Company: Team

 

Milton Chen, Ph.D.

CEO

TeamMilton's pioneering PhD research at Stanford University has shown why videoconferencing has failed to become ubiquitous despite billions in investments since 1927. His insight in how to make videoconferencing an everyday experience has led to more than 40 invited talks to countries ranging from Iceland to Nigeria to Saudi Arabia. He received the DEMO God award at DEMO 06, and is the co-author of XMPP video standard. Milton received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford University.

Christopher Herot

Chief Product Officer

TeamChris is responsible for ensuring that VSee's product functionality meets the needs of its customers. Chris has extensive experience in digital media, having directed the Advanced Technology Group at Lotus Development, where he introduced Video Notes and RealTime Notes, and having founded three software companies: Javelin Software, MessageMachines, and Convoq. Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Art & Design and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was on the faculty of what is now the M.I.T. Media Laboratory.

Tom Luketich

VP Sales & Marketing

TeamTom is responsible for the Sales & Marketing at VSee. Tom has been involved in a number of ventures including: Mountain Network Solutions, Nakamichi and several start-up companies. He has over 24 years of experience with 15 years in the Video Conferencing and Collaboration markets. His career is distinguished by an impressive record of achievement in launching, building and leading companies ' from start-up, funding and staffing through to full-scale operation. Tom offers the value of high-caliber general management qualifications and an entrepreneurial spirit, combined with expert sales, marketing and business development performance.

Erika Chuang, Ph.D.

User Experience Architect

TeamErika works on user interface and usability aspect of the VSee software. Prior to joining VSee, she held positions at Hewlett Packard, Disney Feature Animation, IBM, and the University of California. She has worked on audio and visual communications for over 10 years. Her work spanned from acoustic modeling for speech recognition to statistical modeling for facial expression analysis and animation. She received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Electric Engineering from Stanford University.

Linda Wang

Network Architect

TeamLinda works on aspects of VSee software that involve network communication and scalability. She graduated in 1997 from Stanford University with a B.S. and a M.S. in electrical engineering. Since graduation, she has held software engineering positions at Electronics for Imaging, Redwave Networks and Decru, a startup company purchased by NetApp. She has had experience working in the computer graphics, metropolitan area networking and storage security industries.

Neil Le

Server Architect

TeamNeil is responsible for the server architecture of the VSee software. Prior to joining VSee, Neil worked for 3 years at PDI DreamWorks to develop a scripting language for animation. He also worked for 4 years at Oracle's server technology group to provide key features on stored procedure compilation and execution, and developed source-control for web-documents stored in Oracle database. Neil received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

Ben Mowery

Security Architect

TeamBen is responsible for the security and encryption aspect of the VSee software. Prior to joining VSee, Ben had more than 6 years experience in software design at companies including Intel, Oracle, nVidia, and the National Security Administration. He received dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Rishi Deshpande

Architect of 'It just works'

TeamRishi works on making VSee's application sharing faster and better, he now also bears larger responsibility to make VSee 'just work'. Rishi has expertise in real-time image processing and has several publications and patent filings in the field. He was earlier at Sony Playstation R&D working on new camera technologies and their applications. Rishi holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.Tech. from IIT Bombay.

Erik Beeson

Web Architect

TeamErik is responsible for all things web related at VSee. Prior to joining VSee Erik worked at Sun Mircosystems, and has contributed to multiple opensource projects. Erik received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz.

Colleen Beeson

Customer Relations

TeamPrior to joining VSee Colleen worked for multiple bay area companies in customer relations. She received a A.A in film studies from West Valley College.

Bram Thijssen

Software Architect

TeamBram is developing VSee's application sharing system. His background is in he field of video game development, working with a small startup as well as a larger studio in The Netherlands. Besides software development, he is currently studying molecular life sciences at Maastricht University.

James Davis, Ph.D.

Technical Advisor

TeamJames is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research expertise is in novel sensor systems for both scientific measurement and user interface design. His award winning research has resulted in over 25 patents and peer-reviewed publications, as well as commercialization by companies including Sony, PrenticeHall, and Apple Computer. He received a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Pat Hanrahan, Ph.D.

Technical Advisor

TeamPat is the Canon USA Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. He received two Technical Academy Awards for his revolutionary work in the field of computer special effects. A pioneer of computer-mediated visualization, Pat was a founding employee of Pixar.

Terry Winograd, Ph.D.

Technical Advisor

TeamTerry is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. Terry is world-renowned for designing effective computer-mediated interaction. He was the PhD advisor to Larry Page, whose project became google.

William Perry

Board of Directors

TeamWilliam is a former United States Secretary of Defense. His key accomplishments are far too many to list in this limited space.

James Gibbons

Chairman: Board of Directors

TeamJames is a former Member of the Board of Directors at Cisco and Lockheed Martin. He is also a former Stanford University Dean of Engineering. His key accomplishments are far too many to list in this limited space.