About Jade Networks International

Date of last update: November 26, 2008

Welcome to the Jade Networks International site.  Established in 2004, Jade Networks International is an Internet services company focusing on the design and implementation of highly integrated and scalable, collaborative social networking web environments.  Several of these sites are described below.

Voice over IP (VoIP) services and products (in partnership with Jade Connections) will be launched first quarter 2009. 

Jade Networks International is the parent company for Jade Connections Limited, a Hong Kong Limited company.  Jade Network and Jade Connections work extremely close with one another, with Jade Networks being the technology and infrastructure company, and Jade Connections focusing on International trade between Asia and the rest of the world.   Jade Networks provides custom software development services together with Jade Connections, often as part of custom product development work done with factories in the region.  Jade Networks also provides web and email services for several sites, including Jade Connections, RegainAmerica and PinoyTalk.

 

Jade Networks Staff

Jade Networks has an experienced, diverse management team, with extensive International, IT and China partnering experience..

  

Tim Kehres
Managing Director

Tim brings a twenty-five year track record of success in cutting edge Internet systems and applications, including applied research and development for the US Government and over twenty years working with innovative new technology companies.  Expert ability to combine market / financial research with knowledge of technology, trends to develop, and implementation of sound and profitable business strategies.  He is an accomplished manager with international experience spanning the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, China and the Philippines.  Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Personal Web Site
     

 

Linda Liu
China Sourcing and Sales

Based in Shenzhen, China, Linda is responsible for China sourcing and sales of products and services into the China market. 

Linda brings 13 years management experience at all levels of the manufacturing process to Jade.  Working with manufacturing firms across Guandong province (Dongguan, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Shenzhen), Linda has been responsible for all aspects of manufacturing for large (over 29,000 staff) factories, including the areas of material preparation, supplier relations, scheduling and quality assurance, as well as product sales management for both the China market and International sales.

In 2005 Linda founded her own China sourcing and sales company, based in Shenzhen,  focusing on international markets.  Product emphasis has been on consumer electronic, health related items, breath analyzers, and electronic cigarettes.
     

 

Vincent Easton
Business Development

Vincent comes to Jade with a proven track record of over thirty-five years of success in designing / delivering IT marketing, sales, support, and technical solutions to International customers across three continents.    An accomplished manager with international experience spanning the United Kingdom, South Africa, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines.  Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with exceptional attention to detail.

Personal Web Site

 

Jade Networks Sites
 

   Jade Connections
Jade Connections is focused on enabling trade between Chinese suppliers and Western markets. The first release of the Jade Connections website is currently under development. We are in the process of building an open community site focused on commerce between China and Western markets. Content and increased functionality will gradually be added over the coming months. In addition to complete information about Jade Connections, the site will eventually integrate the online purchase of selected products, technical support forums, general discussion forums, and community electronic mail mailing lists.
 
More information can be found in the Jade Connections About Page.

  RegainAmerica
RegainAmerica is an open community collaborative/distributed authoring environment dedicated to effecting positive change on the local, state and national levels. The first phase of this free collaborative environment will empower members to freely voice their concerns on issues that are important to them. More importantly the goal of RegainAmerica is to provide a platform where people can not only freely exchange ideas and views, but work together to effect real change.
 
RegainAmerica began as a memory - of the way things used to be in America, and the belief that by working together we can regain the greatness that once was America. Specifically, RegainAmerica is a new multi-functional community website that empowers all of us working both individually and collectively - to change the present status quo and Regain America.
 
More information can be found in the RegainAmerica About Page.

 

PinoyTalk
PinoyTalk was designed with the initial implementation rolled out at the end of 2005. Focused on the Philippine market, it served as a functional prototype for future highly integrated social networking sites. Philippines was chosen due to its close proximity to Hong Kong, very low costs of promotion, maturity in terms fo use of social networks, and existing infrastructure (very low startup costs).
 
The initial PinoyTalk services included email, chat rooms, forums, distribution lists (currently inactive), games, basic meeting point, and a placeholder for an online store. This proof of concept implimentation was accomplished using a frames based approach.  Current site development very rarely uses frames, instead relying upon CSS and other techniques for page layout. 

Future PinoyTalk releases were designed to include the following additional services:

  • Phase Two
    Addition of Image Galleries, 2nd phase meeting point, initial calendaring / scheduling (private data), notepad, and mobile synchronization.
  • Phase Three
    Addition of File Storage, Classified Ads, meeting point (final), calendaring / scheduling (public data).
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