Howdy! Although born in Taipei, Taiwan, Rayne moved to the United States at the age of five and grew up down South in Texas. His "orientation" started his senior year at Northwestern University when he had an opportunity to work in Singapore after graduation. Since he only spoke "Chinglish" at home, Rayne decided to brush up on his Mandarin Chinese by taking a Chinese language class taught by a strict professor from Beijing who thought that the Beijing accent was the only official dialect of Chinese.

When he arrived in Singapore, Rayne realized that he wasn't the only one that spoke "Chinglish". Many Singaporeans spoke "Chinglish" except with a distinct accent and "la" punctuating the end of their sentences. Just go to the many hakka centers (food courts) or Orchard Road (shopping center) to enjoy the sights and sounds of the people and culture in Singapore.

After spending a summer helping to teach seminars on Cross Cultural Communications at the Singapore Institute of Management, Rayne returned to the Chicago area to work in the IT industry implementing Lotus Notes. His work at Lotus Consulting (now IBM) gave him the opportunity to travel throughout the United States with an eventual relocation to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to work at the headquarters of Lotus Development Corporation.

After working at various consulting positions at Renaissance Worldwide and Siebel Systems and racking up too many frequent flyer miles, Rayne decided to go back to business school full-time at Babson College. His "orientation" got more internationalized as he lived with a German exchange student and met many like minded students interested in entrepreneurship and international business.

After graduation, Rayne went to Beijing to visit his parents and to explore opportunities in China through a trade mission with the Department of Commerce. He came back to Boston with a better understanding of China and decided to start Globalbridge, an organization focused on providing consulting and marketing research related to China with a classmate from Babson.

Since the startup wasn't profitable, Rayne funded his China venture by working in real estate, a real "cash cow". Now he milks the "cash cow" and works on developing the next big opportunity. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, singing, traveling and working out. While in Boston, you will find him at karaoke bars trying to sing in Chinese or rollerblading along the Charles River. As the latest member to the ORIENTED Team in Boston, he looks forward to welcoming you at the next Happy Hour. See ya'll later!