Paul Lien is the Partner, Senior Consultant, and Managing Partner of PCI Executive Search Consultants in Beijing. In addition to managing branch office operations, Paul often manages C-suit search assignments for senior executives and job seekers with very discrete skills. Paul started his work career in the 1970s, immediately after completing a degree in Electronics Engineering from Taipei Institute of Technology, and has been in the high-tech field ever since, before switching his career to executive search business. Over the years, Paul had gained valuable professional experiences and industry knowledge from management assignments at well-known multinational companies, such as Timex, Unisys, and Hewlett-Packard. While working at HP, Paul was sponsored to complete EMBA courses at National Taiwan University, which endowed him with solid theoretical knowledge in business management and hands-on experience. In 1998, Mr. Lien left HP as the Outsourcing Business Operations Manager (Asia Pacific) and then established PCI’s executive search office in Shanghai. Since 2001, Paul has been facilitating executive-search assignments in Beijing and has successfully placed a large number of candidates in a range of management positions, primarily in IT and related manufacturing industries. Paul had once a period of time serving on the Board of IIC Partners, as Director and Vice Chair of Aspac Region. For the reason of making contribution as a valuable partner office to IIC Partners' global network, Paul always commit his highest priority to handle/ facilitate the international assignments come from other IIC partner offices around the world.