Richard Ford

Current

CTO/Partner at CANDIS Group Limited

Education

University of International Business and Economics
The Australian National University
Beijing Language and Culture University

Red Hat

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Information Technology and Services

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Richard Ford’s Summary

Linux and Systems Architecture Design Expertise. Always liked open source, involved in China community. Experience in developing and running a China based IT start up firm, developing international and local business relationships and sales forces. Bringing to the local market new technologies and carving out a competitive position based on the use of new technology, open source projects and excellent abstract design and analysis skills in both Chinese and English.

Richard Ford’s Specialties:

Thin Clients, Linux, Audit Trails, De-centralised Asset Management, Process Design, Use Case Analysis, Functional Requirements Generation, China Contracts and China Risk Managment, Strong Business Chinese.

Richard Ford’s Experience

CTO/Partner

CANDIS Group Limited

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

Responsible for all research and development and business process practices relevant to Information Systems asset management, process design, deployment as well as outsourced CIO, CTO, and Project Management functions. Primarily assisting foreign SME's, WFOE's and joint venture companies to design, deploy and manage their Information Systems within the greater China region. CANDIS also assists in the market entry and operation of technology services in China with first hand experience in dealing with the constraints of the local China environment.

Richard Ford’s Education

University of International Business and Economics

Chinese , Chinese Language, Chinese Economic and Business Environment , 2002 — 2004
The Australian National University

BComm , Management Accounting and Business Information Systems , 1996 — 2000

Activities and Societies:

Rugby, Squash, Australian Army Reserve
Beijing Language and Culture University
Red Hat

RHCE

Additional Information

Richard Ford’s Websites:

Richard Ford’s Interests:

Emerging Technology, Mobile Communications and Data Platforms, Linux, UML Modeling, Application Service Provision Models, IT Capital Asset Models, Rugby, Squash, Chinese Language and Culture.

Richard Ford’s Groups:

Red Hat Certified Engineer, Beijing Linux Users Group, Beijing Rotary Club (Non member), Beijing Aardvarks Rugby Club. China Rugby Union associate.

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