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(((I know this sounds and looks grossly improbable, but hey, it may be merely Australian:)))
Emotiv's Board of Directors
"The Emotiv Board features a balanced mix of people, each specially selected for their ability to help Emotiv's unique vision succeed: they are front-runners and behind-the-scene directors, male and female, accomplished and youthful. All together,they offer an extraordinary spectrum of experience, energy, and enthusiasm. Emotiv's Board of Directors includes:
Ed Fries, Director
John Murray, Director
Tan Le, Director and President
Nam Do, Director and CEO
Ed Fries, Director
Ed Fries got his start in the 1980s, developing video games for the Atari 800. In 1986, after a short detour for a BS in Computer Science, he joined Microsoft and spent the next ten years as one of the founding developers of Excel and Word, and then later as the creator of Microsoft Game Studios. Over the next eight years, he grew his team from fifty to over twelve-hundred people, published more than 100 games (including more than a dozen million-plus sellers), co-founded the Xbox project, and made Microsoft one of the leaders in the interactive entertainment business.
In 2004, Ed left Microsoft, and now he enjoys spending time with his wife and young sons, as well as consulting with a broad range of publishers and game developers from all over the world.
John Murray, Director
John Murray is the cofounder of Technology Venture Partner (TVP), one of 1997's largest technology funds in Australia. Prior to TVP, he was the founding executive of the Australian Technology Group (ATG), which is responsible for IT&C-related venture capital investments. John was also responsible for establishing Bank of America's Asian venture capital business in Hong Kong.
John has also worked in corporate finance and investment banking (with Bank of America UK and Hong Kong), and he spent several years at major accounting firms in both Australia and the UK. He's held various general management positions within the UK IT&C services company, and has played an active role in TVP portfolio companies Cap-XX, ManageSoft, and Viator.
John has a honors degree in Law, and he is a Member of Scotland's Institute of Chartered Accountants. He was an expert panel member for the Cooperative Research Centre 2002 Selection Round. He has also been a Chairman and Council Member of the Australian Venture Capital Association (AVCAL).
Tan Le, Director and President
Tan Le is a technology entrepreneur. Before she joined Emotiv, Tan co-founded and ran SASme. SASme, a pioneer in providing SMPP platforms to telecommunication carriers and content aggregators, was largely responsible for the creation of Australia's SMS application market. Tan helped grow the company from its humble beginnings to a thriving company with thirty-five employees and multiple locations worldwide.
In 1998, Tan was named Young Australian of the Year (the most prestigious prize for an Australian) and voted one of Australia's 30 Most Successful Women Under 30. Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (with Honors) from Monash University at the age of 21. She has also worked with one of Australia's leading law firms, Freehills.
Tan was a Special Visitor to the United Kingdom as a guest of the British High Commission and Foreign Commonwealth Office, a Goodwill Ambassador for Australia in Asia, and a Patron of the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development Program. She has been an Ambassador for the Status of Women since 2001, and she's also been appointed to a number of prominent Boards, including Plan International Australia, Australian Citizenship Council, National Committee for Human Rights Education in Australia, and RMIT Business in Entrepreneurship.
Nam Do, Director and CEO
Nam Do is a technology entrepreneur. Prior to forming Emotiv, Nam was the cofounder of SASme, a telecommunication software company with offices in Australia, Europe, and Asia.
Nam's background is in Strategic Planning and Management, and he is also an expert in Information Technology and Multimedia. At the age of nine, Nam was selected to join a special program in Mathematics and Physics at the National School for Gifted Students in Vietnam. In 1995, Nam won one of Vietnam's most prestigious scholarships for study abroad. In 1996, Nam came to Australia's RMIT University under a scholarship program for students with exceptional academic ability and leadership potential.
