Tom Ren

Tom Ren has worked in various roles since 1997. Tom started their career as the Founder, CTO & Chairman of AECsoft USA, Inc., where they developed and provided supplier management, supplier diversity management and eSourcing systems for 300 large customers. Gartner Group ranked AECsoft the world's best Supplier Information Management System. In 2011, they left the company after it was acquired by SciQuest (now Jaggaer).

In 2011, Tom Ren founded and became the Chairman of Global XLR | Supplier.Bid, where they developed and provided Tools and Services for buyers and suppliers. In 2016, they became an Investor and VP of Sourcing Solution | Supplier.Bid at RedRock Software.

Since 2012, Tom Ren has been the Chairman & CEO of LY Global (LY Electronics USA, Inc.), providing COVID testing kits and PPE, as well as general sourcing and distribution for many products. The company is a certified MBE (Minority Business Enterprise), certified through NMSDC (HMSDC), and HUB certified through the State of Texas.

Tom Ren attended Nanjing University from 1982 to 1986, where they earned a BS in Physics. Tom then attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 1986 to 1988, where they attended Graduate School in Physics. Finally, Tom attended the University of Houston from 1989 to 1993, where they earned an MS in Physics and Chem Engineering.