Marcus Yang
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Marcus Yang | |
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 Marcus Yang at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei in January 2021 | |
| Born | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Nationality | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BS) UC Berkeley (MS) |
| Occupation(s) | President at Amaryllo Inc. Member at Band of Angels (investors) Advisor at SUM.vc |
Chao-Tung Marcus Yang (Chinese: 楊朝棟) is an entrepreneur and investor born in Taiwan. He is a member of the Band of Angels, the first high technology specific angel investment group in the United States.[1] He and Mr. Garrett Gilbertson started Band of Angles Los Angeles Special Interest Group in early 2019.[2] The Band reviews more than 1,000 deals per year. In 2021 the Band invested in 24 startups. He also serves as an advisor at Startup Mavericks Ventures. [3]
Life and career[edit]
Yang was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) majoring in Electrical Engineering and received MSEE from UC Berkeley majoring in wireless communication IC design.[4] He was President and CEO at MStar Semiconductor USA. MStar is world’s number-one TV and LCD monitor IC design company with 4,000 employees worldwide.[5] MStar went public (TSE: 3697) and valued at $6B in Taiwan in 2010.[6] Company later merged with its nemesis MediaTek forming world’s top 3 IC design company in 2012.[7]
He founded KeyStone Semiconductor in 2009 and led the company engineering teams to develop the first single-chip FM/DAB/DAB+ receiver IC published at 2010 ESSCIRC.[8] Mr. Yang founded Amaryllo Inc. in 2012 [9] and introduced world’s first Skype certified IP cameras with military grade 256-bit encryption at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2013.[10] He invented and filed patents on the embedded auto-tracking security camera employing computer vision. The first standalone auto-tracking security cameras were introduced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and won the best innovation award at CES 2015 under embedded technology category.[11] Amaryllo won another CES Best Innovation Award under Smart Cities category in 2018 CES.[12]
Honors[edit]
Mr. Yang was the 2017 Taiwan Most Outstanding Entrepreneur Award winner [13] and served as Taiwan's National Data Security Review Committee in 2017. He had been honored by Taiwan Presidents 6 times from 2015 to 2020.[14] He enjoys technology innovation and has filed over 100 patents worldwide.
References[edit]
- ^ "Chao-Tung Marcus Yang".
- ^ "Los Angeles SiG".
- ^ "Marcus Yang, SUM Ventures".
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctyang/ [self-published source]
- ^ "IHS: MStar still leads DTV SoC market". 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Mstar Semiconductor to launch IPO on Taiwan bourse. - Free Online Library".
- ^ "MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor Announce Merger Agreement". 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Keystone Semiconductor to Introduce World's First Single-Chip FM/DAB/DAB+ Receiver IC at 2010 ESSCIRC". 22 July 2012.
- ^ "COMPUTEX 2017's InnoVEX Global Innovation and Tech Startup Ecosystem Ends on High Note". 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Amaryllo reveals iCam HD, the world's first wireless HD Skype camera". 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Amaryllo Receives 2015 CES Best of Innovation Award".
- ^ "AMARYLLO wins 2018 CES Best of Innovation Awards - Secutech Today".
- ^ "國家品牌玉山獎官方網站".
- ^ https://m.facebook.com/163194093728953/posts/2348954011819606/ [user-generated source]