Dr. Teik-Kheong (TK) Tan

Tel: +6584685139/+60163382848

Email: tktan@ieee.org

SUMMARY

Skills Summary

- A senior educator, technopreneur and product management executive with a proven track record in

teaching, product research, development, deployment and program management in finance &

technology areas. Developed a broad based experience in Ecosystem & Supply Chain Management,

Product Management/ Marketing and Standards/Regulatory functions. Especially knowledgeable in

Consumer, Mobile and Enterprise markets for 3G/4G/5G, wireless semiconductor, cloud computing

and IoT. Business consulting experience in management of technology ecosystem and supply chain

management.

Technical Summary - Strong background in research methodologies incl data analytics, Bayesian inference, multivariate

statistical analysis, seasons and cycle analysis. Working knowledge of wireless and broadband

protocols: IMS, SIP, VoIP, RF, wireless (Wi-Fi, ZigBee, LTE, 3GPP), cloud computing and ULP

networking.

Research Interest

- IoT, Cloud computing, medical technology and devices. Networking solutions for connecting low

energy enabled machines to IoT. Wearable and ubiquitous computing.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

  · 30+ years product management experience in US and Asia Pacific Rim for wireless/wireline

  · 15+ years involvement in pedagogical, course development, teaching and industry outreach

  · Achieved $20 Million (USD) sales through strategic partnership and ecosystem development in telco.

  · 20+ years - Industry experience in functional areas related to strategy, entrepreneurship, international business and marketing

  · Seasoned Speaker at technology conferences and workshops – wireless and business strategies

  · Experienced in building and leading Marketing/Support team – YTL Comms, Whiznets, 3Com, Philips/NXP and GCT.

  · Experienced in industry liaisons with Government and regulatory agencies (regulatory-FCC, economic development boards).

  · Experienced in writing technical and business strategies (4th book in progress “Wireless Made Easy”.)

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  · Partial list of OEM Companies Successfully Sold-To over the last 5+ years:

o Google, Intel, Samsung, LG, Apple, Motorola, BenQ/Qisda, HTC, Alvarion, Sony, AT&T, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, UT

Starcom, Siemens, Nokia, Palm, SonyEricsson, NEC, Cisco, Netgear, Kyocera, VIA

  · Partial list of OEM/ODM Companies Successfully Sold-To over the last 5+ years – Taiwan, Korea, China, Japan:

o Foxconn/Hon Hai, LiteOn, Tecom, Microlink, Compalcom, ALPS, Foxlink, Quanta, Gemtek, Zyxel, Asus, IAC, ECS,

Myungmin systems, Modacom, Works Systems, Cameo, Murata, Sony

  · Partial list of Operators and Carriers Successfully Sold-To (indirect) over the last 10+ years:

o Clearwire, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, China Mobile, Korea Telecom, Comcast, Singtel, FET, FiTEL, Packet-One,

Tatung, VMAX, Vee, Max Telecom(Bulgaria), AsiaSpace, Global Mobile Corp, Cable Vision(Argentina), GIPZ,

Telmex, Axtel, OneMax over the last 10+ years

  · Major consortium worked closely with on Standardization and Certification Issues at IEEE, Wi-Fi Alliance, WiMAX

Forum and Open Patent Alliance (OPA)

o AT4, Motorola, Philips, HP, Nokia, Broadcom, Atheros, Marvell, Cisco, Nortel, Sanyo, Toshiba, Qualcomm,

  · 15+ years standards/regulatory experience (IEEE 802.11, 802.15, 802.16, WiMAX Forum, Wi-Fi Alliance, ATM Forum,

Frame Relay Forum, IETF, 10GEA, OFDM Forum, WiMAX Forum, OPA) including strategy and tactical execution.

EDUCATION

  · Industrial Doctorate (PhD) Oct 2015, Asia e University, Malaysia. Conferred Senior Corporate Fellow for outstanding

achievements, March 15 2016.

  · Master of Science (Software Engineering), Andrews University, Michigan, Top of class (GPA 3.9)

  · Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Option), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1988, USA

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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  · Reviewer of International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC) (2016)

  · Chair, IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs Next Generation Committee (2001 – 2012)

  · Vice-Chair, Wi-Fi Alliance TGn Marketing Group (Dec 2005 – 2012)

  · Co-chair, IEEE 802.11 5Ghz Study Group, IEEE 802.11 Wireless Interworking Group (2002 – 2010)

  · Voting Member and active participant of IEEE 802.11 (WLANs), IEEE 802.15 (WPANs), IEEE 802.18 (Radio Regulatory),

IEEE 802.16 (FWA), IEEE 802.19 (Coexistence) and IEEE 802.20

  · Chair, Communications Group, Mobile Advisory Council (2000 – 2001)

  · Vice President and Board member, Marketing chair ATM Forum (1995-1999)

  · Founder and president, ATM Special Interest Group (S’pore) (1994 – 1996)

  · Chairman, IEEE Communications Chapter (S’pore) (1995 – 1997)

  · IEEE Reviewer on Broadband Networks, Internet & Communications Systems.

  · Editor-in-Chief IEEE Communications Society Newsletter, AP

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

  · Conferred Senior Corporate Fellow – March 2016 by Asia e University for outstanding contributions

  · Awarded Fellowship - Internetworks NETAPPS2015 (Malaysian Comm & Multimedia Comms, Internet Society (ISOC))

  · Awarded PhD scholarship from Malaysian Government (MYBRAIN) 2014

  · Tan, T. K., & Bing, B. (2014). Options strategy for technology companies. Paper presented at the Computer and Information

Sciences (ICCOINS), 2014 International Conference on Communications and Technology.

  · Tan, T. K., Merouane, L., & Connor, S. (2015). A SEM Bayesian approach to Implied Volatility Analysis of the S&P 500, IEEE

SCORed 2015 Research and Development Conference.

  · Co-Author of “The World Wide Wi-Fi: Technological Trends and Business Strategies” John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0471463566,

Publish date: July 2003. .

  · Co-Author of “Wireless Local Area Networks: The New Wireless Revolution” John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047122474X and “The

ATM Handbook” McGraw Hill; ISBN: 007031179X

  · Co-Author of “The ATM Handbook” McGraw Hill; ISBN: 007031179X

  · Author of “Wireless Made Easy” John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471720003

  · Academic Research paper in 2013 – Options Strategy for Technology Companies – IEEE Conference on Research and

Development 2013

  · Academic Research paper published in 1996 - Window/credit based flow control in ATM networks

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10884004?versionId=12717668

  · Listed as honorary member in International Who’s Who of Professionals, Oct 99

  · Recipient of ATM Forum Spotlight award for advancing ATM in Asia Pacific.

  · National Computer Board (Singapore) Special Contribution Award

  · Academic Scholarship, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

EXPERIENCE

2014 – Present Oceana Ventures Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Co-Founder (Asia Pacific)

  · 3rd Engineering Startup – focus on Medtech, IoT, wearable computing and low power/form factor

products, sensors for M2M and IoT

• Establish sales channel and product management function to support customers’ business plans incl software development.

• Business development on data analytics market

• Manage cross functional teams in India, North Asia, US and Asia Pacific

2012 – 2014

Whiznets, Inc, San Ramon, California

Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Asia Pacific

Manage and coordinate Sales and Business Development, Product Marketing and Marketing Communications

functions for Wireless Communications Services and Product - LTE/WiMAX, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

  · Establish sales channel and product management function to support customers’ business plans along with

software development plans.

  · Business development for entire Asia Pacific.

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  · Manage cross functional teams in India, US and Asia Pacific

2010 – 2012

YTL Communications Sdn Bhd, KL, Malaysia

Vice President of Product Management, WiMAX/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

Reporting to the Executive Directors/CEO, manage and coordinate Standards Participation, Product

Management, Product Marketing and Marketing Communications functions for 4G Operator and terminal

products.

  · Establish product development and product management function to support YTL Communications’ business

plan, competitive landscape, global standards leadership and marketing objectives.

  · Develop and execute plan for product development and management. Key elements include :o

Create device portfolio along with high level business case;

o Drive business development and partnerships (devices and chipsets);

o Maintains excellent business relationship with clients, partners, vendors, distributors, government authorities

and other stakeholders;

o Drive execution of product development, launch and lifecycle management;

o Organization design and process development to ensure sustainability of business objectives;

o Drive 4G standards (WiMAX, LTE) and industry forum participation;

o Foster strong relationships with operators/regulatory bodies to increase YTL's competitiveness;

o Support CEO in key decision making processes to ensure YTL Communications and its mission, brand,

programs, products and services are consistently presented in strong and positive image to relevant

stakeholders thereby positioning the Company in the marketplace in compliance with the strategic direction of

the Board/Group;

o Strategic marketing - strong messaging and positioning;

o Sales and support strategy;

o Identify and resolve operational issues impacting product launch.

2007 – 2010

GCT Semiconductor, Inc, San Jose, CA

Director of Product Management, WiMAX/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

Reporting to the VP of Business Development/Marketing/Sales, manage and coordinate Standards Development,

Product Management, Product Marketing and Marketing Communications functions for WiMAX/WiFi CPE

(SoC) and terminal products.

  · Business Development and Sales – primary interface to ecosystem partners (Motorola, Clearwire, Samsung, Zyxel,

Sony, SEMC, Microsoft etc) to build out WiMAX business. (starting to engage LTE vendors currently for similar

discussions)

  · Product Roadmap Management – Lead cross-functional teams during product definition and product development

(MRD) and forecasting. Manage customer and business partner requirements to ensure alignment with product

roadmap.

  · Customer Engagement Strategy – develop detailed customer engagement strategies to maximize immediate

revenue while keeping medium and long term revenue objectives on track, including pricing, allocation and

application support.

  · Build and manage application engineering support team for systematic support for tiered customers.

  · Build and maintain strategic relationships with WiMAX and WiFi Consumer Electronics OEMs/ODMs including

component suppliers – PAs, Antenna etc..

  · Segment responsibility for sales and business development. Structured and closed strategic deals between GCT

and its first Original Design Manufacturer partners in Taiwan and China. Signed up the first PC OEM and

networking customers for the products. Brought two senior Applications Engineers and the Taiwanese Country

Manager into the company.

  · Product Enhancements - Actively monitor and search for ways to improve existing products to provide a sustained

competitive advantage to GCT through co-development efforts utilizing GCT’s Intellectual Property and 3rd Party

vendors for Android support; internally champion these efforts; negotiate, implement and manage co-development

efforts.

  · Built extended engineering support team to supplement R&D through partnerships

  · Managed the company’s involvement in the IEEE, WiMAX Forum, Wi-Fi Alliance and Open Patent Alliance

(OPA).

2004 – 2007

Telecis Wireless, Campbell, California – Strategic Advisor (part time)

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Telecis Wireless is a semiconductor company that develops wireless SoC for fixed, portable and mobile broadband

wireless communications market. Assisted in corporate strategy and product development, research and

marketing of flagship products. Company was bought out by Qualcomm in 2007.

  · Corporate Strategy: Helped secure Series C funding of $10M in Jan 2006. Assisted in sale of Mobile wireless

assets to Qualcomm in April 2007.

  · Product Direction: TCW 1620 WiMAX fixed/portable chip to provide WiMAX access for indoor fixed CPE, PC

cards and small form factor portable consumer devices; TCW 2720 for CPE, handheld devices and PC cards to

WIMAX operators, user terminal OEM and end users in WIMAX mobile market.

2002 – 2006

Philips Broadband Network (Manlius, New York) and Philips Semiconductors (San Jose, California)

Senior Product Management, Strategic Alliances, Broadband and Wireless LAN

Reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, manage and coordinate Product Management, Product

Marketing and Marketing Communications functions for Wireless LAN CPE products (including dual band

802.11a/b/g/n and low power 802.11b/g systems and related software) and Wireless PANs (Bluetooth-Coexistence,

UWB).

  · Product Roadmap Management (Broadband) – Lead design and production teams for broadband – incl

transmission products (transmitters/receivers, optical nodes, network amplifiers, network optimizing technologies

(DWDM, WDM and bandstacking devices) and element management systems. PBN acquired by C-COR in 2003.

  · Product Roadmap Management (Semiconductors) – Lead worldwide cross-functional teams during product

definition and product development and forecasting. Manage customer and business partner requirements to ensure

alignment with product roadmap.

  · Product Definition - Provide Senior Management and Engineering with competitive analysis and strategies for

early market entry and 3rd party products for product enhancements, definition of next generation requirements

and "make-buy" decisions.

  · Strategic Alliances - Identify acquisition/partnering targets; create business cases for strategic relationships;

negotiate, implement and manage initial business arrangements to OEM products from 3rd parties to Philips

  · Standards Management - Represent Philips in standards/consortia, help influence and drive standards activity to

ensure alignment with product roadmap and strategies with different divisions. Protect Philips IP position.

  · Build and maintain strategic relationships with Philips Consumer Electronics and other consumer electronics

companies.

  · Build and maintain strategic relationships with Asian OEMs/ODMs.

  · Market Research and Competitive Analysis - Perform targeted market research and analysis that drives product

co-development, supports business case analyses and help competitively position products for sales efforts.

  · Manage indirect reports in Asia and Europe and driving product line strategies through them.

  · Planned the long-term financial model to handle the industry transition to various platforms (2.4 Ghz to 5

Ghz/802.11b to 802.11a/g, WLAN-BT Coexistence, WLAN-GSM/GPRS-BT coexistence)

  · Product Enhancements - Actively monitor and search for ways to improve existing products to provide a

sustained competitive advantage to Philips through co-development efforts utilizing Philips’ Intellectual

Property; internally champion these efforts; negotiate, implement and manage co-development efforts.

  · Identify, develop and implement additional agreements as required with partners to fulfill general terms of

contractual agreements.

  · Managed strategic relationships with key partners and carriers (Motorola, AT&T, Huawei, TCL, UT Starcom,

IBM, Intel, AMD, Siemens, Nokia, Palm, SonyEricsson, Samsung, NEC, Cisco, T-Mobile, China Mobile,

Taiwan Inc.)

  · Extensive experience in customer support, business evaluation, feasibility, specification, implementation and

qualification of WLAN/Bluetooth customer designs.

  · In-depth knowledge of BT Software Stack structures, protocols and standards, software drivers for Windows,

Pocket PC and Linux environments and familiarity with Intel Mainstone and OMAP Development Platforms.

  · Good understanding of WLAN/ Bluetooth chipset coexistence architecture, hardware and software, protocol stack.

1998 - 2002

3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA

Strategy and Business Development Manager, Wireless and Gigabit Ethernet (2000 - 2002)

Reporting to the Senior Director of Business Development, manage and direct Product Marketing and Marketing

Communications functions for all Wireless (terminal and CPE), LAN, Bluetooth, router and switch products,

including ATM and Gigabit Ethernet systems and related software.

  · In conjunction with Vice President of Operations, redefined Program Management Process, resulting in a 10%

reduction in time to market period for Wireless Products.

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  · Identified incremental revenue opportunities where 3Com could leverage products into solutions with 3rd party

companies who have strong enterprise channels (storage players, GigE players, WWAN, WLANs, xSP).

  · Identified and managed strategic inbound/outbound technology licensing agreements including due diligence,

term sheet development, contract negotiation, executive review etc.

  · Performed new business and channels investigations, evaluations and analysis. Made recommendations to

3Com Executives on partnership, licensing, standards coordination, and M&A opportunities.

  · Performed new channel development activities (e.g. xSPs, Systems Integrators, etc.)

  · Performed acquisition and investment screening, evaluation and business case development (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,

UWB, IP Storage, 10Gig Ethernet, Optical Ethernet, TCP Offloading)

  · Initiated and maintained strategic relationship with Taiwanese/Japanese/Chinese partners to expand the wireless

and gigabit Ethernet product lines.

  · Delivered analysis and decision support to 3Com management and product divisions through ongoing business

intelligence, competitive analysis, share analysis, primary and secondary research.

  · Performed business and financial investigations for new market entries (including disruptive technologies) and

recommended to 3Com executives (10 Gigabit Ethernet, Optical Networking, IP Storage, 5Ghz Wireless LANs,

UWB).

  · Managed wireless and gigabit Ethernet activities in APR. Helped sales respond to RFI/RFPs, established special

programs to further sales efforts of product lines.

  · Managed and maintained strategic relationships with key partners and carriers (IBM, Microsoft, HP, DELL,

Sprint, TI, China Telecom, China Mobile, Intel, NTT)

Manager, Standards and Regulatory (2000-2002), Santa Clara, CA

  · Identified and managed strategic and tactical implementations of 3Com Wireless LAN and Gigabit Ethernet

standards and regulatory affairs.

  · Supported 3Com product and engineering with standards strategy and participation in standards and regulatory

  · Organized several industry reviews with participation from over 20 companies, resulting in industry wide support

and lobby for petitioning to worldwide regulatory bodies (ITU-WRC03, FCC, NTIA, MMAC, ETSI)

  · Liaison to FCC and other worldwide regulatory bodies.

  · Co-Chaired Wi-Fi Alliance (aka WECA) Asia Pacific marketing committee.

Product Marketing Manager, WAN Access Products (ATM, FR, VPN) (1998-2000), Santa Clara & Singapore

  · Brought two new products through entire front-end product life cycle, resulting in a 25% increase in revenues

over previous product line and doubling the installed base.

  · Worked closely with Product Management team in HQ to develop marketing/sales strategy, product positioning

and key messages for enterprise WAN platforms. These platforms include traditional routing platforms (e.g.

NETBuilder II, OCNB), VPN tunnel switching solutions (e.g. PathBuilder S500), voice integration (VOIP)

solutions (e.g. PathBuilder S200/S400), and future platforms

  · Worked across-functionally within 3Com to ensure that customer /channel/sales programs are in place to train,

support, and consult on WAN technology

  · Participated in partnerships and industry organizations such as The ATM Forum, IEEE and Frame Relay Forum

1997-1998

TTK Consulting (a networking startup), Singapore & Malaysia

Managing Director and Founder

  · Provided broadband consulting to telcos, Governments, MNCs and education sectors in Asia Pacific. Service

included network planning and design, performance optimization and analysis, interoperability platforms setup

and training.

1996-1997

Innovative Training Concepts (an IT startup), Singapore

CEO

  · Provided network training and consulting to MNCs and education sectors in Asia Pacific. Services included

network planning and design, performance optimization and analysis, interoperability platforms setup and training.

1989-1996

Information Communication Institute of Singapore (AT&T Bell Labs/National Computer Board),

Singapore and AT&T Bell Labs, New Jersey

Head, Applied R&D and Technology

  · Promoted to head of department for applied R&D and Technology - 1993

  · Course developer and lecturer of Software Engineering process and methodology, Network planning, Design

and simulation. Project managed technical development of Government initiative in development of a

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multimedia broadband network (Singapore ONE). Specific duties included design of infrastructure, evaluation

of architectural alternatives in local and core access technologies. The local access technology included ADSL,

HFC, FTTH, and FTTC. Technical advisor to National High Speed Testbed project on broadband technologies.

1986 - 1988

ProMega Corporation (pharmaceutical company), Madison, Wisconsin

MIS Manager

  · Developed, monitored and maintained a DECNet PCSA network environment. Upgraded network facilities with

sensitivity towards cost effectiveness and security.

1986 - 1988

University of Wisconsin Data Center and Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin

Independent Consultant

  · Maintained university’s broadband network. Tuning RF modems, laid cables. Planned and developed network

design for university departments based on data requirements and growth. Performed network troubleshooting,

traffic engineering for both voice and data networks.

LANGUAGES

  · English, Mandarin, MinNan (Taiwanese), Cantonese, Hokkien and Malay

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