PI-21 Partners

Sam Yao, GM, has over twenty years experience in software development industry including education, system / software development, embedded system development, mission-critical application development, system integration, software development management, and process improvement. He has extensive experience in consulting, project management and process improvement. As head of SEPG and SQA in an offshore software development center in Shanghai, he led process improvement program in setting up the strategies, establishing the process improvement infrastructure, building and enhancing software development & management process, developing and improving the metrics program, and conducting the appraisals, etc. Under his leadership, the company has achieved CMM Level 3 compliant operation in 2001. He also managed various large-scaled and complex projects / programs in leading international system integration companies in banking and transportation sectors. He led the effort in establishing and implementing rigorous project management methodology and system engineering practices, thus enabled the software development and implementation in cost-effective, efficient way with high quality. He is a certified project management professional by Brainbench.

Contact information: Voice: (86) 21 6249-3276 Fax: (86) 21 6249-3893 Email: info@piera.com.cn

Antonio Celso Hunnicutt Cortada has over 12 years of experience with process improvement programs. He has also been working with ERP implementation and development since 1997. He developed and taught many process improvement courses, as well as software engineering. Antonio has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and has a Master’s degree in quality engineering and worked developing and implementing quality management systems during the last few years. He also has extensive experience with problem solving methods, project management and process improvement.

As a consultant, he has worked with the leading companies in Brazil and managed various large-scaled and complex projects/programs in the many different industries. As a quality manager in São Paulo, he planned and led the implementation of process improvement programs in different companies by setting up the strategies, establishing the necessary infrastructure, enhancing the project management process, developing and improving the metrics program, conducting audits and also improving the strategic planning process of the company.

Contact information: Voice: (55) 11 9981-0962 Fax: (55) 11 5641-2219 Email: info@ahc.com.br