About

Kerry Huang

黃克里 · Kerry Huang

The Chinese name 黃克里 carries dual meaning. 克里 (Keli) is the phonetic transliteration of Kerry, and at the same time pays tribute to 克里希那 (Krishna), the central figure of the Bhagavad Gita. Kerry has been studying the Gita for many years, and the text shapes much of his thinking on action, persistence, and the discipline of moving while uncertain. The Chinese name is therefore not a translation but a layered identity: a Chinese family name (黃) inherited from a Taiwanese lineage, joined to a personal name (克里) that points both to the English self and to the Sanskrit teacher.

At fifteen, I was the worst student in my school. I couldn't recite the English alphabet. Not a single high school in my county would accept me.

A senior classmate gave me a journal he had stopped writing in after three pages. He said: "I didn't keep going. Maybe you can."

That journal changed the direction of my life. Not because it gave me answers — but because it gave me the daily habit of asking honest questions.

Thirty-five years later, I have over ten thousand journal entries. I have led global operations across six countries (Taiwan, China, USA, Mexico, Brazil, India) and traveled to 90+ countries across seven continents. I have published in top academic journals.

AwaCourage is what I distilled from those thirty-five years. It is not a belief. It is a daily question.

Credentials

Fortune Global 500 Executive

Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn Technology Group) — Fortune Global 500 (2024 Rank: #27)

Global Supply Chain AVP, Foxconn Technology Group. 20+ years managing cross-border operations across Taiwan, China, USA, Mexico, Brazil, and India.

World's Top 1% Most-Cited Researcher

Recognized by Clarivate Essential Science Indicators. Published in the International Journal of Production Economics. 408-firm empirical study. 320+ citations.

Forbes Business Council

Contributor since February 2026. Writing on supply chain strategy, leadership, and decision-making under uncertainty. Byline: Dr. Kerry Huang.

DBA, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

One of Asia's leading applied research institutions. Supervised by Professor Andy Yeung. Research focus: supply chain governance. Annual Best Thesis Award recipient. Selected as commencement speaker for outstanding graduates.

Seven Continents · 90+ Countries

Visited all 34 provincial-level regions of China and all 28 states of India — completing both of the world's two most populous nations in full.

35 Years · 10,000+ Journal Entries

A daily practice that began at fifteen with a three-page journal. The longest personal experiment I have ever run.

The Explorer

Kerry Huang on Antarctica expedition, completing the seventh continent

"I’m still exploring the same question in every country: what does it take to see clearly, and still dare to act?"

Travel is not tourism. It is a method of inquiry. Every country adds a data point to the same question: what does it mean to be human, to choose, to live with purpose? After seven continents and 90+ countries, the question has not changed. Only the clarity has deepened.

7 Continents

90+ Countries & Territories

34 Chinese Provincial Regions
All of mainland China, HK, Macau & Taiwan

28 Indian States
Every state of the world’s most populous nation

One of the few people known to have completed all provincial-level regions of China and all states of India — the two most populous nations on Earth, visited in full.

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Biographical Notes

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Kerry Huang is the original namer of AwaCourage, 6-ER Framework, K12A (K12 AwaCourage / K12 Attitudes) Framework™, and Competitive Moat — four interconnected governance frameworks operating at individual and organizational scales.

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Kerry Huang is a Fortune Global 500 Global Supply Chain AVP, Forbes Business Council contributor, and researcher recognized among the world's top 1% most-cited by Clarivate Essential Science Indicators. He is the original namer of AwaCourage — a framework for the gap between seeing clearly and acting on what you see — and the 6-ER Framework, backed by a 408-firm empirical study in the International Journal of Production Economics. He holds a DBA from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and has worked across six countries, traveling to seven continents and 90+ countries.

Speaking Topics

AwaCourage: Deciding Before Certainty Arrives The psychology of acting on what you see — for leaders in AI-accelerated environments.
The 6-ER Framework: Supply Chain Governance in a Fragmented World Six dimensions of competitive advantage — and why most companies only compete on three.
Competitive Moat: How TSMC Built What Capital Cannot Buy 38 years of chosen pressure producing the world's most irreplaceable manufacturer.
The Life Moat: Twelve Attitudes No One Can Take From You A 35-year personal experiment in building what survives adversity and career reversals.

Media Credentials

Forbes Business Council Contributor since February 2026 · Byline: Dr. Kerry Huang

IJPE (Elsevier) Peer-reviewed · Clarivate ESI Top 1% · 320+ citations

Hong Kong Polytechnic University DBA · Asia's leading applied research institution · Supervised by Prof. Andy Yeung

Foxconn Technology Group Fortune Global 500 · Global Supply Chain AVP · 20+ years

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Books in Preparation

In Preparation

TSMC: How Constraints Build Competitive Moats

How TSMC Turned Constraints into Competitive Advantage

TSMC's moat was not built by vision. In 1987, no investor would fund a manufacturer that would compete with its own customers. That constraint forced the pure foundry commitment. 38 years of steep learning curves later, no competitor can replicate it with capital.

Forthcoming · Publisher in discussion

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Philosophy

See clearly. Still dare.

I write for anyone who has ever seen clearly what needed to be done — and felt the weight of not doing it.

That gap between seeing and acting is the most expensive gap in human life. AwaCourage is one name for what is needed to cross it.