John J. Lee had worked as a scientist at Chinese Academy of Sciences for ten (10) years before he came to the U.S. In 1985, after graduation from University of Arizona with a PhD degree, he started working for the school as a faculty. He continued his professional career in engineering and services and worked at URS Greiner Engineering, Stantec Consulting, etc. as an engineer at beginning and a manager late on. He has participated or managed over 200 civil and building projects during the cause of professional ?practice in the U.S.. In 2005, John founded Pacificspan.