Nian Cheng is responsible for conducting quantitative analysis and managing complex forecast infrastructures covering the high-tech market, which includes telecom, IT, and technology-related markets and industries. Her expertise is in statistical data analysis, predictive modeling, optimization, marketing and sales analytics, and operations management.

Before joining Compass Intelligence, she worked as an analyst at MarketRx, helping pharmaceutical clients on sales force planning, market segmentation and forecasting. Prior to MarketRx, Nian worked for Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems as a business analysis manager, where she developed decision support tools for sales and business planning. Nian also has one year teaching experience as a visiting lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. She began her career as an editor, then project director at Founder Investment Consulting, Inc. in Beijing, China, where she conducted market research and analysis on Chinese IT market and technologies.

Nian received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, an M.S. and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.