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Leon Xiao
Senior Research Manager, Vertical Industry Research and Consulting, IDC China

Team: Asia/Pacific Cross Products & Consulting
Vertical Markets Worldwide

Leon Xiao is a senior research manager in IDC China's Vertical Industry Research and Consulting Group. He has rich experience in IT marketing research. His research covers hardware, software, IT service and internet and so on, as well as covering business of industry research, customer demand research and sales channel research.

Leon Xiao implemented quite a few marketing research projects, got good appraisal from customer by providing valuable strategy suggestion.

Before joining in IDC, Leon Xiao was a senior consultant in Han consulting (China) Limited, focusing on Enterprise IT strategy planning and ERP implementation. Before Han consulting, he worked for Precom Information system (Beijing) Inc. and Alliance PKU Management Consultants Ltd, and gained experience of system integrating and software developing for over 5 years and experience of management consulting and ERP consulting over 4 years.

Leon Xiao received Bachelor's degrees in Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering University, and MBA degree from Tsinghua University.

Analyst Research

China Semiannual Provincial GDP and IT Spending Database, 2013–2017: 1H13 Update
Leon Xiao
Feb 2013 - Doc # CN8037324V Pivot Table

This IDC Pivot includes the following data::

Provincial gross domestic product (GDP), which includes the normal GDP value and the real GDP growth rate

Provincial IT spending by IT product, including key products such as

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China Transportation Industry IT Solution 2012–2016 Forecast and Analysis
Leon Xiao
Dec 2012 - Doc # CN8037330U Market Analysis

This IDC study looks at the business development of the transportation industry, current status of and future development trends in the transportation IT solution markets through a detailed analysis of the developments in the transportat ...

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