John S. Chen (born July 1, 1955) is chairman, chief executive officer and president of Sybase, Inc. A recognized expert on global business and international trade, he is also a director of Wells Fargo & Company.
A native of Hong Kong, he graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in Northfield, Massachusetts. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1978 with a BS degree in electrical engineering. In 1979 he received his MS degree...
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John S. Chen (born July 1, 1955) is chairman, chief executive officer and president of Sybase, Inc. A recognized expert on global business and international trade, he is also a director of Wells Fargo & Company.
A native of Hong Kong, he graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in Northfield, Massachusetts. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1978 with a BS degree in electrical engineering. In 1979 he received his MS degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
With Unisys he was vice president and general manager of, in turn, the Convergent RISC Platform Division and the Convergent UNIX Systems Group. In 1991 he joined Pyramid Technology Corporation as executive vice president. Chen was elected president, chief operating officer and a director of Pyramid in 1993, serving until 1995.
Chen next joined Siemens Nixdorf as a vice president in 1995. He was promoted to president and chief executive officer of Siemens Nixdorf's Open...
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