REAL IDEA COMPANY OVERVIEW
An industry leader in software localization and internationalization, Real Idea assists high-technology companies to successfully enter global markets. Real Idea specializes in the major Asian languages and-through strong partnerships with respected translation suppliers-provides support for European and Middle Eastern languages as well. We offer our top-notch linguistic, engineering, and management services to clients throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Real Idea professionals bring strong technical and consulting backgrounds with leading multinational enterprises such as IBM and R.R. Donnelly into every engagement.
Real Idea provides maximum protection of your intellectual property during every project and single-point-of-contact project management for unsurpassed efficiency and convenience. We base our solutions on industry standard technologies, methodologies, and best practices. As a result, our clients enjoy simultaneous release of projects, shorter cycle time, and lower costs.
Our wide range of customizable services includes:
- Software localization
- Software internationalization
- Multilingual translation
- Multilingual DTP
- Multilingual software QA testing
MANAGEMENT
Management Profiles
Victor Tan, CEO and President
With an impressive record of success and a solid reputation for effective leadership, Mr. Tan provides critical business direction to Real Idea. One of the company's founders, Mr. Tan served as general manager of LioNBridge Asia operations, managing branches in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Mr. Tan was also founder and president of the R. R. Donnelley Global Language Service Asia, which later became Stream International. Prior to his tenure at Donnelly, Mr. Tan was development manager of Lotus Asia Pacific. | |
Michael Chu, Chairman Mr. Chu is chairman and a founding partner of Real Idea. In addition, he is an investor and managing director of several Hong Kong-based businesses, including Fontana Leather International, Fontana Leather Mercantile Limited, and SuperClassic Investment Limited. | |
Yu-Sin Ng, CFO, Asia General Manager
Ms. Ng focuses on Real Idea's financial management and directs the activities of software localization and internationalization teams throughout Asia. Prior to joining Real Idea, Ms. Ng served as office manager and a project manager for LioNBridge in Beijing. Ms. Ng also oversaw administration and human resources at the Beijing office of Stream Language Solutions. She functioned as localization manager for that company and was responsible for vendor selection and project execution. During her 12-year career in software localization and internationalization, Ms. Ng has been a manager at the Beijing branch of the R. R. Donnelly Global Language Service. | |
Dojun Park , COO, Korea Country Manager With Real Idea since 1997, Mr. Park manages the company's technology infrastructure. His duties include tool selection and development and business process improvement. Prior to his tenure at Real Idea, Mr. Park served as the Korea country manager for LioNBridge, Stream International, and the R. R. Donnelley Global Language Service. Earlier, Mr. Park was the localization manager of Lotus Korea and worked as senior engineer/marketing manager at Daewoo and Kong Kwan. | |
Eric Qu, Director, Global Client Services / Partner Alliances Mr. Qu's duties include building Real Idea's strategic partnerships and alliances as well as selecting vendors. Mr. Qu joined Real Idea in April of 1997 as technical manager and has also served as China Country Manager. Before his career at Real Idea, Mr. Qu was a technical manager and senior project manager at LioNBridge, Stream international, and the R. R. Donnelley Global Language Service China. Mr. Qu was a senior software engineer at Legend Computer Group before entering the software localization and internationalization industry. |
contact us
Hong Kong
Our corporate headquarters is an important base as we expand into Southeast Asia where demand for localization services is growing rapidly.
Unit 34-35, 12th Floor
Pacific Trade Centre
2 Kai Hing Road, Kowloon Bay
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone: +852 2751-7363
Fax: +852 2753-9836