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2009 Seminar

20090718(Stanford, CA)

                  From an Entrepreneur to Venture Capitalist and From US to Asia

Abstract:

I will go through my experience with Optical Industry evolution and its new opportunities. The talk will be informal without slides. Questions and discussions are encouraged.

Biography:

Mr. Chen is the founder and chairman of Acorn Campus, a Silicon Valley Incubator focused on the communication systems and components sector. He currently chairs several companies spanning the markets of optical switching / networking, multi-service access networking, SONET access, enhanced service software, high-end ATM chip technology and firewall/VPN devices. As one of the principal founders of ANDA Networks, Mr. Chen was instrumental in providing key product concepts which have been developed into ANDA's award winning next-generation platforms.

A successful networking entrepreneur and venture incubator, Wu-Fu Chen is a widely recognized industry leader who has helped launch 11 successful networking companies in the past 15 years. Mr. Chen's prior experience includes new product development and staff scientist roles at Bytex Corporation and Wang Laboratories. Mr. Chen also was the vice president of Technologies at Cisco Systems responsible for leading Cisco's MC3810 Integrated Voice, Data & Video Access Concentrator product development. Mr. Chen's legendary insight into the telecommunications market has led him to found several successful networking industry companies. He is best known for his role as founder and vice president of engineering at Cascade Communications, and guided Cascade through its IPO in 1994 and on to the company's peak of nearly $10 Billion in market capitalization. Mr. Chen received a master of science in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville; and a Bachelor of Science majoring in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University.