Christine Ku
Christine Ku joined the Group in 1998 as Director of Finance.
She is a graduate of Stony Brook University where she received a BS in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and with a minor in Music. Ms. Ku began her professional career on Wall Street assisting with financial quantitative analysis and research at Kidder Peabody and Jacobs Levy Equity Management. She also worked at Bloomberg Financial where her programming skills were used for creating a new platform to trade financial instruments as well as electronic trading ticket design and optimization of trading system outputs.
As a founder of the ARISING Group, Ms. Ku has automated the accounting department and standardized billing procedures. On the client side, she has advised enterprise clients on the setup of paperless accounting processes and systems.
Ms. Ku brings her personal skills and experiences to her work. She is native-born Taiwanese, trained in the disciplines of Western finance, active as an entrepreneurial investor and manager. Her understanding of complex financial instruments and deal structures has enabled the ARISING Group to prosper through the fluctuations in markets and the economy. Throughout the recent upheavals in the financial industry and the resulting disruptions in the IT practice, Ms. Ku’s consistent optimism has reinforced the buoyant energy of the Innovation team.
Ms. Christine Ku is fluent in English and several Chinese languages as well as computer languages that form the foundation of electronic financial trading systems and overall IT practices as well.
Finally, Christine is also the Executive Director of a recently organized US company called STAFF INTERNATIONAL, INC which has filed with the IRS for permission to operate as a non-profit corporation to meet the deeply felt and urgent needs in the area of education and other humanitarian programs.
