Christopher Yang

Based out of Los Angeles, CA, Christopher Yang works as the Vice President of Engineering at Corporate Travel Management. In his current role, he is responsible for 50 highly-skilled technical staff members. In addition to managing a team, he is involved with technology both internally and externally to develop, maintain, and enhance products. Along with his achievements in his carrer, Christopher Yang is also the man behind 5 different patents: Method and System for Transferring User Settings to Another User Receiving Device Using a User Device (US10063924, Issued August 28, 2018); Systems and Methods for Triggering User Interfaces for Product and/or Service Transactions via Using Receiving Devices and Mobile Devices (US10051340, Issued August 14, 2018); Methods for Determining Localized Outages and Distributed Signal Verification of Set-top Boxes (US9769471, Issued September 19, 2017); Systems and Methods for Controlling Purchasing and/or Reauthorization to Access Content Using Quick Response Code and Text Messages (US9693083, Issued June 27, 2017); Systems and Methods for Immersive Viewing Experience (US9271048, Issued February 23, 2016). Christopher attended the University of Southern California where he received four degrees; MBA, Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Computer Science. In addition to his role as Vice President of Engineering, Christopher Yang devotes time to be a Part-Time Instructor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA Extension). As a lover of education, Chris aims to educate future generations in the importance of leadership, technology, and project management. He has played a vital role in the development of UCLA Extension’s first agile project management certificate program. Along with teaching, Christopher Yang loves passing on his expertise and knowledge as a keynote speaker. He loves the opportunity to help train and inspire the future generation of leaders on technology and project management.