SCMJ is pleased to announce a new Mentorship Program designed for its members. The purpose of the program is to help young SCMJ members develop their careers or hone their entrepreneurial skills. and gain the “real world” knowledge through free mentoring provided by qualified professionals in various business, high-tech and education fields. SCMJ will utilize its internal resources and external networks to best satisfy the needs of the mentees.
The mentoring will be conducted on an individual or a small group setting. It’ll cover three major areas: career, entrepreneurship and
business management. The session format and frequency will vary depending on the individual mentor and his/her mentees. Please bear in mind however that the design of this program is strategic, rather than tactical, with a macroscopic instead of operational focus. SCMJ will facilitate the pairing and the mentoring processes but will not be directly involved in or legally responsible for such mentoring sessions.
We are very pleased to have 5 distinguished professionals who have graciously volunteered to offer their mentoring services at the outset of this program. We will continue to recruit additional mentors with diverse backgrounds so as to meet future demands. Mentor volunteers or referrals are absolutely welcome!
If you are interested in taking advantage of this program, please download the application form via the link below and email the completed form to
SCMJmentorship@gmail.com and cc: info@scmj.org. If we find a match, we will forward your request to the appropriate mentor for him/her to get in touch with you. If no mentor is currently available for your interest area, we will keep your application on file and notify you as soon as we have identified a qualified mentor. Please note that this program is for the benefit of SCMJ members only, to sign up for membership, please go to our website at
www.scmj.org to enroll.
Click here to download SCMJ Mentorship Application Form.
Below are the bios of our launch phase mentors:
Ben Su, MBA, LUTCF
Ben Su began his career in the insurance and financial services in 1992 with MetLife in Seattle, Washington. After two years as a financial representative, he was promoted to General Manager in their Eastern Washington office. Ben ran a very successful firm in Eastern Washington for two years when he was then asked to move back to Seattle to help develop and grow a financial organization focused in Diversity.
Ben is currently in his 4th year with Prudential Financial. In his first full year in 2004, he attained Manager, Financial Service (MFS) Trophy 11th ranking. In 2005, Ben finished at the top 6th in MFS Trophy ranking. He moved to Southern California a year and a half ago to become a Managing Director. He has continued to recruit, develop and grow his diversity team in the City of Industry office. Currently, Ben is involved in the Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Hispanic, and Filipino ethnic markets.
He was a mentor for 4 different colleges in Seattle and has served that position for over 10 years. He is very passionate in mentoring students and helping young professionals, especially in the field of financial services.
Owen Wu, Ph.D.
Owen is the founder and president of DNT International based in Torrance. He has been a business owner, high-tech entrepreneur and compound semiconductor scientist since acquiring his Ph.D. from University of Illinois in 1979.
He worked for Hughes Research Lab for 12 years as a principal scientist and later grew to be a Program Manager to develop advanced infrared optoelectronics technologies. He led an R&D team that won the National Herschel Award from DOD in 1995. In 1997, he founded his company - American Communication Technology (ACT). He became the CEO of Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) after GCS acquired ACT in 1998. During his term, he raised $70 millions working capital to make GCS a major compound semiconductor pure-play foundry for wireless and fiber optical communication industries. In 2005, he launched his new venture of DNT International which focuses on technology applications for human health as well as international business incubations and development in high-tech industries.
Owen is the founding chairman of SCMJ and currently serving as the Vice Chairman of Global Monte Jade comprised of 14 chapters worldwide. He looks forward to mentoring young professionals and high-tech entrepreneurs-to-be with his broad experiences in business startup, management and technology developments.
Charles C.H. Wu, Business Attorney
Charles Wu has been a licensed California attorney and a patent attorney since 1993. He is a named partner of a medium size law firm in Irvine, specialized in business litigation, intellectual property, and related matters. His most noteworthy case was the successful defense at the U.S. Supreme Court for a trademark lawsuit representing his clients Lasting Impressions & MCN International in 2004.
Before starting his career as an attorney, he acquired his BS in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering and MS in Computer Engineering from USC as a cum laude graduate. He had worked in the high-tech industry for several years at IBM, Western Digital and Toshiba America before deciding to pursue his career in law and earned his J.D. degree later.
Charles is actively involved in the community service and has served as a director and president for local bar associations and one foundation, legal counsel for several large financial institutions, and volunteer attorney for the Irvine Chinese School. He is currently an Executive Board of Director of SCMJ, serving as the chairman of the legal committee and having organized several major events in recent years. He is very willing to help college students and young professionals on their career developments.
Richard Ma, Ph.D.
Richard Ma holds a doctor’s degree in electrical engineering and also an MBA degree. His career background covers both the technical and business management aspects in the high-tech industry. Richard was with IBM for 29 years. Initially as a
researcher then a development engineer, he later moved to IBM Information System Group and spent nine years there as a Senior Analyst responsible for product assessments and market researches. He switched his career interest to business management and was promoted to Program Manager in 1985. He had been in charge of business strategy and planning, product evaluations and pricing, and financial analysis at four different IBM divisions over a span of fifteen years. In the year of 2000, he was promoted to Business Operations Executive at Tivoli, an IBM company,
in Asia Pacific, to manage all aspects of its AP sales. Before his retirement from IBM in 2003, he had been in charge of business case and venture evaluations at IBM Product Life Management. He has been an independent registered Financial Consultant since 2003.
Richard will be pleased to share his diverse business experiences and knowledge with those who are seeking advices on career or business developments.
Wil Lang, Ph.D.
Wil Lang holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and has 30 years of diverse career experiences in engineering R&D, business startup and management, and career coaching. He currently serves as an advisor at several for-profit and nonprofit organizations on marketing and strategic development and also as a visiting professor at a university in Shanghai on career development education.
He spent 12 years in the aviation and aerospace industry after graduating from Northwestern University, having been with GE, Honeywell, and Rockwell International. Originally in the R&D and engineering field, he later moved to project management and technical marketing. Later he founded a company with some partners and a manufacturer in Taiwan to market LED electronic display systems in the US and Latin America. For his 13 years of business operations, he had been leading or participating in product marketing, business strategies and general management. He retired from the post in 2003 and has been doing coaching and counseling work since then.
Wil has been helping college students and young professionals in China for a healthy development of their careers. He will be glad to offer similar assistance to young professionals and students here in southern California.
