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Dr. Kurt J. Lauk is is president of Globe Capital Partners. He is the National Chairman of the Economic Council of the Christian Democratic Party in Germany. He serves as a Chairman or Board Member on several supervisory boards.
Dr. Lauk was a Member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler from 1996 to 1999. Later, he was a member of the Chairman Integration Council and served as head of the commercial vehicle division at Daimler-Benz AG and Mercedes-Benz AG. Prior to DaimlerChrysler, he was a Member of the Board of management of VEBA, AG (today EON), Germany's largest conglomerate. From 1992 to 1996, Dr. Lauk held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Controller of EON (formerly VEBA AG).
From 1982 to 1992, Dr. Lauk was Deputy Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Audi AG, with additional full responsibility in marketing (1982-1992). Before that, he was President of Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH, a pioneer developer and leading supplier of machines for textile mills (1984-1989). From 1978 to 1984, Dr. Lauk served as Vice President and Director of The Boston Consulting Group Inc., in Munich and Boston, respectively.
Dr. Lauk is President of the renowned German-French Institute in Ludwigsburg, Germany and is a non-Executive Director of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) based in London. Dr. Lauk teaches business strategy and finance at the prestigious European Business School in Reichartshausen/Eltville. He was also a lecturer in Global Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in California, U.S.A., where he served full-time from February-August 2000. From 1992 to 2002, he served on the Stanford Business School Dean's Advisory Council. Dr. Lauk has also served on several commissions both on the federal and state level in Germany.
Dr. Lauk is a native of Stuttgart, Germany. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Kiel in Germany. He holds an MA in History and Theology from the University of Munich, Germany and received his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, California in 1977.
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Dr. William C.Y. Lee serves as chairman of LinkAir Communications, Inc., the developer of LAS-CDMA-a new patented technology for wireless telecommunication systems that significantly increases network capacity and improves quality of service and network coverage.
Dr. Lee is well recognized for his leading contributions in making analog and CDMA technologies commercially viable. He holds more than 27 US patents, with 11 more pending.
For 15 years, Dr. Lee was renowned for being among the pioneers in developing advanced wireless technology-AMPS-for Bell Labs. He then joined the ITT Defense Communications Division, where he headed the advanced mobile communications system. He was Vice President and Chief Scientist during his subsequent tenure with Vodafone Airtouch-one of the largest wireless carriers in the World, providing service to nearly 50 million subscribers-Dr. Lee assisted in CDMA research and the initial trial of the technology. The pioneer in personal communications network (PCN) technology, Dr. Lee led PacTel's PCS experimental trial, and under his leadership, the first CDMA phone call was completed in Los Angeles in 1995.
Dr. Lee has been selected as an IEEE Fellow and has served as a member of numerous Councils, including the California State Council on Science and Technology, the US Council on Competitiveness, and was a former member of the FCC Technical Advisory Council from 1999-2001. He has earned many prestigious industry awards, including the IEEE VTS Avant Garde Award, the CTIA Award, the CDMA Industry Achievement Award, the SATEC Award, a Bell Lab Award and, most recently, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal Award. In 2001, Dr. Lee received the Telecommunication Achievement award from Chinese Historical Society of America and the Stuart Meyer Memorial award from IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.
Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Ohio State University.
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Dr. Leonard Liu has played a global role in the computing industry almost from its inception. Currently, Dr. Liu is CEO and Chairman for Augmentum, providing software development outsourcing services. Most recently, he served as President of ASE Group, previously having held roles as President of Acer Group, Chairman and CEO of Walker Interactive Systems, and COO of Cadence Design Systems. Dr. Liu began his career in 1968 as a new PhD at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Laboratories. In his 20 years at IBM, he managed – among other businesses – the creation of SQL, AIX and the development of the predecessor to RS/6000.
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Ms. KOH-QUEK SOO BOON has many years of global experience in banking, private equity and venture capital investing. iGlobe manages three funds: iGlobe Partners Fund, anchored by the Singapore Economic Development Board, focused on global technology companies; iGlobe Treasury VIF Fund, anchored by the New Zealand Government, focused on helping New Zealand companies expand globally; and the iGlobe Platinum fund, a fund focused on Asian high growth companies in the cleantech, mobile, and digital media industries.
Prior to iGlobe, Ms. KOH-QUEK SOO BOON served as Senior Vice President (1987-1999) in Vertex Management Pte Ltd. Soo Boon managed three funds during her tenure with Vertex Management Inc., the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies. She established the US operations of Vertex and headed the Silicon Valley office for 9 years. In addition to managing venture investments, she spearheaded a technology exchange, bringing over a 100 engineers from Silicon Valley to Singapore for Chartered Semiconductor and Chartered Microwave. In 1996, Soo Boon launched Vertexˇ¦s European operations in London. At Vertex, she led numerous portfolio companies to IPOs, including Lattice Semiconductor, Creative Technologies, and Premisys Communications Inc, Proxim Inc and SCM Microsystems etc. Prior to Vertex, Soo Boon served as Vice President (1974ˇV1986) in DBS Bank. She held various senior management positions in the Treasury and Credit departments in her 12 years of work in the Development Bank of Singapore. In her last role, she ran the Credit Divisionˇ¦s International
operations with responsibility for eight overseas offices in addition to the Syndication Department for the Asia-Pacific region
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Mr. Frank Lee is a Vice President at UMC Capital where he focuses on making investments in the semiconductors, communications and wireless industries. He currently serves as a director at Qsecure. Prior to UMC Capital, Frank was a Vice President at Vertex Management Inc, a Singapore based venture firm. At Vertex, Frank was responsible for investments in Transmedia (Cisco), Teralogic (Zoran), Endwave (NASD: ENWV), Metrika (Bayer) and Ubicom. Previously, he was a management consultant at AT Kearney.
Frank earned an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University.
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Paul Huang has extensive leadership experience with large, medium, and start-up companies. As CEO of Fortemedia since 2000, Paul is responsible for overseeing all business operations, technology development, financial management, and governance of Fortemedia. Previously, he served as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Novas Software. Prior, he was the Executive VP of Product Development at Quickturn Design Systems. He had also served as the President of PiE Design, a company he co-founded in 1990. Earlier, he was a co-founder of Cadence Design Systems, and served as Executive VP of Research and Development at Cadence. Paul was the recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award for year 2000.
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Tom Hsia provides management guidance and oversees the international operations of Fortemedia. Tom has a long legacy in the PC business. Before founding Fortemedia in 1996, Tom was the Chief System Architect at PC-Tel. Prior to that, he had experiences leading several software development teams working on software at Opti, MediaChip, Everex, and Aspen Engeering. Tom was also a co-founder of Aspen Engineering.
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