Dr.
Chris Tong
received his B.A. (summa cum laude) in Computer Science
from Columbia University in 1978 (when he was also made a member
of Phi Beta Kappa), and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford
University in 1988. He was an assistant professor of Computer
Science at Rutgers University from 1984 through 1994; at Rutgers,
he was an award-winning
teacher, and a world-renowned leader and project manager in
the area of Artificial Intelligence. He has published numerous
papers, led numerous workshops, was research investigator for
several multi-million dollar grants from DARPA (the Defense Department's
Advanced Research Projects Agency, that created the original Internet),
and co-edited the "state of the art" series, "Artificial
Intelligence in Engineering Design" (volumes I,
II,
and III).
He has also been a manager, consultant, teacher, and researcher
at many other well-known institutions, including MIT, IBM
Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Xerox
Palo Alto Research Center, and Siemens Research.
In 1994,
Dr. Tong began applying his twenty years of experience on the
Internet to the design and marketing of websites. This led him
to create Enchanted Websites.
Dr. Tong has led a small staff of friendly professionals in
designing, upgrading, and marketing over several
hundred commercial and not-for-profit websites, as well
as providing state-of-the-art web hosting and domain name services
for hundreds
of domain names and websites via Host
Your Site,
the web hosting branch of Enchanted Websites, and Register
Your Domain Name,
the domain name services branch of Enchanted Websites
.
Some of
these sites have won
recognition for the quality of their design
(including an excellent review from the #1 newsstand web magazine,
"The Web", a feature on MSNBC's nationally broadcast program,
"The Site", Yahoo's "Pick of the Day", and sites featured
in Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today Magazine, and Entertainment
Weekly). Others have had traffic to their site increased by
more than tenfold through Enchanted
Websites'
state-of-the-art online
marketing techniques.
Clients
have included:
- Kaiser
Permanente, the #1 non-profit HMO in the United States.
- Christine
Feehan, author of the "Dark Series" romance
novels, as well as the GhostWalkers and Drake Sisters novels.
Her recent Dark Series novel, "Dark Demon", reached
the #2 position on The New York Times bestseller list (behind
only Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code). She has had over 20 books
on The New York Times bestseller list.
- Iman
Cosmetics and Skincare, whose products are formulated by supermodel,
Iman, and are among the best-recognized among women of color.
- Ed
Kowalczyk, the lead singer of the multi-platinum, alternative
rock band LIVE, whose music was recently featured on The Tonight
Show and in the box office movie smash, "The Mummy Returns",
who won Billboard's Rock Artist of the Year award in 1995,
and whose Secret Samadhi album debuted at the #1 position
on the Billboard charts.
- Patti
LaBelle Fragrances, whose products are inspired by, approved
by, and as colorful as Grammy award-winning singer, Patti
LaBelle.
- Ray
Lynch, three-time Billboard award winner, and platinum
album composer of the 1st New Age gold album, Deep Breakfast.
- Barbara's
Bakery, the #1 manufacturer of natural cold cereals in
the United States.
- Villas
International, the 2nd oldest international vacation rental
company in the United States, offering over 25,000 properties.
- Aloha
Bay Candles, the 3rd best-selling candle manufacturer
in the Northeastern United States.
- Celebriducks,
recently featured by
Jay Leno on the Tonight Show and by Entertainment Weekly,
as one of its top
15 recommended holiday season gifts.
- Color
Me Beautiful, the internationally acclaimed cosmetic line
(and bestselling book) that revolutionized the world of color
cosmetics by introducing the concept of choosing color by
season.
- Name
That Toon, the #1 publisher of advertising animation art
in the world.
- Flori
Roberts, the 1st department store line of cosmetics developed
specifically for African-American women, featured at Macy's
and JCPenney.
- Nature’s
Path Foods, makers of cereal, breads, waffles, cereal
bars, granola bars, cookies and crackers. Two of the company’s
brands, Nature’s Path® and EnviroKidz,™ are together the #1
selling certified USDA Organic breakfast cereal in U.S. natural
food supermarkets. Nature’s Path was named as one of Canada’s
Top 100 Employers in 2004.
- The
Paperweight Collectors Association, the #1 not-for-profit
organization in the world for paperweight collectors.
- Gale
Hayman Beverly Hills, whose products are formulated by
Gale Hayman, longtime beauty consultant to celebrities including
Princess Grace and Barbra Streisand.
- Applied
Insight, whose groundbreaking "therapeutic consulting
by phone" was featured by The New York Times, Fortune Magazine,
USA Today, and National Public Radio.
Enchanted
Websites
has also been recognized by its peers. Its
success has led to Dr. Tong's inclusion in Who's
Who in Executives and Professionals (1998-99) and
his selection for the 2002 National
Leadership Award. We are regularly contracted
by
other web companies, including Meridian
West, The
Mews Group,
Natural
Net Marketing,
Natural
Health Yellow Pages, and Fred
Rohé Marketing Solutions. We
are one of a very small number of companies
recommended by Americart,
one of the world's leading e-commerce service providers. We
are also a member of the International
Webmasters Association.
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