Quang X. Pham

Quang X. Pham is an entrepreneur and an author. He is currently serving as a consultant to several companies. He was vice president with QTC, a medical disability company, and CEO of Lathian Systems, a pharmaceutical solutions company he founded. He volunteers his time on the boards of charitable organizations and has received numerous business, community and military awards. His acclaimed memoir, A Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey, was a finalist for the Southern California Booksellers Association Nonfiction Book Award.

In his acclaimed debut book, A Sense of Duty, Quang delves into the difficulties of emigrating to the U.S. as a child refugee after the fall of Saigon. His father, a U.S.-trained South Vietnamese pilot, was held captive for twelve years in communist reeducation camps while Quang, his mother and his three sisters, were evacuated to California. His separation from his father and his own military service as a U.S. Marine Corps pilot in the Gulf War and Somalia brought many challenges to Quang’s life. He recounts overcoming those obstacles with this affecting memoir about fate, hope and the aftermath of the most divisive war America has fought.

Quang has given many speeches and has appeared on NBC, CNN, PBS and NPR. His writings have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and The Orange County Register. A graduate of UCLA, Quang lives in Orange County, California with his family.

Most Requested Topics :

• Overcoming Life's Obstacles: Illusions or Realities

• The Human Toll of War: A Child's Memory and a Marine's Reconciliation

• Vietnamization's Fallacies and Lessons for Iraq

• Iraq and Vietnam: Waging Wars without Winning

• A Sense of Duty