Aglaia Kong
Articles that meet WP:GNG: (1) https://mpea-plus.org/theme-project-20180704/ , (2) https://asiasociety.org/global-talent-initiatives/diversity-leadership-aglaia-kong-%E2%80%93-cto-cisco-china, (3) http://network.cnw.com.cn/network-carrier-ethernet/htm2013/20130826_281359.shtml , (4) http://macaodaily.com/html/2018-05/19/content_1266775.htm
| Aglaia Kong | |
|---|---|
| Born | Choi Fai Aglaia Kong China |
| 🏡 Residence | California, US |
| 💼 Occupation | Business executive |
| Title | CEO/CTO of Exaleap |
| Aglaia Kong | |||||||
| Chinese | 江朝暉 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
Choi Fai Aglaia Kong was past CTO of Google, Cisco Systems, and Symantec. She is currently the CEO and CTO for ExaLeap, a technology company focusing on smart home, smart enterprise, smart health and smart city solutions for social impact that she started with Peter Lee Ka-kit.
Early life and education[edit]
Kong was born and raised in a rural village in China. Her parents were both engineers and often were out travelling, so Kong lived with her grandmother. She spent two years in Macau for secondary school and Canada for high school.[1] She graduated from the University of Minnesota with an Electrical Engineering degree.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Aglaia worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1985 publishing papers.[2] She worked as a software engineer and designed systems to integrate the Global Position System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) together for Mapping and Surveying and holds a patent for that.[3]
In 1997 Kong joined Symantec Software as the first female Fellow, CTO/Vice President and was awarded the Annual Tribute to Women (TWIN) Award by YWCA of Silicon Valley.[4]
In 2010, Kong joined Cisco Systems as VP/GM for Connected Platform Group and focused in delivering products and platforms to enable various vertical solutions in education, health care and smart cities. In 2011, she became Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Cisco China and worked to build a solution in education, healthcare, and energy management to take advantage of the China Country Investment Initiative.[5][6]
At Cisco, Kong was also the CTO for IOE (Internet of Everything) Solution Group and VP of Technology leading solution innovation for IOT.[7][8] IOE is about connecting things, Internet of Things (IOT), together for different vertical.[9]
In 2016, Kong joined Google as CTO overseeing the Google and Alphabet network infrastructure. Leveraging Artificial Intelligent (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), she designed the overall architecture to build Software-defined Networking (SDN) infrastructure. With SDN, the network is configured and optimized automatically based on intent and policy. She was also part of Google Cloud CTO Office and initiated Google Cloud IOT Core and worked on Google's smart building effort worldwide.[10][11]
Personal life[edit]
Kong is currently married and currently resides in San Jose.
References[edit]
- ↑ "【正向專題】創新創意，敢想敢拼──專訪IT工程師江朝暉" [[Forward Topics] Innovative Ideas, Dare to Fight - Interview with IT Engineer Jiang Zhaohui]. Macau Positive Energy Association (in 中文). Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ↑ "A. C.F. Kong". Mendeley. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ↑ "Chio Fai Aglaia Kong Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications". Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via Justia.
- ↑ YWCA of Silicon Valley (2010-02-25). "YWCA of Silicon Valley Announces the Recipients of the 26th Annual Tribute to Women (TWIN) Awards" (Press release). San Jose, California. Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via ReleaseWire.
- ↑ "Diversity in Leadership: Aglaia Kong – CTO of Cisco China". Asia Society. February 28, 2013. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ↑ "思科中国CTO江朝晖：我们创新为中国-网络通信-网界" [Cisco China CTO Jiang Zhaohui: We are innovating for China]. CNW.com.cn (in 中文). August 26, 2013. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ↑ "Aglaia Kong". 19 May 2015 IoT Startup Event. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ↑ "Aglaia Kong - VP of Technology @ Cisco". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ↑ Telstra Enterprise (2016-02-22). Telstra IN:SIGHT - How to prepare for the Internet of Everything. Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via YouTube.
When it comes to connected business, CISCO evangelist Aglaia Kong has three steps for ensuring success as the internet of everything become reality.
- ↑ "Smart buildings can create amazing workspaces, says Google". Installation & AV Technology Europe. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ↑ "江朝暉：澳應開闊思路招人才" [Jiang Zhaohui: Australia should broaden its ideas and recruit talents]. Macao Daily News (in 中文). Retrieved 2019-02-13.
This article "Aglaia Kong" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Aglaia Kong. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
