Katsuya Hasegawa

Project Professor / The University of Tokyo

Katsuya HASEGAWA has been a Project Professor at the University of Tokyo since 2009. He started his professional career as an LSI engineer at Panasonic in 1982. He became one of the founding members of Panasonic Ventures, a corporate VC arm of Panasonic in Silicon Valley in 1996. He left Panasonic in 2002 and became Managing Director of Venture Connection, LLC until he joined Waseda University in 2005 as a professor. He holds a BS and an MS in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University between 1990 and 1992.

Suresh Kumar Kumaralingam

General Manager / PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park (STEP) PSG College of Technology

Dr Suresh Kumar started his career in Coimbatore, in a Textile Machinery Manufacturing company, after which he joined PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP) – The Technology Busines Incubator (TBI) associated with PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India with the foucs to support start-ups in the areas of informtion technology, electronics and mechanical. He has been a part of establishing the incubation facility and building its brand to the stakeholders of entrepreneurship in the institute and in the region.
More than a decade, he has been responsible for managing the incubation facility, handholding start-ups, managing the seed fund support system, coordinating the Outreach Centre activities for promoting innovations and identifying & executing the consulting assignments.
He handles the Secretariat of Asia Pacific Incubation Network (APIN) – an initiative supported by infoDev, World Bank & Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. The network has about 106 incubators as members across 20 countries. Under APIN, he organizes capacity building programms and workshops for the business incubation managers across the asia pacific region.
He is certified as Business Incubaton Trainer by infoDev, The World Bank Group and a mentor in the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN).
He had participated in various international programs/workshops held at USA, Australia, China, Finland, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand.

Suresh Kumar holds a engineering degree in Mechanical and a PhD in Management.

Thuy Thu Nguyen

Assoc.Prof. Dean of Faculty of Business Administration / Foreign Trade University, Vietnam

Assoc.Prof.Dr. NGUYEN THU THUY is Dean of Faculty of Business Administration, Head of Financial Management Division, Faculty of Business Administration, Foreign Trade University (Hanoi, Vietnam). Dr. Thuy got her PhD in Finance from Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands). Dr. Thuy is associate professor of economics and finance, giving lectures on Corporate Finance, Managerial Finance, Investment Management & Analysis, Problems in Financial Management, Project Management, Integrated Business, and Business Analysis... at both graduate and undergraduate levels. She is a visiting professor at various universities around Vietnam, including Vietnam National University, CFVG, and others. She is trainer and consultant of financial issues for various groups and corporations in Vietnam, e.g., PVFC, GAET, Viettel… Dr. Thuy also acts as local consultant for various educational capacity-building projects of Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (BCEP, TBS2, HEP2). Dr. Thuy has published extensively in academic journals, both locally and internationally. She has also presented her research in various international conferences, including EFA, FMA and EFMA. Dr.Thuy’s research interests include empirical corporate finance, capital structure, risk management, venture capital, economic growth and finance, international finance, emerging markets, private economic sector development.

Totok Hari Wibowo

Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia

Since recently, Totok Hari Wibowo is in charge with investment promotion, within which the formation of innovative SME remains high in the agenda. Prior to his involvement with the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, he was member of the National Team for Technopreneurship Development and Chief Engineer for the implementation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Innovation Centre (SMEIC) that reports to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs. At the same time, he is also Senior Researcher and Deputy Assistant for Technology Policy Assessment at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology. Being Senior Researcher at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, he has directed major policy advisory and research teams, most on aspects of setting up SMEIC and action plan for technology diffusion. In distant past, He has been working on the set up of the development strategy for 13 Eastern Provinces of Indonesia, especially in the formation of economic development clusters and transition from a controlled to a market economy. He has been working in the Netherlands, Japan, and Indonesia.

Masaru Murai

Executive Advisor / TX Entrepreneur Partners General Incorporated Association

Mr. Murai is the Founder and Executive Advisor of TX Entrepreneur Partners. He joined IBM corp. after receiving his MBA from UCLA Graduate School of Business. He led development team of Japan’s first on-line banking system in ‘60s. Later, he was a general manager for Communication Products and Services at IBM Japan, Ltd. In 1991, he founded Compaq Computer Japan and assumed the presidency, later becoming its chairman. During his time at Compaq, Mr. Murai chaired the Foreign Information Industry Forum and was a governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. He has helped to launch more than 10 start-ups in Japan and abroad, and served as an outside director or advisor of listed companies. Mr. Murai was the first chairman of the Review Committee for Entrepreneur of the Year Japan.

Kengo Ito

Chief Accelerator / MOVIDA JAPAN Inc.

Kengo began his career at Mitsui & Co., in the IT and Electronics sector and later worked for its subsidiary company Mitsui Comtek Corp. in Silicon Valley.
During his years in Silicon Valley, he held roles in investment to startups, and development of new business.
After returning to Japan, he was involved in Internet related businesses and investments; eventually joining one of the portfolio companies as CEO.
After experiencing management of startup company, Kengo decided to create the Silicon Valley of the East, focusing on Japan and East Asia.
Joining forces with similarly minded Taizo Son, Kengo currently heads MOVIDA JAPAN's Seed Acceleration Program.
Kengo has Bachelor and Master degree in engineering from the University of Tokyo.

Guan Huang

Acting Director / Academic & Entrepreneur Department of Youth League of PKU, China

Huang Guan is the current minister of The Academia and Entrepreneur Department of the Communist Youth League Committee of Peking University, responsible for students’ extra-curricular academic research, entrepreneur and innovation education and producing-teaching-researching programs. He has received a bachelor’s degree in Science from the Department of Information Management at Peking University and currently is a master’s candidate in the School of Economics.

Nattakrit Wu

Committee Member / IMBA-Thamassat Business School

With extensive experiences in sales and marketing, I was driven by the opportunity to be a startup entrepreneur. I found Fu-Yih Enterprise Co., Ltd. In 2007, engaged in manufacturing and distributing waterproof PVC canvas and a series of new ventures on their ways. I am also directly involved with MetaMo, an incubuation and accelerator program in southeast Asia and the IMBA program at Thammasat Business School, promoting and creating the region's very own breed of entrepreneurs,

Makoto Sarata

Assistant Manager of New Enterprise Promotion Div. / Advanced Scientific Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO (ASTEM), Japan

Planer and Organizer of business model design education and social fields of innovation (through making relationship between “Japanese culture and technology” and “people’s smiles and appreciations”) in Kyoto.

Jyh-Fu Don Jeng

Associate Professor / National Chengchi University

Don Jyh-Fu Jeng is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of Technology, Innovation and Intellectual Property Management, College of Commerce, National Chengchi University (NCCU). Don received his Ph.D. from Waseda University (Japan) as well as an M.S. and a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Houston (U.S.) Prior to his doctoral studies, Don worked as a system analyst for Texas Instruments (U.S. & Taiwan) and as an e-commerce manager for Ateck Computer, Inc. (U.S.) In addition, Don has co-founded the Gtogo.com (U.S.), which its business model has later proved successful. Before joining NCCU, Don was with the National Cheng Knug University (NCKU) as an associate professor to the Institute of International Management.

Dr. Jeng teaches the Technology Innovation, Strategic Operations, and Entrepreneurship related courses in the MBA, IMBA, and EMBA programs. His lecture adopted the Case Method and Participant-Centered Learning format, which emphasize both industrial practice and academic theory. He has been one of the most favorable professors among the student group and being a recipient of Distinguished Teaching Award NCKU university-wide. Don is the Fellow of Academy of Educators, NCKU and honored by the faculty merit pay program. Don has consulted for a wide variety of organizations and associations. In addition, he serves as a mentor to entrepreneurial groups that devotes himself to support young entrepreneurs on their venturing journey. Don’s Ph.D. dissertation research on the Bio-inspired Computation toward Management Engineering Applications was recognized by the Operations Research Society of Japan as one of the best dissertations in the field of engineering management. After his doctoral study, Don has extended his research that focuses on the strategic decision analysis in technology-intensive industries and has recently aligned with the organizational form. His work has been published in various academic journals such as the Management Decision (SSCI), Cornell Hospitality Quarterly (SSCI), Service Business (SSCI), Computers & Industrial Engineering (SCI), International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (SCI), and many others. Don’s academic papers have been recognized with several Best Paper Awards in conferences. He is currently the primary investigator on a research granted by the Sumitomo Foundation (Japan) that extends this work by exploring the causes and innovative consequences of organizational decisions in between Taiwanese and Japanese semiconductor industry.

Don currently serves as member of several prestigious committees including the Decision Sciences Institute (since 2010), a leading academic society in the field of Decision Sciences, and the International Society of Management Engineers (since 2008). In addition, he has also served as the Vice Editor-in-Chief (2009 through 2010) and as an associate editor (2011 and present) at the International Journal of Biomedical Soft Computing and Human Sciences, as an associate editor (2010 and present) at the International Journal of Intelligent Technologies and Applied Statistics, and has served himself as a reviewer to many leading societies, such as the Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, and IEEE.
Don was born and grew up in Taipei, and experienced in the U.S., Japan, and Hong Kong, which marks him a very diverse professional. He is currently living in Tainan with his wife and two daughters. Don enjoys reading, music, photographing, jogging, swimming, learning new technologies, and study on behavior of technology firms.

Allen Yeung

Vice President / Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation

Ir. Allen Yeung, Vice President of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation; he works with both government and non-profit organisations, industry, associations, and investment community to promote technology ecosystem development in Hong Kong, over 25 years of experience with an extensive business and management background and he is a Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network, member of China Business Angel Association, Board member of Monte Jade Science & Technology Association of HK, Vice-President of HK Information Technology Joint Council an Advisor to Technology Development Committee of the Federation of HK Industries, member of HK Professionals and Senior Executives Association, Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Engineers.Advisor to the EE Department of The Chinese University of HK, Intellectual Property Assessment Committee Member and Advisory Committee Member of The HK Polytechnic University.Ir. Yeung has served as judge at various awards and business plan competitions, including TVB “I’M A BOSS”, the HK Award for Industries; ICT Awards, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - CHIEF (China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum); HKUST Entrepreneurship Competition; Young Entrepreneurs Development Council’s E-Challenge; Vice Chancellor’s Cup of the CUHK; HKEIA Award for Outstanding Innovation & Technology Products; and HK PolyU Micro Fund

Gyewan Moon

Full Professor / School of Business Administration, Kyungpook National University, South Korea

Gyewan Moon is a Professor of Strategic Management & Organization Theory in the School of Business Administration at Kyungpook National University in Korea. He worked for the University both as an Associate Vice-President for International Affairs and a Director of Innovation Center in Research Institute of Economics and Business Administration. He also works for Mobile-Health Forum as a President. He published several papers in Academy of Management Review, International Journal of Information Management, etc. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. U.S.A.

Antonio Mendoza Del Carmen

Program Director / Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business

Prof. Antonio M. del Carmen has been an educator since 1998. Currently, he is the CEO/President of STI College Santa Rosa Inc. and the Program Director for Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business on the Master in Entrepreneurship Program. He is very much involved in various education associations where he actively contributes in formulating and strategizing educational reforms for the Philippines. Besides his involvement in education, Dr. Del Carmen is also engaged in information technology through Prime Infoserve Network Corporation, a business process outsourcing company, and in the family-owned real estate company, Philpro Management and Development Corporation.

Richard Tan

General Manager-Knowledge Community Development / Shui On Development Limited
Chief Executive / Shanghai TusPark (KIC) Management Company

Richard Tan is the General Manager with SHUI ON Group, and the Chief Executive of Shanghai TUSPark (KIC) Management Company. Part of the core team to develop a new product line for the Group – Knowledge Community (KC), Mr Tan is directly responsible to create a robust and vibrant enterprise business ecosystem within the Community. He has also put in place a total solution set-up, ranging from providing talent solutions to enterprise solutions and even international business connectivity. Such initiatives successfully positioned Shui On Knowledge Community as the most effective launch-pads into China.

Gary Leslie Rubin

Professor / NUS Enterprise, National University of Singapore

Gary has 12 years experience in University technology commercialisation and business management at Edinburgh University (UK); Venture Capital in Singapore at EDB Investments (Bio*One Capital) and was Founder and Executive Management in a bioinformatics start up company, Fios Genomics, a spin out from Edinburgh University.

He has extensive expertise in evaluation of novel, innovative technologies, business plans and investment opportunities in the hi-tech and biotech/medical field. He also has an established track record in commercial/operations management taking his own company from spin out to growing a viable, sustainable business; developing and implementing business plans; development of technology for commercial applications; revenue generation; and successfully raising seed funding and capital from government agencies (UK and EU) and angel investors, >£1 million.

Currently, Gary is part of the Investment Team at NUS Enterprise which identifies and evaluates new start up opportunities from NUS researchers and community of students and alumni. He also manages NUS Enterprise’s portfolio of start-up companies to advise and assist them with funding (government grants and Venture Capital) and business connections with industry.

He has a PhD in Molecular Endocrinology and a BSc in Biochemistry from Dundee University (UK).

Siva Ramamoorthy

COO / NSRCEL (N S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning)

Siva Ramamoorthy (Siva) currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at NSRCEL, a top Indian Start-up Incubator. NSRCEL incubates early stage start-ups and looks for start-ups that address fundamental problems and provides solutions that are Innovative, Impactful and Implementable. Siva brings a corporate focus to the incubator with a global corporate background having worked in both US and India that includes roles such as Marketing Director VMware, Director Sales and Marketing, Intel, Product Management at Nortel Networks. He has also worked in a couple of entrepreneurial, Venture/PE backed smaller companies including as Head of Marketing, Tejas Networks – a Red Herring Worldwide Top 100 India Start-up- and as Director Sales, Genband – a PE backed firm which acquired portions of Nortel Networks business. He holds a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA and a MS in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky, USA.

Xiaoxiao Yu

Lecturer / Students' affairs office of Tsinghua University

Dr. Yu Xiaoxiao, currently a faculty member of Tsinghua University, directs the Entrepreneurship Education Center of Youth League of Tsinghua University. She obtained her bachelor degree in 2008 and her Ph.D. degree in 2013, both from the Electronic Engineering department of Tsinghua University.  She served as a visiting scholar at Stanford University and University of California, Santa Barbara during 2009-2010. As part of the work in Youth League of Tsinghua University, she organizes tens of entrepreneurship education activities each year, such as “Intel - Tsinghua Technology Entrepreneurship Summer Campus for National University Students”, “National Collegiate Social Entrepreneurship Competition”, “Business Plan Competition of Tsinghua University”, etc.

Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff

Director / PUTRA BUSINESS SCHOOL, Malaysia

Dr. AHMED RAZMAN Abdul Latiff is a Director of Non-Thesis Program (MBA & MM) and also a Head of Business Processes and Entrepreneurship Training in the Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He holds a Bachelor Degree of Accounting and Finance (Honours) from Lancaster University, United Kingdom, a Master Degree of Accounting from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and a Master Research Degree in Accounting and Financial Management from Lancaster University, United Kingdom. He also holds a PhD in Corporate Governance from Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom. Ahmed Razman has presented and published numerous papers at various conferences and journals. He is one of the editorial board of Asian Journal of Case Research and he is also the Vice President of Case Writers’ Association of Malaysia. His current areas of research interest include entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate governance, ethics and human governance. He is also an IP Evaluation Panel for UPM, which involves in identifying the potential commercialization of UPM inventions. He is currently in the board of directors of two startups specializing in technological products in education and healthcare.