1989 - After many years as an engineer working in Silicon Valley, Joseph Sun establishes Automation Plus, Inc (API) to capitalize on new design and printing technologies

1995 - API expands services to include public relations and event management. Changes name to e21 Corp.

1999 - e21 appointed Advertising and PR agency of record for Acer America

2000 - e21 acquires MagicMedia to offer global marketing communications services in both Asia and the US

2000 - creates eChina Forum, a multi-track conference held in Silicon Valley, Taipei, Beijing, and Shanghai, to address growing East-West business opportunities

2000 - acquires Web development and engineering company, eServiceOffice, in Los Angeles to offer integrated technology, strategy and creative services

2001 - manages “National Computer Day” in China enabling 500,000 students to learn basic computer skills

2001 - helps launch Microsoft Windows XP and Oracle 9i into the China market

2001 - conceives, develops and manages the annual InfoSecurity Conference in Hong Kong to address the growing issues related Internet security in the greater China Region (held in 2001, 2002, 2003).

2002 - helps Nike execute their largest event in China, the "Nike Scorpion Knock-Out,” a multi-city soccer event attended by over 20,000 people during the Soccer World Cup

2002 - agency named second largest public relations agency in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley East Bay by American City Business Journals Inc

2002 - e21 becomes the leading independent interactive agency in Taiwan with major clients 7-11, Ford, Republic of China, Christine Dior, Kimberley Clark, and Starbucks

2002 - FedEx selects e21US for comprehensive ad campaign for supply chain services

2002 - e21 launches Channel Management Services for Greater China with channel representatives in 30 cities, supported by advanced Internet reporting system

2002 - assists Cisco, Computer Associates, and other clients overcome SARS crisis with eConference online meeting system

2003 - becomes IBM’s exclusive event management supplier for Taiwan and Hong Kong

2003 - develops ePR system for China media relations, including China’s first electronic clipping service and coverage metrics system

2003 - receives a Gold and Platinum Magellan Award for public relations work from the League of America Communication Professionals

2004 - continues work for InnoCentive in China, implementing a massive recruitment campaign for problem “Solvers.” This resulted in putting China ahead of all other participant countries by achieving the greatest number of Solvers within InnoCentive’s four global market regions

2005 - e21MagicMedia is appointed as the event manager for Sun Microsystems' first JavaChina conference. Held concurrently in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xian, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Dalian, and Hong Kong, this event attracts over 10,000 attendees, and is the largest software developer conference ever held in China history.

2006 - Appointed as event manager of the China Expo Forum for International Cooperation (CEFCO), and partner with International Media Provider Questex, for conferences in Asia, establishing e21 as a leading show management vendor to tap into the growing Chinese exhibition and events market. 

2006 - Selected by Shell as the Shell Campus Brand Manager Programme (CBM) Manager in China, providing campus talent recruitment services for Shell China.