Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 46 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Boy who sold toys on the streets of Chinatown becomes chairman of rapidly growing IT consulting company VTMBH Article: Author Bomsinae Kim VTMBH Article: Publication The Korea Central Daily VTMBH Article: Original Language Korean VTMBH Article: Translator Bomsinae Kim VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb Woo Song arrived in New York City at age 11, nervous and discouraged by the challenges of immigrant life. Inspired by his parents hard work, Song resolved to succeed. Twenty-six years later, he is the chairman of a Manhattan-based IT consulting firm with over 150 employees. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Every time I become lazy, I think of the days when I used to sell toys on the streets of Chinatown. Woo Song, 37, chairman of Intrasphere Technologies, Inc., says that when he arrived at the John F. Kennedy Airport at the age of 11 in 1979, he already missed his friends back in Korea and had no confidence to begin a new life in a foreign land. Song is now the chairman of an information technology (IT) consulting firm based in downtown Manhattan with over 150 employees. Intrasphere Technologies, Inc., founded in 1996, specializes in application development and systems integration, and provides business solutions to multinational companies. It boasts of over $24 million in revenue. Since its inception, the technology company has experienced dramatic growth. In 1999, it added a venture capital arm, Reval, to the company and set up its London office in 2000, increasing its presence worldwide. As a result, Intrasphere was recognized by Deloitte & Touche as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in New York this past October. Furthermore, Song was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in June of last year. My family began our immigrant lives with my mother working as a seamstress and my father selling toys on the streets of Chinatown, Songs says of the early days of his top-university educated parents new life in the United States. At that time, this country was not a land of opportunity for me. I regretted coming here and just wanted to go back to my home country, Song said. However, as Song watched his parents persevere and survive the hardships of their immigrant life, he resolved to succeed in his. At the age of 14, he entered Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. Upon graduating, he attended State University of New York at Albany and Stevens Institute of Technology. While working at Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company, Song was recognized for developing software programs for international drug sales data. This recognition led to joining forces with one of his clients at Pfizer, Bill Karl, to create Intrasphere. Karl is now the president and CEO of Intrasphere. According to Song, the key to success is finding the right people and retaining them. Intraspheres employee retention rate since its inception is 95 percent. Chairman Song, whose dream is to build a billion dollar empire, is well on his to achieving his goal. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-11 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 122 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boy who sold toys on the streets of Chinatown becomes chairman of rapidly growing IT consulting comp 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Woo Song arrived in New York City at age 11, nervous and discouraged by the challenges of immigrant Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-12-11