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Actuarial Examinations Successes

This is, to our best knowledge, a complete list of our students' (regular, part-time and seminar participants) successes on actuarial examinations for the period Fall 2005 -- present. You can see such successes further in the past at the Exams Successes Archive. Note that the links provided by the names will lead you to further information about our successful candidates and their resumes, if available. The resume site is password-protected and employers who want to have access to it should send an e-mail to actuary@illinoisstate.edu. Please report any corrections needed to the same e-mail address.

September 2009

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Kristen Ingles, Ms. Gwendolyn Murphy.

 

August 2009

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Mr. Emmanuel Acquaah, Mr. David Dodge, Ms. Karen Prieto, Ms. Chunying Zhang.

July 2009

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Emmanuel Acquaah, Ms. Amy Helpingstine, Mr. Zhan Jiao, Ms. Andrea Kendall, Ms. Kara Morse, Mr. Jason Rohlfs, Mr. Michael Shannon, Mr. Walter Welch.

 

May 2009

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Mark Bertelson, Ms. Wenyi Dai, Mr. Bryan Doyle, Ms. Kacie Gerdes, Mr. Kile Schultz, Mr. Eric Thoele, Mr. Nicholas Williamson, Ms. Chunying Zhang.

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Ms. Shasha Bao, Mr. Nicholas Baron, Ms. Susan Beckman, Ms. Magdalena Diedrich, Ms. Elizabeth Gibble, Mr. Sebastian Grobe, Ms. Ela Grzeszczak, Mr. Zhan Jiao, Mr. Philip Keown, Ms. Caroline Muegge, Mr. Matthew Olson, Mr. Jason Rohlfs, Ms. Pragya Sharma, Mr. Justin Speicher, Ms. Katrina Williams, Mr. Brandon Wolfe.

Course MFE/3F Examination: Actuarial Models, Financial Economics

Mr. Yi Chao, Mr. Daniel Fox, Mr. Vladimir Kustov, Mr. Grigori Lev, Mr. David Lueders, Ms. Star Motry, Mr. Joseph Normand, Mr. Temitope Ogunmola, Mr. Harmit Patel, Mr. Eugene Schwartz, Mr. Nicholas Syring, Ms. Vivian Tan, Ms. Tong Xiao.

Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination: Actuarial Models, Life Contingencies

Ms. Lydia Calkins, Mr. Ji Chi, Mr. Shiliang Deng, Mr. Timothy Egan, Ms. Monika Gontarek, Mr. John LeFager, Mr. Tyson Hawkins, Ms. Jenni Jacobsen, Mr. Vladimir Kustov, Mr. Nicholas Syring.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

Mr. Shiliang Deng, Mr. Gayrat Hamraev, Ms. Christine Pflueger, Mr. Xiheng Tong, Mr. Zhongkai Wen. Ms. Sisi Zhang. Ms. Xiyuan Zhang.

Society of Actuaries Fundamentais of Actuarial Practice Examination 1

Mr. Cheng-Su Ma.

Society of Actuaries Company/Sponsor Perspective Individual Life and Annuities

Mr. Roderick Ebert, ASA, Mr. Kyle Slavish, ASA.

Society of Actuaries Company/Sponsor Perspective Group and Health

Mr. Matthew Varitek, FSA, Ms. Rebecca Weinshenker, ASA.

 

April 2009

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 3L Examination: Actuarial Models - Life Contingencies and Statistics

Mr. Daniel Box, Mr. Jeremy Harlow.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 5 Examination: Introduction to Property and Casualty Insurance and Ratemaking

Mr. Dede Ba, Mr. Thomas Daly, Mr. Ms. Elizabeth Mauro, Mr. William Nussbaum.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 7 Examination: Annual Statement, Taxation, and Regulation

Mr. Martin Birkenheier, ACAS, Ms. Xiaoye Cui, Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Ms. Devyn McClure, ACAS, Ms. Andra Serban, ACAS, Ms. Carol Sorenson, ACAS, Ms. Laura Sudholt, Mr. Gary Wierzbicki.

 

March 2009

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Christopher Agpar, Mr. Robert Bentley, Mr. Nischal Bokil, Mr. Yann Gibaja, Mr. Dien Nguyen, Mr. Douglas Sanford, Mr. Kevin Trippel.

 

January 2009

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Adam Camargo, Mr. Philip Keown, Mr. Jong Lee, Ms. Rosanne Truog, Mr. Paul Yandell, Mr. Jason Wix.

 

November 2008

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Ela Grzeszczak, Mr. Robert Leik, Mr. Gregory Tyer, Ms. Sisi Zhang.

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Ms. Kacie Gerdes, Mr. Rex Goodman, Ms. Keely Koda, Mr. Vladimir Kustov, Mr. Sonkulp Mehta, Mr. Joseph Normand, Mr. Khyam Paneru, Mr. Harmit Patel, Ms. Rasha Said, Ms. Anyamanee Seetongsook, Mr. John Thompson, Mr. Xiheng Tong, Mr. Zhongkai Wen, Ms. Sisi Zhang.

Course MFE/3F Examination: Actuarial Models, Financial Economics

Mr. Joel Albers, Mr. Adzwan Anuar, Ms. Jinjie Chen, Mr. Ji Chi, Ms. Emily Byrnes, Mr. Timothy Egan, Ms. Vanessa Gamella, Ms. Monika Gontarek, Ms. Katie Goznikar, Mr. Gayrat Hamraev, Mr. Jeremy Harlow, Ms. Karmen LiaBraaen, Ms. Kritiga Muthuswamy, Mr. Asliddin Odilov, Mr. Anthony Pragovich, Mr. David Prevo, Mr. Carl Simon, Mr. Jason Stewart, Mr. Xiheng Tong, Ms. Xiyuan Zhang.

Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination: Actuarial Models, Life Contingencies

Ms. Linlin Bai, Mr. Patrick Klein, Mr. Utkir Komilov, Mr. Andrew Large, Mr. Grigori Lev, Mr. Joshua Rundle, Mr. Geoffrey Shannon, Ms. Sarah Shirk, Ms. Xiyuan Zhang.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

Mr. Daniel Box, Mr. Daniel Fox, Mr. Thomas Lauren, Mr. Kevin Lyons, Mr. Satadru Sengupta, Mr. Tyson Mohr, Ms. Christina Trefil.

 

October 2008

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 3L Examination: Actuarial Models - Life Contingencies and Statistics

Mr. Thomas Daly.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 6 Examination: Reserving, Insurance Accounting Principles, and Reinsurance

Mr. Martin Birkenheier, ACAS, Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Mr. Jeffrey Kinsey, Mr. William Nussbaum, Ms. Andra Serban, ACAS.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 9 Examination: Advanced Ratemaking, Rate of Return, and Individual Risk Rating Plans

Mr. Jie Dai, Ms. Elizabeth Mauro, Ms. Carol Sorenson, ACAS.

 

September 2008

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Susan Beckman, Ms. Sarah Bryant,  Mr. Rex Goodman, Mr. Garrett Gosselink, Mr. Vladimir Kustov, Mr. Joshua Macon, Mr. Asliddin Odilov, Ms. Christine Pflueger, Mr. Alexander Pillischafske, Ms. Katrina Williams, Mr. David Worms.

 

July 2008

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Shasha Bao, Mr. Adam Blair, Mr. Shiliang Deng, Ms. Magdalena Diedrich, Mr. Akhil Dutta, Ms. Monika Gontarek, Mr. Sebastian Grobe, Mr. Brett Kahanec, Ms. Keely Koda, Mr. Schuyler Malone, Mr. Anthony Pragovich, Ms. Carla Soule, Mr. John Thompson, Mr. Xiheng Tong, Mr. Zhongkai Wen.

 

May 2008

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Jevon Brenneman, Mr. Jonathan Hoyt, Mr. Brandon Lee, Mr. Phuong Nguyen, Mr. Joseph Normand, Mr. Joseph Van Norman, Mr. Justin Speicher.

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Mr. Joshua Barks, Ms. Sarah Bryant, Ms. Emily Byrnes, Mr. Shiliang Deng, Mr. Akhil Dutta, Mr. Brian Estervig, Ms. Mary Ann Gao, Ms. Monika Gontarek, Mr. Jeremy Head, Mr. Matthew Holm, Mr. Brett Kahanec, Mr. Abdul-Nasiru Kuntulo, Ms. Karmen LiaBraaten, Mr. Grigori Lev, Mr. Asliddin Odilov, Ms. Christine Pflueger, Mr. Nicholas Syring, Ms. Vivian Tan.

Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination: Actuarial Models, Life Contingencies

Ms. Jinjie Chen, Ms. Katie Goznikar, Mr. Thomas Lauren, Ms. Star Motry, Mr. Rajapaksha Premarathna, Mr. Carl Simon,

Society of Actuaries Course MFE Examination: Actuarial Models, Financial Economics

Mr. Kaushal Badheka, Ms. Amanda Frederick, Mr. Steven Gracyalny, Mr. Andrew Hoffman, Mr. Patrick Klein, Ms. Megan Lamich, ASA, Mr. Tyson Mohr, Mr. Benjamin Reiniger, Mr. Justin Swick, ASA, Mr. Kevin Sule.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

Mr. Ji Chi, Mr. Cory Crawford, Mr. Thomas Daly, Mr. Timothy Egan, Ms. Amanda Frederick, Ms. Vanessa Gamella, Ms. Yue Hou, Mr. Utkir Komilov, Mr. Abdul-Nasiru Kuntulo, Ms. Megan Lamich, ASA, Mr. David LaRocque, Mr. William Nussbaum, Mr. David Prevo, Ms. Yun Shi.

Society of Actuaries: Advanced Finance and ERM Examination

Mr. Chad Kleindorfer, FSA.

 

April 2008

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 5 Examination: Introduction to Property and Casualty Insurance and Ratemaking

Mr. Martin Birkenheier, ACAS, Mr. Jie Dai, Ms. Christine Doyle, Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Ms. Jeffrey Kinsey, Ms. Andra Serban, ACAS, Ms. Laura Sudholt, Mr. Gary Wierzbicki.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination: Investments and Financial Analysis

Mr. Kamil Jasinski, FCAS.

 

February 2008

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Jorge Amezquita, Mr. Bijan Budall, Ms. Kelly Burk, Mr. Young Cho, Mr. Philip Day, Mr. Grant Haicl, Mr. Grigori Lev, Mr. Andrew Lewis. Mr. Harmit Patel, Mr. Rajapaksha Premarathna, Ms. Jamie Roderick, Ms. Vivian Tan.

 

December 2007

Society of Actuaries Fundamentais of Actuarial Practice Examination 1

Ms. Maliha Niitsu, ASA, Mr. T.J. Turner, ASA.

 

November 2007

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Joshua Barks, Mr. Tyler Birkel, Ms. Tiffany Butterfield-Douglas, Ms. Emily Byrnes, Mr. Paul Chae, Mr. Ji Chi, Ms. Jennifer Guida, Ms. Monica Kraus, Mr. Benjamin Reiniger, Ms. Tara Howarth, Mr. John Rose, Ms. Sarah Shirk, Mr. Nicholas Syring.

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Mr. Adam Blair, Mr. Yi Chao, Mr. Ji Chi, Mr. Ryan Gundersen, Mr. Gayrat Hamraev, Mr. Utkir Komilov, Ms. Huiting Li, Mr. Anthony Pragovich, Mr. Javier Zavala, Ms. Xiyuan Zhang.

Society of Actuaries Course MFE Examination: Actuarial Models, Financial Economics

Ms. Linlin Bai, Mr. David Harcourt, Mr. Utkir Komilov, Ms. Megan Lamich, Mr. Thomas Lauren, Mr. Andrew Marks, Mr. David Nfodjo, Ms. Amanda, Nommay, Ms. Julie Pikel, Mr. Glen Simpson, Mr. Kevin Socha.

Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination: Actuarial Models, Life Contingencies

Mr. Cory Crawford, Mr. Timothy Egan, Ms. Amanda Frederick, Ms. Vanessa Gamella, Ms. Yue Hou, Mr. Amar Krishna, Mr. Kevin Lyons, Mr. Tyson Mohr, Mr. Bradley Roberts, Mr. Kevin Sule, Mr. Justin Swick, ASA.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

Ms. Jinjie Chen, Mr. Patrick Klein, Mr. Weizou Meng, Mr. Shawn O'Kelley, Ms. Mary Risius, Ms. Laura Sudholt, Ms. Rebecca Weinshenker, ASA.

 

October 2007

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 3 Examination: Statistics and Actuarial Models

Ms. Christine Doyle. Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Mr. Patrick Kariuki, Mr. William Nussbaum, Ms. Christina Trefil.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 6 Examination: Reserving, Insurance Accounting Principles, and Reinsurance

Mr. Jie Dai, Ms. Elizabeth Mauro, Ms. Devyn McClure, Ms. Carol Sorenson.

 

August 2007

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Andrew Baum, Ms. Amanda Dudley, Mr. Gayrat Hamraev, Mr. Utkir Komilov, Ms. Catherine Macharia, Mr. David Morgan, Mr. Khyam Paneru, Mr. David Prevo, Ms. Anyamanee Seetongsook, Ms. Pragya Sharma, Ms. Xiyuan Zhang.

 

June 2007

Society of Actuaries Fundamentais of Actuarial Practice Examination 1

Mr. Kyle Slavish, ASA.

 

May 2007

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Jason Burnett, Mr. Yi Chao, Mr. Matthew Holm, Ms. Yue Hou, Mr. Thomas Lauren, Ms. Kristin Sturm, Mr. Colin Wein, Mr. Zhaogang Jiang.

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Mr. Kaushal Badheka, Mr. Timothy Egan, Mr. Ryan Knuffman, Mr. Thomas Lauren, Mr. Andrew Lewis. Ms. Catherine Macharia, Mr. Tyson Mohr, Ms. Star Motry, Ms. Kamila Paszek, Mr. Rajapaksha Premarathna, Mr. David Prevo, Mr. Ryan Pugh, Mr. Benjamin Reiniger, Ms. Jamie Roderick, Mr. Joshua Rundle, Mr. Carl Simon, Mr. Jason Stewart, Ms. Melissa Watrous.

Society of Actuaries Course MFE Examination: Actuarial Models, Financial Economics

Mr. Stephanie Hartman, Mr. Justin Oakley, Mr. Geoffrey Shannon, Ms. Yun Shi.

Society of Actuaries Course MLC Examination: Actuarial Models, Life Contingencies

Mr. Alexander Alimi, Ms. Elizabeth Dyer, Mr. Stephanie Hartman, Ms. Yun Shi, Ms. Li Tian, Mr. Zheng Xu.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

Ms. Linlin Bai, Mr. Martin Birkenheier, ACAS, Ms. Christine Doyle, Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Ms. Megan Lamich, ASA, Mr. Cheng-Su Ma, Ms. Elizabeth Mauro, Ms. Yuanyuan Shen, Ms. Naiwei Sun, Mr. Justin Swick,ASA, Mr. Gary Wierzbicki.

Society of Actuaries: Company/Sponsor Perspective Group and Health Examination

Ms. Lei Zhang, FSA.

 

April 2007

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 5 Examination: Introduction to Property and Casualty Insurance and Ratemaking 

Ms. Xiaoye Cui, Mr. Michael Lavazza, Mr. Scott Paluska, Ms. Carol Sorenson, ACAS.

 

February 2007

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Rudolf Amofa-Baah, Mr. Barry Falter, Mr. Jeremy Harlow, Ms. Carol Henley, Mr. Brad Shepherd, Mr. Carl Simon, Mr. Jason Stewart.

Society of Actuaries Fundamentais of Actuarial Practice Examination 1

Mr. Timothy Egan, Mr. Roderick Ebert, ASA, Mr. Piotr Krekora, ASA.

 

November 2006

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Stephanie Dulz, Mr. Timothy Egan, Mr. Daniel Fox, Ms. Christine Doyle, Ms. Kimberly Harris, Mr. Andrew Hoffman, Mr. Patrick Klein, Mr. Abdul-Nasiru Kuntulo, Ms. Karmen LiaBraaen, Ms. Kristen Lindbloom, Ms. Kritiga Muthuswamy, Mr. Ryan Pugh, Ms. Kate Wenger.

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Ms. Christine Doyle, Mr. John LeFager, Mr. Kavan Helmuth, Ms. Kathleen Hempe, Mr. Andrew Hoffman, Ms. Yue Hou, Mr. Wolfgang Karcher, Ms. Megan Lamich, ACAS, Mr. Andrew Marks, Ms. Julie Pikel, Ms. Mythili Ramalingam, Mr. Justin Swick, ASA, Ms. Sarah Shirk, Ms. Tenzin Tsering, Mr. Zhaogang Jiang.

Society of Actuaries Course M Examination: Actuarial Models

Mr. Scott Brockman, Mr. Cheng-Su Ma, Ms. Elizabeth Mauro, Mr. Weizou Meng, Mr. Sunish Menon, Ms. Maliha Niitsu, ASA, Mr. Shawn O'Kelley, Ms. Mary Risius, Ms. Laura Sudholt, Mr. Sean Thomas, Mr. T.J. Turner, ASA, Ms. Rebecca Weinshenker, ASA, Mr. Gary Wierzbicki.

Society of Actuaries Course 8V Examination: Investments
Ms. Mu Xiong, FSA.

 

October 2006

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 3 Examination: Statistics and Actuarial Models

Mr. Martin Birkenheier, ACAS, Mr. Paul Maviti.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 9 Examination: Advanced Ratemaking, Rate of Return, and Individual Risk Rating Plans

Mr. Kamil Jasinski, FCAS.

August 2006

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Renu Chhabra, Ms. Amanda Frederick, Mr. Jeremy Head, Mr. Kavan Helmuth, Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Mr. Amar Krishna, Mr. Sung-Hee Victor Lee, Mr. Tyson Mohr, Ms. Kamila Paszek, Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Ms. Star Motry, Mr. Ning Tong, Ms. Melissa Watrous.

 

May 2006

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Ms. Courtney Dostal, Ms. Mary Gao, Ms. Christine Grojean, Mr. John LeFager, Ms. Manjubhargavi Pothuganti, Ms. Adrianne Talbert, Mr. Kenji Truman.


Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics

Mr. Thomas Daly, Mr. Martin Birkenheier, ACAS, Mr. Cory Crawford, Mr. Rachitha Dayaratne, Mr. Daniel Fox, Ms. Amanda Frederick, Ms. Vanessa Gamella, Mr. Jeremy Harlow, Mr. Aaron Hillebrandt, ACAS, Ms. Kimberly Kjar, Mr. Amar Krishna, Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Mr. Kin Lee, Mr. Cheng-Su Ma, Mr. Sunish Menon, Ms. Kritiga Muthuswamy, Ms. Radhika Nadanthottil, Mr. Satadru Sengupta, Ms. Carol Sorenson, ACAS, Ms. Jocelyn Duncan, Ms. Li Tian, Mr. Ning Tong.


Society of Actuaries Course M Examination: Actuarial Models

Mr. Dhaval Patel, Ms. Sulsa Shah, ASA, Ms. Naiwei Sun.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models

Mr. Richard Bischoff, Mr. Roderick Ebert, ASA, Ms. Shuheng Ji, ASA, Mr. Wolfgang Karcher, Mr. Sunish Menon, Mr. Dhaval Patel, Mr. Kyle Slavish, ASA, Mr. T.J. Turner, ASA, Ms. Rui Xu.

Society of Actuaries Course 6 Examination: Finance and Investments

Ms. Heather Gordon, Ms. Yuan Yuan, FSA.

April 2006

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 3 Examination: Statistics and Actuarial Models

Mr. Dede Ba, Mr. Michael Lavazza.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 5 Examination: Introduction to Property and Casualty Insurance and Ratemaking 

Mr. Muhammad Fahad.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 7 Examination: Annual Statement, Taxation, and Regulation

Mr. Kamil Jasinski, FCAS.

 

February 2006

Course P/1 Examination: Probability

Mr. Kaushal Badheka, Ms. Simone Beauford, Ms. Shuheng Ji, Mr. Wolfgang Karcher, Mr. Patrick Kariuki, Mr. Ryan Knuffman, Mr. Kin Lee, Mr. Kevin Lyons, Mr. Cheng-Su Ma, Ms. Radhika Nadanthottil, Mr. Justin Swick, ASA, Ms. Li Tian, Mr. William Nussbaum, Mr. Gary Wierzbicki.


November 2005

Course FM/2 Examination: Financial Mathematics
Ms. Linlin Bai, Mr. Scott Brockman, Ms. Cheri Eskridge, Ms. Shuheng Ji, ASA, Mr. Patrick Kariuki, Mr. Shawn O'Kelley, Mr. David LaRocque, Ms. Bo Li, Ms. Mary Risius, Ms. Yun Shi, Ms. Laura Sudholt, Ms. Rebecca Weinshenker, ASA, Ms. Rui Xu.

Society of Actuaries Course M Examination: Actuarial Models
Mr. Roderick Ebert, ASA, Mr. David Hayes, Mr. Kristoff Hendrickson, Ms. Andra Serban, ACAS, Mr. Kyle Slavish, ASA, Mr. Zheng Xu.

Course C/4 Examination: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models
Mr. Dede Ba, Ms. Xiaoye Cui, Mr. Jie Dai, Ms. Maliha Niitsu, ASA, Ms. Soyoung Weidner.

Society of Actuaries Course 5 Examination: Applications of Actuarial Principles
Mr. Yong Jiang, FCAS, Ms. Mu Xiong, FSA, Ms. Yuan Yuan, FSA.

Society of Actuaries Course 8M Examination: Managed Care
Ms. Lei Zhang, FSA.

Society of Actuaries Course 8V Examination: Investments
Mr. Yan Peng, FSA.


October 2005 

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 3 Examination: Statistics and Actuarial Models 

Mr. David LaRocque, Ms. Andra Serban, ACAS, Mr. Satadru Sengupta.

Casualty Actuarial Society Course 6 Examination: Reserving, Insurance Accounting Principles, and Reinsurance

Mr. Muhammad Fahad.


September 2005

Course P/1 Examination: Probability 

Mr. Thomas Daly, Mr. Rachitha Dayaratne, Ms. Vanessa Gamella, Mr. Jacob Geyer, Ms. Megan Lamich, ASA, Ms. Patricia Ligas, Ms. Julie Pikel, Ms. Christina Trefil, Ms. Tenzin Tsering, Ms. Rui Xu.