As a speaker at the recent i7 Summit in Chantilly, Paris, Talent Age CEO Kyung H. Yoon focused on how the world of technology and globalization is impacting business and how it is more important than ever to recruit innovative talents who can cope with a rapidly changing environment.

“The most effective leaders in this kind of world where everything is changing, and nothing can be taken as granted, are people who can handle rapid change and big shifts,” Yoon said.  This requires intelligence, creativity, the ability to figure things out, team creation and management, and the capability to face new challenges.  Yoon calls these people “T Shaped People” because they have very broad and disparate backgrounds.

As companies throughout the corporate landscape scramble to reinvent themselves to avoid becoming obsolete, the demand for multicultural, multitasking talent is increasing.  This is true not just in top multinational corporations, Yoon said, but for mid-cap and startup companies across a broad spectrum of industries, nonprofit entities, educational institutions, foundations, associations and governmental entities.

Yoon urges the educational system to support this very dynamic environment by teaching people to think creatively so they can tackle problems never seen before and to train multilingual and multicultural people.  In addition, lifelong learning must become a habit, Yoon said.  Today’s businesses need managers who are able to change, and learning and innovating should be part of a whole career.

On June 9th, Kyung H. Yoon, CEO of Talent Age Associates, spoke at the King and Wood 10th Anniversary in Silicon Valley Conference titled The Changing Legal and Financial Landscape in China.  As moderator, Kyung led a panel of experts in discussing corporate and banking impacts and changes.

Other members of the panel included:

Fernand Kong, CFA, Foreign Exchange Manager, Silicon Valley Bank;
Susan Ning, Partner, King & Wood ( Beijing );
Mark Noble, Senior Foreign Exchange Trader, Silicon Valley Bank;
Jonathan Pan, Partner, King & Wood;
Vivien Wang, Senior Manager, Deloitte Tax LLP.

Talent Age Associates CEO Kyung H. Yoon will speak at the 2011 Equilar Executive Compensation Summit on June 14.  She is participating in the discussion Pay for Performance — What’s Working and Why.  Other panelists include:

Kevin Murphy, Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California;
Steve Cross, Managing Partner, Cogent Compensation Partners;
Jan Koors, Managing Director, Pearl Meyer & Partners;
Dave Hofrichter, Principal, Aon Hewitt;
Rose Marie Orens, Senior Partner, Compensation Advisory Partners, LLC.

Held at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, CA, the Summit is the nation’s single largest gathering of executive compensation professionals, with more than 350 attendees.  The three-day conference features informative panels with top speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities, training, and focused roundtable discussions on today’s top executive compensation issues and emerging best practices.

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Talent Age Associates is proud to announce that Jeffrey Chen has been named the Vice-President, Asia Sales for Lantiq, a fabless company that offers a broad and innovative product portfolio for next-generation networks and the digital home.  

Chen is a seasoned sales leader who has more than 24 years of proven sales and business development experience targeting the broadband and home networking space. Previously, Chen was Vice President of APAC Sales at Conexant Systems where he was responsible for all sales activities with a team of 45 people in sales, FAE, and sales support. He was able to grow the revenues to $1.6 billion. Click here to read more.

Talent Age Associates is pleased to announce the placement of Wei Yuan as Chief Representative of the China Sustainable Energy Program at The Energy Foundation in Beijing. The Energy Foundation is a partnership of major donors interested in solving the world’s energy problems. The foundation’s geographic focus is on the US and China, the largest and fastest growing energy markets in the world.

Talent Age Associates (TAA) was retained by The Energy Foundation to conduct a search for Chief Representative for their China Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP). This position would lead the organization’s development and provide strong support to the Senior Vice President/CSEP Director to ensure that the program can grow in a manner that preserves its core strengths and increases the power of its investments. The position would also manage China’s program strategy development, cross-program collaboration, and be responsible for overall operations in the Beijing office. The Chief Representative will report to the Senior Vice President/Director of China Programs in the San Francisco office and work closely with the Deputy Director and program staff in the Beijing office. Click here to read more.

• Venture capitalists such as Brook Byers, Patricia Cloherty, Reid Dennis, Tim Draper, Pitch Johnson, Dick Kramlich, Kate Mitchell, Don Valentine, and Ann Winblad;
• Corporate leaders such as former Intel chairman and CEO Craig Barrett, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, former VMware CEO Diane Greene, BP Capital founder T. Boone Pickens;
• Policymakers such as White House CTO Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. senator Gary Hart, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and Russian Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko; and
• Management and technology gurus such as Vint Cerf, Esther Dyson, and Geoffrey Moore.

The eighth annual Symposium will take place on March 23-25, 2011.

March 24, 2011

Kyung H. Yoon, CEO, Talent Age Associates to speak on the Intellectual Capital panel with David Lam, WI Harper as moderator, Joe Golden, China Broadband Ventures, Richard Lester, MIT Industrial Performance Center, Charles Stucki, Cisco Systems.

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Impact of Women’s Leadership in Venture Capital Around the World
A Champagne Brunch with SVB Financial Group’s Women Directors

November 7th, 11:00am – 2:00pm, The Binjiang One, 滨江一号
Sponsored by: WIL and SVB Financial

Women in Leadership (WIL) would like to invite you to an exclusive champagne brunch with leading women in the worldwide venture capital industry. Tina Ju of KPCB will moderate a panel comprises four women from SVB Financial Group’s Board of Directors, each a leading voice in the private equity ecosystem. The panel will discuss and share perspectives on the impact of women leaders in our roles as venture capitalists, board members and community leaders.

Moderator:
Tina Ju, Founding and Managing Partner of KPCB China

Panelists:
Lata Krishnan, CFO of Shah Capital Partners
Kate Mitchell, Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners, Chairperson of NVCA
Michaela K. Rodeno, CEO of Skalli Corporation
Kyung, H. Yoon, CEO and Founder, Talent Age Associates, Inc

Event Details
Location: The Binjiang One，滨江一号
(+86-21) 58777500
Fu Cheng Road, Shi Bu Jie, Binjiang Dadao, Pudong, Shanghai, 200120 滨江富城路拾步街由隆花园

Date:            Sunday, November 7, 2010 (11:00 AM-2:00 PM)

Agenda:
11:00-11:30: Registration/Networking
11:30-12:15: Panel Discussion
12:15-12:30: Q&A
12:30-14:00: Luncheon and Networking

Cost: WIL Member Free; None-WIL: RMB 400

Registration 8:00 a.m.
Conference 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Silicon Valley Bank,
Harry Kellogg Auditorium
3005 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara

Society/Co-sponsor Members $75
Non-members $100
Students $50

To register, please call 415-421-8707, or visit https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=de53e5UTH

Massive capital reserves, a relatively robust financial sector, and effective stimulus programs helped China survive the global recession relatively unscathed and economic growth is projected to return to double-digit levels for  2010. Yet considerable challenges remain.  Despite a range of new government policies and reports of progress, one of the most vexing issues remains the protection of intellectual property. In surveys this year, both the American and European Chambers of Commerce in China found that large majorities of their members continue to see IP protection as a serious challenge. The Information Technology sector, IP-intensive and targeted for rapid growth by the Chinese government, is especially vulnerable.

It is not only foreign firms that are concerned; the vast majority of IP violation claims filed in China are made by Chinese firms, and there is a growing domestic constituency for strong, transparent, and consistent IP protection.

This conference will both survey the rapidly evolving state of IP protection in China and address practical steps and strategies that firms can take to protect IP and to address cases of IP infringement. Achieving the right mix of legal, operational, and strategic considerations is difficult, but the conference’s legal and business experts from both China and the U.S. will show how it can be done.

Speakers:

Robert Hertzberg, Partner, Mayer Brown; former Speaker, California State Assembly (keynote)
John Amster, CEO, RPX Corporation
Rebecca Fannin, Forbes/Silicon Dragon (moderator)
Ian Feinberg, Partner, Mayer Brown
Edward Kwok, Partner, Haynes and Boone
Meredith McKenzie, Senior Director of Intellectual Property, Symantec
Horace Ng, Managing IP Counsel & Director of Patent Procurement, Marvell
Shi Yusheng, Partner, King & Wood (Beijing)
David Steuer, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Gregory Wajnowski, Special Counsel-Asia, GE
Janet Xiao, Associate, Morrison Foerster
Kyung H. Yoon, Chief Executive Officer, Talent Age Associates (moderator)
Alex Zhang, Partner, King & Wood

Sponsored by Haynes and Boone, LLP, King & Wood , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Mayer Brown, and Morrison & Foerster

Kyung H. Yoon, CEO, Talent Age Associates was quoted in the Wall Street Journal today on Married Executives Juggle Executive Moves by Joann S. Lublin.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010, 4:08 P.M. ETMarried Executives Juggle International MovesBy JOANN S. LUBLINDavid W. Drysdale and his wife Mary M. Uppgren recently moved to South Korea. It represents their third foreign assignment in two years.Each time, both executives kept working for Accenture PLC, a big management consultancy. Mr. Drysdale currently manages human resources for its Korean unit while Ms. Uppgren is a global employee-communications official.Their initial move to the Philippines from Minneapolis required weeks of delicate talks, however. Mr. Drysdale says he wouldn’t take an HR post in Manila unless Accenture could “make a meaningful management role for Mary happen.”Ms. Uppgren landed such a role, and began reporting to a New York-based boss. But “it’s never easy when a key team member is multiple time zones away,” remarks Olivier Roux, her supervisor.David W. Drysdale and his wife Mary M. Uppgren recently moved to South Korea. It represents their third foreign assignment in two years.More executive couples now confront the same conundrum: staying married and employed in upper management after one spouse wins a foreign transfer. The best coping strategy for high-powered duos? Creative planning and outreach.Booming overseas markets, the proliferation of female executives and a rebound in expatriate gigs are stoking the trend.

Nearly half of 391 companies anticipate offering more international stints during the next 18 months, concluded a June poll by the Institute for Corporate Productivity.”We have seen an increase in executive-level couples accepting assignments to move overseas during the past two years” as they seek to enhance their leadership capabilities, says Susan R. Ginsberg, a vice president of Ricklin-Echikson Associates Inc. a global HR consulting firm. “The most difficult thing is accommodating the accompanying spouse.”As a result, nearly 35% of U.S. concerns offer formal career help for spouses or partners of executives sent abroad – up from 10% a decade ago, Ms. Ginbsburg estimates. REA, based in Milburn, N.J., provides this coaching in 49 countries.

“Ask for the services up front,” she recommends. “Make that a deal breaker.”Certain companies enrich an executive’s compensation if the spouse takes a lower-paid job in the foreign locale. “A new hire at a high level may have more leverage to get that kind of sweeter deal,” suggests Betsy Burlingame, president of Expat Exchange, an online community.Informal job-hunting aid by employers is more common – such as arranging local introductions for an expatriate’s mate. Tupperware Brands Corp. officials “help facilitate work permits for the accompanying partner,” says Chief Executive E.V.”Rick” Goings.

The maker and direct seller of household goods derives 85% of its revenue from outside the U.S.Executive couples headed overseas also “have to take a lot of initiative,” advises Linda Stroh, co-author of a 2005 book about international assignments.That’s what Huoy-Ming Yeh did. Born in Taiwan, she was a general partner at a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif., when Cisco Systems Inc. promoted her husband Sherman Chu to general counsel of its China unit. The couple moved to Shanghai in December 2008.Ms. Yeh stayed on the venture-capital firm’s payroll for a few months before “we decided it wouldn’t work” for the firm to set up an office in China, she remembers.She obtained job interviews at several Shanghai venture-capital firms through her husband’s connections. She also tapped her extensive U.S. network, which included SVB Financial Group, the Santa Clara., Calif., parent of Silicon Valley Bank.In November 2009, Ms. Yeh joined its SVB Capital unit as a managing director. “The fact they knew me from California gave them comfort,” she believes. “And speaking fluent Chinese meant I was able to do business in Shanghai.” She handles China investments for the unit.Recruiters operating overseas can open doors for executive spouses as well.

“I try to be as helpful as I can,” says Kyung Yoon, CEO of Talent Age Associates LLC, a Palo Alto, Calif., concern that specializes in cross-border hunts. But many recruiters ignore such requests “unless there is some kind of professional relationship,” she cautions.So, if a new employer hires you to work overseas, “feel free to ask the recruiter involved for assistance with the accompanying spouse or partner,” says John Wood, a vice chairman of search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.Alternative living arrangements sometimes make more sense. Tupperware now has about six international commuter marriages involving executives, compared with none a decade ago, according to Mr. Goings.A Swiss executive transferred to Singapore three years ago left his wife behind in Geneva, where she runs art studios, Mr. Goings says, adding that Tupperware offers such couples liberal travel allowances.Since the late 1980s, Diane McGreal twice relinquished her U.S. retail-buyer career to live abroad with her husband, an oil-industry executive. He later joined a global pharmaceutical maker, which offered a Puerto Rico assignment in 2003. This time, Ms. McGreal refused to move from America – because she was moving up at Berlitz International Inc.During her husband’s two-year Puerto Rico commute, she advanced to the executive ranks as head of Berlitz’s cultural consulting unit.It’s equally important that expatriate executive duos plan early for repatriation. Ms. Yeh says she has yet to broach repatriation with SVB. But she worries how she and her husband can “manage the timing of repatriation so we both are synched up with good jobs back in the U.S.”