Jason joined the idsMED Group in May 2021 as Director – Business and Market Development for Taiwan before taking on his current role as General Manager – Taiwan since April 2022.
He has over 17 years of experience in the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industry in Taiwan. Before idsMED, he was the Operations Head of HOYA Lens Taiwan, responsible for the full spectrum of activities including production, supply chain and QA.
Jason started his career in the pharmaceutical industry in Taiwan with Bayer as a sales representative. He was promoted to be a supervisor and became the best performing sales before he left for his MBA studies in the US. After graduated, he joined Lotus Pharma as BD Manager. He later took the position as Supply Chain Director where he led the end-to-end supply chain and successfully implemented the SAP ERP system.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree with Kaohsiung Medical University, and an MBA with Pace University, New York and got top 1 excellent student award.
Jason joined the idsMED Group in May 2021 as Director – Business and Market Development for Taiwan before taking on his current role as General Manager – Taiwan since April 2022.
He has over 17 years of experience in the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industry in Taiwan. Before idsMED, he was the Operations Head of HOYA Lens Taiwan, responsible for the full spectrum of activities including production, supply chain and QA.
Jason started his career in the pharmaceutical industry in Taiwan with Bayer as a sales representative. He was promoted to be a supervisor and became the best performing sales before he left for his MBA studies in the US. After graduated, he joined Lotus Pharma as BD Manager. He later took the position as Supply Chain Director where he led the end-to-end supply chain and successfully implemented the SAP ERP system.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree with Kaohsiung Medical University, and an MBA with Pace University, New York and got top 1 excellent student award.
Edward Chen is the Senior Finance Manager of idsMED Taiwan, responsible for finance, accounting, internal control, compliance, risk management, IT, and other finance related projects.
In the two years before joining idsMED, Edward was the Finance Head of HOYA Lens Taiwan, overseeing budget, accounting, credit management, FP&A, and compliance. He also took charge of process flows such as workflows improvement, internal control strengthening, and re-organization. Edward is adept at IT solutions and ERP systems. In the first year at HOYA, he proposed and successfully developed a stock tracking system, which reduced the return rate from more than 30% to single digits, and saved 90% of the return process time. Without compromising revenue, he enabled the reduction of AR by 25% within 6 months and reduced the overdue position by 50% within a year. The departmental turnover rate was also reduced to zero from 80% before his arrival.
In the past two decades, Edward has successively held functions in auditing, taxation, compliance, and risk management, based in both in KPMG and PwC’s Taiwan offices. Furthermore, he has amassed years of experience working in various financial accounting functions in listed companies and large foreign companies. From 2013 to 2019, Edward migrated to Australia. During this period, he served for 2 years as the IPO project manager of Nature’s Care, reformed the operation and documentation process, and led the company’s IPO project. He then established himself as a financial accountant at Kraft Heinz for the next three years, responsible for the finance and accounting work covering the territories of New Zealand and Australia; meanwhile, Edward managed the Accenture outsourcing team in India to successfully establish and effectively manage the team to achieve all KPIs.
Edward will continue playing an active role in finance alongside our idsMED teammates, building a solid and unbeatable team in idsMED Taiwan.
Edward’s other academic experiences and qualification include:
- US CPA certification (AICPA)
- University of Southampton, UK. MSc in Accounting and Finance
- Soochow University. Bachelor in Accounting
