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Board of Directors
Arasor’s Board of Directors have long and distinguished scientific and commercial backgrounds in the optoelectronics industry.
They have a successful track record in creating and developing listed technology companies.
Dr Simon Cao is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arasor and has more than 20 years experience in optics, communications and signal processing.
Prior to co-founding Arasor, Dr Cao was a founder of Avanex Corporation and Oplink Communications Inc and is directly responsible for the invention and commercialisation of fibre-optic products such as the fiber amplifier, WDM transmission and >10Gb/s high-speed optical transmission.
In 1999, Forbes named Dr Cao the “Godfather” of WDM technology. Dr Cao holds PhD and M.S. degrees in both electrical engineering and physics from the University of Southern California. He also chairs the research committee on the board of USC’s engineering school and holds 38 U.S. and international patents with an additional 64 patents pending.
Arasor’s Board of Directors have long and distinguished scientific and commercial backgrounds in the optoelectronics industry.
They have a successful track record in creating and developing listed technology companies.
Dr Larry R Marshall is Chairman of AOC Technologies Inc. and has founded 6 successful companies over the past 18 years in the biotechnology, photonics and semiconductors industries; several of which were acquired and one of which completed a NASDAQ IPO.
Dr Marshall previously served as Chairman of Intersymbol Communications Inc., an Intel Capital company, which was acquired by Kodeos Communications Inc., and prior to that, founded a number of successful optical development companies including Translucent Photonics Inc., Lightbit Corporation, Light Solutions and also served as Vice President of Iridex Corporation which completed an IPO on Nasdaq in February 1996.
Dr Marshall holds 19 patents protecting numerous commercial products, and has over 100 publications and presentations. He has been offered a prestigious Federation Fellowship, chaired Advanced Solid State Photonics, sits on the Advisory Board of Laser Focus World and holds Board positions at Arasor, AOC Technologies Inc. and Kodeos Communications Inc. Dr Marshall was born in Sydney, Australia and received his BS Honours from Macquarie University (Sydney), and PhD from the Commonwealth Centre of Excellence.
George SyCip is President of Halanna Management Corporation and a founder and principal in Galaxaco China Group LLC. Mr SyCip advises a variety of companies in their cross-border endeavours between the US/Europe and Asia. He also sits on several corporate boards including: Bank of the Orient in San Francisco; Beneficial-PNB Life Insurance Company in the Philippines; MacroAsia Corporation; Arasor International Group Ltd and Medtecs International Corporation Limited.
Prior to setting up his own offices, Mr SyCip had a career in banking and currently serves as a board member of the Stanford Institute for International Studies, Give2Asia and the California Asia Business Council. He has also served as Commissioner for the City and County of San Francisco’s Social Services Department. Mr SyCip was born in the Philippines and received his A.B. in International Relations/Economics in 1978 from Stanford University and his M.B.A. from Harvard.
Laurie Kan is a principal of ON Capital. In 1991, Laurie established Microsoft Corporation’s Hong Kong office and built up the company’s Southern China operations. He went on to become Founder and lead investor of PointCast Asia in 1997, thus introducing news casting services to Asia, and was Chief Operating Officer of CDC Corporation (previously Chinadotcom).
Laurie established Sina Corporation (previously sina.com) in Hong Kong, and served as President and Executive Director of Timeless Software Ltd which became the first company listed on Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM).
In 2000, he co-invested with H&Q Asia Pacific Limited to establish i100 Corporation, which created Hong Kong’s first content-focused mobile telecommunications network - noodle. Mr. Kan graduated in business from Hong Kong Baptist College and from the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Executive Program for Smaller Companies.
Zhu Xin Kun is a general manager of Shanghai Venture Capital Management Co. Ltd. Prior to joining such firm in 2001, he served as a senior investment manager for Shenzhen Capital Group Co. Ltd. and prior to that, as a manager in the corporate finance division of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Shanghai Branch. Mr. Kun previously served as a representative of Nikko Securities Shanghai Representative Office and as a research fellow of Japanese Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies. Mr. Kun holds a BA of Law from Fudan University and an MA of Economics from China East Normal University.
Reg A. Bancroft is currently Managing Partner in
Australia of Doran Capital Partners. Prior to that he was Executive Vice Chairman of Green Hwajae, a listed Korean insurance company which he joined after a 37 year career at Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance, latterly as CEO of the Korean operation. He has acquired over 17 years of international knowledge and leadership experience including corporate restructuring and M&A evaluations.
According to Dr. Simon Cao, Arasor's Executive Chairman, "Reg, an Australian resident, brings tremendous experience of managing change and restructuring in an international company.
Edward Li has over 30 years of extensive knowledge and experience from senior financial positions with companies such as GoConnect, Red Earth, Lincraft, and the Sussan Group. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from monash University.
According to Dr. Simon Cao, Arasor's Executive Chairman, "Edward, an Australian resident, brings great finance and accounting depth to the board. His background with both public and private companies in Australia will not only strengthen the board, but will also help tremendously as the company continues its restructuring.
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