Anand Jagannathan,
Founder & CEO, Kriyari Inc
anand@kriyari.com

His first company was Banyan Systems one of the market leaders in enterprise networking. Anand is credited with coming up with the original vision and leading the product direction. Banyan’s customers included Nike, Intel, Merrill Lynch, Chase Manhattan as well as Singapore Telecom. Anand’s second company was Reach Software, a pioneer in peer to peer workflow. His last company is Responsys Inc., which is currently riding the resurging wave of e-commerce and delivering interactive marketing solutions to leading edge online retailers.

Anand started his career at AT&T’s Bell laboratories where he was the architect for a new generation of micro-processor solutions. Anand has a Ph.D. from Rice University (Houston, Texas), a B.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) and holds three patents with more in process. He is currently starting a new company, Kriyari Inc. and developing new ideas in the area of online advertising.

Bob Lin
Co-Founder & General Partner, Acorn Campus
happyboblin@acorncampus.com

Bob Lin is the Co-Founder & General Partner of Acorn Campus, a Silicon Valley based early stage venture capital firm with branch in Shanghai. He also serves on the board of EPIN Technology of Beijing, TwinGuide Education of Beijing, Henbang company Shanghai, Atonics and Santrum in Taiwan, plus advising Asenqua Venture Fund in Silicon Valley.

Bob has 20 years of angel and venture investment experiences with multiple IPO successes.He is also the author of 3 best selling books about entrepreneurship: "Find Your Way To Success & Happiness" in 2003, "Creating Value To Differentiate" which received Taiwan's national level Golden Book Award in 2004, and most recently "Build Your Career From Where You Are".

Bob writes columns for several major business newspapers and magazines in Asia, also holds several rock music concerts each year where he plays guitar and keyboard. Bob is also the Vice Chairman of Monte Jade Association of Silicon Valley, and will be Chairman after March 2006.

Chin Tahn Joo
Managing Director, HINA Investment, 
Adjunct Professor,
NUS Entrepreneurship Centre,
National University of Singapore
tjchin@cbvp.com
 

Tahn-Joo CHIN (Ms) has been a venture capitalist since 1996. She was a partner of Venture TDF since 1996, and concurrently a partner with the WIIG-TDF Partners LLC, based in the Silicon Valley in United States between 1999 to 2002. She has managed three venture capital funds, namely TFI, TFII and WIIG-TDF Partners, with a total of $120 million under management.

Investments made by her include Redback Networks (RBAK), Brokat (BRJ.FNM), Cyrano (Nouveau Marche: CYRALN), Gric Communications (GRIC), eSafe Technologies (acquired by Aladdin, ALDN), Teralogic (acquired by Oak Technologies OAKT), MorphICs (acquired by Infineon IFX), Oramir (acquired by Applied Material AMAT), Mediaring (Singapore Exchange:MRNG.SI), Commerce Exchange, a joint venture with Visa International, and SAVI Technologies. Chin was board of director of Venture TDF, TF I and II which invested in Series A of Alibaba.com and 800buy.com in China.

In 2003, Chin founded Cross Border Venture Partners (CBVP) which will leverage on best technology, talents, markets and resources in US and China. It aims to help US companies to tap into the fast growing China market, as well as potential companies in China to become global players.

Chin is also Managing Director of the private equity arm of Hina Group (www.hinagroup.com) , which is a China centric investment banking firm with offices in US, Beijing and Shanghai in China. The Hina Group has advised on more than a dozen China or China linked companies since it started operation in 2004. It made its first venture investment in Framedia, which was acquired by NASDAQ listed Focus Media for US $138 million.

Chin’s current focus is to source and invest in the growing TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications) market in China. She is setting up an expansion fund to invest in private technology companies in China that have significant growth and global expansion potential, at attractive valuation.

Chin has been advisor to Singapore Defence Science and Technology Agency’s Innovation Fund (Cap Vista) and Greendot Capital. She is also advisor and mentor to several startups in Singapore and China , and an Adjunct Professor to the National University of Singapore Entrepreneurship Centre. Chin frequently speaks on entrepreneurship education seminars in US and Singapore.

Prior to becoming a VC, Chin was with the Singapore National Science and Technology Board, where she initiated the framework for Technopreneurship program which led to the set up of a US $1 billion Technopreneurship Investment Fund (TIF). She also founded the Singapore Israel Industrial R&D (SIIRD) Fund with the Office of the Chief Scientist in Israel.

Chin has spent 15 years in information technology development and management. She was the co-founder and subsequently CEO of the Information Technology Institute (ITI), which is a leading IT research institute affiliated with the National Computer Board (NCB). Under her leadership, she has grown ITI to 150 persons with more than 40 industry collaborations. ITI has spun off more than twelve technology companies with venture capital funding, which included Mediaring, listed in Singapore Exchange; Third Voice, funded by DFJ and Mayfield; and POSE, a picture oriented CASE tool.

Chin was a member of the executive management team of the NCB from 1983 till 1995. NCB was responsible for the computerization of all government ministries employing more than 1,000 information systems professionals. She had been a chief information officer (CIO) for NCB, as well as the national program director for the Singapore ISO 9000 IT certification program.

Chin holds a Master degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering from the Stanford University; a Diploma in Management Studies from the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; a Master degree in Industrial Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) with first class honors from the University of Singapore. She attended Harvard Business School Corporate Venturing course, and was a Loke Scholar.

Fred M. Greguras
of Counsel, Corporate, Internet and Licensing Practice Groups, Fenwick & West LLP
fgreguras@fenwick.com

Fred M. Greguras is of counsel in the corporate, Internet and licensing practice groups at Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm specializing in high technology matters. He practices out of the firm’s Mountain View, California, office.

Mr. Greguras focuses on strategic legal issues for software, semiconductor-related and life sciences companies. His practice includes start-up issues and financings in both domestic and international transactions. He has represented a wide range of companies in financing, M&A, licensing and other commercial transactions, from privately held start-ups to publicly traded companies. Mr. Greguras has also been a venture capitalist and a general counsel and CFO for a startup. Some of the clients he has represented are:

• BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Excite@Home
• Exodus Communications, Inc.
• Kintana, Inc.
• Speedera Networks, Inc.

Mr. Greguras has authored many articles on start-up, financing, outsourcing, Internet and international legal issues, which are available at www.fenwick.com.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from University of Omaha in 1966, a Masters of Science in mathematics and computer science in 1968, and his J.D. in 1975 from the University of Nebraska. Mr. Greguras is a member of the State Bar of California.

Gene Choy
Managing Director,
Berani Group
gchoy@beranigroup.com

 

Gene Choy is the Managing Director of Berani Group – instant seasoned management team for Silicon Valley and Asian cross-border startups, and trusted advisors for venture capital firms. He was most recently the CEO of Kooloc, a security-solution company for home and business users, and earlier, the interim CEO for Advance Nano Systems, a developer of MEMS devices for displays and scanners.

A 10-year veteran at Cisco Systems, Gene was the Sr. Director of Marketing for the Cisco IOS Software. For the first seven years at Cisco, Gene served in global sales force as Director of Operations for Asia and Latin America. Prior to Cisco, Gene was responsible for product line management and outbound marketing at StrataCom, the leader-pioneer of Frame Relay technology. He had also led various product marketing teams at Network Equipment Technologies, Intel Corporation, Tatung Telecom, and Nortel Networks. From 1980-85, Gene was a founder and VP Sales of Bering, a computer storage-peripherals company, which was later sold to Nakamichi, Japan.

He received a degree in BS EE from Columbia University, an MS EE from UC Berkeley, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Hans von Holst,
Professor in Neuronic
Engineering and Director of
Center for Technology in Health,
Royal Institute of Technology
and Karolinska Institutet
Hans.Holst@syd.kth.se

Dr Hans von Holst received his PhD from Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden) in 1985 and became a resident in neurosurgery at the Karolinska University Hospital in 1977. He was promoted to senior consultant in 1982 with surgical interest and expertise in vascular, tumour and trauma diseases. He is also a professor in neuronic engineering at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, KTH) since 1995, and since 2003, at Karolinska Institutet.

Dr von Holst was appointed chairman of the Neurosurgical Department and the Division of Neuroclinics at Karolinska University Hospital between 1991 and 1996. He is currently chairman of the Center for Technology and Health at Karolinska Institutet and KTH. Aside from being an active member of various commissions, boards and institutions, Dr von Holst has also initiated ventures and projects that can help to prevent brain injury and promote a culture of safety.

Jeffrey A. Babin
Managing Director and Founder of Antiphony Partners, LLC
jbabin@seas.upenn.edu

Jeffrey Babin has more than 20 years of experience developing business strategies for emerging companies as well as Fortune 500 clients including AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Intel.

Jeffrey is a Managing Director and founder of Antiphony Partners, LLC, a strategic consulting firm that specializes in helping companies create sustainable value through innovation. Prior to Antiphony, he served as CEO of Corporate Technology Ventures, a company he founded and grew into one of the nation’s premier medical software publishing companies.

Jeffrey serves as a Lecturer in Engineering Entrepreneurship at the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at the University of Pennsylvania, and as Associate Director of the National University of Singapore's College in BioValley (a cooperative educational exchange program with SEAS). Jeffrey was a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship for the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and currently holds an appointment as a Lecturer in Marketing.

He is the India Country Manager for the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum, serves on the Wharton Venture Initiation Program Oversight Committee, and is an Entrepreneurial Fellow for the Weiss Tech House. Jeffrey is a frequent lecturer on emerging business strategies and entrepreneurship globally.

Jeffrey earned a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from The Wharton School.

Koh Soo Boon,
Founder & Managing Partner, iGlobe Partners
sooboonkoh@iglobepartners.com

Soo Boon KOH is the founder and managing partner of iGlobe Partners, a venture capital company, since October 1999.

From October 1987 to June 1999, Ms Koh served in several positions including senior vice president and deputy general manager of Vertex Management Pte Ltd, the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies.

Ms Koh also has considerable international banking expeience having held various senior management positions in DBS Bank of Singapore prior to joining Vertex Group of management companies.

She is one of the founding member/board member of Monte Jade(Singapore Chapter) a global Overseas Chinese Entrepreneur Network.

Ms Koh holds a B.S. in mathematics with first class honors from King’s College, University of London and also attended the INSEAD Advanced Management program in 1998.

Lars Öjefors
Former President,
Industrifonden
(Swedish Industrial Development Fund)
lars@ojefors.se  

Dr Lars Öjefors has retired from his position as the president of Industrifonden (Swedish Industrial Development Fund) in early 2005. Industrifonden is a major player on the Swedish venture capital market. It was set up as a foundation by the Swedish government in 1979 to finance Swedish companies and help them grow. To-date, Industrifonden has invested a total capital of 1,675 million SEK in 260 companies.

Prior to joining Industrifonden, Dr Öjefors held key leadership positions at Axel Johnson AB and NYDO Co with interests in the energy and environment sectors. He received his PhD in Chemical Technology from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, KTH) in 1975. Today, Dr Öjefors continues to play an active role in the Swedish industrial and research sectors and holds a number of board appointments. He chairs a fuel cells research program under MISTRA, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research. He is also the chairman of Connect Sweden, an organization that links entrepreneurs to resources and network essential for growing a business.

Lee Chee Wee
CEO and Founder,
Lynk Biotechnologies,
lee.cw@lynk-biotech.com

Dr Lee received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from McGill University, Canada, and his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Canada. He is also a recipient of the Alberta Heritage Foundation Scholarship for Medical Research (AHFMR). He had carried out his Post-doctoral Fellowship at Yale Comprehensive Cancer Centre and Department of Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine, USA, before coming to Singapore to pursue his academic career at the Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, where he is currently Associate Professor.

  In addition to his academic achievement, Dr. Lee is also responsible for the development of the technological innovations and proof of concept studies that laid the foundation for the establishment of Lynk Biotechnologies Pte Ltd and its subsidiary, MediLynk Pte Ltd. He provides the scientific and operational leadership for the two above mentioned companies as their Chief Executive Officer. Both companies are now fast becoming the shining stars in this highly sophisticated and challenging industry.

Leslie Loh,
Executive Chairman & CEO,
System Access
leslie@sg.systemaccess.com

Mr Leslie Loh graduated from Saint Mary’s University, Canada, in 1982 with a bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and Information Technology.

Mr Loh is the founder of System Access and has been its Chairman since 1983. Mr Loh played a major role in leading System Access from being a one-man outfit to a global banking software organization. Under his leadership, System Access has received various awards and recognition in Singapore. The company’s flagship product, SYMBOLS, has received the 1998 National IT Award for Innovative Product. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 and 2003, System Access was ranked amongst the top 50 most enterprising companies in Singapore (Enterprise50 award). Mr Loh was selected the winner of the 1998 ASME Rotary Entrepreneur of the Year in Singapore. In 1999, Mr Loh also received the National Youth Award (Individual) for his success as an entrepreneur.

Liu Yadong
Founder, Board Chairman & CEO, Primeton Technologies
yliu@primeton.com

Experiences: 2001.03 - Present, Primeton Technologies, Founder, Board Chairman & CEO 1995.01 - 1998.12, Asiainfo, Founder, COO

Education: 1992.06, Physics Major, University of Maryland, America, Doctor Degree.

Magnus Aronsson
Managing director,
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute,
(ESBRI)
magnus.aronsson@esbri.se

 

Magnus Aronsson is managing director of ESBRI – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute in Stockholm, Sweden (www.esbri.se). An institute he has co-founded. He has or is involved in different groups to encourage entrepreneurship. For instance, in 1997 he was a member of a special committee within the program ”Innovation year 1997” organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. The committee is working with producing a challenge to the Swedish business community on how to create growth and new jobs. He has been a Director at Large (2003-2005) and vice president for publications and research (1996-2005) for the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).

Since 2004 he has organized two Sweden – U.S. Entrepreneurial Forums and one Latvia – U.S. Entrepreneurial forum together with the U.S Department of Commerce.

His main research interest is on emerging and new firms. He is involved in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) as team leader for Sweden and he was the first Chairman of the Interim Steering Committee for GEM in 2003-2004. He has initiated and developed several projects and activities to promote and disseminate entrepreneurship research and education.

Malini Alles
Founder and Chairman,
Maia Management
sarmishta@yahoo.com

 

Malini Alles is the Founder and Chairman of Maia Management, a San Francisco based equity management company investing in domestic and emerging markets.

Alles is a veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist with extensive experience in investing in hi-tech and commodity firms around the world. Even before “globalization” became a buzzword, Alles was looking beyond the borders of the United States, into Asia and South America. Her largest returns were in the oil and gas sector.

Alles’ meteoric rise in the business world is truly inspirational. Seventeen years ago, she moved to the United States with just two hundred dollars to her name. While pursuing her master and later her PhD in Psychology, she worked odd jobs around the college campus to supplement her income. It was during this time Alles’ passion for finance and investment took over. She began attending lectures in business management and began to meet people from the venture capital community. With some of their suggestions, Alles began investing her meager savings in stocks and commodities. One speculation led to another and soon the young girl who had come to America with hardly any money in her pocket was a billionaire by the time she turned thirty-four.

Alles is active in American politics. She is a close personal friend of the Clintons and is on the board of the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation.

She is an impassioned philanthropist. In 2001, Alles started “Stree: Global Investments in Women”, a California based non-profit organization aimed at changing the way low-income and at-risk women and children worldwide see themselves and their roles in society. “Stree” provides the means for women to access healthcare and preventive medicine and a forum for grassroots movements to connect with public policy.

In 2004 she toured the Tsunami ravaged areas in India and Sri Lanka and pledged 50 million dollars of her personal funds to the victims of the tragedy in the island nation.

In June 2005, Alles donated one million dollars to kick start the world’s first Heart Research Center for South Asians at El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA.

Mark Chang
CEO and Founder,
JobStreet
mark@jobstreet.com

 

Mark Chang is an Executive Director and Founder of JobStreet. He has also been its Chief Executive Officer since its inception. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, USA in 1988 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA in 1990.

Prior to founding MOL Online Sdn Bhd in 1995 and subsequently JobStreet in 1997, Mark was with Kendall International, a US healthcare company, for 6 years, starting as a process engineer in 1990 before being promoted to manufacturing manager in 1992 and regional director of sales and marketing for Malaysia in 1994. He left Kendall International in 1996 to establish JobStreet. Under his direction, the JobStreet Group has expanded regionally.

Ng Hock Ching
CEO, SNF Corporation Ltd,
Co-Founder, ECS Holdings Ltd and Natsteel Electronics Ltd  hcng@snfcorp.com

Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Natsteel Electronics Pte Ltd from year 1993 to 1998. He was responsible for worldwide marketing and sales and North American Operations and also the Principal activities of Natsteel Electronics include printed circuit board manufacturing and complete box building. Subsequently he was the Co-founder and Managing Director of ECS Holdings Ltd from 1998 to 2000 and was responsible for all ECS Holdings activities, including distribution and consultancy of IT products covering both hardware and software in Asia.

In year 2000 to 2002, he co-founded and served as chairman of three wireless companies in Singapore, namely Orange Gum, Voium and Airgateway, where he played a key role in securing venture capital investment.

In 2003, he founded and formed SNF Corporation Ltd which will hold 4 companies. These 4 companies are based in Singapore with activities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and China. The companies are involved in electronic component distribution, electronic manufacturing equipment distribution, screen printing ink sales, tempo printing fixtures production and printing equipment distribution and manufacturing of packaging materials. SNF went public in Mar 2004

He is currently an adjunct associate professor at the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre.

Peter Jungen
Chairman,
Peter Jungen Holding GmbH,
President,
European Enterprise Institute,
President,
European Business Angels Network (EBAN)
 (2001-2004)
peter.jungen@netcologne.de

Peter Jungen is an entrepreneur/angel investor and chairman (owner/founder) of Peter Jungen Holding GmbH, Köln, Germany with investments in various industries and service related companies. Prior to that he was Managing Director or CEO in various companies.

He holds an MBA from Cologne University, Germany. After graduation he joined a large German private group, where he served for about 20 years as Managing Director. In 1986 he was elected CEO of STRABAG, one of the largest German civil engineering groups. After a successful turnaround of Strabag he started his own entrepreneurial activities in 1991 and founded Peter Jungen Holding GmbH. He is a Partner of the Halo Fund, Palo Alto.

He is a chairman or board member of several companies and institutions, i. e. New York Philharmonic New York City, International Angelinvestors.org, Palo Alto, Idealo Internet GmbH, Berlin (Chairman), Flossbach & von Storch, Vermögensmanagement AG, Köln.

He is chairman or member of several advisory councils: i. e. Deutsche Bank AG, Ost, Frankfurt / Berlin (Chairman); AXA Colonia Konzern AG, Köln; Pipeline Engineering Consulting GmbH, Berlin; New Atlantic Initiative, Washington. He is a member of the International Advisory Board, Columbia University, New York and a member of the International Josef Schumpeter Society.

He is Founder President of Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland (BAND) and President of European Business Angels Network (EBAN) (2001-2004).

He is Co-President of the SME Union and Chairman of the Economic Policy Council of EPP. He was vice chairman of the German Machinery and Plant Manufacturers‘ Association (VDMA) and a member of the presidency of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

In September 2000 the leading German business magazine „Wirtschaftswoche“ named Peter Jungen one of the 100 most important personalities who shape the future of the „New Economy“ in Germany (New Economy Top 100).

In August 1999 Peter Jungen was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Peter Purushotma
Asia Pacific Chairperson (Einstein Awards),
Founding Director, Singapore-American Business Association (SABA)
purushotma@comcast.net

Peter Purushotma is acknowledged by his peers as a Strategic Visionary and Architect in building new companies and re-engineering Challenged Companies.

He is Advisor to NUS Overseas College in Silicon Valley, one of the founding fathers of the Singapore-American Business Association (SABA). He is a pioneering leader in the field of Global Outsourcing and Professional Services. Peter with the other founders of Far East Computers and HCL, developed and implemented successfully the concept of Outsourcing in Singapore as early as 1981 and then piloted in Australia from 1984. He continued to transfer the Concept through the building of HCL- America from 1990 in Sunnyvale, California.

He focussed Strategically Singapore’s unique assets for India, Australia and USA through Far East Computers of Singapore the resources of HCL of India. Peter is networked with Global IT leaders, in Silicon Valley and beyond as International Chairperson for the Einstein Awards. http://www.aish.com/a/jerusalemfund/hosts.asp

The Value of his Networks continues with results in multimillion dollars of business deals, ongoing relationships and new jobs globally. He loves to say TWIMO (The World is my Oyster). Clearly so when he is a Campaign Board Member of “Words Can Heal.” http://www.wordscanheal.org/aboutus/whosinvolved.htm

Tan Boon Tiong
Director, NUS Venture Support,
National University of Singapore
nvsdir@nus.edu.sg

 

Dr Tan worked for Singapore Telecom from 1996 to 2000 where he was responsible for the deployment of the ADSL and ATM network infrastructure. These networks are presently supporting services like Magix, PacNet Broadband and Singnet Broadband.

In 2000, Dr Tan joined Mediacorp Singapore and managed a S$100 million Technology fund. He also led in Mediacorp's effort to develop its New Media business. Concurrently, he was the CTO for 1-Net which Mediacorp acquired in late 2000.

Currently Dr Tan heads the NUS Venture Support unit. Dr Tan holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

Thomas J. Kosnik
Consultancy Professor,
Stanford University
kosnik@stanford.edu

 

Tom Kosnik is a consulting professor in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford School of Engineering. His courses have included Global Entrepreneurial Marketing, Global Entrepreneurial Leadership, Global Project Coordination, and Strategy for Technology Based Companies. He has designed and led a variety of executive education programs. He has coauthored two marketing text books, several articles, and over sixty case studies about companies in imagination-intensive markets. He has also taught in the past at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, National University of Singapore, and Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

Tom is also a managing director with TCG Advisors. Since 1978, he has helped information technology (IT) suppliers take new products to market, and global companies to adopt IT innovations to create value for their customers and shareholders. He helps his clients to develop and execute strategy, manage their portfolio of global customers, launch global products, and manage global projects. He also helps senior executives to coach their teams, develop the next generation of leaders, and recruit world class talent.

Some of his past clients include: American Management Systems, Apple Computer; Applied Materials; BMC; Cummins Engine; Electronic Arts; Ernst & Young; Harris Bank; Hewlett Packard; Information Week; Microsoft; Nokia, Siemens, and numerous start-up technology companies.

Tom earned his Bachelor of Arts in History and International Relations from Duke University (1972), MBA from University of Virginia (1977), and Ph.D. from Stanford Graduate School of Business (1985). He was a research associate at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland (1977-78).

Wong Meng Weng
CTO,
 Karmaspere, Inc
mengwong@pobox.com

Wong Meng Weng is best known for his work on SPF, the email authentication standard which was embraced and extended by Microsoft to form Sender ID.

Meng has been involved in email for his entire professional life: he started pobox.com, an email services company, in 1995. He has been actively involved in antispam technologies since 2003, working on opensource software and open standards. He has given keynotes on antispam and the future of the Internet in Japan and Austria.

He is presently starting his second company, Karmasphere.com, which is a storefront and marketplace for reputation data. He studied computer science as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, and entrepreneurship and leadership for his MBA at the National University of Singapore.

He grew up in Singapore, Vancouver, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. He now lives and works in Silicon Valley. He enjoys making pots out of clay and drinking Japanese green teas.

Wong Poh Kam
Associate Professor,
NUS Business School,
Director,
 NUS Entrepreneurship Centre,
National University of Singapore
bizwpk@nus.edu.sg

 

Dr. Wong is currently Associate Professor, Business School and Director, Entrepreneurship Centre, National University of Singapore. He obtained two BSc.’s., an MSc. and a Ph.D. from MIT. Prior to joining NUS in 1988, he was a co-founder of two IT companies and the founding managing director of a consulting firm in Malaysia. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He has published in numerous international journals on innovation strategy/policy and technology entrepreneurship, and has also consulted widely for international agencies such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, various government agencies in Singapore, and many high tech firms in Asia.

He has played a leadership role in technology management and entrepreneurship education in NUS, including initiating and directing the MSc (Management of Technology) Program in the NUS Business School, pioneering the teaching of innovation management and technology entrepreneurship courses to NUS engineering and science students, and co-directing/teaching various senior executive education programs related to innovation management, including the NUS-U.C. Berkeley Managing E-Commerce in Asia Executive Program and the NUS-WIPO Program on IP Management . He has been active in promoting technology entrepreneurship activities in Singapore, including initiating StartUp@Singapore (an annual national business plan competition in Singapore) and co-organizing (with Stanford) the 2nd Global Entrepreneurs Challenge competition in 2002 and INSEAD the annual Global StartUp@Singapore Business Plan Competition in 2003 and 2004. He also initiated in 2003 the Global Wireless Venturing Forum, a platform for new wireless ventures to interact with venture capitalists and other business partners. An active angel investor, he currently serves on the board of directors/advisory board of several high tech start-ups in Singapore, Silicon Valley, China and Malaysia and is a founding chairman of Business Angel Network (Southeast Asia) as well as a former board member of the International Angel Investor Institute. He chaired the NUS Venture Support Fund Committee, is a founding director of the Singapore Chapter of Monte Jade (a global networking organization for Chinese technology entrepreneurs/VCs), and a panel member of The Enterprise Challenge (TEC) (a public sector innovation funding program in Singapore).

Back to Top