She escaped to the united states and reinvented herself as a software company entrepreneur. Chai later moved to boston and cofounded an educational software and service company named jenzabar. Jenzabar provides erp software to universities across the united states of america. Jenzabar maintains growth in q1 2020 amid higher education. Mimi flanagan vice president of finance jenzabar linkedin. In 1998, chai founded an internet company called jenzabar.
When jenzabar, her company, was sued by former executives she complained about the bad publicity, saying it damaged her reputation as an allamerican success story. Jenzabar is in application software, educational software. Yoking them to jenzabars portal, chai reckoned she could offer a single vehicle to handle all aspects of campus. Hnn backgrounder chai ling was a leader in the tiananmen square protests in 1989. Jenzabar has received considerable publicity in part because of chai lings role in the 1989 tiananmen square protests.
Chai ling along with other student leaders such as wuerkaixi and wang dan led six weeks of protests. Mar 14, 2019 jenzabars solutions are clientcentric, offering them the tools to be more engaged, responsive, and connected to students, states chai ling. The jenzabar foundation, all girls allowed and their founder and jings former employer, chai ling. Today, she serves as founder, president, and coo of jenzabar, inc. Jun 01, 2009 having graduated from princeton and harvard, chai who now goes by ling chai is now the president and chief operating officer of jenzebar inc. Jenzabar provides erp software to universities across the united states of. Workflow has been improved, access to student data has been. The company offers enterprise resource planning systems, administrative tools, workforce development programs. Chinese rights activist sued for bias the boston globe. Jenzabar is a provider of enterprise software and services for higher education. According to court documents, chai ling, jenzabar, and another jenzabar executive, robert a.
Zhang had established her own nonprofit, womens rights in china, when she joined forces with chai to develop programs to prevent forced abortions in china. She is the founder of all girls allowed, an organization dedicated to ending chinas onechild policy, and the founder and president of jenzabar, an enterprise. From tiananmen to boston, chai ling confronts china. Chai ling is a chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the tiananmen square protests of 1989. They have three daughters and reside in belmont, massachusetts. Vice president of finance boston, ma jenzabar ladders. In addition to founding all girls allowed, chai ling serves as the founding president and chief operating officer of jenzabar, inc.
Jenzabars solutions are clientcentric, offering them the tools to be more engaged, responsive, and connected to students, states chai ling. Chai ling emerged as one of the student leaders on the square at a later stage of the movement. Ling chai maginn is presidentcoceo at jenzabar inc. One of jenzabar s founders, chai ling, was one of the. Exclusively serving higher education, jenzabar software and services are designed to drive higher performance in every department at your institution.
Our office of student success has developed a system of early intervention using the jenzabar retention software that has kept our retention rate consistently above 90% and increased our level of engagement with students. Jing zhang and womens rights in china, plaintiffs v. Ling spoke to an audience of over 1,450 jenzabar clients and prospects today at the 2018 jenzabar annual meeting jam. Jenzabar holds a federal registration in the word mark jenzabar for use in connection with the sale of computer software and various related functions. Jenzabar is based in boston, massachusetts, and its enterprise software services and strategies are designed to help colleges and universities align their goals with cuttingedge technological solutions. In mandarin chinese, which is the native language of founder chai ling, jenzabar means class of. She is the founder of all girls allowed, an organization dedicated to ending chinas onechild policy, and the founder and president of jenzabar, an enterprise resource planning. Jenzabar student information systems have been chosen more often than any other sis over the past five years. Chai ling is a chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the tiananmen square protests of 1989 1. Chai ling born april 15, 1966, in rizhao, shandong province, peoples republic of china is a chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the tiananmen square protests of 1989.
Maginn has been the chairman of jenzabars board of directors since 1999 and, since march 2001, its chief executive officer. The foundation made a grant on his behalf to humanitarian china. That page, titled simply jenzabar, is the principal subject of the parties present dispute. Jenzabars competitors, revenue, number of employees. Jenzabar welcomes ling chai maginn as president and coceo. The film company, long bow, created a website related to the film, which, among other things, criticized chai on a webpage. She is also the founding president and chief operating officer of jenzabar, inc.
Allowed, chai ling serves as the founding president and chief operating officer of jenzabar, inc. In 2001, maginn married chai ling, one of the student leaders of the tiananmen square protests of 1989 and the founder of all girls allowed, a humanitarian organization that aims to stop the human rights violations related to chinas onechild policy. In april 2000 maginn quit his job at bain and joined jenzabar, raising. Ling holds a master of business administration from.
The company was founded in 1998 by ling chai, who remains jenzabars president and chief operating officer. She has been president since founding jenzabar and chief operating officer since 2001. No matter the size of your enrollment or the scope of your programs, we can help you fulfill your mission. Ling chai, a leader of the 1989 tiananmen square prodemocracy movement who founded the bostonbased software firm, jenzabar inc. In honor of our ceo, ling chai, jenzabar celebrates chinese new year every year. In this case, it involves the software company jenzabar, which makes software for colleges and universities, and apparently likes to play up the fact that its founder and ceo, ling chai, was one. For years now, weve covered the bizarre legal fight between software company jenzabar and some documentary filmmakers, long bow productions. Jenzabar is a bostonbased software company that designs complex software systems for use by colleges and universities. Jun 04, 2009 the jenzabar foundation, which is funded by jenzabar inc. She was twice nominated for the nobel peace prize for her role in leading the 1989 tiananmen square student movement, where she was elected commanderinchief by fellow students. Exclusively serving higher education, jenzabar software and services are. From tiananmen leader to entrepreneur retrieved on december 7, 2008. Senior business consultant virtual travel jenzabar. Historian carma hinton is being sued by tiananmen square.
The company offers webenabled enterprise software with an institutional advancement, human resources and financial applications, elearning services and an education enterprise information portal. She escaped to the united states and reinvented herself as a. Jenzabar has received considerable publicity in part because of chai ling s role in the 1989 tiananmen square protests. Jenzabars competitors, revenue, number of employees, funding and acquisitions.
The information on these pages about chai ling and jenzabar, the software company she runs with her husband, robert maginn, contains excerpts from and links to articles about jenzabar in the boston globe, forbes, business week, and other publications, and is intended to provide the reader with additional information about chai ling, one of the most wellknown and controversial figures from the. Both chai s mother and father had been doctors in the peoples liberation army during the 1950s. She immigrated to the united states in 1990, and eight years later she founded jenzabar, a software management company in which she maintains an ownership interest and for which she serves as president and chief operating officer. About chai ling chai ling is the founder of all girls allowed and the author of a heart for freedom. Ling chai was born in china in 1966, and became involved in prodemocracy demonstrations as a graduate student. Chai was born on april 15, 1966, in rizhao, in shandong, china.
Launched in 1998 by chai ling, jenzabar, originally known as. Chai ling has spent years trying to cash in on her heroism at tiananmen square. Aligned to the needs of todays techsavvy student, jenzabar offers solutions such as the jenzabar one, jenzabar sonis, jenzabar jx, and jenzabar ex, and more that empower the client to meet. Following her leadership of the demonstrations during the bloody tiananmen square massacre, ling skyrocketed to a place on the 21 mostwanted students list in china 2. In mandarin chinese, which is the native language of founder chai ling, jenzabar means class of the best and brightest. Jenzabar provides software, strategies, and services for the administration of higher education institutions. Oct 19, 2011 when chai ling fled china in 1990, she was one of the most wanted students in the country. Launched in 1998 by chai ling, jenzabar, originally known as, provided university administrators, professors, and students with an online place to come together and share information. The jenzabar foundation, which is funded by jenzabar inc. Jenzabar s solutions are clientcentric, offering them the tools to be more engaged, responsive, and connected to students, states chai ling.
Jenzabar has improved our efficiency in many departments on campus. View mimi flanagans profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Now a boston native, she is continuing a lifelong pursuit to advance democracy in her homeland. Then, she alleges, chai fired her for being insufficiently religious and for declining. Jenzabar introduces enhanced functionality for jenzabar one. Having graduated from princeton and harvard, chai who now goes by ling chai is now the president and chief operating officer of jenzebar inc.
Chai ling founded jenzabar, a software company, in 1998. Unlock the full power of the crunchbase platform with crunchbase pro. Launched in 1998 by chai ling, jenzabar, originally known as jenzabar. The year 2020 marks the year of the rat, which symbolizes quick. When chai ling fled china in 1990, she was one of the most wanted students in the country. Prnewswire jenzabar, a leading technology innovator in higher. Chai is the founder, president, and chief operating officer ofjenzabar. The company was founded in 1998 by ling chai, who remains jenzabar s president and chief operating officer. Jenzabar holds a federal registration in the word mark jenzabar for use in connection with the sale of computer. In 1983, chai ling began her education at peking university where she eventually earned a ba in psychology. The movement was the biggest threat ever to communist party rule. Jenzabar inc company profile and news bloomberg markets. The year 2020 marks the year of the rat, which symbolizes quickwit, resourcefulness, versatility, and kindness. Jenzabars competitors, revenue, number of employees, funding and acquisitions jenzabars website jenzabar provider of enterprise software, strategies and services for higher educational institutions.
The film profiles many of the figures surrounding the protest, and is critical of a student protester named ling chai. She is reportedly suing the long bow group, the nonprofit film group behind gate of heavenly peace, claiming that a web site accompanying the film infringes on. Jenzabar company profile office locations, competitors. After learning that chai had founded a software company, long bow added a link from chai s biography to a new page containing information about jenzabar.