THOMAS HONG - CEO
Thomas is an advisor to hi-tech CEOs in Silicon Valley and during the past five years was Principal Founder/Partner of CEONetworking; a paid membership organization for hi-tech CEOs in Silicon Valley. Thomas has facilitated meetings of CEO groups and has advised CEOs in Silicon Valley during the past five years.
Earlier, Thomas was the CEO/Principal Founder of four computer peripherals and networking companies:

Davong Systems
Tiara Computer Systems
Aquila Communications
Acculan Technologies.

In addition to CEO experiences, Thomas was the Director of Engineering at both National Semiconductors Corporation and Intersil Corporation. Other engineering management experiences include Apple Computer, Memorex Corporation and International Business Machines. Thomas has a BSEE and MSEE in computer design from University of California, Berkeley and and University of Santa Clara, respectively.
Key accomplishments:

Principal Founder/Partner of CEONetworking, a paid membership organization for hi-tech CEOs in Silicon Valley; facilitated meetings & advised hi-tech executives for over four years.
Active Advisory Board member of several Silicon Valley hi-tech companies.
President/CEO/Founder of four computer peripheral and network companies.
Managed one startup to $23 million revenue and $1 million profit in 2nd year. Raised over $15 million equity and $5 million credit lines.
Negotiated and sold 12 network technology licenses to 6 hi-tech companies including 3 public companies.
At National Semiconductors, created/managed an engineering organization from inception to market leader in the IBM mainframe compatible memory systems market within two years.