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Bobby Beaver , Co-Founder & Vice President of Technology. Bobby Beaver is a Zazzle co-founder and vice president of technology. Bobby conceived the idea and model for Zazzle, together with his brother Jeff and his father Robert Beaver, while still a student at Stanford University. Working jointly with his brother Jeff, Bobby engineered the entire Zazzle website which first launched in 2003. He is responsible for all of Zazzle's software and hardware architecture and implementation and has played a key role in developing Zazzle's manufacturing technologies and fulfillment processes. Bobby continues to guide company vision and direction, while sharing responsibility in day to day operations. Bobby holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University.

Jeff Beaver , Co-Founder & Vice President of Products. Jeff Beaver is a Zazzle co-founder and the vice president of products. Jeff conceived the idea and model for Zazzle together with his brother, Bobby, and father, Robert, while still a student at Stanford University. Jeff worked side-by-side with Bobby, to engineer the entire Zazzle website, which first launched in mid-2003. His deep passion for the online consumer directs the website experience and drives feature and product innovation. He has played an integral role in many other aspects of the company, including R&D, business development, and customer service. Jeff helps to guide company direction and vision, while sharing responsibility for day-to-day operations. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University.

Jim Breyer has been responsible for Accel's investments in over twenty-five companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. These include Actuate (ACTU), Agile Software (AGIL), Centillion (acquired by Bay Networks), Centrum (acquired by 3Com), Claremont, Collabra (acquired by Netscape),Corsair (acquired by Lightbridge Communications), Foundry Networks (FDRY), Hyperion Solutions (HYSL) (formerly named Arbor Software); Lightspan/Plato Learning (TUTR), Macromedia (MACR), Microprose, Motive (MOTV), Narrative (acquired by @Home), RealNetworks (RNWK), RedBack Networks (RBAK), Savista/Accenture, Synopsys (SNPS), and Walmart.com (WMT). Recent mergers include Alphablox / IBM and Groove Networks / Microsoft.
Jim is currently on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (WMT), where he is the Lead / Presiding Independent Director, and Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Finance Committee. He also serves on the board of Marvel Entertainment (MVL), RealNetworks (RNWK) and a number of privately held companies such as BBN Technologies, BrassRing, Brightcove, Facebook, Maven Networks, ModelN, and Prosper.com.
Jim is on the Strategic Investment Committee/Board of Accel-KKR and IDG-Accel China Fund.


Stewart Butterfield
Co-founder, Flickr, President of Ludicorp (acquired by Yahoo in 2005).

Stewart is a recognized leader in the field of online development and design. He is a frequent speaker on design and technology topics at professional and academic events across Europe and North America. He founded the 5K competition, a lo-fi, high-profile design award, which has been featured everywhere from Playboy to Le Monde to USA Today. He was recently named to the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and is a nominating judge in the Webby Awards (for Best Practice). He has served in the W3C's XForms working group and has been active in many other professional organizations. He received a BA (Hons. with Distinction) in philosophy from the University of Victoria, and an MPhil in philosophy from Cambridge University, graduating with a First. In 2001, he was nominated for a Chrysler Design Award.

David Chao, co-founder and general partner of DCM, Prior to DCM. David was a cofounder of Japan Communications Inc. Japan's premier provider of mobile data and voice communications services. Earlier David worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco. Earlier in his career, David worked in marketing and product management at Apple Computer, Prior to Apple, David was one of the top account executives for Recruit, Japan's largest HR advertising and web infomediary corporation. David is also listed as a Top 100 venture capitalist by Forbes Magazine and a management board member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. David holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from Brown University.

Matt Cohler is VP Strategy & Business Operations at Facebook, an online social utility that helps people better understand the world around them. At Facebook Matt manages business operations and is responsible for the launch of new strategic initiatives. Previously he was Vice President and General Manager at LinkedIn, where he was a member of the founding team. Prior to LinkedIn Matt was a management consultant in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office and worked in Beijing for AsiaInfo. Matt's writing on venture capital has been published in Harvard Business Review and cited in The Economist . He received a B.A. with honors and distinction from Yale University and has served as a guest lecturer at Yale University and Stanford University . Matt is also active in non-profit initiatives as a board member and advisor.

Feng Deng, Founding Managing Director, Northern Light Venture Capital.
Feng co-founded Northern Light Venture Capital in 2005, a China focused fund. He has more than fifteen years of technical and managerial experience in the computer, communication and data networking industries. In 1997, Feng co-founded NetScreen Technologies, which has become one of the world's leading network security equipment vendors. NetScreen went public on NASDAQ in 2001 and was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for $4 billion. Due to his contribution to the success of NetScreen, Feng was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2002 and the Innovator of the Year award in 2003. Prior to founding NetScreen, Feng worked at Intel Corp. Feng holds a MS degree in computer engineering from the University of Southern California, a MS degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, and a MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. Feng also holds five U.S. patents in computer system architecture and IC design.
Feng serves as the Chairman of the Tsinghua Executive Entrepreneur Club (TEEC), serves on the Board of Directors of Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA), and is a board member of the Tsinghua University foundation.

John (Zhonghan) Deng , the member in standing committee of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology, the member in standing committee of All-China Youth Federation, Chief Executive of the "China Starlight Chip Project", Chairman and Chief Scientist of Vimicro Corporation (NASDAQ:VIMC), the largest multimedia semiconductor technology company in China. Since Dr. Deng returned to China from Silicon Valley, he has been the Chief Executive of the "China Starlight Chip Project", and actively involved in developing China semiconductor industry. He co-founded Vimicro in 1999, and developed the first successful China Chip - the Starlight Multimedia Series. On November 15, 2005, Vimicro was listed on NASDAQ stock exchange in the United States as the China's first NASDAQ public semiconductor company. In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Deng has received numerous awards, most recent of which include 2005 Man of the Year for China Economy, National 1st Class Scientific and Technology Achievement Award, National Scientific and Technology Award of Chinese Youth, National Innovation Award in Information Industry, National May Fourth Medal of Chinese Youth, National May First Medal of Model Worker, National Medal for Outstanding Overseas Student Returnees, Top Ten Most Outstanding Youth Award of China, as well as the Outstanding Alumni Award of UC Berkeley Engineering College, etc. Dr. Deng received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, M.S. degree in Economics and M.S. degree in Physics, all from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to founding Vimicro, Dr. Deng was a senior researcher at IBM.

John Doerr is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  He’s optimistic, enthusiastic and energetic.  John joined KPCB in 1980, and with KPCB’s partners backed many of America’s best entrepreneurial leaders, including those founded Google, Amazon, Intuit and Sun Microsystem.
John was founding CEO of Silicon Compilers, a CAD software company; and co-founder of the first broadband cable network, @Home.  He came to Silicon Valley in 1974 and joined a small chipmaker, Intel, just as they invented the legendary 8080 microprocessor. He worked in engineering, marketing, and sales, where he was a top-ranked sales executive. John Chambers described John as “the single best venture capitalist in the world.”  Eric Schmidt called him “one of Google’s best board members.”  And Jeff Bezos described KPCB as “the center of gravity for the Internet”. John has also been part of several big failures, most famously GO Corporation, chronicled by Jerry Kaplan in the book “Startup”. He serves on the boards of Google, Amazon, Intuit, Homestore, and Sun.  And also private ventures Good Technology, Miasole, Purkinje, Spatial Photonics. He is passionately encouraging innovators to prevent pandemic avian flu and global infectious disease, and to protect the environment. John also cares a lot about public education, global poverty/health, research and innovation, science (not “intelligent design”) and women as leaders.  He is backing social and policy entrepreneurs, working with Ted Smith and Kim Smith, as co-founder of NewSchools.org, Lezlee Westine, John Chambers, Jim Barksdale, as cofounder of TechNet.org, Reed Hastings, EdVoice.org, Muhammed Yunnus, Grameen Bank, Bono’s DATA.org, Steve & Jean Case, Dr. David Agus, Accelerate Brain Cancer Cures, ABC2.org, and Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute.
John is a technologist and inventor, holding patents for computer memory devices.  He earned a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, and an MBA from Harvard.

Kevin Fong, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund.
Kevin has provided leadership to Mayfield since 1988. He invests in companies across the wireless, communications, semiconductors, software and consumer sectors. He is also leading Mayfield's China-based strategy and investments. Kevin currently sits on the boards of 3PARdata, Cemaphore Systems, Fultec, Hammerhead Systems, Mendocino Software, Mobile 365, ONStor, Tasman Networks, and Velocity11. Kevin's notable past investments include Alantec, Crescendo Communications, Legato, Latitude and Redback Networks. Prior to joining Mayfield, Kevin held product development, marketing and management positions at David Systems, a networking company. Kevin earned an M.B.A. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from U.C. Berkeley.
Li Gong is a General Manager at Microsoft and Managing Director of Windows Live China. Previously he was with Sun Microsystems where he was a Distinguished Engineer and Senior Director. He headed Java Security and Networking, Java Embedded Server, JXTA, and was founding Managing Director of Sun's Engineering and Research Institute in Beijing. Earlier in his career, he was a researcher at SRI and ORA, held visiting positions at Cornell and Stanford, and served as Program Chair and General Chair for IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, and IEEE CSFW. He was Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet Computing and Associate Editor of ACM TISSEC.  He received BS and MS degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous articles, a number of US and international patents issued or pending, and three books published by Addison Wesley and O'Reilly. He was founding Co-President of Mozilla China Foundation, was named one of the 2003 China New Economy People, and was a recipient of the Leonard G. Abraham prize from the IEEE Communications Society and China Open Source Movement Leadership Award. He is Beijing chapter chair of TEEC (Tsinghua Entreprenuer and Executive Club).
Jack Jia is a founder and CEO of Baynote, Inc. From 1997 to 2004, he was a SVP & CTO for Interwoven Inc. with several executive responsibilities in engineering, product management, marketing, strategy and technology vision. Prior to Interwoven, he was a founder and CEO of V-max America. Mr. Jia led operating systems and applications development at SGI, Sun Microsystems, Stratus and NASA for over a decade. He is a frequent speaker at major industry and financial conferences, including Comdex, InfoWorld CTO Forum, Gartner Group and CSFB. He has appeared on national and international television programs including ABC, CNN, NBC, PBS, Hong Kong, Australia, and French televisions, and has been featured in numerous trade publications. Mr. Jia is a contributing author in "XML Handbook, the 4th Edition", "Online! The Book", "Content Management Bible", and writes regularly about key technology issues and trends. Mr. Jia holds a number of technology patents. He is a director of board advisors for School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, California. Mr. Jia holds a BSEE & MSCS from Beijing Jiao-Tong University, a MSEE from Polytechnic University of New York, and a MBA from Santa Clara University.

Aileen Lee joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1999. Her primary areas of investment are in consumer and internet technologies, wireless services, and energy and environmental technologies. Since joining the firm, she has worked closely with the teams and boards at Good Technology, Tellme, Segway, Zazzle, Friendster, Bluenile, Miasole, Genomic Health, and other ventures yet to be announced. Prior to joining KPCB, Aileen worked at Gap Inc. in various operating roles. These included product management and marketing for Gap Online, as special assistant to Gap Inc.'s CEO, and in business development to identify and execute new business opportunities. She has also worked for Odwalla as a marketing manager and for The North Face in brand marketing. Aileen began her career at Morgan Stanley in technology mergers & acquisitions. She has a Bachelor's of Science from MIT, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
David Lee , a partner in the firm's Silicon Valley office, is a member of Orrick's Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies and venture capital firms. Mr. Lee practices in the areas of corporate formation, securities, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public offerings, and technology licensing transactions. Mr. Lee has represented one of China's leading Internet companies, Sina Corporation. Mr. Lee's company clients have been backed by, among others, Accel, Austin Ventures, Crosspoint, CommVentures, Doll Capital, Draper Fisher, Hummer Winblad, JK&B, Lightspeed, Mayfield, NEA, Redpoint, Sequoia, Telesoft, Trinity, Walden, and Venrock. Before joining Orrick, Mr. Lee was a founding member of Venture Law Group. David Lee has a JD from Stanford Law School and has a BA from University of California, Berkeley.
Imin Lee is a Director, Engineering in Cisco Security Technology Group with the responsibility of managing Cisco's Protego acquisition CS-MARS product line strategy, engineering and operation.
Mostly recently she was the CEO and Founder of Protego Netoworks, Inc. till the acquisition of the company by Cisco in 2005. While in Protego, in 2 1/2 years, she managed the company from inception, product development, product launch, till the company with a run way of $12M / year prior to the acquisition, and increased the value of the company 10 times.
Imin has over 20 years management and technical experience in networking, security, telecommunications, and enterprise software. Before Protego, Imin was in Cisco leading the Cisco Security Policy Management system team, responsible for product management and development. Before Cisco, Imin held numerous technical and management positions in Bell Labs / AT&T Labs, Amerex Systems, IBM; and she was a faculty member in Guangzhou Vocational University, China. Imin holds a MSCS degree from State University of New York and a BSEE degree from South China University of Technology, China.
In 2005, Imin received 'Entrepreneur of the Year' award from HYSTA. She was also featured in San Francisco Chronicle, interviewed by China Radio Broadcast International, and speaks frequently as guest speakers in many local Silicon Valley organizations for her entrepreneurship experience.

Hurst Lin, as a general partner in DCM's Beijing-based Asia practice, brings a wealth of business and cultural insight to DCM, and co-leads the firm's efforts to expand its investment opportunities throughout Asia . A co-founder of China's largest online portal, Hurst has a history of successfully acquiring Chinese IT start-ups, operating and taking a company public, and then building it into a billion-dollar business.
Prior to joining DCM, Hurst was chief operating officer of SINA Corporation (Nasdaq: SINA ), the first Chinese Internet company to successfully list on the Nasdaq. He co-founded Sina.com's precursor company, SinaNet, in 1995, and later shepherded the company through a $78-million IPO and the ensuing dot-com decline to eventually create a billion-dollar operation. Hurst oversaw SINA 's global business development, and mergers and acquisitions, and was heavily involved in the company's day-to-day operations as well as major corporate transactions and pre-IPO funding.
Earlier, Hurst served as a consultant with Ernst & Young Management Consulting Group, focusing on marketing and operations in telecommunications and technology companies. He also held marketing, engineering and management positions at Octel Communication Inc. and NYNEX.
Hurst serves on the board of directors of SINA .
Born in Taiwan and raised in New York City , Hurst holds a bachelor of engineering degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University .

Michael S. Malone, once called the Boswell of Silicon Valley, is one of the nation's best-known technology writers. He has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than 25 years, beginning with the San Jose Mercury-News as the nation's first daily high-tech reporter. His articles and editorials have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and Fortune, and for two years he was a columnist for the New York Times. He was editor of Forbes ASAP, the world's largest circulation business/tech magazine, at the height of the dot.com boom. Malone is best-known as the author or co-author of a dozen books, notably the best-selling "The Virtual Corporation". Malone has also hosted three public television interview series, and most recently was co-producer of the award-winning PBS miniseries on social entrepreneurs, "The New Heroes." He has been the ABCNews.com "Silicon Insider" columnist since 2000. His new book, to be published in Spring 2007, is a biography of Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.

Peter Meyers. As a founder and principal of The Meyer Group, Peter Meyer brings a strong management and general management background to any keynote or talk. In addition to his own experience he conducts ongoing, targeted research in management and strategy among company owners and officers across the United States. Many of the details in his speeches and manuscripts come from this work.
Peter has over a decade and a half of successful experience as a manager and problem solver for two of the largest communications and technology companies in the world and one of the smallest. As a manager of sales, instruction, development, and as a general manager of a separate "intrapreneurial" business, he has sampled and succeeded in a variety of business functions.
A popular and accomplished speaker, he has done speaking tours on management, technology, and strategies throughout the United States, in Europe, the Far East, and Australia. He has also twice addressed the Commonwealth Club of California, guest lectured at the University of California and at Santa Clara University. Some of the companies that he has addressed are listed in the attachment.
Peter is regularly published in business journals. In the past few months he already has recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Canadian Business Review, Business Horizons, Dateline, the Internet Business Journal, Executive Female, and The Recorder as well as a profile of him in Entrepreneur. He was recently named the contributing editor for technology for the Business & Economic Review.

Jenny Ming A member of the Executive Team that launched Old Navy in 1994, Jenny took on the role of President of the brand in March 1999. As the brand's leader, Jenny oversees all aspects of Old Navy and its more than 800 stores in the United States and Canada, including product development, planning, production, marketing, merchandising, strategy, store operations and much more.
An 19-year veteran of Gap, Inc., Jenny is a true "home-grown" member of our Executive Team. She joined the company in 1986 as Merchandise Manager of Gap brand activewear. Since that time, she's held the positions of Vice President and Divisional Merchandise Manager for Gap brand activewear and Senior Vice President of Merchandising for Old Navy, responsible for production, planning and distribution. In 1996, she was promoted to Executive Vice President of Merchandising for the brand, responsible for merchandising, planning and distribution, production and visual and store design processes for all Old Navy stores.
In 2000, She was named by Business Week magazine as one of the nation’s Top 25 Managers.  She was included in Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business in 2003 and 2004. Jenny graduated from San Jose State University with a BA in Clothing Merchandising and a minor in Marketing.  She serves on the Board of Committee of 100, as well as the Advisory Boards for Cornell University’s School of Human Ecology, and the Merage Foundation for the American Dream.

Scott Sandell, General Partner in NEA, Scott joined NEA in 1996. Scott focuses on investments in information technology and alternative energy, and is responsible for NEA's activities in China . He also serves as Co-Chairman of the board of the Software Development Forum. He has sponsored investments in 3ware (acquired by Applied Micro Circuits Corporation), Amplitude Software (acquired by Critical Path), Fineground Networks (acquired by Cisco), Neoteris (acquired by Juniper Networks, NetIQ, Salesforce.com and WebEx. Scott started his career at the Boston Consulting Group. Scott was a Product Manager at Microsoft, where he worked on Windows 95. In addition to an MBA from Stanford, Scott holds an AB in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College .


AnnaLee Saxenian , is Dean and Professor in the U.C. Berkeley School of Information and Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning. She is an internationally recognized expert on the social and institutional foundations of economic development, and she has written extensively on Silicon Valley and other technology regions around the world. Her most recent book The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy (Harvard University Press, 2006) explores how immigrant engineers and scientists have transferred the institutions of technology entrepreneurship to emerging regions in China, India, Taiwan, and Israel. Prior publications include Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 (Harvard, 1994), Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs (Public Policy Institute of California, 1999), and Local and Global Networks of Immigrant Professionals in Silicon Valley (PPIC, 2002.) Saxenian holds a Doctorate in Political Science from MIT, a Master's in Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley, and a BA in Economics from Williams College.

Joshua Schachter, Director of Engineering at Yahoo!, Founder, General Manager of del.icio.us, acquired by Yahoo! in December 2005. Before del.icio.us, Schachter worked for Morgan Stanley and has worked in the New York City financial services industry for 10 years. Joshua is a creator of geoURL and co-creator of Memepool. Joshua's popular del.icio.us website helped to popularize the use of tags on the web, particularly within the blogging community. On December 9, 2005, del.icio.us was acquired by Yahoo!, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. He created GeoURL in 2002 and ran it until 2004. Joshua has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Steven L. Toronto is the managing partner of the firm's Beijing office. He specializes in venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, and PRC-related public securities offerings and other China-related investment activities. He has advised some of China 's leading technology and internet companies in China on a variety of matters including structuring and foreign financing s. Mr. Toronto has extensive experience in advising foreign investors and PRC companies on investment strategies and structures in China . He has also participated in a wide range of public and private China-related securities offerings, including U.S./Hong Kong dual listings, H Share, B Share, Rule 144A and ADR transactions. In addition, Mr. Toronto is also co- head of the firm's engagement as international counsel by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for the XXIX Olympiad in 2008 .
Mr. Toronto received his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University in 1980. He received his J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1991, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Managing Editor of the Journal of Chinese Law . Mr. Toronto joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the firmwide Corporate Group and is currently resident in the Beijing office. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner in a U.S.-based international law firm's China Corporate and Securities practice, resident in that firm's Beijing office. Before moving to Asia , Mr. Toronto was an attorney for a major Silicon Valley law firm in their corporate and securities practice. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese.


Mark Thompson is bestselling author of Success Built to Last—which is available at today’s conference.  A veteran of Wall Street as an executive coach, he has over two decades of experience as a senior executive, board member, management coach, entrepreneur, writer, producer and investor.
He is CEO of Success Built To Last, LLC, a high-performance training company and he is author and producer of more than 20 audiobooks featuring hundreds of enduringly successful people, including programs like the Leaders of the New Century project, One-on-One with Jack Welch, One-on-One with Jimmy Carter, the Charles Schwab CEO series, Women on Leadership, Seven Sacred Secrets with Maya Angelou, along with interviews with Richard Branson, Michael Dell, The Dalai Lama, Sen. John McCain and many others.
Forbes Magazine honored Mark on its list of America’s leading venture investors with the “Midas” touch, and he worked for a dozen years for his mentor, Charles Schwab, serving in a variety of senior roles, including Chief Communications Officer and, later, as Executive Producer of what was in the late 90’s one of the world's largest and most profitable websites, Schwab.com. Mark is an entrepreneur and former board member of major private and public companies, including Chairman of Rioport, Inc., which popularized the MP3 player; Chairman of Integration, Inc., a communications semiconductor company; Chairman of VMAX, which was the exclusive distributor of Micron PCs in China and a former board member of Interwoven, Teletech, Best Buy and Korn Ferry International.


Weijia (Victor) Wang co-founded Mtone Wireless (formerly GWcom Inc.) in 1994 in Silicon Valley and is the Chief Executive Officer of the company. He holds Ph.D. of Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Mtone Wireless developed the world-first mobile stock-trading infrastructure in Silicon Valley and commercially deployed in Shanghai in 1997. Mtone Wireless pioneered the mobile Internet industry in China by providing the first mobile-phone information and content services nationwide in China since 1999. Dr. Wang joined Pacific Bell in California as Technology Consultant during 1987-1989, where he initiated the first broadband network project of Pacific Bell. He worked at Cellular Data Inc. during 1989-1991 as a chief architect leading the radio system and wireless IP network architecture design. From 1991-1994 he worked at Interval Research Corp. as a Senior Research Staff, holding 6 U.S. patents in multimedia mobile communications.


Jack Xu , VP of Engineering & Research, eBay Fellow. Jack Xu was named an eBay Fellow after serving as the company's vice president of software development. In that role he led development of the company's overall search and listing infrastructure. Jack is currently eBay's VP of Engineering & Research where he is responsible for all aspects of the company's research activities, as well as product development in the areas of search, listing, catalog, classifications, attributes and data tools. He is also the founding Chairman of eBay's first global engineering center outside the U.S. Prior to joining eBay in 2002, Jack was the Chief Technology Officer at Netease (Nasdaq: NTES) where he was responsible for Netease's technology, operations, marketing, research and product development. Before that, Jack was the director of core technology at Excite, one of the first Internet search engines, launched in 1995. Jack is an author of a numerous research papers. While working towards his PhD, Jack was a senior researcher at the University of California at Berkeley.


Nick Yang , President, CTO, and Co-Founder, Kongzhong Corporation. He founded ChinaRen with two other friends and became CTO of the company. In 2000, ChinaRen was sold to Sohu.com. Mr. Yang served as vice president of technology and chief technology officer of Sohu.com Inc. In March 2002, he quitted Sohu and co-founded Kongzhong Corporation, where he serves as President of the company. On July 9, 2004, Kongzhong was listed on Nasdaq (KONG). Mr. Yang holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.


Xin Ye, CEO Ydon.cn, a mobile search firm for users to look for Ringtones, games,m-books and other entertainment services. The company also develops local search services for dining, traveling, apartment rental and other services, and contents generated with its WAP search engines. Xin was previously SVP/CTO of Linktone. Prior to that, he was founding CTO of Sohu. He has been CTO of Censoft, Microsoft's first JV in China. Before coming back to China, Xin had 12 years experience in Silicon Valley with Tibco and Marimba. Xin has a MS from Marquette University in Wisconsin, and BS from Tsinghua University in China.

Kyung Yoon is Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. and a member of the Office of the Chairmen, which directs the firm’s Board of Directors, CEO and other marquee search assignments on a worldwide basis.  One of her functions is to act as a bridge between the United States and Asia Pacific. Since joining the firm in 1994 in Menlo Park, California, Kyung has been one of the key drivers in Heidrick & Struggles’ Asia Pacific expansion.  She served as Area Managing Partner, North Asia, with management responsibility for the Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai and Seoul offices and spent five years in Singapore and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Kyung was President of Benten Investments, Inc.  Previously, she was President of Pacific Union Asset Management and Vice President of Dillingham Development Company.  Kyung started her career with Banque National de Paris. Kyung obtained a bachelor's degree in economics and French from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and holds an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago.

Lili Zheng, a Partner at Deloitte & Touche. Lili has more than 17 years of experience in international tax and business consulting services for inbound and outbound investments. Her work experience includes development of strategies to manage worldwide effective tax rates, cross-border international mergers and acquisitions; corporate restructuring; etc. Lili also has extensive knowledge in IPO positioning, establishing offshore IP holding companies, implementing cost-sharing arrangements, and advising on entry and exit strategies for cross-border investments. As a leader in the Chinese Services Group, Lili travels frequently to Asia and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. She is also a frequent speaker in Atlas, the Council for International Tax Education (CITE), Financial Executives International (FEI), Tax Executives Institute (TEI) and the Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA). She was voted by International Tax Review as one of the top US tax advisors in 2002-2003. In 2004 Lili was awarded AWIB Leadership award by Asian Women In business. Lili is also the D&T liaison for business transactions with Greater China and had previously worked in our Tokyo and Beijing offices. She is a Certified Public Accountant. She is a Certified Public Accountant. Lili hold a B.S in Accounting and Finance from UC Berkeley and a M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University.

Joe Zhou, Partner, Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund. Joe joined Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund in October 2001. Prior to joining Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund , Joe was Chief Representative in Beijing Office in SOFTBANK China Venture Capital. Joe was a Vice President in UTStarcom ( China ). Joe worked in AT&T Bell Labs. Joe was a project manager in application technology in Lepton Inc. Joe likes swimming and playing Golf. Joe Zhou received MS degree in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and received BS in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University .


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