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Lip-Bu Tan is Chairman and founder of Walden International and has been active in the venture capital industry for the past two decades. Additionally, he introduced and pioneered the U.S. venture capital concept in Asia and contributed towards the promotion of early-stage technology investing in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to Walden International, he was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy. Lip-Bu is a board member of Cadence Design (NYSE:CDN), Centillium Communications (NASDAQ:CTLM), Creative Technology (NASDAQ:CREAF), Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), ISSI (NASDAQ: ISSI), Leadis Technology (NASDAQ: LDIS), Sina (NASDAQ: SINA), SMIC (NYSE:SMI / HKSE:981), the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a member of the Visiting Committee for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a member of the Committee of 100. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Francisco for 9 years. Lip-Bu holds a B.S. in Physics from Nanyang University in Singapore, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco. | 