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{{Short description|Vietnamese American businessman and politician (born 1964)}}
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| laterwork     = Businessman, Politician
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'''Quang Pham''', a [[Vietnamese American]] businessman, veteran, author, and community leader, is noted as the first Vietnamese American to earn [[naval aviator]]'s wings in the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=San Diego Air & Space Museum - Historical Balboa Park, San Diego |url=https://sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/online-exhibit-page/asian-americans-in-aviation |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=sandiegoairandspace.org}}</ref> His family were refugees of the [[Vietnam War]], immigrating to the [[United States]], where Pham served in the Marine Corps then went on to found multiple pharmaceutical companies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2017-08-16 |title=TopVet: Quang X. Pham, Executive & Author |url=https://www.veteransadvantage.com/blog/veterans-advantage-awards/topvet-quang-x-pham-executive-author |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Veterans Advantage |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life==
Pham was born in 1964 in [[Saigon]], South Vietnam. During the invasion of South Vietnam by the Communist [[Vietnam People's Army|North Vietnamese Army]], Quang, his three sisters, and his mother left their ancestral homeland, while the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] (ARVN) was defending their country and its capital city of [[Saigon]]. His father, Hoa Van Pham, a member of the [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]], remained in South Vietnam and was captured by the [[Vietnam People's Army|North Vietnamese Army]] while he was supporting the [[South Vietnam|Republic of Vietnam]], resulting in his twelve years in re-education/prison camps.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Colleen Michele |date=November 10, 2016 |title=Veteran of Influence: Quang Pham |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2016/11/10/veteran-of-influence-quang-pham.html |journal=[[Jacksonville Business Journal]]}}</ref>
==Education==
Pham graduated from the [[University of California Los Angeles]] (UCLA), and he went on to complete [[Officer Candidate School (U.S. Marine Corps)|Marine Corps Officer Candidate School]] in 1986.
== Career ==
Pham is noted as the second Vietnamese American to complete the Marines Officer Candidate School program<ref name=":1" /> and the first Vietnamese American to earn [[naval aviator]]'s wings in the Marine Corps.<ref name=":0" /> He served 7 years of active duty, including co-piloting CH-46 helicopter MedEVac missions in the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]], then spent 8 years in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve|Reserves]].<ref name=":1" /> After the Marine Corps, Pham switched to the pharmaceutical industry.
In 1999, Pham founded MyDrugRep.com, later renamed to LATHIAN Systems, and served as the chairman and CEO. LATHIAN Systems was the first to create a program to send physician response data to [[customer relationship management]] systems. In 2012, D&R Communications acquired LATHIAN, leading to Pham becoming a co-partner of the new D+R LATHIAN.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-01 |title=D&R Acquires LATHIAN to Create Leading Multichannel Marketing Agency |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120201005388/en/DR-Acquires-LATHIAN-to-Create-Leading-Multichannel-Marketing-Agency |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2010, Pham was a candidate for California's Republican nomination in the 47th Congressional District, but dropped his candidacy during the race.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moxley |first=R. Scott |date=March 5, 2010 |title=QUANG PHAM LEAVES RACE TO UNSEAT REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ |work=[[OC Weekly]] |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/quang-pham-leaves-race-to-unseat-rep-loretta-sanchez-6443552/ |access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>
In 2015, Pham founded Espero Pharmaceuticals and Jacksonville Pharmaceuticals and is currently the Chairman and CEO.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esperobio.com/board-directors/ |title=Mr. Quang Pham |publisher=esperobio.com |access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref> Espero was called the "fastest growing company" in Northeast Florida in 2017.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Robinson |first=Will |date=July 20, 2017 |title=Fastest Growing Company 2017: Espero BioPharma |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2017/07/20/fastest-growing-company-2017-espero-biopharma.html |journal=[[Jacksonville Business Journal]]}}</ref> Due to his efforts with Espero, Pham earned the Florida [[Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award|EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award]] in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Heather |date=May 4, 2017 |title=Espero BioPharma CEO and BioFlorida Member Quang Pham selected as EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award finalist in Florida |url=https://www.bioflorida.com/news/343976/Espero-BioPharma-CEO-and-BioFlorida-Member-Quang-Pham-selected-as-EY-Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year-2017-.html |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=BioFlorida}}</ref> and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Will |date=June 8, 2018 |title=Jacksonville, Alachua entrepreneurs takes home state-wide awards |url=https://www.bioflorida.com/news/404367/Jacksonville-Alachua-entrepreneurs-takes-home-state-wide-awards-.htm |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=BioFlorida}}</ref>
He has served on the boards of the Marines Memorial Association, Orange County Forum, and Chapman University Business School Board of Advisers.
== Personal life ==
Pham and his family immigrated from Vietnam to the United States when Pham was 10 years old and lived in [[California]].<ref name=":1" /> Pham and his family moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in 2011.<ref name=":2" />
==Quotes==
*"Now talk of exiting the war in Iraq has increased. What will happen to the Iraqis who believed in us? Will we let them down too?"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/06/27/duty_and_deceit/ | work=The Boston Globe | first=Quang X. | last=Pham | title=Duty and deceit | date=27 June 2005}}</ref>
== Publications ==
Autobiography:
* {{cite book | last=Pham | first=Quang X. | title=A sense of duty : my father, my American journey | publisher=Ballante Books | publication-place=New York | date=2005 | isbn=0-89141-873-3 | oclc=57005625}}
Select op-ed Pieces:
* Pham, Quang X. (27 June 2005). "[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/06/27/duty_and_deceit/ Duty and deceit]". ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.
* Pham, Quang X. (December 30, 2006). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR2006122901070.html Ford's Finest Legacy]". ''[[The Washington Post]]''.
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://archive.today/20060207130959/http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/books/050619/book2.shtml From Vietnamese refugee to pilot: Memoir reflects on Nam, feelings on duty, family]
*[http://vietamreview.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/4/10/569672.html Review of A Sense of Duty; My Father, My American Journey by Quang X. Pham]
*Espero BioPharma, a company founded in Jacksonville, looks to clinical trials to help introduce two new medications [http://www.jacksonville.com/news/health-and-fitness/2018-01-02/espero-biopharma-company-founded-jacksonville-looks-clinical]
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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Ho Chi Minh City]]
[[Category:Vietnamese emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps officers]]
[[Category:United States Naval Aviators]]
[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:American aviators of Asian descent]]