Michael Yang, Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of NetGeo, will talk about 
technology and entrepreneurship 
in Silicon Valley from the global perspective.?? 
????????Date/Time: February 6th(Tue) 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM 
????????Place: C250 ????

Class is open for any students subject to availability. 


Michael Yang,Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder
Michael is Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of NetGeov. Prior to NetGeo??
Michael cofounded mySimon Inc. in April 1998 and served as its President & 
CEO from April 1998 to January 1999, and as Chairman of the Board from 
January 1999 to February 2000. mySimon was selected by Time Digital as one of 
Top 25 e-Commerce sites in 1999, raised $30M in venture capital and was 
successfully acquired by CNET for $700M in January 2000 to become the 
world-leader in online comparison shopping. From 1984 to 1998, Michael held 
technical and executive positions with several Silicon Valley high-tech 
companies including the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Intergraph Corp., 
Samsung Electronics Corp., and Jazz Multimedia Inc. Michael holds a BS degree 
in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, an MBA from 
the Haas School of Business, and an MS in computer science from Columbia 
University. Michael is a member of President George W. Bush's IT Advisory 
Council. Michael also serves on the Board of Trustees of Handong University 
in Korea and on the board of eJigsaw Inc., a high-technology start-up venture 
in Silicon Valley.