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Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP
801 California Street,
Mountain View CA

Speakers:
Jason Ma, CEO, Vanteus Academy
Paul Kim Ph.D, CTO, Stanford University School of Education
Ron Fortune Ph.D, CEO, Education.com
Richard B. Dasher, Ph.D, Director of US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University (Moderator)

Event Synopsis:

Not many know that the global education market sees $2.3 trillion per year and is the second largest industry worldwide. The education industry is perhaps like the medical industry in the 70s to 80s, where high IQ and ideas abound but may be short on business acumen and EQ. Offline or classroom-type of education service delivery is common and continues to grow in many markets, including China. On the flip side or in conjunction, online education services have begun or are already thriving in more and more global markets, including the U.S. This panel of offline and online education executives and experts will offer a dynamic discussion of industry insights and trends, and perhaps contrarian views from a few key angles in this quite exciting space.

Program
6:30 - 7:00pm Registration and Networking
7:00 - 8:30pm Panel Discussion
8:30 - 9:00pm More Networking

Speakers’ Bios:

Richard B. Dasher, Ph.D, Director of US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University

At Stanford University, Richard Dasher has been the Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center since 1994 and Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems since 1998. Under Professor Dasher, the US-ATMC pioneered innovative uses of the Internet and also interactive videoconferences for education and public programs. Prof. Dasher became an outside board director of Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) in 2004-05 and continues on their Management Council and as Advisor to the Tohoku University president. He has served as an expert reviewer for major grant funding programs of the Canadian and Japanese governments. Prof. Dasher received the Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University and served as Director of the U.S. State Department’s advanced training centers in Japanese and Korean for U.S. diplomats in 1986-1990. He then developed international business as a board director of two Japanese firms in Tokyo from 1990-93. Prof. Dasher maintains an active private consulting practice in regard to new business creation and growth, Asia market strategy, and technology management. He is an outside board director of the semiconductor firm ZyCube, and he advises several start-up companies in Japan, China, and Silicon Valley.

Jason Ma, CEO, Vanteus Academy

Jason Ma serves as CEO at Vanteus Academy (www.vanteus.com), a premier provider of SAT and college prep (in-center and online) services for high school students. One-fifth of Vanteus students have achieved SAT scores ranking in the top 1% in the U.S., and numerous Vanteus-prepared students attend top-tier colleges. Jason also serves as CEO at JiSharp, an e-learning technology and service company in China, and CEO at Congruent Partners. He brings 23 years of experience in the offline and online education, Internet, wireless, new media, and software service sectors. Globally well connected, Jason is seasoned in strategy, sales/marketing, and general management across the U.S. and Asia Pacific.

Previously, Jason served as acting CXO, Board Director, Advisor, Co-Founder, and/or Angel Investor at several promising private Chinese companies. Earlier, as Managing Director of iPass Asia Pacific and Japan, Jason led international sales and was central in taking iPass from early stage to world market leadership and beyond the first S-1 for IPO. Previously, he was Head of International or Asia Pacific for several technology companies. A thought leader and a dynamic speaker, Jason is often tapped to speak or provide commentary or advice by leading international CEO conferences, media properties, investment management firms, and universities. These include Forbes, CNBC Asia Pacific, numerous Wall Street firms, China Europe Business Meeting, Stanford, UC Berkeley, INSEAD, NUS. Jason holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley.

Paul Kim Ph.D, CTO, Stanford University School of Education

Dr. Paul Kim is the Chief Technology Officer at Stanford University School of Education. He is a leading expert in educational entrepreneurship, higher education accreditation issues, e-learning technology and institutional ERP, technology-based learning and assessment for the K-20 education space. He has a Ph.D. degree in Educational Technology and currently leads various technology R&D projects. He also teaches various courses related to web-based technologies in education and for-profit education ventures at Stanford University.

Ronald Fortune Ph.D, CEO of Education.com

On October 18, 2006, Ronald Fortune became the CEO of Education.com. Azure Capital and Telesoft Partners back education.com.

Previously, Ronald Fortune was the founder and CEO of Edumetrics Learning - a startup focused on developing and marketing technology based educational content for students. Edumetrics Learning formed a partnership with the EPGY program at Stanford University.

Ronald is the former CEO of Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC) where he served as CEO for ten years. He joined Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC) in 1979 as a sales representative. In 1986 he became Vice President of Sales and in 1988 became the Chief Operating Officer. When Simon & Schuster acquired CCC in 1990, Ronald Fortune was named President and CEO. In 1995, Viacom acquired CCC as a part of Simon & Schuster. During his tenure as CEO, revenue increased from $28 million to $150 million making CCC the largest educational software company in the United States. While CEO of CCC, Ronald participated in numerous strategic planning sessions with other Simon & Schuster companies (now Pearson Education). Fortune chaired the company- wide task force for effective use of technology and oversaw Simon and Schuster’s Advanced Technology Group for all the S&S publishers.

Ronald Fortune has delivered numerous speeches, presentations and provided numerous testimonials to federal and state congressional committees, numerous international educational leaders, educational associations, various governmental groups, fund managers, and Wall Street analysts. He has served as a member of California's Information Technology Council and as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Software and Information Industry Association (formerly Software Publishers Association). Ronald served as President of the CEO Forum, a Washington, DC based organization advocating the use of technology in schools. He also served on the National Board for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education for two years from September 1999 to September 2001. For two years, Ronald served as a Board member of Toolfarm, an Internet startup. From 2002 to 2003, Ronald served on the Board of Directors for Edison Schools, Inc. In that capacity, he chaired the Education Committee and served on the Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors dissolved when the company went private. Currently, he serves as a senior advisor to Project Pipeline- nonprofit teacher recruitment and credentialing institute. In addition, Ronald volunteers in various school and community functions.

He has been a secondary classroom teacher as well as a school administrator. Dr. Fortune holds a Ph.D. in education, MBA and a B.A. degree in history and sociology, all from the University of California, Berkeley.

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