Andrew H. Lee is the General Manager of Trimble Navigation Ltd (NASDAQ:TRMB) for the China Operations, based in Shanghai. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, Trimble has more than 2000 employees in more than 20 countries worldwide. Trimble is a leading innovator of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. In addition to providing advanced GPS components, Trimble augments GPS with other positioning technologies as well as wireless communications and software to create complete customer solutions. Trimble's worldwide presence and unique capabilities position the Company for growth in emerging applications including surveying, automobile navigation, machine guidance, asset tracking, wireless platforms, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Andrew went to the United States for his college education in the late 70¡¯s. He held BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from University of California at Berkeley.
Upon his graduation, Andrew resided in the San Francisco Bay Area and started his careers in the Silicon Valley in the engineering field. In addition to his professional development, he played an active role in the community. He was an impresario producing symphonic concerts and large scale cultural events. He presented first-of-its-kind symphonic concerts to introduce Chinese symphonic music to the American audience. For example, he produced a concert to feature the ¡°Yellow River Cantata¡± performed by the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra in the 80¡¯s. Andrew also headed the committee to celebrate the Reunification of Hong Kong in 1997.
Andrew moved to Shanghai in 2001 to start up the China Operations for Axcelis Corporation (formerly Eaton Semiconductor Operation). His wife Sandra and his twin boys, Marcus and Sean, joined him two years later and are happily settled in Shanghai.
CHINA AND I
Andrew H. Lee
I was born and raised in colonial Hong Kong as an orphan of mother China. Until I went abroad to the United States to further my university education, I eventually found my close accord with China and started to play a role to bridge the US and China.
As a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I organized several first-of-its kind cultural performances to the US public. I produced symphonic concerts introducing for the first time the ¡°Butterfly Lovers¡± Violin Concerto and ¡°Yellow River¡± Piano Concerto to the US audience. Before I graduated, I also produced the US debut of the Chinese Musical ¡°Liu Sanje¡± at MIT.
I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area upon my graduation and started my career as an engineer. Once I got settled in the Bay Area, I continued my quest as an Impresario. I founded the Asian Performance Arts and produced the East Meets West Symphonic Concert series performing at the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. Again, these concert series featured many of the first-its-kind sold-out only performances. Among which were the San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra featuring for the US debut of the ¡°Yellow River Cantata¡± sung by a premier US professional group in Chinese. The concert series also featured top conductors, instrumentalists and vocalists in unique programs blending the East and the West. Guest artists include the late San Francisco Opera Director Kurt Adler, the late China Central Philharmonic Music Director Li Delun, China Central Philharmonic Director Emeritus Yan Liangqun, China¡¯s premier Pipa Soloist Liu Dehai, and many world renowned instrumentalists and vocalists. Not only did we bring top caliber performances to bridge the US and China, we also successfully brought the Chinese community to mainstream venues and social activities in the western world.
In addition to the performances, I was also active in the community promoting the cross-cultural exchanges as well as cross-national friendship. In 1997, I led a steering committee in San Francisco in organizing the celebration of Hong Kong¡¯s reunification with China.
In 2001, I moved to Shanghai and helped a US company to start up an operation in China. My family joined me two years later and we are happily settled in Shanghai. We are excited about the continuous growth in China and enjoy every moment of our stay as expatriates in China. As the General Manager of a US High Tech company, I treasure the opportunity to learn and share with our team, and cross-promote the values between the East and the West. Even though we are expatriates in China, we are proud to have our Chinese roots, sharing the same heritage.
Together, we share ¡°One World, One Dream¡±.
