Management Team

Jay Shaw
Chief Executive Officer

Jay co-founded NetDimensions after more than a decade with NASDAQ-listed The Princeton Review (TPR). Jay's experience includes running TPR operations in the US and Asia, in which capacity he held executive responsibility for organising and delivering both academic and corporate training programs on a commercial basis. Jay taught English in China in 1984 and 1985. Jay is responsible for general Group management and sales.

Ray Ruff
Chief Information Officer

Ray co-founded NetDimensions, having joined the Group from Sybase. Ray previously served as open systems group manager at Unisys in the US. Ray holds an M.S. in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ray is responsible for managing the technical and product development areas of the Group.

Clarence Wu
Chief Financial Officer

Clarence is a US Certified Public Accountant (USCPA). Prior to joining NetDimensions, he was the regional finance director of Aleris Asia Pacific Ltd and had previously spent a number of years in senior finance positions at Smorgon Hartwell Recycling Ltd., Allied Telesis / Allied Telesyn in Hong Kong, and Applied Materials Inc. in the US. Clarence holds an MBA in Finance from Golden Gate University in the US. He has over 25 years combined work experience with multinational companies in the US and the Asia Pacific.

Robert Lowe
Chief Technology Officer

Prior to joining NetDimensions in December, 2000, Rob worked for gorillasia.com, a portal for Internet professionals in Asia that encompassed content management, community and e-commerce functions. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Oxford University and a master's in computing from Cambridge University. In 2000, Rob co-founded the Hong Kong Java User Group (HKJUG) to promote the acceptance and adoption of Java-based technologies. He remains an active member of the group's management committee.

Alex Poulos
Chief Marketing Officer

Alex is responsible for NetDimensions' worldwide corporate marketing and product management. He has been working in the high technology sector for over 15 years in both the US and EMEA in the areas of marketing and business development. Prior to joining NetDimensions, Alex was managing director and co-founder of Covisio, a technology marketing company based in San Francisco. Before that, Alex has held management positions at SGI and Narus, which was subsequently acquired by Boeing. He holds a MS degree in Computer Science and an MBA from INSEAD.

Jay Shaw
Chief Executive Officer
(Born in 1960)

Jay co-founded NetDimensions after more than a decade with NASDAQ-listed The Princeton Review (TPR). Jay's experience includes running TPR operations in the US and Asia, in which capacity he held executive responsibility for organising and delivering both academic and corporate training programs on a commercial basis. Jay taught English in China in 1984 and 1985. Jay is responsible for general Group management and sales.

Ray Ruff
Chief Information Officer
(Born in 1955)

Ray co-founded NetDimensions, having joined the Group from Sybase. Ray previously served as open systems group manager at Unisys in the US. Ray holds an M.S. in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ray is responsible for managing the technical and product development areas of the Group.

Clarence Wu
Chief Financial Officer
(Born in 1962)

Clarence is a US Certified Public Accountant (USCPA). Prior to joining NetDimensions, he was the regional finance director of Aleris Asia Pacific Ltd and had previously spent a number of years in senior finance positions at Smorgon Hartwell Recycling Ltd., Allied Telesis / Allied Telesyn in Hong Kong, and Applied Materials Inc. in the US. Clarence holds an MBA in Finance from Golden Gate University in the US. He has over 25 years combined work experience with multinational companies in the US and the Asia Pacific.

Graham Higgins
Non-Executive Director
(Born in 1951)

Graham is currently Manager of Organisational Development & Learning, and Overseas Personnel Manager at Cathy Pacific Airways Limited where he advises on all people development initiatives worldwide. Graham holds a Full Technical Certificate in Telecommunications (5th Year City and Guilds). Graham chairs the remuneration and AIM Rules compliance committees.

Roger Durn
Non-Executive Chairman
(Born in 1955)

Roger has held senior management positions in Asia Pacific, US, UK, Australian and Japanese companies including vice president and senior director positions at Novell, SilverStream Software, Sybase, Powersoft, Mitsubishi Electric, GEC Alsthom and Apricot Computers. Roger started his career in research and development in the electronics and software industry in the UK in the 1980s before moving into sales, marketing and business development. Roger holds a degree in chemical physics from the University of Sheffield. Roger chairs the nomination committee.