boards birth_place citizenship article_title ethnicity birth_date notable_works residence image employer education name occupation alma_mater
long entrepreneurship now foundation national advisory council for innovation and nanjing , china american ping fu
 chinese 1958 '' two worlds '' bend , not break : a life in chapel hill , north carolina pingfu lg.jpg 3d systems university illinois at urbana-champaign of california , san diego , university of ping fu vice president and chief entrepreneur officer , 3d systems university of california , san diego
ping fu

ping fu -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is a chinese-american entrepreneur .
she is the co-founder of 3d software development company geomagic , and was its chief executive officer until february 2013 when the company was acquired by 3d systems inc. , she is the vice president and chief entrepreneur officer at 3d systems .
fu grew up in china during the cultural revolution and moved to the united states in 1984 .
she co-founded geomagic in 1997 with her then-husband herbert edelsbrunner , and has been recognized for her achievements with the company through a number of awards , including being named `` inc. '' magazine 's 2005 `` entrepreneur of the year '' .
in 2013 , she published her memoir , `` bend , not break '' , co-authored with meimei fox .
