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CEO
Eric Rongley founded Bleum in October of 2001. Before starting Bleum, Eric founded Navion (Shanghai) Software Development Company for Capital One Financial of Virginia, USA. Eric built Navion into a leader in China's software industry, and as a beacon of excellence within the IT department of Capital One. Eric led Navion to be listed by the Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review in September 2001 as the 10th best employer in Asia award.
Before coming to China, Eric was the General Manager for IVR's (International Voice Register) software development center in India. IVR India was part of an organization that achieved CMM Level 4 in 1998.
Eric has extensive expertise in building high performance software centers in Asia and brings this wealth of experience to Bleum to drive it to become the leader in China's and Asia's software industry.
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Senior Vice President – Global Sales
Mike joined Bleum in 2005 as Senior Vice President Global Sales and brings to his role over 12 years’ global sales experience from both Asia and the United States.
Mike has a wealth of experience in handling transnational business and accounts, particularly between Asia and the US. Previously, Mike was Director of Global Accounts-Asia at a leading US based software firm, with responsibility for setting the strategic direction and growth of the company’s leading Fortune 500 company clients. This focused on direct employee and strategic alliances and covered 10 countries across the Asia- Pacific region. Mike was also tasked with opening the firm’s first sales and support office in Australia. Before coming to Asia, Mike was based in New York with Chase Manhattan Bank, where he worked in its credit card division, focusing on customer care.
Mike was one of the first Americans to earn a full merit-based scholarship from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and received his MBA from the University of Southern California.
Mike is a fluent Mandarin speaker and has lived throughout Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Bangkok.
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