Feature Interview
James Song
CEO
Waterville International


Mr. Song is currently the CEO of Waterville International Management Information Science and Technology Inc., a Shanghai-based global business and management-consulting group, focusing on country market strategy, and international negotiation in the cross-culture context, talents development, and human capital management.

Dr. Song received his university education at Peking University, majoring in Paleontology, Ph. D. from the University of California Berkeley, in Integrative Biology, MBA from Cornell University focusing on Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, and worked at the Johns Hopkins University as a postdoctoral research fellow in Molecular Biophysics before joining the research faculty. His accomplished career features many years in marketing, finance, management consulting, and business education both in the US and in China. He advised the Chairman/CEO of D.E. Shaw & Co. in New York on Asia strategies, directed special projects at M&T Bank while serving as the CFO's Executive Associate, and built CRM tools for First USA as the world's then leading credit card bank's VP and Director of Customer Information. He served as IBI China Chief Representative; the founding Managing Director of USTC Suzhou IMBA Center; Executive Director of Nanjing University IMBA Center; and Director of Cornell Hotel School's Shanghai Program Office. He has served as Chief Executive of leading global consulting groups, including Negotiation Resource International and Caliper.

A Chinese native and US citizen living in Shanghai, Dr. Song advises leading global companies and organizations such as Microsoft, PwC, DHL, SAP, Degussa, BrennTag, Panasonic, Wal-Mart, Motorola, Giti, United States Consulate General Commercial Representative Office, China Franchising Federation, and numerous Chinese businesses.

Prof. Song teaches at Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University; China Europe International Business School (CEIBS); Business School, Nanjing University and the Sydney Graduate School of Management. His most popular courses include Business and Executive Communication, Global Leadership, Competitive Intelligence, Power Negotiation, Business Case Selling, Cross-Cultural Management, and Managing New Realities.


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