assistant Director,
Efficiency Unit, HKSAR Government
Topic:
Promoting Regulatory Efficiency Through Service
Excellency
Mr. Yuk joined the Hong Kong Government in 1978 and is
now an Assistant Director in the Efficiency Unit. He has
been involved in many initiatives aiming to improve the
delivery of public services. He has been the key member
in the development and implementation of the Hongkong
Post Public Key Infrastructure and the '1823' Citizen
Easy Link of the Efficiency Unit. He is currently
driving the Electronic Record Keeping System Pilot
Project and the “Be the Smart Regulator” Programme.
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Dr. Ler Leong Tat,
Principal Consultant, SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia
Topic:
Auditing and Enhancing Service Standard and Productivity
Dr. Ler Leong Tat is the principal consultant of
SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia. As a Principal Consultant, Dr
Ler involves in Training, Consultancy, Auditing and
Research in the areas of ISO 14001 environmental Safety
and Health management systems/ legal/regulatory
requirements, ISO 9001/TS 16949 Quality Management
Systems, Total Quality Management, Cleaner Production,
Waste Minimization, Reuse and Recycle.
Dr. Ler has over 20 years of experience in auditing,
research and consultancy. He has been working with
Quality Systems Registration Unit from 1993 to 1995
before joining SIRIM Berhad as the Group Leader /Lead
Auditor in auditing ISO quality management systems of
manufacturing and service industries. He also worked in
Standards Development Unit in 1990 as a secretary to
Industrial Standards Committee, Technical Committee and
Working Groups.
Dr. Ler is a committee member for ISO/TC 207/SC,Environmental
Management System, Environmental Auditing and
Eco-Labeling. He is also the Accreditation Assessor of
Department of Standards (DSM) for Environmental
Management System (Guide 66) and Quality Management
System (Guide 62). Dr. Ler received both PhD and MSc
from the Cranfield University, U.K. and BSc. From the
National University of Malaysia. Dr. Ler also received
the Certification in Customer Service Management from
Asia Pacific Customer Service Consortium. Dr.Ler is also
a member of Institute of Quality Assurance Malaysia,
Asian Society for Environmental Protection, Asian
Pacific Round-Table for Cleaner Production and
Treasurer, Invention and Design Society (MINDS) –
(1990-1991) |
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Dr.
Geng Cui, Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Marketing and International Business, Lingnan University
Topic: Data Mining for Optimizing
and Improving CRM: Implications for China Consumer
Market
Geng Cui, Ph.D., is currently Professor of the
Department of Marketing and International Business,
Lingnan University. Professor Cui received his education
from Peking University (BA), Cornell University (MPS)
and the University of Connecticut (Ph.D), and taught in
two North American universities before joining Lingnan
in 2000. His research interests include consumer
behaviour and marketing in China, foreign direct
investment strategies and performance, and applications
of data mining and optimization in marketing. His works
have appeared in journals like Management Science,
Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal
of International Marketing. He has been a consultant to
several private and public organizations on China
business and marketing strategies. |
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Mr. Tom Mehrmann, Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Topic: Adapting to a Dynamic and
Competitive Global Environment
Tom
Mehrmann is the Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Park
Corporation, Hong Kong’s sea-life and animal theme park
hosting over 4 million visitors annually.
Mr Mehrmann
started his career in the theme park industry at Knott’s
Berry Farm in the United States as a park service
attendant in 1977. From there, he spent the next 21
years working through the ranks eventually becoming Vice
President of Park Operations and Entertainment.
In 1998, he
joined Six Flags Marine World as Vice President and
General Manager, and later accepted an appointment as VP
and GM of Warner Brothers Movie World in Madrid when the
park was taken over by Six Flags in 2000. He had the
responsibility for the design, development and
construction of the US$380 million Madrid Movie World,
which opened in April 2002 with revenues of US$71
million a year.
Since
joining Ocean Park in 2004, he has directed the
activities of the park to achieve 4 successive years of
the highest attendance, revenue and surpluses in the
company history, while leading the effort of defining
the Concept Master Plan for the future of Ocean Park.
The Concept Master Plan received government approval to
proceed in December 2005 and syndicated loan financing
of HK$5.5 billion was secured in 2006. Ground breaking
began in 2006 and the project is estimated to be
complete in 2012. Highlighting the growth and evolution
of Ocean Park under Mr. Mehrmann’s direction, Forbes.com
in 2006 named the park as one of the 10 most popular
theme parks in the world based on annual attendance of
over 5.0 million guests.
Mr.
Mehrmann is serving under the following organizations:
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Advisory Committee Member of the School of Hotel & Tourism Management, Hong Kong
Polytechnic University
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Advisory Committee Member of the
Hotel & Tourism Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong -
Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
Coalition of Service Industries, Travel/Tourism Committee -
Member of the Hong Kong Employer Federation of Hong Kong -
Member of the American Chamber of Commerce -
Member of the Tourism Orientation Programme Advisory Committee, Hong Kong
Tourism Board -
Sector/Subject Specialist for the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation
A graduate
of California State University, Fullerton, Tom Mehrmann
holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology. He
also completed the Advanced Courses (IAAPA*) in Theme
Park Management at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. |
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Mr. Eric Chan, Vice President of
KMDC; General Manager of Business Development and
Planning,
Hutchison Telecom
Topic:
Applying Knowledge Management to Drive Business Results
Mr. Eric Chan obtained his
Engineering degree from University of London, UK and his
MBA degree with distinction from Manchester Business
School, UK. His dissertation was on “Strategic Marketing
in the deregulating telecommunication industry”. Chan
also completed a Senior International Executive program
from INSEAD French Business School. Chan is a chartered
marketer and a chartered engineer.
Mr. Eric Chan is currently General Manager, Business
Development and Planning of Hutchison Telecom, one of
the leading Fixed & Mobile Operator and a wholly own
subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Group. He oversees
Business Strategic Planning, Partnership & Alliance
development and leads a team to develop new
telecommunication products and new business streams such
as ICT solutions and other Value Added Services for the
company. Chan is a veteran in the telecommunications
industry with over twenty years of experience in
Engineering, Marketing, Product Management, Business
Development and Consultancy. Chan was instrumental in
many network service developments in Hong Kong and has
masterminded a wide range of strategic projects
including trading network and industry-wide platform.
Before joining Hutchison Telecom, Mr. Chan held various
management positions in the IT & telecom industry,
including Vice President of Data and Broadband Services,
VP of Pre-sales Consultancy and Bid Management at PCCW.
Mr. Chan is a frequent speaker at international
conferences such as Asian IT Expo, ASEAN K-Economy
Conference in Brunei, KM Asia Showcase 2002, KM
Symposium 2004, Microsoft TechEd and Broadband World
Forum in Beijing, etc.. Mr. Chan is a founding member
and current Vice Chairman of KMDC, a non-profit learned
society to promote knowledge management practice in HK.
Chan helped pioneer KM projects for a number of
companies as early as 1998, including winning the Asian
MAKE award for a fixed line operator. He is a full
member of The Institution of Engineering and Technology
(IET, former IEE), Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
and The Chartered Institute of Marketing. For public
services, Mr. Chan serves in the Family First
Foundation, a charity organization promoting family
values and parenting education, as executive steering
committee member. Chan also serves in a number of
Advisory Committees in Public Council and Universities. |
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Dr. Saimond Ip,
Chief Executive Officer,
OnePort
Limited.
Dr. Ip received his PhD in Management Information
Systems from Cambridge University, UK. He spent six
years with the leading management consulting firm
McKinsey & Co, advising multinational and local
logistics and technology companies on strategic and
operational issues. Saimond was the chairman of an
ecommerce company that is listed on the Stock Exchange
of Hong Kong. He founded three other technology
companies, including a graphics software developer and a
mobile location technology vendor. He was also the
Executive Director of Hong Kong Pearl River Delta
Foundation. |
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Mr. So Tat-foon,
Assistant Director (Support), Office of the
Telecommunications Authority
Topic:
Regulations on Unsolicited Electronic Messages
Mr. So Tat-foon has over 20 years of experience in the
field of electronics and telecommunications. He joined
the Telecommunications Branch of the Hong Kong Post
Office in 1982. He is now the head of the Support Branch
of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong
Kong and has responsibilities for corporate and external
affairs, satellite regulations, technical standards, and
ICT development. He is also responsible for the
enforcement of Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance
enacted in 2007. |
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Mr. Eddie Ling,
Manager, Customer Support, CPCNet Hong Kong
Limited
Topic:
Offering True Control and Transparency Service for
Customer Relationship Excellence
Eddie Ling joined CPCNet as Manager, Customer Support
since 2000. Eddie has overall responsibility for
transformation of service delivery systems and
infrastructure, including the development of VIP support
group to providing comprehensive technical support and
fault management services to VIP customers across Asia
region. He is also accountability for providing critical
services support to CPCNet’s major accounts and VIP
customers, as well as liaising with overseas partners to
reinforce excellent customer relationships. As the team
head, he oversees a team of dynamic service engineers
and hotline professionals to ensure service excellence.
Eddie possesses over 13 years of working experience
in the Information Technology industry. With his
expertise in the field, Eddie helped CPCNet setup a
focus support team, with the aim of serving and offering
proficient operations support to global carrier partners
for penetrating the emerging markets. The main functions
of the team encompassed offering first-line escalation
services, streamlining the support process and providing
regular review of services performance.
Prior to joining CPCNet, Eddie had held various
customer support and services positions in the
Information Technology companies like China.com, LinkAGE
Online and PSINet HK Ltd. Eddie holds a Bachelor’s
Degree with Honors in Computer Science and Business
Administration from the York University in Toronto,
Canada. |
CRE Award Dinner Speakers
(27 June 2008) |
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Mr. Neil Stevens, Head of North Asia, S.W.I.F.T.
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Mr. Stephen Ho, CEO,
CPCNet Hong Kong
Limited Mr.
Stephen Ho is the CEO of CPCNet and he joined the
Company in March 2002. Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
Ho held senior positions at Cable and Wireless Systems
Limited, Hongkong Telecom CSL Limited, Hong Kong Telecom
Limited and iAdvantage Limited.
Mr. Ho carries with him more than 20 years of
extensive industry experience. He was the Project
Director for numerous important telecommunication
projects on public transportation in both Hong Kong and
Taiwan. His experience spans marketing and sales of
telecommunications products and services, logistics and
strategic purchasing management, operations and
technical management for the Hongkong Telecom
engineering support unit at the Hong Kong Kai Tak
International Airport and other Hong Kong Government
facilities. Mr. Ho also led Hongkong Telecom’s regional
market development in mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore,
Korea and Japan in the early ‘90s. He is a founder of
two Internet Data Centres, iAdvantage (1999) and Sky
Datamann (2000). Mr. Ho holds an Honor Bachelor Degree
in Electrical Engineering specializing in digital
communications from McGill University of Canada. |
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