James Siu Lung Lee

James Siu Lung, Lee (李小龍博士) (8 January 1970–) is a Hong Kong businessman.

Early life

Lee was born in Hong Kong on 8 January 1970.

Personal life

Lee is married to Stephanie Chan in 2004. Lee's daughter, Stephy, was born in Hong Kong in 2006, and Lee's son, Jeffrey, was born in Hong Kong in 2008. He is a Christian.

Education

Lee went to school in Macau. He later went to the Methodist College in Belfast, Northern Ireland and obtained a bachelor's degree from Queen's University Belfast. He gained a Ph.D. (Operational Management) from the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, at the University of Hong Kong.

Research Awards

Lee has awarded the Short Brothers Prize by the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1992, the McCormick Prize from the Northern Ireland Technology Centre in 1992, and the Highly Commended Award from the United Kingdom Journal of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, in 2001.

During his Ph.D. research work in operations management, Lee published over 10 research papers in a number of research journals in Europe and US, including the European Journal of Operational Research. Lee set up the first fully automated assembly line (for assembly of blood filter exchanger) for the Northern Ireland Technology Centre using IBM robot, Adapt robot and ASEA robot. In addition, Lee designed and implemented the first fully Flexible Manufacturing Systems for The Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems at the University of Hong Kong.

Career

On the business side, Lee has worked for a number of multi-national companies, for instance as Chairman, CEO, and director. He has been serving Lippo Group (力寶集團) for over ten years.

Lee has been the group CEO and board director of Systech Telecom since 2001. Under Lee’s direct supervision and management, the company has become the second largest Internet operator for the hotel industry in Asia (and the largest in Hong Kong and Macau in terms of number of hotel rooms under the company’s management), with business operations covering Hong Kong, Macau, Egypt, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Lee has established a number of joint ventures such as Systech Century Group, Systech On-Line, etc. with partners from different fields, and acting as board Chairman and director of the joint ventures. In addition, Lee has als held the position of board director of Cybertech Capital and Polar Shine Capital since year 2001. Both Cybertech Capital and Polar Shine Capital are investment holdings, mainly investing in technology companies.

In 2007, Lee has awarded the Top 10 Hong Kong e-businessmen (award presented by alibaba.com and supported by Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, The University of Hong Kong and Tradelink Electric Commerce Ltd – a listing company with substantial shareholders including HK Gov. - The Financial Secretary Incorporated and HSBC)

Social Responsibility

Lee is actively involving in youth development. He gives talks and seminars to university students (invited by dept. and also faculty of engineering of The University of Hong Kong) for the past few years. He had also sponsored the YMCA youth hockey league in Hong Kong every year since 2005 (under 10 years age hockey team and under 12 years age hockey team). The aim is to offer school children a healthy environment to grow up by means of sports and team building.

Lee is the honorary advisor of PMF (PMA Music Foundation) http://www.pmf.org.hk, which is a registered charity organization in Hong Kong.

Lee is the authorized representative to represent Systech Telecom to vote for the committee member (IT Sector) who have the right to elect the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Government, and also the authorized representative to vote for the Hong Kong legislative council member (IT Sector).

Positions

• Board Chairman, Systech Century Group (Major business: Investment holding) A JV owned by James Lee, Mr. Kenneth Fang方鏗太平紳士, JP, OBE, CBE, GBS and a few individuals.
• Board Chairman, Systech On-Line (Major business: Information Technology)
• CEO, Systech Telecom Group (Major business: Hotel Internet Management and IDD International Call Service – second largest hotel Internet operator in Asia)
• Managing Director, Systech Capital (Major business: Issuer of OTC financial products – for Taiwan market)
• Director, Systech Business Consulting (Major business: Consulting service in Mergers and Acquisition, takeover defence, and divestitures)
• Board Director, Cybertech Capital (Major business: Investment holding)
• Board Director, Polar Shine Capital (Major business: Investment holding)
• Director, Systech Media, Taiwan (Major business: Movie and media)
• Assistant to Managing Director, Lippo Group (Major business: Banking, Property Development, Retails, Investment)

Awards

• 2007: Hong Kong Top 10 e-businessmen - presented by alibaba.com and supported by Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, The University of Hong Kong and Tradelink Electronic Commerce Ltd.
• 2001: Highly Commended Award, by Journal of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, United Kingdom.
• 1992: IEE Manufacturing Award (Short Brothers Prize), by Institute of Electrical Engineers IEE, United Kingdom.
• 1992: McCormick Prize, by Northern Ireland Technology Centre, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Publications

• "A sequencing algorithm for makespan minimization in FMS", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, p291-297, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2004.
• "Computational algorithms for modeling unreliable manufacturing systems based on Markovian property", European Journal of Operational Research, p667-684, Vol. 133, No. 3, 2001.
• "Operational decisions for minimization of penalty cost in non-preemptive FMS", International Journal of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, p311-320, Vol. 11, No. 5, 2000.
• "A Sequence algorithm for minimising makespan in multi-part and multi-machine flow shop cases", International Journal of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, p62-73, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2000.
• Research Note – Investigation of an additional part to optimal schedule”, The International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, p193-196, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1998.
• A heuristic approach to machine loading problem in non-preemptive flexible manufacturing systems”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, p105-116, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1998.
• The design architecture and implementation of an integrated manufacturing system”, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, p232-244, Vol. 10, No. 1-4, 1997.
• The Classification and Measurement of Flexibility in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of CIRP International Symposium, Hong Kong, Vol. 1, p259-265, August 1997.
• Control Parameter for Operational Decision of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of the Conference – Identification in Engineering Systems, Swansea, United Kingdom, p638-647, March 1996.
• An Economic and Open Approach to the Integration and Control of Equipment for Flexible Automation”, Proceedings of CAI Pacific Symposium’ 94 on Control and Industrial Automation Applications, Hong Kong, p104-109, March 1994.
• Modelling Failure Prone Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of IFAC Workshop on Safety, Reliability and Applications of Emerging Intelligent Control Technologies, Hong Kong, p235-240, December 1994.