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About DongTing Software

DongTing software was founded by these three veterans of the software and web industry:

Rex Bradford

Rex's prolific career has included the development of hit computer games from the Atari to the X-Box, the programming of innovative electronic maps and document archive websites, and authoring a computer graphics book. He has worked as lead UI and search engineer for such companies as Audible and EBSCO Information Services.

Amanda Otter

As a user experience designer and brand and digital experience strategist, Amanda has led the creative vision for a diverse local, national, and international client base. Her experience includes managing all aspects of the design process from research and design to digital experience deployment and marketing.

Ping Cao

Ping studied traditional Chinese opera for 7 years and worked as a director and actress at a prestigious theatrical company in Nanjing, China. After 14 years in the theatre and earning awards for directing and performing, she left China for the US. Upon graduating with a Master in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon, she began her career as a web/game graphic designer.

About the Chinese Book Reader

The DongTing Chinese Book Reader is under development and only open for viewing by invitation. For more information, please send email to rex@dongtingsoftware.com.

About the Name

In Chinese, multiple characters can be used to represent the sound "dong" and the sound "ting." One character for "dong" is 东, which means "east". "Ting" can be represented by 听, meaning "listen." Thus "listen to the East." Another character for "dong" is 懂, meaning "understand" - "listen and understand." Oh, and Rex's older daughter was born near DongTing Lake by the Yangtzee River.