Dr Qi Zhong joins Graphisoft as Managing Director for South-East Asia and Greater China

Budapest, September 06, 2004 – Graphisoft® today announced that Dr Qi Zhong has joined the company as Managing Director for South-East Asia and Greater China. In this role, Dr Zhong will be the principal executive in charge of Graphisoft’s South-East Asia and Greater China representative office based in Singapore.

Dr Zhong comes to Graphisoft from the publicly-listed novaCITYNETS based in Singapore. Dr Zhong was Vice President of Business Development and the China Country Manager since 2000. He was also Project Director for the innovative ePlanCheck project in Singapore. Prior to joining novaCITYNETS, he taught at the National University of Singapore in the area of building construction. Dr Zhong also served Program Manager at the National Computer Board of Singapore, where the national IT programs were conceptualized and implemented. He has carried out research at the Loughborough University of Technology in the UK and has taught at the ChongQing Architectural University, China.
Dr Zhong received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the Peking University in China and Master of Engineering in Construction Management from ChongQing Architectural University. He received his Doctorate in Construction from the National University of Singapore.