John Seely Brown

Director Emeritus, Xerox PARC

John Seely Brown is currently a visiting scholar at the Annenberg Center at USC. He was the chief scientist of Xerox Corporation until April 2002 and also the director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) until June 2000--a position he held for twelve years. While head of PARC, Brown expanded the role of corporate research to include such topics as organizational learning, complex adaptive systems, micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS), and NANO technology. His personal research interests include digital culture and rich media (both of which he pursues at USC), ubiquitous computing, web service architectures, and organizational and individual learning.

JSB, as he is often called, is a member of the National Academy of Education, a fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and of AAAS; and a trustee of Brown University, the MacArthur Foundation and In-Q-Tel. He serves on the boards of directors for Corning, Varian Medical Systems, and Polycom and on numerous advisory boards and boards of start-ups. He has published over one hundred papers in scientific journals and was awarded the Harvard Business Review's 1991 McKinsey Award for his article, "Research that Reinvents the Corporation" and again in 2002 for his article (with John Hagel), "Your next IT strategy." In 1997 he published the book, Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation (Harvard Business Review Books). He was an executive producer for the award winning film "Art · Lunch · Internet · Dinner," which won a bronze medal at Worldfest 1994, the Charleston International Film Festival. He received the 1998 Industrial Research Institute Medal for outstanding accomplishments in technological innovation and the 1999 Holland Award in recognition of the best paper published in Research Technology Management in 1998. With Paul Duguid he co-authored the acclaimed book, The Social Life of Information (HBS Press, 2000), which has been translated into nine languages, with a second edition in April 2002.

JSB received a BA from Brown University in 1962 in mathematics and physics and a PhD from University of Michigan in 1970 in computer and communication sciences. In May 2000, Brown University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science Degree. It was followed by an Honorary Doctor of Science in Economics conferred by the London Business School in July 2001. He is an avid reader, traveler, and motorcyclist. Part scientist, part designer, and part strategist, JSB's views are unique and distinguished by a broad view of the human contexts in which technologies operate and a healthy skepticism about whether or not change always represents genuine progress.

Harry Kellogg, Jr.

Vice Chairman of the Board/President, SVB Capital Group

Harry W. Kellogg is vice chairman of the board and president of the SVB Capital Group of Silicon Valley Bank. He is responsible for the bank's venture capital, global private equity, and private banking activities. Mr. Kellogg is also a member of the Bank's Steering Committee.

After serving as a banking professional for more than twenty years, Mr. Kellogg joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1986 as senior vice president of the technology division. In 1990 he was promoted to executive vice president and has, over the years, served the bank in various capacities. Prior to joining the bank, Mr. Kellogg was the group manager of corporate banking at Bank of the West for five years. He was also with Wells Fargo Bank for thirteen years, including four years in the Wells Fargo Special Industries Group, a high-tech lending unit within Wells Fargo Bank.

Mr. Kellogg is a past and present member of and on the boards and advisory boards of many civic and industry organizations, including TechNet, Nollenberger Capital Partners, the Enterprise Network, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, the Girvan Institute, Financial Executives International, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Menlo College Board of Trustees, California/Israel Chamber of Commerce, Selby Ventures, the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship, and an emeritus board member of the Technology Museum of Innovation. He was also named to Upside Magazine's "100 People Who Changed Our World."

Leonard Liu

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Augmentum

Leonard Liu has spent thirty years in the systems industry, with a history of developing innovative computing technologies into successful businesses. Most recently, he served as president of ASE Group of Taiwan, a provider of IC test and packaging services, having held roles as chairman and CEO of Walker Interactive Systems, COO of Cadence Design Systems, and president of Acer Group. He was an early champion of outsourcing to India and China at Cadence and Walker. Dr. Liu began his career at IBM where he was responsible for the creation and implementation of SQL and AIX, the first RISC chipset, and the management of CICS and SNA, eventually overseeing the worldwide Database and Language lines-of-business. He received his undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University and his PhD from Princeton University.

Robert E. Patterson
Senior Counsel, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

Robert E. Patterson has thirty-one years of experience providing legal counsel to high-tech business clients. He advises clients on a variety of matters including start-up issues and the formation of new businesses predicated on technology. He was named as one of Silicon Valley's top corporate lawyers in May 2003 by San Jose Magazine.

Mr. Patterson works closely with venture capital investors in investment and operation activities. He has assisted non-U.S. corporations in their formation, acquisition and operation of U.S. companies. He serves as a director of several biotechnology-based corporations, among others. He has been a director and member of the investment committee of an international venture capital fund since 1983 and, in that regard, has negotiated numerous venture capital investments both as a lawyer and, on occasion, an investor. He is a founding partner of a technology-focused SBIC venture fund. His practice over the years has included representation of non-U.S. corporations doing business in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Patterson was a visiting scholar at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College where he was the inaugural fellow of the Tuck Center for Private Equity.

Chintay Shih
Professor and Dean, National Tsinghua University

Dr. Chintay Shih is presently the special advisor of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), and Dean of College of Technology Management of Tsing Hua University.

Dr. Shih joined the Electronics Research and Services Organization (ERSO) of ITRI as an engineer manager in 1976 and became its general director and an ITRI vice president in 1984. ITRI is an R&D institution founded under the auspices of the government to serve the technological needs of Taiwan's industry. ITRI research activities include electronics, computers, communication, optoelectronics, metrology to biotechnology, machinery, materials (NANO technology), chemicals, aerospace, energy resource and industrial safety.

Dr. Shih has played a key role in the founding of several milestone ventures including the United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). He was appointed an executive vice president of ITRI in 1989, became ITRI president in 1994. After serving as president for nine years, he became ITRI special advisor in 2003.

Dr. Shih is a fellow of the IEEE. Among the many awards he received is the Engineering Medal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, the highest honor in the profession. He has been an active industrial leader, serving at various times as the chairman of the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, managing director of the Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association, chairman of the Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Association. He is also a frequent consultant to the government. Currently he is science & technology advisor of Executive Yuan.
Dr. Shih received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1968, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1975. He also received a masters degree in management from Stanford University in 1985.

Richard Walker
Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Desktop PCs,
Hewlett Packard

Richard Walker is responsible for a global business that provides desktop PCs and digital entertainment centers to consumer markets. Immediately prior to his current assignment, Richard was Vice President of Emerging Markets, responsible for developing long term strategic growth plans for HP's targeted list of emerging countries, with an initial focus on Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). Since joining HP in the UK in 1983, Walker has held various senior sales and marketing management roles in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific. Over a twenty-year period, he has developed successful business and go-to-market strategies and developed a reputation for pragmatic, fast-paced execution. He was a founding member of the management team that launched the HP Pavilion into the consumer PC marketplace in 1995--a business that achieved market share leadership among PCs sold through the retail channel within two years.

Walker received his bachelors degree in business from Sheffield Polytechnic, Sheffield, England. He also serves on the advisory board for R&D Logic, a San Mateo-based life sciences company, and Pacific Peninsula Group, a Menlo Park property development company.

Kyung Yoon

Vice Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles (Menlo Park)

One of Kyung Yoon's functions is to serve as a bridge between the United States and the Asia-Pacific. Since joining the firm in 1994, Yoon has been one of the key drivers in Heidrick & Struggles' Asia Pacific expansion, with management responsibility for the Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, and Seoul offices.

Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Yoon was president of Benten Investments, Inc. Previously, she was president of Pacific Union Asset Management and vice president of Dillingham Development Company. Yoon started her career with Banque National de Paris. She also serves on the advisory board of the Conference Board's Global Corporate Governance Research Center, which brings together senior business leaders, institutional investors, and leaders of public entities worldwide to develop governance solutions that will enhance global growth. She was instrumental in the Conference Board's formation of the NYSE- and ISS-accredited Directors' Institute, which provides interactive educational programs for board members to sharpen their skills and knowledge base, and an ongoing forum for seasoned directors to discuss solutions to real business situations.

Yoon has conducted successful search projects for multinational clients including CP Group, CapitaLand, Dell, IBM, Komag, Maxtor, Merck, Microsoft, NCR, Nokia, NOL, Philips, Samsung, Seagate, SilTerra, Singapore Technologies, Sybase, TSMC and Unisys. In the financial services field, Yoon has been retained by international investment banks and private equity and venture capital firms such as Deutsche Bank, H&Q Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Partners, Newbridge Capital, PAMA, Walden International and Warburg Pincus. Recently elected vice president of the Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) for 2005, Yoon also serves on Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Women's Leadership Board, and on the board of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. Among other honors, Yoon was recognized as one of the "Most Influential Women of 2003" by the American Cities Business Journal.

Yoon obtained a bachelors degree in economics and French from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and holds an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago.