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