Social Networking Giant Zorpia Is social media WEB-PORTAL : Zorpia , The Hong Kong-based company was launched in 2003 by Internet entrepreneur Jeffrey Ng and has grown to 30 employees. Zorpia was founded in 2003 with a goal of bringing people together from all over the world and allowing them to share their ideas and interests. Since then the Zorpia Team has worked ceaselessly to reach peoples heart and provide the best features in order to maximize users satisfaction. Their primary features are photo album, online journal, social networking, customized homepage, comment system and discussion forum. The headquarters are located in Hong Kong, China. However, they are planning to open new branches in mainland China, US, UK, Australia and many other countries as we grow bigger. The company is run by the founder Jeffrey Ng and a team of diligent individuals. Zorpia Is NOW emerging as a preferred social networking hangout in China and India with over 27 million users worldwide. Other international social networking sites are emerging such as Netlog in Belgium, Tuenti (known as the Spanish Facebook), Nasza-Klasa.pl in Poland, and StudiVZ in Germany. Over the years Zorpia has incorporated features to encourage its staying power and growth in a competitive field. Its multilingual usability reflects the site’s cross-border audience. To entice repeat log-ins from users, the site added a gaming feature (Farmandia), forum and group sections, and events. A gift section enables friends to send virtual gifts to one another. Zorpia also has aspects of match-making for a younger demographic of users. In an effort to create virtual friends for its users, Zorpia has developed proprietary technology to analyse and predict compatibility between strangers including algorithms that assess a person’s attractiveness. With Internet users switching their platforms to mobile, Zorpia adapted to the changing social environment by incorporating a relatively smooth interface on Android. Ng is currently planning on launching similar access through Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Zorpia lets users sign up for an account through their Facebook, Yahoo!, or Google accounts, an increasingly popular technique of “piggybacking” that enables web administrators to increase conversions. By making it easier to open an account, they remove a barrier for an individual to become a user. ABOUT THE ZORPIA TEAM: # Jeffrey Ng - Founder and CEO Jeffrey Ng began his entrepreneurial career at the age of 13. A computer science graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, he gained ecommerce experience by working for Expedia. When Ng decided to start a social site, he named it Zorpia because he wanted to create an online community for people looking for new relationships. About 40 percent of its users are from India while 10 percent hail from China. Undoubtedly, Ng’s success is partly derived from the Chinese government’s continued ban of Facebook and Twitter. Jeffrey Ng launched Zorpia in December 7, 2003. He started his first entrepreneurial experience at the age 15. He previously worked for Expedia Inc. and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Jeffrey graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a double degree in Computer Engineering and Finance. He started building and developing Zorpia in 2002 in his own apartment and after one year Zorpia became a global influence that brought different people together. Currently he is leading the Zorpia team to put together their ideas and innovative thoughts in order to provide you the best and the most fun experience on Zorpia. # Calvin Yuen - Lead Software Engineer Calvin, a ping pong enthusiast and a self-confessed cooking reality TV show lover, is a Hong Kong native and a graduate of UNC-Charlotte in the United States, where his major was in computer engineering. He worked as a software developer gave him expertise in many computer languages. He became a part of the Zorpia family in 2005 and expanded it when he got married had a daughter. He enjoys computer games, meeting new people and telling jokes. A fun guy to be around, Zorpia is lucky to have Calvin on the team. # Jaymie Arcilla - Community Manager: Jaymie has worked in various positions, starting at the young age of 17. She can sketch, play guitar and sing. She used to do this a lot back in her acoustic-rock-band days during college. Starting in a law firm as an Administrative Assistant and a working student at the time, she shifted courses to Business Administration while still maintaining a high GPA. In year 2005, the training from her previous job helped her with her next position at Zorpia. Since then, Jaymie has witnessed and developed many improvements on Zorpia and has directly influenced its growth. Pic caps: Jeffrey Ng - Founder and CEO Calvin Yuen - Lead Software Engineer
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 02:31:25 +0000
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