Alan YanFounder & CEOAdChina
Alan is the CEO of AdChina, which he founded in 2007 in Silicon Valley. An Integrated Digital Platform, AdChina is leading China's digital advertising technology evolution with its breakthrough largest online ad network, its cutting-edge online advertising operating systems AdManager and Dynamic Audience Segments platform, its innovative social media network, and its new-generation eCommerce network. Prior to AdChina, Alan worked with eBay, Philips, and Lucent in various managerial positions in China, Singapore, and US. The most interesting memory with these giants are the new businesses and new products that Alan founded in such very different big corporation environment, which eventually contributes to the birth and growth of AdChina.
Datong ChenFounding PartnerWestSummit Capital
Co-founder, OmniVision (NASDAQ:OVTI) Co-founder, SpreadTrum Communication (NASDAQ:SPRD)
Dr. Datong Chen received his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and then served as post-doctoral researcher in University of Illinois and Stanford University in USA. He also worked in National Semiconductor as a senior staff engineer. In 1995, Dr. Datong Chen co-founded Omnivision Technology in Silicon Valley. As VP of Technology, he led the development of the world's first single chip color CMOS image sensor, which started a revolution in solid state imaging industry. OmniVision was successfully listed in Nasdaq in 2000. In 2001, Dr. Datong Chen co-founded Spreadtrum Communications in China and Silicon Valley as CTO. He led the development of Asia's first GSM/GPRS (2G/2.5G) core processor IC in 2003, and the global first TD-SCDMA (3G) DSP chip in 2004 for mobile handset, which won the first prize of 2006 China national science and technology achievement awards. Spreadtrum was successfully listed in NASDAQ in June, 2007. Since 2005, Dr. Chen has been Venture Partner in Northern Light Venture Capital, and lead the investments of several high-tech start ups in China. In Jan., 2010, He co-founded the WestSummit Capital, which invest global high-tech start ups.
David ChaoCo-Founder and General PartnerDCM
David Chao, co-founder and general partner of DCM, has been active in the information technology industry since the 1980s. Prior to DCM, David was a co-founder, acting CFO and CTO, as well as board member of Japan Communications Inc. (JCI) (Nasdaq Japan - Hercules: 9424), Japan’s first public mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).David serves on the Boards of numerous DCM portfolio companies. He is also responsible for the investments in 51job 前程无忧 (Nasdaq: JOBS), 99Bill Corporation 快钱, All About Japan, Inc. (JASDAQ: 2454), Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), eDreams, Fortinet 飞塔有限公司 (Nasdaq: FTNT), kabu.com (TSE: 8703), Recourse Technologies (Symantec), Renren.com 人人网 (NYSE: RENN), Sling Media, and SMIC (NYSE: SMI). David serves on the Advisory Board of Legend Capital in China and is a Trustee at the Thacher School. He has also been listed as a Top 25 venture capitalist by Forbes Magazine since 2004. David holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. degree with high honors in Economics and East Asian Studies (Anthropology) from Brown University.
David KuSVP, Advertising Product GroupYahoo!
David Ku is senior vice president of the Advertising Product Group (APG), responsible for all advertising products across search and display at Yahoo!. This includes Yahoo!'s display advertising platform, search advertising platform, and audience targeting and insights. Ku reports to EVP of Products and Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh. Previously, Ku was senior vice president of Engineering for Search and Advertising, and before that, he was Vice President of Search Engineering. He played key roles in the development of search and display platforms at Yahoo! as well as consumer products such as Search Experience, Flickr, Yahoo! Answers and Mobile Search. Prior to Yahoo!, he worked in CAD/EDA and venture firms in various technology roles. Ku received his Masters and Doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and a dual Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah.
David Liufounder and Chief Executive OfficerRedAtoms
David Liu is the founder and CEO of RedAtoms, a mobile social gaming company. Prior to RedAtoms, David co-founded and served as CTO of Reach Media Group, where he oversaw product strategy and technical operations. Previously, David also worked at McKinsey & Company, Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics. David has a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also has received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
David XuManaging PartnerMingly China Growth Fund
David Xu is the Managing Partner of Mingly China Growth Fund and Govtor Mingly Growth Venture Capital Co., Ltd. David has over 10 years of investment and banking experience in China. Previously, David worked at EBICC, Create Capital, China Fortune Securities and Goldman Sachs. He also served as a research fellow at Columbia Medical Center for 7 years. David received his BS degree from University of Science & Technology of China, Ph.D. in Microbiology from Columbia University, and MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
Eric S. YuanFounder and Chief Executive OfficerSaaSbee, Inc.
Eric S. Yuan is founder and CEO of SaaSbee, Inc. Prior to that, he was corporate vice president of engineering at Cisco Systems responsible for collaboration software development where Eric proudly grew the team from ten engineers to more than 800 worldwide and contributed to revenue growth from $0 to close to $800M. Eric was VP of Engineering of WebEx and also was one of the founding engineers of WebEx that was acquired by Cisco in 2007 for US $3.2 billion. Mr. Yuan is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program and holds 7 patents, plus a dozen pending patents in the pipeline.
Fei ZouManaging DirectorChina Investment Corp.
Dr. Fei Zou is currently a Managing Director, Special Investment, at China Investment Corp. He has been responsible for and participated in many large-scale financing and capital market deals worldwide since the financial crisis. Before joining CIC in early 2008, he was with American Century Investments for nine years as a portfolio manager running a billion-dollar flagship mutual fund, Equity Growth and International Core Equity fund. A CFA, he holds a PhD in Finance from University of Texas at Austin. He was a long time board member of the Chinese Finance Association and the Chairman of the board from 1999 to 2001.
George HuExecutive Vice President, Platform and MarketingSalesforce.com
George Hu leads the global platform and marketing organizations at salesforce.com, responsible for branding and communications, marketing strategy, marketing programs, and alliances with service partners and independent software vendors. Prior to joining salesforce.com, Hu held product management and strategic consulting roles at North Point Communications and Boston Consulting Group. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard College and a master's degree in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Guolin WangPresidentResearch and Development Center at FutureWei Technologies, Inc.
At FutureWei Technologies, Inc., the US-based subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. of China, Dr. Wang directs, leads and overseas management and activities to support Huawei’s continued business expansion in North America. Dr. Wang joined Huawei in 1998, and has over ten years of professional experience in top-level executive and managerial positions with the company. Prior to his FutureWei role, Dr. Wang was the President of Huawei Sweden Research Center. Before that, he served as the General Manager of UMTS Radio Network Planning. In 2010, Huawei’s global sales exceeded $28 billion dollars, a remarkable 24.2% increase from 2009. FutureWei currently employs more than 1,400 professionals to carry out its US operations.
Harry ShumCorporate Vice PresidentMicrosoft
Harry Shum is the corporate vice president responsible for search product development at Microsoft Corp. Shum joined Microsoft Research in 1996, as a researcher based in Redmond, Wash. He moved to Beijing as one of the founding members of Microsoft Research China (later renamed Microsoft Research Asia). There he began a nine-year tenure as a research manager, subsequently moving on to become assistant managing director, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, Distinguished Engineer and corporate vice president. Shum received a doctorate in robotics from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Hing WongManaging DirectorWalden International
Hing focuses on semiconductors and clean technology, especially in China. Hing joined Walden International in 2005. Prior to joining WI, he spent fifteen years in the semiconductor industry in technical, management and business roles. He worked at IBM, Chromatic Research, and co-founded Silicon Access Networks, a network IC company where he served as VP VLSI Design and later in VP Business Development. Hing holds a Ph.D. degree in EECS from UC Berkeley, and studied in SiChuan University and Chinese University of Hong Kong for his undergraduate degrees.
Hong ChenFounder, Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerThe Hina Group
Dr. Hong Chen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Hina Group, a leading Chinese cross-border investment banking and private equity firm. Prior to The Hina Group, Dr. Chen founded the internet service provider Aimnet and sold it to NTT/Verio in 1996 before going on to found GRIC Communications, which he led to an IPO on the NASDAQ in 1999. Dr. Chen has served as president of two Asia Pacific-focused business organizations in Silicon Valley (AAMA and HYSTA), and is a highly respected new economy leader in the Asia-Pacific community. Dr. Chen received a BA in computer science from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1982, and a Ph.D. in computer science from SUNY Stony Brook in 1991.
HP JinCo-Founder, President/CEOTeleNav
H.P. Jin co-founded TeleNav in 1999, leveraging his expertise in location and wireless Internet technologies and his years of experience in business management and strategy development. Prior to starting TeleNav, he served as senior strategy consultant for the McKenna Group where he developed business strategies for companies in telecom and IT. H.P. holds a Ph.D. in Guidance, Navigation and Control (Aeronautics and Astronautics department), a Ph.D. minor in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.
Jack GaoVice PresidentNews Corporation
Dr. Jack Gao was named as Vice President of News Corporation and Chief Representative of News Corporation Beijing Representative Office in November 2006, responsible for running News Corporation’s strategy, government relations and business developments in China. Meanwhile, Dr. Gao was also appointed as Chief Executive Officer of STAR (China) Co. Ltd and Executive Chairman of Myspace China, in charge of STAR TV and Myspace’s overall business operations in China. Prior to joining News Corp. & STAR, Dr. Gao served as a Vice President at Autodesk. Before June 2003, Dr. Gao was a General Partner of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm in the USA. From 1999 to 2002, Dr. Gao was President and General Manager of Microsoft (China) Co., in charge of Microsoft’s business development strategy, sales & marketing, government relations, overall business and financial administration and human resources operations in mainland China. The sales revenue in China was tripled during the time. Dr. Gao graduated from HIT and University of California, Los Angeles, and received his B.S., M.S. and doctorate degree in engineering.
Jack JiaPartnerGSR Ventures Founder
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Baynote Inc.
Mr. Jia is a founder, Chairman and founding CEO of Baynote, Inc., a leading recommendation software company since 2004. He is also a partner of GSR Ventures and an angel investor. Jack was the founding CTO at Interwoven Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV, now Autonomy), a leading software company that pioneered CMS category, with a market capitalization of US$7 billion. Prior to Interwoven, he was a founder and CEO of V-max America. Jack also led engineering and development at NASA, SGI, Stratus, and Sun Microsystems. Jack received an MBA from Santa Clara University, an MSEE from NYU-Poly, and a BSEE/MSCE from Beijing Jiaotong University. He was recognized as one of the 40 most accomplished oversea Chinese entrepreneurs and scholars by the Chinese central government as PRC celebrating its 60 founding anniversary in 2009. Jack holds more than twenty technology patents. He is also a board member and former president of HYSTA.
Jack XuCorporate Vice PresidentCisco's Collaboration Software Group (CSG)
Jack Xu is a corporate vice president at Cisco, where he is currently responsible for Cisco unified communications product portfolios. Prior to joining Cisco, Jack served as eBay's vice president of engineering & research and was an eBay Fellow. During his tenure at eBay, Jack created the company's global development strategy, led the development of its proprietary search and listings technology, and oversaw eBay Research lab, which was responsible for many cutting edge innovations. He also played a pivotal role in the expansion of eBay operations in Asia, and was the founding chairman of eBay Global Development Center in China. Prior to that, Jack was the Chief Technology Officer and member of CEO office at Netease (Nasdaq: NTES), where he was responsible for its technology, operations, marketing, research and product development. From 1996 to 2000, he held a senior management position at Excite. Jack graduated from Sun Yat-Sen University with BA and MS degrees. While working towards his PhD at University of California at Berkeley, he was a research associate at Berkeley. Jack currently holds a visiting professorship in Software Engineering, Communications, and Information Management at Sun Yat-Sen University. In additional, he plays an active role in the community as the vice president (2007-2008) of Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association, a premier non-profit organization for promoting entrepreneurship.
Jacob HsuChief Executive OfficerSymbio
Headquartered in Beijing with over 1,500 professionals located across China, Taiwan, Finland, Sweden, and the United States, Symbio is a co-creation partner to technology innovators across mobile & smart devices, cloud computing, cross-platform applications, and digital content domains. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Hsu served as President, COO and also led Symbio’s North American and Japan operations. Before joining Symbio, he was CEO of Trilogica Technologies, a data aggregation software company, and CEO of Epitome Software, an IT consultancy, and began his career in investment banking focused on mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Hsu is a graduate of Wharton School of Business and was named by Chief Executive Magazine as one of the world's Top 12 Young Global Leaders of Tomorrow and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Jian Shuo WangFounder and CEObaixing.com
Jian Shuo Wang is the CEO of Baixing.com, the leading classification business with presence in 300 cities in China. He worked at eBay for 3 years, and Microsoft for 6 years. He enjoyed starting something new, then turning it into a real business, and then moving to the next initiative. He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, majoring in Automation. He lives with his wife Wendy in Shanghai, China. Jian Shuo keeps a daily blog on the life of Shanghai at http://wangjianshuo.com.
Jim YuanFounder, Chairman, and Chief Executive OfficerCoAdna Holdings, Inc. (TWSE Stock Symbol 4984)
Prior to founding CoAdna, Jim was the General Manager at Philips in Charge of T-LCDs where he successfully built up a global team and completed a significant joint venture. The team has successfully developed leading-edge electro-optic technologies and commercialized the Rainbow Spectrum 3750 T-LCD that won the ‘Product of the Year’ Gold Award from SID in 2000. Prior to Philips, Jim has held senior management positions at dpiX/Xerox, AlliedSignal, KDI, and Crystaloid Electronics. Jim has been awarded more than 12 US patents with others pending. He also served as the Chairman of Electro-Optical Association in 1999-2000. Jim received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University and completed the Leadership and Management Program at the University of California in USA.
John YuFounding Partner, Managing DirectorWestSummit Capital
John has more than 20 years of investment and operations experience in the software and semiconductor industry. Prior to WestSummit, John was the General Manager of AgateLogic China. And before that he was the Founder and CTO of Viaquo, a data security software company. Earlier, John was the Co-Founder and COO of Advanced Communication Devices (ACD), acquired by UTStarcom (NASDAQ: UTSI) in 2001. ACD was a leading SoC semiconductor company focusing on LAN and IP switching technology with operations in the US and Asia. John holds a BS and MS from Tsinghua University and was a PhD Candidate at the University of Toledo.
John ZhongCEOAmLogic
John Zhong is the CEO of AmLogic. Mr. Zhong brings in over 20 years of high technology experience in engineering, sales and marketing. He has served as the CEO since 2000. Prior to Amlogic, he managed an international distributor of telecommunication equipment, and served in senior engineering teams in Nortel. He obtained his M.S.E.E from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Ken XieFounder, President & CEOFontiNet
Ken Xie founded his first network security company, SIS, in 1993, designing software firewalls while studying at Stanford University. In 1996, he started NetScreen as president and CEO, leading the company to develop the industry’s first ASIC-based firewall. NetScreen (NASDAQ: NSCN) was later acquired by Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) for $4 billion. In 2000, Xie founded Fortinet and pioneered unified threat management (UTM). Fortinet completed its IPO (NASDAQ: FTNT) in 2009, which was lauded by Renaissance Capital as the “2009 IPO of the Year.” Xie earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, as well as an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Kevin FongSpecial AdvisorGSR
Kevin Fong is a special advisor to GSR Ventures, which he helped start in 2004 to focus on investments in China. He has a 23-year track record of supporting entrepreneurs in early-stage companies to build industry leaders. Prior to GSR, Kevin was at Mayfield Fund for 20 years as a Managing Director, where he contributed to the creation of companies with an enterprise value of US$13.4 billion—achieving more than $1 billion in returns to limited partners in the past 23 years from investments such as Alantec, Citrix, Crescendo (now Cisco Catalyst), Legato Systems, Redback Networks, and Velocity 11. His recent exits include 3Par, which was acquired by HP for $2.35 billion. While at Mayfield Fund, Kevin’s focus was on investments in the communications, wireless, semiconductor, software, and consumer media sectors. He has also served as an operating executive at David Systems, HP, and Nortel/Bell Northern Research. Kevin earned an MBA and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Kevin earned an M.B.A. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Enginnering form U.C. Berkeley.
Liam LiSr. Business DirectorBYD America Corporation
Mr. Li has over 16 years of various industry experiences in the US and China. Started as a financial analyst in the health care industry in US, Mr. Li expanded his responsibility gradually from finance, analytics to operations, regulation and then to overall business profitability. In BYD, an $8 Billion green energy and auto manufacturer, Mr. Li is responsible for the new energy business in northern California region including all North West states. He also supports BYD overall strategic expansion in the US market. The products that BYD offers in the US include PV solar panels, complete energy storage solution (utility and commercial grades), LED lighting system (indoor and outdoor street lighting), and full electric cars, dual mode cars and full electric buses (beta testing versions by the end of 2010 and consumer version by the end of 2011). Mr. Li obtained his MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business and is an active CPA in the US.
Lili ZhengManaging DirectorDeloitte Asia Pacific International Core of Excellence (AP-ICE)
Lili is a partner at Deloitte with 22 years of experience in international tax planning advising MNCs on their investments between US and China. Lili has worked in the Deloitte offices in San Francisco, Tokyo, Beijing and San Jose. She is currently based in Hong Kong as the co-leader of Deloitte AP-ICE. She was voted by International Tax Review as one of the top US tax advisors and was awarded AWIB Leadership award by Asian Women In business. In March 2010, Lili received the Women of Influence Award from the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Lynn LiuFounder, President & CEOAicent, Inc.
Lynn founded Aicent in October 2000 with the vision of bridging the IP world and the wireless world through innovative mobile data services. Prior to founding Aicent, Lynn was a co-founder, Chief Operating Officer and President of Asia Pacific region for GRIC Communications (IPO in 1999). In 1994, She co-founded and held senior management positions at Aimnet, a leading Internet service provider in California. Aimnet was acquired by Verio in 1996, now a subsidiary of NTT Communications. Throughout her distinguished career, Lynn has established a long stream of successes in IP data service development, rollout, market penetration, and corporate leadership. Lynn has a B.S. from National Taiwan University, an M.S. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and attended Executive Programs in the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University.
Michael DengFounder and Chief Executive OfficerArcSoft, Inc.
Michael Deng, is the CEO and founder of ArcSoft, Inc, headquartered in Fremont of California, USA. ArcSoft is an industry leading software developer of multimedia technologies and applications. Working closely with major OEM manufacturers, ArcSoft offers a full line of imaging and video solutions that enhance the features, performance, and user experience of mobile phones, digital cameras, personal computers, and consumer electronics devices. As of today, ArcSoft has over 800 employees working in US, Japan, Taiwan, Mainland China, Korea, and Europe. Michael were born in mainland China. He holds both a B.S. and a master’s degree in physics from Peking University, and a Ph.D. in physics from Washington University in St. Louis.
Michael ZhaoPresident, Chief Executive OfficerArray Networks, Inc.
Michael Zhao is the president and CEO of Array Networks (TWO: 3664), a global leader in secure application and desktop access and delivery solutions. Before Array Networks, Michael was the co-founder and COO of AsiaInfo (Nasdaq: ASIA), a leading provider of telecom software solutions. He holds a Ph. D. in Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Nick YangFounder & CEOWuKong
Graduated From University of Michigan with BSEE in 1997 and with MSEE from Stanford University in 1999 In 1998, while in Stanford, Nick founded a community site ChinaRen.com with two classmates. After 1 and half year of operation and $15 million dollar of venture investments, ChinaRen.com became the 4th most popular website in China by May of 2000. After ChinaRen.com was sold to Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) in September of 2000 for $35 million USD, Nick acted as CTO for Sohu.com for one and half years, Nick was responsible for the technology transformation for Sohu.com. In May of 2002, Nick left Sohu.com to found KongZhong, a company focusing on wireless value added services. In two years of operation, KongZhong became the leader in this field in term of user number and revenue. In July of 2004, KongZhong listed on NASDAQ with symbol KONG. At the age of 28, Nick became the youngest President for a listed company in the US stock exchanges. In August of 2008, Nick left KongZhong to start his third venture Wukong, a mobile Internet operation support company for telecom operators and mobile Internet distribution network. Nick is an active Angel investor and involved in many internet and media companies in China.
Pehong ChenCEOBroadVision
Dr. Pehong Chen is the Chair, President and CEO of BroadVision Inc. (NASDAQ:BVSN), which he founded in May 1993. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices and operations in more than 20 other cities around the world, BroadVision is an innovative provider of online commerce and business social networking solutions. For 18 years, BroadVision has helped thousands of organizations around the globe to enable mission-critical web initiatives and to grow profitably by improving online business processes through invited participation and social interaction. Prior to starting BroadVision, he was Vice President of multimedia technology at Sybase. He founded and was President of Gain Technology, a leading supplier of multimedia software tools. Dr. Chen received his PhD form Berkeley, MS from Indianan University, and BS from National Taiwan University, all in computer science. He is also a graduate of Stanford University’s executive program in business and management.
Peng T. OngPartnerGSR Ventures
Peng T. Ong joined GSR Ventures as a Partner in August 2010, and focuses on investments in the Internet, wireless, and software sectors. Peng brings to GSR his years of experience as a successful serial entrepreneur. He founded Match.com (sold to IAC), Interwoven (NASDAQ:IWOV; now Autonomy), and Encentuate (sold to IBM). He was the President and CEO of Interwoven through 1997, and its chairman through 2002. During his tenure, he led Interwoven to a successful IPO. He then started Encentuate, which became the basis for the IBM Singapore Software Lab. In addition, Peng held various engineering and management positions at Gensym, Illustra, and Sybase. Peng has also co-authored numerous patents. Peng currently chairs a US$200 million venture capital fund in Singapore. He is also an independent board member of Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel). Peng received a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BSEE from the University of Texas at Austin.
Peng ZhouChairman and CTOSinoEV Technologies
Dr. Peng Zhou is the Chairman and CTO of SinoEV Technologies, Inc., a tier-1 electric powertrain supplier. Dr. Zhou founded SINOEV in 2009. Prior to SINOEV, Dr. Peng Zhou was a Director of Research and Development at Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA), where he led the development of 1.5 powertrain for Tesla Roadster and served as Powertrain Chief Engineer for Model S. Before joining Tesla Motors, Inc., Dr. Zhou served in various start-ups including High Speed Solutions, Inc. (acquired by Intel Corp., INTC) and Cooligy, Inc. (acquired by Emerson Electric, EMR). At Cooligy, Dr. Zhou led the technology development of a mass-produced micro-channel liquid cooling systems for high-end workstation. Dr. Zhou received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and MS and BS degrees from University of Science and Technology in China.
Richard LimManaging DirectorGSR Ventures
Richard Lim focuses on investments in the Internet, mobile, and green technology sectors. In the Internet sector, Richard serves on the boards of AdChina, Admaster, Aspect Gaming, Baihe, Baixing, HUBS1, Lashou, LightInTheBox, and Qunar. In the green technology sector, he is on the boards of Seeo and Sierra Solar Power. Prior to GSR, Richard was involved in founding three venture-backed companies (Co-nect, iMarket, and Quickdot) in the U.S. He was also an executive at Lotus Development Corporation and the National University Hospital of Singapore. Richard earned a bachelor’s degree from National University of Singapore and an MBA from Stanford University (Arjay Miller Scholar). Richard is a charter member of the Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA).
Shoucheng ZhangProfessor of Physics, Applied Physics and Electrical EngineeringStanford University
Professor Zhang is Professor of Physics, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at Standford University. Prof. Zhang is the co-director of the IBM-Stanford Center for Spintronics. He received his Masters degree from the Free University of Berlin, and his Ph.d. from the State University of new York at Stony Brook. He joined the faculty at Stanford in 1993. Prof Zhang is internationally recognized for his outstanding research work. His research was ranked by Science Magazine to be among the top 10 breakthroughs among all sciences in 2007. He was awarded the Guggenheim, the Humboldt and the Gutenberg prizes. Most recently, he was awarded the Europhysics Prize of 2010, which is one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of physics.
Stella Xi JinFounding PartnerKeytone Ventures
Stella is a Founding Partner at Keytone Ventures since 2008. Prior to Keytone, Stella was a Venture Partner at IDG-Accel (IDGVC), investing in Silicon Valley and China start-ups. Before IDG, she co-founded and was a Partner at Vantone Investment Group. Earlier, Stella had worked in operations, sales and consulting for over 10 years. Stella identifies investment opportunities in TMT, clean-tech and consumer service sectors. She has made investments in semiconductor, systems, wireless, internet, ecommerce, software and medical devices. Stella holds an MA in Economics from University of California at Davis and a BA in Economics from San Francisco State University. She attended Beijing Foreign Studies University. Stella was a board member of HYSTA from 2003 to 2009, and is a founding member and Committee Member of Women in Leadership of China.
Steve LiuPresident & CEOSeeo Inc.
Steve Liu joined Seeo Inc. as President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2010. Steve is a veteran of the semiconductor industry with over 26 years of experience in corporate management, large scale manufacturing and business creation. He was President and CEO of Hua Hong NEC, the second largest silicon foundry in China. Prior to that, he was President of Peregrine Semiconductor Australia, Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Device Technology and Quality Semiconductor, after starting his career at Cypress Semiconductor in 1984. Steve received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Steven HumphreysCEOIndustrial Wonders, Inc.
Chairman of Giraff SA., Director of Identive Group (Nasdaq: INVE)
Prior to serving as CEO of Industrial Wonders, Inc., from October 2008 until its acquisition by SMSC in February 2010, Mr. Humphreys served as Chief Executive Officer of Kleer Semiconductor Corp, a maker of wireless audio technology, growing its revenues more than 10x in 18 months. Prior to Kleer he served as a Director of ActivIdentity (Nasdaq: ACTI) from April 2009 until December 2010, when the company was sold to HID Global. He also served as CEO and Chairman of ACTI from October 2001 until October 2003. From April 1996 until April 2001 Mr. Humphreys was CEO and Chairman of SCM Microsystem (now Identive Group Nasdaq: INVE), which he built from early-stage to $120M in revenues, through venture financing rounds, IPO, follow-on placements and transformational acquisition. Previously, Mr. Humphreys was President of Caere Corporation, an optical character recognition software and systems company (now Nuance Corporation Nasdaq: NUAN). Prior to Caere, he spent ten years with General Electric Company in a variety of manufacturing (GE Robotics) and Info Tech (GE Information Services, GE Calma) positions. Mr. Humphreys holds a B.S. degree from Yale University and M.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University. He is conversant in English, French, Spanish and German.
Ted TokuchiManaging Director and Head of the Investment BankingCITIC Securities Co., Ltd
Chairman of CITIC Securities International
Joining CITIC Securities in 2002, Mr. Tokuchi has since participated in many large-cap Chinese state-owned enterprise restructurings and IPOs, including IPOs of the 4 largest Chinese banks. Prior to CITIC Securities, he spent over 20 years at Daiwa Securities Group Inc., working for the firm’s international investment banking business. At Daiwa Securities, he held positions including General Manager, Investment Banking Division & Chief Beijing Representative Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd., President/Chief Executive Officer Daiwa Securities Singapore Limited, Director and Executive Vice President Daiwa Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd., and Vice President Daiwa Securities (America) Inc. Mr. Tokuchi received his M.A. from Stanford University, B.A. from Peking University, and has edited two books, one on Chinese company IPOs overseas and the other on Chinese domestic restructurings. In 2009, he received the China Friendship Award, China’s highest award for foreigners who made outstanding contributions to China's economic and social progress.
Tuoc LuongCo-Chief Executive OfficerShanda Online
Senior Vice President, Shanda Group
Tuoc Luong has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Shanda Online since April 2011. Prior to joining Shanda, Mr. Luong served as the Global Senior Vice President of Yahoo from 2007 to end of 2010, where he led the Search Division and was responsible for Yahoo Search products worldwide. Before joining Yahoo, Mr. Luong held various management positions at Ask Jeeves Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation and several other Hi-Tech companies. In addition, Mr. Luong was an entrepreneur having built engineering teams at multiple successful startup companies in Silicon Valley. Mr. Luong holds a Master's degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Wayne DaiFounder, Chairman and CEOVerisillicon
Wayne Dai is the founder, Chairman, President and CEO of VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. He was the Co-Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Celestry Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2002. Prior to that, he was the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Ultima Interconnect Technology, Inc., one of the predecessor companies to Celestry. He was the founding Chairman of the IEEE Multi-Chip Module Conference and the founding Chairman of IEEE Symposium on IC/Package Design Integration. He was an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, and an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems. He has published over 100 papers in technical journals and conferences and received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award from the President of United States in 1990. He was elected as one the top ten venture-backed entrepreneurs in China in 2005, and elected as one of the 2005 top ten talents of science and technology in China. In 2007, he was recognized as The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in China. He is currently the president of Berkeley Shanghai Club. Wayne Dai received his B.A. degree in Computer Science and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a professor in the department of Computer Engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Wei ZhouPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCentrillion Biosciences, Inc.
Wei Zhou is an executive and attorney with over 20 years of broad experience in life sciences and informatics. He founded Centrillion Biosciences in 2009 to address critical market needs in genomics and bioinformatics. Before, he was a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), a top ranked global technology law firm. Prior to WSGR, he served as Vice President at Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX), a pioneer in DNA chip technology. In addition, he has served on directors and advisory boards of a number of life sciences and digital media companies and non-profit organizations. He received his postdoctoral training from Emory University School of Medicine, Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and J.D. from Stanford University.
Weijie YunCo-founderTelegent Systems Inc.
Weijie Yun co-founded Telegent in 2004 and has a proven track record of bringing products from conceptual stage to market. Prior to Telegent, Yun led marketing and product management at Berkana Wireless, Inc., which was acquired by Qualcomm. He also served as the founding president & Chief Executive Officer of AIP Networks and was a founder and director of SiTek, Inc., a spin-off resulting from his work developed at BEI Technologies' Microengineering Technology Center. Yun was awarded 2008 Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. Yun holds MS and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Yan SunChairman and CEOMobim Technologies Co.
Dr. Yan Sun currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of Mobim Technologies Co. Before founding Mobim, Yan participated in the founding and growth of several high-tech companies as a founder, a board director or an advisor. Dr. Sun is one of the major contributors to the optical communication networks. Before he moved into corporate management and business leadership positions, Yan made numerous pioneering contributions in science and technology. Among them, he led to the world’s first terabit transmission at Bell Labs. Yan is the author or co-author of more than 120 research papers and the inventor of more than 20 patents. He has received multiple world-class recognitions, including the Bell Labs President’s Gold Award, Fellow of OSA, and chair of international conferences. Dr. Sun served as an advisor to China Ministry of Science and Technology, United Nation Development Program, and as a Guest Professor of Tsinghua Univ., Southeast Univ., UESTC, and several other universities. Yan received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Yimin ZhuCEOGigaDevice
Ying WuChairmanChina Capital Group
Co-founder, UTStarcom Inc.
Mr. Ying Wu has been with China Capital Group as Chairman since Oct 2008, bringing over 20 years of experiences in technology innovation and start-up enterprises. Formerly as co-founder of UTStarcom Inc., Ying had performed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UTStarcom (China) Co. Ltd since Oct 1995, prior to which he was positioned the President of Starcom Inc that he co-founded in 1991. Currently Ying also serves on the Advisory Board of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of P.R. China. He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Industrial University.
Yongping DuanChairmanBBK and OPPO
Yongping Duan is a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the chairman of BBK and OPPO, which are well-known brands of cell phones, telephones and stereo devices. Since his retirement he has become a very astute investor following many of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s investment philosophies. He currently lives in Palo Alto, CA with his wife and two children.
Zheng XuFounder and CEOSierra Solar
Dr. Xu is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley based Sierra Solar Power, Inc. Under Dr. Xu’s leadership, Sierra Solar has established technology leadership in solar industry, developed a proprietary high-efficiency solar cell that gained significant customers’ traction. Prior to Sierra Solar, Dr. Xu was corporate VP and general manager of CPI products business group in Applied Materials. During his 15 years tenure in Applied Materials, Dr. Xu significantly improved the performance of business unit, and achieved a $1.2B+ revenue flow, with 73% market share and 55%+ gross margin. Dr. Xu received his Ph.D. in materials science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He also has a doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Osaka University in Japan. He received his B.S. from Zhejiang University in China. Dr. Xu holds 74 US patents and has 13 US patent applications pending.
Zili ZhangSenior Vice PresidentAmerican Century Investments
Dr. Zhang is a fund manager, and a Director of Research at American Century Investments, a US based money manager with assets under management of about $82Billion. With more than 14 years of direct money managing experience, his portfolio team manages several flagship American Century funds totaling $7 Billion. Dr. Zhang hold a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Texas at Austin with Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine. Dr. Zhang has publications in financial economics and co-authored a book on finance and investing. He serves as the co-Chair of the Chinese Finance Association (TCFA CA), and a Board Director of Noosphere Communications Inc.