Chairman of the Board Bill TAI Past Board member of 7 publicly listed companies he funded as startups, including one he founded as CEO. Investor in another dozen that grew to become publicly listed companies. Founder, Chairman & CEOof iAsiaWorks (NASD:IAWK – https://bit.ly/iAsiaWorksIPO), Founding Chairman of IPinfusion (Tokyo Exchange:4817 via acq by Access), Founder & President of Tradebeam (acq by CDCSoftware NASD:CDCS).
Chairman of Maxthon Cloud Browser and Board Member of startups Glyde, Scribd. Seed Investor in Ark.com, Schematic Labs (Soundtracking), Sensr.net, StackMob and Wish.com, representing CRV as a partner in several funds.
Chairman of the Board of Treasure Data, Board Member of BitFury.org, Voxer, Lulu, Miselu, & Posse.com as personal funder. Personal Angel in Tweetdeck/Twitter, Tango.me, About.me, Aloha.com, Canva, Cotopaxi, Hard Candy Cases, Hark.com, Shoes of Prey, Tango.me, TVU Networks, VideoEgg /SayMedia, Zoom.us and other fun startups.
World Economic Forum, 2014 Technology Pioneer Committee USA Team Rider, Cabrinha Kiteboarding Olympic Ambassador, Int’l Kiteboarding Association Co-creator www.MaiTaiGlobal.org
BSEE, with Honors, from University of Illinois and an a MBA from Harvard. Adjunct Professor at Curtin University, Perth Western Australia.