{"id":1924,"date":"2021-02-12T10:52:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T10:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-names-global-executive-kevin-jiang-its-new-chief-technology-officer\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:59:50","slug":"asi-names-global-executive-kevin-jiang-its-new-chief-technology-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-names-global-executive-kevin-jiang-its-new-chief-technology-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Names Global Executive Kevin Jiang Its New Chief Technology Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 February 11, 2021 \u2013 <\/strong>The Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (ASI) today announced it has named Kevin Jiang its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the ASI Family of Companies, charged with leading software development, data and technology security and global infrastructure, to support all ASI products and services.<\/p>\n<p>ASI\u2019s flagship product, the technology platform ESP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, has nearly 1 million products and manages the promotional products industry\u2019s supply and marketing chain.<\/p>\n<p>At ASI, Mr. Jiang reports to Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI, the largest membership organization in the $20.7 billion promotional industry, with a network of over 25,000 distributors and suppliers throughout North America. The ASI Family of Companies consists of ASI, ASI Show<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and ASI Computer Systems Inc., an industry\u00a0provider of innovative accounting and systems software.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin has the exact skill set needed to lead us during a critical time for the industry,\u201d said Andrews. \u201cFurther, he has the extensive experience and skills we require, along with a proven ability to align our tech team to deliver on the many business needs of our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jiang joined ASI from Verisk Analytics, a large data analytics and risk assessment company that serves multiple industries, where he was CTO and senior vice president (SVP) of technology and product delivery in the insurance segment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- [if mso]><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!-- #2 column end --><\/p>\n<p>He joined Verisk about six years ago to transform the company into a cohesive, high-performing digital product development and delivery organization.\u00a0He inherited disparate silos of legacy tech organizations with aging software products and led the company\u2019s transformation, from mainframes and distributed servers to a cloud-based technology platform with a modern interface.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Verisk, Mr. Jiang was vice president of product development at IBM\u2019s Watson Talent unit, where he reorganized product teams, increasing product consistency and predictability while sunsetting legacy systems.\u00a0He also implemented automated QA system testing, a major initiative now under way at ASI.<\/p>\n<p>He also worked for 16 years at Thomson Reuters, rising from a manager, director and vice president to ultimately serve as CTO and SVP of technology development in its intellectual property and science division.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jiang earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from <a name=\"_Hlk63855899\"><\/a>Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and his master\u2019s degree in engineering, computer design\/management information systems from Penn State University. 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