10 personal questions and 10 personal answers from Alice Chang, Chief Executive Officer of CyberLink. Alice joined CyberLink in 1997 and previously was executive vice president of Trend Micro. She was able to expand CyberLink’s business in recent years and if you are already into watching movies, especially high-definition movies, on your PC, there is a good chance you are using one of CyberLink’s products. CyberLink is also one of the first companies to take advantage of GPGPU computing in mainstream applications – and enable its users to transcode four 1080p movie streams in real time by tapping into the horsepower of graphics cards. Read on to find out how Alice Chang answered our set of questions.
I couldn't survive without ... doing my best to achieve planned targets.
The best advice I ever got ... was to stay away from temptations, if you know you cannot resist. They will distract your focus.
People I admire … is anyone who is sincere and earnest towards their work, family and life. Regardless of what you do or who you are, I always believe earnest people are the most admirable people in the world.
If I could do anything, I would ... help people who are eager to achieve their goals, but cannot due to certain constraints they cannot control. I would do anything to help these people.
A technology I have no use for ... There is none! I love technology and how it evolves and progresses for a better life.
The best idea I had was ... I don't have one idea that I can call my best yet. The software industry requires innovative ideas from all aspects: Technology, product, marketing, business, etc. I don't think any one of my previous ideas are the best yet and I will keep a constant look out and come up with better and better ideas.
Luxury is ... to excel in work, keep the business momentum growing and enjoy personal and family life at the same time.
I wish I had invented ... a time creation machine, so I can have more than 24 hours in each day.
My tombstone should read … Endeavored to achieve the best.
A person/trend/technology to watch ... definitely, the ubiquitous digital lifestyle. It will be interesting to see how the connected digital lifestyle will change people's lives. Sharing and accessing media anywhere, by place-shifting media within and outside the home, across PCs and between all kinds of interoperable devices. We are still in its early stage and it takes the whole industry to make the ubiquitous digital lifestyle come to full bloom.