CHAYORA

Title : EVP — Network & Strategy Industry : Technology

Company : Chayora Location : Hong Kong

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Ms . Yali Z . Liu joined Chayora in 2020 as Executive Vice President responsible for network connectivity products and solutions , as well as business strategy , being a member of the management board of Chayora , supporting delivery of large scalable high performance data centre campuses in China . Yali has over 15 years of strategic and operational leadership experience in global internet , cloud and data centre development , driving transformation and supporting business and customer demands worldwide . Yali was Executive Director at Verizon , responsible for global network planning , engineering and network product development , leading large geographically dispersed global teams to provide development and operational support for innovative product portfolios while aligning technology strategy with business and financial objectives . Between 2014-19 , Yali was Vice President of ChinaCache responsible for global business development . She was instrumental in driving carrier-neutral data centres and building the first internet exchange ( CHN-IX ) in mainland China for more effective regional connectivity among cloud and data service providers and ISPs . Yali holds a B . S . in Mathematics from Peking University , an MBA from University of Dallas , and an M . S . in Computer Sciences from University of Texas in Dallas . Yali has a US patent in internet technology , and is an advisory board member of the Pacific Telecommunications Council ( PTC ).

JUNE 2020