Zvi Galil
Dean, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
(www.seas.columbia.edu)

David Yeung
Founder and Chairman, Workwise
(www.howworkworks.com)

David Yeung is the founder and Chairman of WorkWise, a New York-based consulting and training company that specializes in teaching working professionals and university students job-hunting and work-related skills. People who attended WorkWise career workshops include current or former employees of AT&T, McGraw-Hill, Morgan Stanley, Merck, and PwC, as well as students from Barnard, Brown, Columbia, NYU, RPI, and Rutgers. Prior to founding WorkWise, Mr. Yeung was a co-founder of Entransit, an Internet software firm, where he pioneered the concept of Actionable Messaging Technology, built a 20-person organization, and led the venture capital funding efforts. Prior to Entransit, Mr. Yeung was a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Yeung received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management Systems with a minor in Economics from Columbia University.

In addition to building his own startup company WorkWise, Mr. Yeung is also an Area Governor of Toastmasters International, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the public speaking skills of its members. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Morgan Stanley, The New York Times, and Reuters are among the corporate clubs that are under Mr. Yeung's management and mentorship.

James Hahn
Co-Founder and Chairman, GlobalVentureNetwork
(www.globalventurenetwork.com)

James started his Wall Street investment banking career in 1985 as a Vice President at PaineWebber and as a Senior Vice President at Prudential Securities. James managed a global equity hedge fund from 1993 until 1995. He worked in Hong Kong from 1996-1999 as a Vice President at Merrill Lynch, and at UBS AG. During that time, James was active in arranging private equity investment transactions in Korea, Thailand and Greater China. James, as a Founder and Partner of Alpine Venture Associates, LLC, has extensive experience in global venture investments, with a focus on wireless applications and Internet infrastructure technology. He is an active member of New York's Silicon Alley venture community. James is a founding investor of Broadway National Bank of New York, a commercial bank located in the heart of Silicon Alley. James graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Entrepreneurial Management.

Venetia Kontogouris
Managing Director, Trident Capital
(www.tridentcapital.com)

Prior to joining Trident Capital, Venetia was President of Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health. Earlier, she was Senior Vice President, Venture Development, with Cognizant Corporation. She represented Cognizant in the Information Partners Capital Fund formed by Dun & Bradstreet and Bain Capital which focused on the information industry and leveraged buyouts.

Venetia has held executive positions in new product development and marketing at D&B. She also held sales management positions for AT&T and IBM. An entrepreneur herself, Venetia launched her own start-up company in the telecommunications industry in 1981.

Venetia serves on the Board of Directors of Avesta Technologies, Berkeley Enterprise Partners, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Aptegrity, Inc., eCredit.com, Inc., Event Zero, Questra Corporation, Saleshound.com, Inc., T.R.A.D.E., Inc., Vality Technology Inc. and Viant (VIAN).

She earned a BA from Northeastern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Ed Milbank
Organizer, IgniteAsiaChallenge
(www.igniteasiachallenge.com)

Steve Murray
General Partner, Chase Capital Partners
(www.chasecapital.com)

Prior to joining CCP, Mr. Murray was a Vice President with the Middle-Market Lending Division of Manufacturers Hanover. Mr. Murray holds a B.A. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He currently is a Director of American Floral Services, Home Products International, Futurecall Telemarketing, The International Cornerstone Group, La Petite Academy, and Regent Lighting Corporation.

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