The Founding Partners

 

Peter Tong

IpLearn's managing partner, is also the co-founder of IpVenture, which creates, acquires and licenses technologies and patents. Prior to forming IpVenture, Tong co-founded and served as CEO of  a CRM software company based on natural-language search technologies.  Additional experiences include practicing intellectual property law at Silicon Valley 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. from Caltech.

Chi Fai Ho

IpLearn's co-founder, is currently President and co-founder of Smartpeering Inc., specializing in mobile apps for video delivery. Prior to Smartpeering, he was CEO and founder of Peopletech, an Internet TV start-up. Additional experiences include serving as the CTO of Ethernet Product of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., Vice President of Engineering for Tidal Networks, Senior Director at Nokia Networks, Vice President of Engineering for Amber Networks, Manager and Scientist at Network Equipment Technology, and technical positions with Cisco and Unisys. Before venturing into the industry, he was an Associate Professor at California State University, Hayward. Additionally, Ho has over 60 U.S. patents granted in the areas of digital media, telecommunication, networking, Internet search and e-learning. He received his B.S. degree from California State University, Hayward, and his Ph.D. degree from Caltech.