Taipei City, Taipei City, Taiwan
Asia-based technology entrepreneur and economics, current affairs, and history buff. Convinced that a successful mitigation method for climate change needs to be decentralized in nature and that digital currencies offer an instructive reference. Have lived and worked in all major countries in East Asia except North Korea. Previously a corporate type at Qualcomm and managed a small (but quite profitable) product line there. First gig out of Stanford was my dream job and I regret it had to end, but it gave me a good ten years of career and life experience. Taiwan born, Southern California raised, but a Northern Californian at heart. Make a yearly pilgrimage to the Sierra Nevada for hiking and skiing.
Leading a distributed ledger (blockchain) consortium of financial institutions, exploring applications in payment, insurance, securities, IoT, with an analytics layer (BlockSeer) and identity management integrated as well. Liase with international organizations involved in similar efforts to harmonize standards. Looking for peering and federation opportunities with consortia in other markets.
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Led business development efforts for powerline communications (PLC) targeting China Telecom and China State Grid. Assumed P&L responsibility for Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) product line, whose primary market was the cable television operators across China. Shepherded industrial standard GY/T269-2013 for EoC through the State Administration for Radio and Television (SARFT) process. Spearheaded Qualcomm's involvement in the IEEE 802.3bn standards process for next-generation cable systems. Grew revenue 5x over two years, with gross margins well above corporate average.
Consummated embedded IP partnership with Atheros (the same one I initiated at Atheros). Conducted survey of IP blocks (standard cell, memory, communications) for System LSI foundry division.
Closed a custom development deal with a China-focused telecommunications company that led to nearly $60M in revenue over a three-year period and a diversification path out of Wi-Fi for Atheros. Led partnership with Qualcomm that led to hundreds of design wins for Atheros Wi-Fi products embedded in Qualcomm cellular platforms. Initiated partnership discussion with Samsung for embedded IP.