SSW China: Your Path to Global Software Excellence with Our Cross-Cultural Team

(Speaking in English 🇺🇸 & Chinese 🇨🇳 with English subtitle)

Discover SSW China – Your Cross-Cultural and Bilingual Software Development Partner. Our team of experts understands both the Chinese and Western markets, delivering exceptional results with efficiency and the latest technology. We contribute to the tech community and speak your language, allowing us to communicate effectively with your team. Let us help you succeed in China and the Western world – contact us today!

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About the speakers

Alvin Shen

Alvin is the China CEO of SSW and working in SSW Sydney and SSW China for 10 years.

Alvin has been working in the development realm for more than 15 years, both in China as well as in Australia. In that time, he has established himself as a passionate expert and industry leader. He started as a .NET and SharePoint developer, but through his passion for Scrum and his entrepreneurial spirit, he was able to leverage his skills to become a great Product Owner, as well as a business development manager, and even a CEO of a startup with 70 people before joining SSW.

His primary areas of expertise cover Chinafy, Scrum and agile development and cloud technologies, especially Microsoft Azure, and the leading Chinese cloud, Alibaba cloud, and he continues to remain abreast of the latest developments in .NET.

Alvin also runs a famous technical user group (FireUG) in China for many years. He is very passionate about organizing it, investing resources to expand its influence, and working very hard to give back to the local technology community as well.

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