北大演讲主题：康宁——增长源于全球的创新

资讯录入：倾城小莜    责任编辑：rj1982 

主讲人：魏文德 董事会主席兼首席执行官

主持人：张维迎教授 北京大学光华管理学院院长

时　间：2008年3月27日，星期四，7：00-9：00pm

地　点：北京大学光华楼202教室

演讲语言:英语

【主讲人简介】

魏文德是康宁公司主席兼首席执行官。他于2005年4月被任命为公司首席执行官，又于2007年4月被任命为董事会主席。他从2000年12月开始就成为康宁董事会成员。

魏文德于1983年加入康宁财务部，开始了他在康宁的职业生涯，之后在财务和业务发展等不同岗位任职。之后他又被提升至公司电视和特殊玻璃部门的业务经理和总经理等领导岗位。

1993年魏文德被任命为康宁电信业务部外部发展总经理。期间他推行了公司的“端到端”战略，建立了康宁在无源光学硬件和设备产品领域的全球领导厂商的地位。1996年他被任命为康宁光纤部副总裁兼总经理。2001年初，魏文德被任命为康宁光通信部总裁，在电信市场高速发展时期以及之后市场衰减的困难时期，他一直领导着该部门。

2002年4月魏文德被任命为康宁总裁兼首席营运长官。在总裁岗位上，他进行了公司重组并带领康宁在经历了公司156年历史中最艰难的时期后重新获得了盈利。

魏文德毕业于利哈伊大学(Lehigh University)，后来获得Baker奖学金进入哈佛商学院学习，并获得硕士学位。他是默沙东有限公司的董事，同时也是康宁玻璃博物馆、康宁公司基金会的董事。

Speech Topic：Corning - Growth Through Global Innovation

Speaker：Wendell P. Weeks Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Host： Prof. Zhang Weiying
Dean, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Language: English
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm, 27th March 2008 (Thursday)
Venue: room 202, Guanghua Building, Peking University

Wendell P. Weeks is chairman and chief executive officer of Corning Incorporated. He was named chief executive officer in April, 2005 and was named chairman of the board in April, 2007. He has been a member of the company’s board of directors since December, 2000.

He began his career with Corning in 1983 in the company’s corporate control group and moved through a variety of financial and business development roles. He then progressed through commercial and general management leadership positions in the company’s television and specialty glass businesses.

In 1993 Wendell was named general manager of external development in Corning’s telecommunications business. In this role he executed the company’s “tip to tip” strategy, building Corning’s leading global position in passive optical hardware and equipment products. He was named vice president and general manager of the company’s optical fiber business in 1996. In early 2001 Wendell was named president of Corning’s optical communications businesses, leading these businesses through both dynamic market growth and the subsequent challenges of market declines.

In April, 2002 Wendell was named president and chief operating officer of Corning. As president, he led the company’s restructuring and return to profitability following the most challenging period in Corning’s 156-year history.

Wendell is a graduate of Lehigh University, and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard University as a Baker Scholar. He is a director of Merck & Co., and also serves as a director of the Corning Museum of Glass, and the Corning Incorporated Foundation.

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2008.03.26