July 21, 2009 (FinancialWire) — ATA Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAI) (Current Market Cap: $186.00 Mil.), a provider of computer-based testing services in China, has appointed Bennie Lin as the company’s chief operating officer.

Lin was formerly general manager of strategic accounts with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), where he was responsible for the country-wide business drive focused on developing and expanding sales to the state-owned enterprise and public sector customers.

Prior to that, Lin worked for Hewlett Packard in various capacities, most recently as vice president and general manager of strategic accounts and business development.

Beijing-based ATA offers services for the creation and delivery of computer-based tests based on its proprietary testing technologies and test delivery platform. The company’s services are used for professional licensure and certification tests in various industries, including information technology, or IT, services, banking, teaching, securities, insurance and accounting.

ATA’s test center network comprised 1,925 authorized test centers located throughout China as of March 31.

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