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Building Partnerships in Internet Computing Ecosystems

As a respected AP&J Sales Leader for the Enterprise business, Martin is currently working as the AP&J Managing Director for Internet of Things at Cisco, Martin is responsible for an AP&J responsibility creating an Internet of Things specialist sales organization driving value and sales into the line of business, operating side of our best customers, high growth strategic priority for Cisco. Martin has substantial experiences in complex application and technical solutions design and implementation. He has been actively involved in red account activities, solutions review, hands-on implementation and complex issues resolution from technical, functional and integration perspectives. Prior to joining Cisco, Martin was with Microsoft as the AP&J GM for Industry Solutions and Global Accounts.

Vincent Chun has over 25 years of experience in the mobile and telecommunication device industries ranging from start-up to multi-national company. He is now working at SBCK Corp., a subsidiary of SoftBank Group in Korea, as a managing director responsible for IoT business in Korea and global market opportunities. Before joining SBCK, he was a founder or co-founder of several start-up companies and made a successful IPO of Enspert which commercialized the world first Android OS based tablet. Vincent started his business career at Hyundai Electronics and Nokia Mobile Phone as a Product Marketing manager and experienced 15 years of executive role focused on Business Development and Global Marketing.

Howard Wu is Vice President, Head of Product Line Software Defined Infrastructure for Business Unit Cloud & IP at Ericsson. Howard joined Ericsson in 2014. He has a long standing career in technology having worked from hardware manufacturing to software services in countries from China, Canada, US and Sweden. Howard founded Layerboom in 2009 and was acquired by Joyent, a US leading Cloud Service Provider in 2010. Since the acquisition, Howard acted as General Manager for Joyent Canada and later President of Greater China for Joyent prior to joining Ericsson. Throughout his career, Howard has driven successful outcomes through strong team cultures built around collaboration, understanding and meeting business needs while continuing to drive the best in class technology forward.

Zach is a Thread Group evangelist and the vice president of marketing for Internet of Things (IoT) at ARM. He has a long history of thought leadership in technology and standards for IoT, has co-founded a successful startup and published a book on 6LoWPAN. Based in San Jose, Zach is responsible for leading marketing for the IoT business. Before joining ARM, Zach was co-founder of Sensinode where he has acted as CEO, CTO and chief nerd for the ground-breaking company before its acquisition by ARM. Zach has served on the Technical Advisory Board and Board of Directors at the IPSO Alliance, is an active contributor at the IETF, and acts as an angel investor in several startups.

Ron Martino is General Manager of i.MX Application Processor Business and Advanced Technology Adoption in Microcontroller group in NXP Semiconductors. He is responsible for driving the broad adoption and rapid growth of the i.MX application processor business across consumer, industrial and automotive applications. Ron was the executive leader of Freescale’s global microcontroller R&D organization developing products for multiple applications across consumer, industrial and automotive segments. Prior responsibilities at Freescale included his role as Vice Chairman of the FSQX IC Design Company based in Tianjin China. And Ron worked at IBM for 20 years in high performance computing, networking, RF communication, and gaming microelectronics.

Vito Di Bari was the Innovation Designer for the World Expo 2015, Executive Director IMI at United Nations’ UNESCO, in Paris, and Professor of Design and Management of Innovation at Polytechnic University of Milan. Named Big Thinker 2014, he is considered the thought leader of the design, art and architecture movement Neo-Futurism. The Financial Times has defined him as “the Guru of Innovation and Design”; the Nobel for Economics Kenneth Arrow, said, “Vito Di Bari engineers dreams. Concrete dreams, based on solid facts”. According to Harvard Business School, Vito is one of the three most influential futurists in the world, along with John Naisbitt and Alvin Toffler.

Lucas is the CEO of HWTrek, the largest global platform for hardware innovators and industry. HWTrek provides online planning and team collaboration tools, supply chain management services, and channels for global market expansion. Before HWTrek, Lucas founded TMI (Taiwan Mobile Innovation), which makes early stage investments and incubates promising entrepreneurs. More than 16 startups have been incubated through the support of TMI, ITRI, and WI Harper. Previously a partner in WI Harper, Lucas led the TMT team in Beijing and Taiwan, and co-invested in Kai-Fu Lee's new venture, Innovation Works. In addition, Lucas directed the project and market development of RFID products at MTI Technology, a well-recognized wireless communications manufacturer.

Mr. Steven Wyatt is a Group Vice President of ABB Ltd. and is based in the company’s Corporate Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. In his current role, Steven is the Head of Marketing & Sales for ABB’s Robotics Business Unit worldwide with responsibilities which include the Industry Marketing, Key Account Management and Product Management functions. Prior to joining ABB in 2010, Steven held a series of executive marketing &sales roles within the plastics industry globally. Steven has spent the last fifteen years working with companies around the globe in industries ranging from Automotive through Aerospace to Consumer Electronics in a quest to add value to their products and processes.

Allan joined Advantech in Feb. 2014 and leads Corporate CTO Office responsible for Innovation Management Center, Corporate Engineering Services, Corporate Software Services, Integrated Product Development and Management process framework, and Industrial Design Team. Allan earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1983, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University in 1992. Before joining Advantech, Allan worked as Research Associate at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center for 1 year, as Senior Associate at Prudential Securities for 2 years, as Manager of Portfolio Systems at Tiger Management LLC for 6 years, as VP of Technology Center at Jih Sun Securities for 1 year, as CTO for 6 years and then as President for the latest 6 years at AVerMedia Technologies until 2013.

In partnership with one of the world’s largest manufacturers, Compal Electronics, and supported by ARM & Qualcomm, BLOCKS smartwatches will ship to backers in Mid-2016. The core module – the watch face – is a fully functioning smartwatch on its own and has all the features of a standard smartwatch, such as phone notifications, activity tracking and voice control. The additional modules make BLOCKS unique. Using the space around the wrist, users can build a smartwatch that suits their lifestyle by combining modules. Blocks successfully raised $1.6 million on Kickstarter. Partnered with one of the world’s largest manufacturers, Compal Electronics, and supported by ARM & Qualcomm, BLOCKS smartwatches will ship to backers in Mid-2016.

Leopold Beer graduated at the University of Stuttgart with a diploma in physics. As he specialized in semiconductor physics, he started as an engineer in the DRAM plant of Siemens Semiconductors in 1994. In 1997, he was assigned as head of the Electrical Failure Analysis Group of Siemens Semiconductors in Portugal. After the spin-off of Infineon from the Siemens Group, Leopold held various managerial positions within the Infineon Manufacturing Division. In 2002 Leopold joined FCI Automotive as Market Segment Manager. Leopold entered Bosch Sensortec shortly after its foundation in 2006 as Sales Director and later became Head of Global Marketing and Product Planning. Since March 2013 he holds the position of Regional President for Asia Pacific and is based in Shanghai, China.

Dr. Simon Wang received his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University. He has over 31 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He worked in Intel Corporation on Flash memory technology development from 1983 to 1989. In 1990 till 2006, he worked for Macronix International Co. and held various positions as Fab director, VP of operations, VP of business development on Embedded Flash SoC / MCU and VP of marketing and sales group. Dr. Simon Wang joined TSMC in 2006 and has been responsible for business development related to memory program, digital consumer and CMOS image sensor products. Currently, he is responsible for the business development related to the fast growing internet of things market.

Ian Huh is Senior Vice President of SK Telecom and currently responsible for the product marketing and business development of the company’s enterprise solution business. Ian oversees encompasses IoT Network and Platform, Big Data, Cloud Services and Smart Grid. Before joining SK Telecom, he worked for 13 years at Samsung Electronics semiconductor businesses, where he managed several product lines such as Mobile SoC / Modem, Flash Memory and Solid State Drives. He also worked as a product innovation specialist at Samsung Electronics’ Global Marketing Operation office. Ian holds a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Michigan, US, and master and bachelor degree in engineering from Seoul National University, Korea.