All our partners have multi-year, multi-national
business operation experience in top executive positions. This
will provide the high-level management perspective and knowledge
often lacking in many start-up companies and provide the valuable
guidance, which is so critical to early stage companies.
Dr. Ronald Chwang, Chairman &
President
Ronald Chwang is the Chairman and President of iD Ventures
America. Dr. Chwang initiated the Acer venture investment activities
in North America with the launch of a $40 million "Acer
Technology Venture Fund" in 1997. Subsequently, iDVA's investment
scope was further expanded after the successful formation of
the second fund, a $260 million "IP Fund One", in
May, 2000 together with new investment activities in key regions
of Asia Pacific.
Dr. Chwang currently serves actively on the board of a number
of iDVA's portfolio companies such as Airmagnet, Centrality Communications, Chil Sumiconductor, and CoAdna Photonics. He also serves on the board of the
following public companies: Silicon Storage Technology Inc.,
Sunnyvale, CA and iRobot Corporation, Burlington, MA.
From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Chwang was president and CEO of Acer
America Corporation. Under his leadership, Acer America's revenue
grew from $200 million to $1.44 billion. Dr. Chwang has been
with Acer since 1986, serving in various executive positions
leading business unit engaged in ASIC products, computer peripherals,
and Acer-Altos server system. Before joining Acer, Dr. Chwang
worked for several years in development and management positions
at Intel in Oregon and Bell Northern Research in Ottawa, Canada.
Dr. Chwang received his B. Eng. Degree in Honors Electrical
Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and his
Ph.D. in EE from University of Southern California.
