David K. Chao has been a director of Spansion Inc. since 2005. Mr. Chao is a co-founder of Doll Capital Management (DCM) a venture capital firm based in the Silicon Valley and has been a managing general partner since 1996. Prior to DCM, Mr. Chao was a co-founder and member of the board of directors of Japan Communications, Inc. Before co-founding Japan Communications, Mr. Chao worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco and as a marketing manager at Apple Computer. Prior to these positions, he was an account executive for Recruit, a Japanese human resources, advertising and services company.
Mr. Chao serves on the boards of numerous DCM portfolio companies, including 51job, Inc,where he has served since 2000.
He is a management board member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Board of Trustees and a member of The Thacher School Board of Trustees.
Mr. Chao received a bachelor’s degree in economics and East Asian studies from Brown University and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University. |