Look for EMC at the Olympics!

The EMC Asian Circle solidified EMC as the first Fortune 500 company to participate in the Beijing 2008 Olympic City Volunteer Program.

The Olympic City volunteer Program began as a modest effort to get EMC’s Asian Circle members involved with the Olympic Games and create more awareness of EMC in the China region. The original plan to send 1 US-based and 9 China-based EMC volunteers soon doubled once EMC’s China executives caught wind of the program. Charles Fan, General Manager of China R&D, -- pictured, right --  is amongst the 20 volunteers.



On May 12, 2008, government officials from the Chaoyang district in Beijing, the largest district in the region, held an induction ceremony to officially welcome the EMC volunteer team as Olympic city volunteers.

 

 

 

 

Pictured: Feng Zhang, Senior Technologist in the Office of the CTO and President of the Asian Circle.EMC's Olympics Volunteer Program was Feng's idea.

"Why get involved in the Olympics?" I asked.

“EMC is the only company I have worked for in the U.S. and I have loved working here since the day I joined. Growing up in China, I have always been a sports fan. I love soccer, basketball, and many other team sports. I saw the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a unique opportunity for me to contribute back to my beloved home country while creating a benefit for the company at the same time. EMC’s Asian Circle provided me the perfect platform and an excellent team to turn this opportunity into a reality.”

Pictured:  Bing Yi.  Senior Competitive Positioning Analyst in the Corporate Pricing group.Bing is joining our China-based volunteers to represent the US as an official EMC Olympics volunteer. 

Bing was selected out of 22 applicants from 3 geographies by a 5-person Asian Circle selection committee that had a stringent selection criteria since the selected candidate would be representing EMC's US office. Bing exhibited all of the traits and qualities the Asian Circle thought would make a good candidate, and beyond. His application essays were full of details and examples of teamwork and leadership capabilities.

Thank you Feng, Bing, and George Cheng, Asian Circle PR leader and member of the EMC Marketing department, for sharing the Asian Circle's leadership story with me.  Congratulations! 

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Raphael Stacchiotti, son of EMCer  Marco Stacchiotti, is one of 14 athletes from Luxembourg competing in the Summer Olympic Games. On the afternoon of August 10, Raphael will take to the pool to compete in the 200-meter freestyle event.

 

Pictured: Raphael Stacchiotti. 
Thank you ChannelEMC for the photos and for Marco's and Raphael's story!
 

EMC has two major R&D Centers in China today – Shanghai, which opened in 2006 and Beijing, which opened in 2007.

 

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