# Tw Liu

> Tw Liu, also known as Tianwen Liu (刘天文), is the founder, chairman and CEO of iSoftStone. His career includes IT consulting at Digital Equipment Corporation, project management at Bechtel, systems integration at Siemens and co-founding AsiaEC.com. Since starting iSoftStone in Beijing in 2001, he has led the company through international expansion, changes in public-market status and an increasing emphasis on industrial technology and enterprise AI.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman and CEO at iSoftStone
- **Organizations:** iSoftStone, AsiaEC.com, Siemens Business Services, Bechtel Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hubei business chamber in Beijing, ChinaEdu
- **Nationality:** Chinese
- **Education:** Huazhong University of Science and Technology (then Huazhong University of Technology), Master’s degree in electrical engineering, University of Massachusetts, MBA; Sloan Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Founded iSoftStone in 2001 and remains its chairman and CEO., Co-founded AsiaEC.com, acquired by Office Depot in 2006., Led iSoftStone through a 2010 NYSE IPO and its later 2022 ChiNext listing.

## Career timeline

- **1991-1993** — IT consulting manager at Digital Equipment Corporation.
- **1993-1995** — Senior project manager at Bechtel Corporation.
- **1996-1999** — China general manager of the systems-integration department at Siemens Business Services.
- **1999** — Co-founded AsiaEC.com and served as executive vice president.
- **2001** — Founded iSoftStone; operations began in Beijing in October.
- **2006** — Office Depot acquired AsiaEC.com.
- **2008** — Became an independent director of ChinaEdu; iSoftStone acquired Akona.
- **2010** — iSoftStone acquired Ascend Technologies and listed on the NYSE in December.
- **2011** — Appeared on the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium CEO keynote panel; iSoftStone acquired Adventier.
- **2014** — Participated in buyer group for iSoftStone’s completed privatisation.
- **2017** — Recognised among the Top Ten Leading Figures in China’s Software and Information Service Industry.
- **2022** — iSoftStone listed on Shenzhen’s ChiNext market; Liu addressed the Global Industrial Internet Conference.
- **2025** — Elected president of the Hubei business chamber in Beijing in November.
- **2026** — Outlined integrated AI strategy at the Beijing-Hong Kong forum and visited the Tongzhou factory with Apex chairman Huang Chenhong.

## Achievements

- Founded iSoftStone in 2001 and remains its chairman and CEO.
- Co-founded AsiaEC.com, acquired by Office Depot in 2006.
- Led iSoftStone through a 2010 NYSE IPO and its later 2022 ChiNext listing.
- Named a 2017 Top Ten Leading Figure in China’s Software and Information Service Industry.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Accompanied Apex chairman Huang Chenhong on an October 10 visit to the Tongzhou intelligent shared factory; the sides planned AI infrastructure R&D, manufacturing and supply-chain cooperation.
- **2026-09** — Led iSoftStone’s delegation to Huawei Connect in Shanghai; a company sub-forum launched the commercial release of Merak AI AgentOS 1.2.
- **2026-06** — Welcomed Huawei Cloud leaders to Beijing headquarters for the launch of an AI joint innovation centre.
- **2026-03** — Discussed the planned March opening of iSoftStone’s Wuhan headquarters project and additional Hubei investment.
- **2026-01** — Presented the company’s computing-power, models and terminals strategy at the Beijing-Hong Kong digital-economy forum.

## Links

- Website: https://www.isoftstoneinc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tw-liu-06319a6a

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Last updated: 2026-10-21