Elizabeth Xu

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Elizabeth Xu
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Alma mater Peking University (BS, MS)
University of Nevada, Reno (MS, PhD)
Stanford University (MBA)

Elizabeth Xu is a Chinese businesswoman, author, and professor specializing in the developing advanced technology and digital business including software-as-a-service, big data, and mobile enterprise software.

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Early life and education

Xu was born in China. Her mother was a math teacher and her father was an English professor. [1] Xu earned a Bachelor of Science degree in space physics and Master of Science in environmental science from Peking University. Xu then earned a Master of Science degree in computer science and PhD in atmospheric science from University of Nevada, Reno. [2] Xu earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. [2]

Career

Xu was briefly the Chief Technology Officer for CP Group, [3] and the CEO of CP R&D, helping the Digital Transformation for a few hundred subsidiaries with combined revenue of $45 Billion and 350,000 employees globally. She was the CTO and SVP at BMC Software. Xu was also the Group VP Engineering at Acxiom, SVP at Rearden Commerce and Vitria Technology. She also held management positions at IBM.

Xu is an author of Myths of the Promotion: 10 Steps to a Successful Career, [4] [5] lecturer at Stanford University.

Xu is a co-inventor and patent owner in Architecture for web-based on-line-off-line digital certificate authority. [6]

Awards

Xu is a recipient of several awards and recognitions.

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References

  1. "Building Successful Careers" . Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. 1 2 "Women of Influence - Technology - BMC Software's Elizabeth Xu, Women of Influence 2015". bizjournals.com. April 13, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. "Women in tech with Dr Elizabeth Xu Group CTO at CP Group".
  4. Xu, Elizabeth (2012). Myths of the Promotion: 10 Steps to a Successful Career. StoryRobin Company. ISBN   978-1937489991.
  5. Ph.D, Elizabeth Xu; Zimmerman, Patricia (2012-07-07). Myths of the Promotion: 10 Steps to a Successful Career. StoryRobin Company. ISBN   9781937489991.
  6. "Architecture for web-based on-line-off-line digital certificate authority" . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  7. "WITI - Elizabeth Xu, Ph.D." www.witi.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.