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We are your future teammates:
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Alex Wang is the founder and chief spokesperson for 8D World. Prior to 8D World, Alex was a founding team member and Vice President of Business Development at Emptoris, Inc., a leading Enterprise Supply and Contract Management software company. At Emptoris, Alex was responsible for global channel sales and Asia Pacific region, accounting for one-third of Emptoris' total revenue. Alex led Emptoris’ efforts to secure the world’s top two system integration firms, IBM and Accenture, as Emptoris’ sales channels and delivered numerous Global 1000 client wins to Emptoris. Alex also played a key role in several Emptoris' acquisitions and was instrumental to Emptoris raising over $50M venture capital. Prior to joining Emptoris, Alex held various sales, marketing, consulting, and project management positions at Lucent Technologies, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Alex received BS in Applied Mechanics from Fudan University , PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech where he won the Paul E Torgersen Best PhD Dissertation Award, and MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management where he received the Alumni Leadership Award. In his early engineering days, Alex was named by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to the list of 100 outstanding young engineers.
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Rick Goodman has a wealth of game and software development experience and is responsible for 8D World’s entire product suite. Prior to 8D World, Rick founded Stainless Steel Studios, Inc, where he served as the President and guided the company’s computer game development efforts. He led the design and launch of a series of historical multiplayer computer games, earning over $150 million in worldwide retail sales. Prior to Stainless, Rick co-founded Ensemble Studios where he directed the development of PC game products. At Ensemble, Rick led the development of Microsoft’s Age of Empires, one of the most popular PC titles in the world, with total brand sales of over $500 million dollars. Rick also helped position Ensemble Studios for a Microsoft buy-out in 2000. Prior to Ensemble, Rick held various positions Lotus Development Corporation and Interactive Data Corporation where he helped direct development of large-scale software projects.
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Mr. Goodman has a BA from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from Boston University .
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Let
us introduce
ourselves
to you.
Alex
Wang, President and CEO
Rick
Goodman, EVP and Chief Product Officer