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Rapid technological development has brought Asia huge development opportunities. At the same time, the changing face of technology in Asia requires innovation and creativity for a company to maintain a competitive edge in its business operations. What are the hot technologies from the past that have faded in importance? What are the most popular technologies in Asia today? Where do the technological opportunities in Asia lie in the future? What are the technologies that will NOT be hot? This panel of experts from Asian technology companies will share their success stories as well as potential challenges facing market participants in the future.
Speakers
Yongseok JangVice President, LG ElectronicsMr. Yongseok Jang is Vice President of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company’s Strategy Planning Team. Mr. Jang oversees all stages of strategic development and leads on problem solving key strategic issues at LG’s Mobile Communications business, coordinating with the CEO and other C-suite executives. He also closely monitors the execution and effectiveness of the company’s global and regional strategies. In addition, his team is also in charge of business development, identifying and evaluating new business opportunities in line with the company’s mid-to-long term strategy. Mr. Jang has deep industry experience and functional expertise from working as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs’ telecom, media and entertainment group, and as a strategist, business developer and country manager at eBay. Mr. Jang graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2000.
Masaaki MaedaPresident and CEO, NTT DoCoMo USAMasaaki Maeda is currently the President & CEO of NTT DOCOMO USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT DOCOMO INC, Japan’s leading mobile telecommunications company. Mr. Maeda began his career in the Japanese telecommunications industry in the Technical Development Department of NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation). In March 1994, he moved to NTT DOCOMO, the mobile arm of NTT which was spun off from its parent company in 1992. In 2004, Mr. Maeda launched NTT DOCOMO USA’s “namikiteru®” service in North America, a software application which allows users to read and write Japanese and displays simplified and traditional Chinese, Hangul (Korean) and Japanese characters on BlackBerry® handheld devices. This has contributed tremendously to the global mobility of bilingual business people. Mr. Maeda holds a bachelor and master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In addition, he earned an MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management in June 2002.
Michael V. CopelandSenior Writer, FortuneMichael V. Copeland joined Fortune as a senior writer in September 2007. He is based out of Fortune's San Francisco Bureau. Previously, Copeland was a senior writer at Business 2.0 covering the venture capital community, new technology, and startups. Along with Andrew Tilin, his story "The New Instant Companies" was recognized by the World Leadership Forum as the best business story in a magazine in the 2006 Business Journalist of the Year competition. Prior to joining Business 2.0, Copeland was a senior writer at Red Herring. He also worked at the Venture Capital Journal and the Washington Post. He has been a reporter for the Oakland Tribune, Orange County Register, and Philadelphia Inquirer, and he has freelanced for several San Francisco Bay Area and national publications. Copeland has also developed environmental stories for television and radio. Copeland graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Satish TamboliFounder and CEO, US-Asia VenturesUS-Asia Ventures was founded by Satish Tamboli. He has over 28 years of experience in global Telecom infrastructure covering private equity investments, business development, strategic planning, engineering, and operations. He has been an angel investor and mentor to several start-up companies in U.S. and Asia. Satish was Director of Telecom, Media, and Technology investments at Emerging Markets Partnership (now EMP Global) where he was instrumental in investing over US$500 million in leading mobile cellular operators, cable MSOs, media companies, broadband service providers, and internet infrastructure companies in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. EMP Global manages about $ 6 billion for institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Satish was a manager of R&D Projects at International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) where he co-led the design and global deployment of their Satellite Switched TDMA Network and developed strategic plans for broadband evolution. Previously, he was a Product Engineer at Texas Instruments. He has an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering, Operations Research, from Stanford University. B.S. in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) from George Washington University. Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School.
Scott BonhamFounding Partner, GGV CapitalScott Bonham is a co-founder of GGV Capital and brings a combination of technology investing and marketing experience. Most recently Scott served as a Vice President at the Capital Group Companies where he managed technology investments across 10 mutual funds. Prior to joining the Capital Group, Scott spent four years at Silicon Graphics where he served as a product line manager for entry level workstations. Scott started his career as a systems engineer and maintenance foreman at a General Motors assembly plant. He used his operations and systems experience as a consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton where he advised clients on manufacturing and information systems strategies. Scott is actively involved in Boston-Power, Inside Contactless, Heptagon, Teranetics, and Endeca. In addition, he was formerly on the board of Netli (acquired by Akamai), Hurray! Solutions (NASDAQ: HRAY), P-Cube (acquired by Cisco Systems), Ageia Technologies (acquired by NVIDIA) and Zettacom (acquired by Integrated Device Technologies). Also, Scott led the firm's investments in NetScaler (acquired by Citrix Systems), Sirna Therapeutics (acquired by Merck), Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IRWD) and GENBAND. Scott earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University, Canada and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Woodward Yang (Moderator)Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Harvard UniversityProfessor Woodward Yang is the Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and HBS University Fellow at Harvard University. Dr. Yang’s is currently interested in studying the influence of science and technology on firms, industries, and the overall economy. In addition, his technical research interests are focused on the design and implementation of integrated circuits and systems including microprocessors, DRAM, NAND flash, and CMOS image sensors. His technical experience includes semiconductor device physics, material science, microelectronic fabrication technology, circuit design, computer architecture, signal processing systems and algorithms. Dr. Yang is well known for his pioneering work in the development and commercialization of CMOS image sensors. In addition, Dr. Yang founded a DRAM design company in March 2000 which designed and manufactured special purpose memory products for mobile computing and communication systems. Dr. Yang graduated from UC Berkeley in 1984 with a BS in EECS and from MIT with a PhD in EECS immediately prior to joining the faculty at Harvard University in 1990.
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