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Emerging Leaders Forum ("ELF") of HYSTA and the prestigious Committee of 100 proudly present "Mentoring for Success" for the third consecutive year. Building on the successful events of 2007 and 2008, "Mentoring for Success" continues to foster a premium forum that directly connects aspiring Silicon Valley professionals to the most established business leaders in the Chinese-American community. July marks the second anniversary of the beginning of the current global financial crisis. Amid all the anxieties in a struggling economy, how do we strive for a successful and fulfilling career, seize the golden opportunities, and emerge stronger than before? During this event, you will first hear from the prestigious mentors through a panel discussion. Then, you will have a rare opportunity to directly interact with the movers and shakers of Silicon Valley in small groups. So bring your questions on career development and/or entrepreneurship, and we look forward to seeing you at "Mentoring for Success" this year!
Confirmed Mentors: - Dr. Milton Chang, Serial Entrepreneur, Founding Managing Partner, Incubic Venture Fund
- Mr. K. Bobby Chao, Founding Managing Director, DFJ DragonFund China
- Mr. Wu-Fu Chen, Managing Partner, Acorn Campus Ventures
- Dr. David Ku, Senior Vice President, Yahoo! Inc.
- Dr. Tony Sun, Partner, Venrock
- Dr. Elizabeth Xu, Senior Vice President, Vitria Technology Inc. Date: July 18, 2009 (Saturday) Venue:
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1100 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025 Agenda:
1:00-1:30 p.m. Registration and Networking
1:30-2:15 p.m. Introductory Panel Discussion
2:15-3:45 p.m. Small Group Mentoring Sessions
3:45-4:30 p.m. Mixer Session (chat with other mentors) Admission Fees:
$30 for online registration (pay at door)
$40 for walk-ins if seats are available
FREE for current ELF members Online Application: Limited seats available, APPLY NOW! Application deadline: July 6, 2009 (Monday) Enrollment and mentor assignment notification: July 15~17, 2009 Moderator: Mr. Jerry Ku Jerry is a corporate and securities attorney resident in the Menlo Park office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Jerry's practice consists of advising emerging companies on formation, angel and venture debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, compliance with securities law and stock exchange rules and corporate governance issues and representing angel investors and venture capital funds in debt and equity investments. Jerry's clients include corporations and limited liability companies incorporated in domestic jurisdictions as well as offshore companies incorporated in tax-favorable jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Jerry received his J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 2002. Mentor Bios: Milton Chang Milton has an exceptional investment track record as an angel investor, and founded Incubic Venture to institutionalize his entrepreneurial experience as a venture capitalist to make available the operating experience he learned from building two businesses to successful IPO. A few of Milton's successes include Newport Corporation (IPO in 1983) and New Focus (IPO in 2000, later acquired by Bookham). His successes as an angel investor include Uniphase (later JDSU) and approximately twelve startup companies without encountering a single failure. Milton earned a B.S. in EE with highest honors from the University of Illinois, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the California Institute of Technology, and received Distinguished Alumni Award from both universities. He is a member of Committee of 100, a Trustee of Caltech, an Overseer of the Huntington, and he writes business columns for Laser Focus World and Photonics Spectra. Bobby Chao Bobby is a Founding Managing Director of DFJ DragonFund China. He has tremendous experience in technology-focused ventures in China and internationally. His experience was honed through outstanding operational experience in the semiconductor, hardware and software industries, where he served as both an entrepreneur and a C-level officer. Bobby is one of the original founders of Cadence Design Systems and was Cadence’s Vice President and GM of Asia, responsible for sales, marketing and operations in Asia and Japan. After Cadence, he founded and served as chairman and CEO of OCRON (later acquired by Umax Group) and VA Linux (LNUX). Subsequently, he was an early investor in and board member of AboveNet (ABVT), Oplink (OPLK), Omnivision (OVTI), and NetScreen (JNPR). Bobby co-founded DragonVenture as Chairman in 1999 and since then he has been a dedicated venture capital investor in Greater China. He is currently serving as the chairman and board director of several China and U.S.-based companies. Bobby holds an MS in Physics and in Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia State University and Stanford University, respectively. Wu-Fu Chen Wu-Fu is a renowned networking and serial entrepreneur who has since 1989 invested successfully in communications companies. Wu-Fu founded more than a dozen high tech companies including Cascade Communications where he was the founder and vice president of engineering. In 1994 he steered Cascade through its IPO, being instrumental in the company's acquiring over $10 billion in capitalization. Most recently, he was a vice president at Cisco Systems where he led their integrated voice, data, and video access product development. Wu-Fu joined Acer's founder, Stan Shih, in 2003 to start IDSoftCapital as Chairman of ID Innovation, focusing in early stage investments leveraging the strengths of both America and Greater China. Wu-Fu has served as chairman and CEO of leading edge start-ups such as Ardent Communications (acquired by Cisco Systems) and Arris Networks (acquired by Ascend Communications). He has been featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and chosen one of the top ten entrepreneurs of 2000 by Red Herring. Light Reading once called Wu-Fu the "most influential person" in optical networking. Wu-Fu received an MSEE from the University of Florida in 1976 and a BSEE from National Taiwan University in 1972. From 1976 to 1977 he was in the doctoral program in computer science at UC Berkeley. David Ku David is Senior Vice President of Engineering and head of the Advertising Product Group (APG), responsible for all advertising technologies and products across search and display at Yahoo!. Ku reports to Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Engineering for strategic initiatives for the Search and Advertising Technology Group. David led the Apex initiative, developing Yahoo!'s next generation advertising platform, building upon and extending the Right Media Exchange. He also led many teams in the roll out of Panama, including Sponsored Search, advertiser application, data systems, and marketplace engineering. Since joining Yahoo! in 2002, he led technology development in search experience, social media, vertical search platform and destinations, search metrics and analytics, and mobile search. Prior to Yahoo!, he worked in CAD/EDA and venture firm in various technology roles. David received his doctorate and masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and dual B.S. from University of Utah. Tony Sun Tony joined Venrock in 1979 and has invested and advised 55 companies. During his tenure, he has witnessed the evolution of information technology - from the early days of semiconductor manufacturing, to the internet boom and the recent innovations in telecommunications. Before joining Venrock, he gained operational experience with Caere Corporation, Hewlett-Packard and TRW, Inc. In addition to Venrock, he is active in educational and international communities. He serves as a Trustee of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, serving on the visiting committees for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Material Science. He is also a member of the International Resource Panel for the Government of Singapore and on the venture advisory board of the US Navy. Tony received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and S.M.E.E and S.B.E.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Elizabeth Xu Elizabeth is the Senior Vice President of Product Development and World Wide Support for Vitria Technology. She is responsible for Vitria's Engineering, Product Management, world wide Customer Support, Education and IT operation. Prior to Vitria, Elizabeth had managerial positions at IBM, and launched the IBM Asian American Network with three IBM Asian Executive sponsors. IBM provided her with solid management skills and leadership training. In the last few years, Elizabeth has expanded her efforts in elevating leadership skills in the Asian community by teaching in-depth leadership classes as well as making presentations to different Asian community organizations and alumni groups. Her well-received presentation "Ten Steps to a Successful Career" provides building blocks for individuals who pursue meaningful careers. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, MS degrees in Computer Science and Atmospheric Physics, and a BS in Space Physics. We invite you to join ELF! Emerging Leaders Forum (ELF) is a subchapter of HYSTA. ELF focuses on specific topics of interest to aspiring Chinese entrepreneurs and professionals, such as "breaking the glass ceiling," and "the China effect and you." It hosts different events and workshop throughout the year, leveraging HYSTA's extensive network of industry luminaries and veteran entrepreneurs, and aims to help Chinese professionals broaden their knowledge base and advance their careers. By limiting the size of events, it provides an intimate platform for members to network with like-minded comrades and an opportunity to establish mentor relationships with business leaders. Annual Membership fee: $100. This event is organized by Emerging Leaders Forum (ELF), a HYSTA chapter. About HYSTA HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association, www.hysta.org) is a leading Chinese professional association in US. Founded in 1999 by a group of successful Chinese entrepreneurs, HYSTA aims at nurturing entrepreneurship and career development among Chinese technology and business professionals and facilitates networking and the exchange of business ideas between Silicon Valley and China.
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