About Us
IpLearn has developed an entire portfolio of learning technologies
that help companies and individuals raise their overall "learning
productivity" through precision-guided learning systems. IpLearn
has more than twenty issued patents and multiple patent applications
pending for e-learning technologies.
Founded by two innovative engineers, IpLearn focuses on inventing
and creating useful learning technology. It's our wish that others
will benefit from our e-learning expertise by licensing our technologies
and helping to bring them to market.
The Founding Partners
Peter Tong, IpLearn’s managing partner,
is also the co-founder of IpVenture
which partners with innovators and entrepreneurs to realize values
of intellectual creations. Prior to creating IpVenture, Tong co-founded
and served as CEO of a CRM software company based on natural-language
search technologies. He has practiced intellectual property law
at Bay Area law firms and at Hewlett-Packard, where he also developed
a number of instruments. He has a JD/MBA from Santa Clara University
and a Ph.D in electrical engineering from Caltech.
Chi Fai Ho, IpLearn’s cofounder, is currently
the CTO of Ethernet Product of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. Prior
to joining Vitesse, he was vice president of engineering for Tidal
Networks. He headed a business program and system technology group
at Nokia on 3G and GPRS gateway platforms. Before joining Nokia,
he was vice president of engineering for Amber Networks (subsequently
acquired by Nokia). He has held various engineering and management
positions with Network Equipment Technology, Cisco and Unisys. Additionally,
Ho has over 40 U.S. patents granted in the area of telecommunication,
networking, Internet search and e-learning. He received his B.S.
degree from California State University Hayward, and his Ph.D. degree
from California Institute of Technology.