Mr. Wong is President and CEO of D2Audio Corporation, maker of the world’s only intelligent digital audio amplifiers. He has over 23 years experience in executive and general management, marketing, and the development of mixed signal products and semiconductors. Previously, Mr. Wong was CEO at Primarion Inc, a company focused on I/O and Power Management ICs. Before Primarion, he held senior management positions at TRW, heading the mixed signal IC business, and was an engineer at Xerox Microelectronics Center. Mr. Wong holds a BSEE from University of California, Los Angeles, a MSEE from University of Southern California, has taken graduate management classes at UCLA Anderson School of Management, and serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of California, Davis Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. D2Audio Corporation supplies a full line of cost efficient, powerful, multi-channel amplifier ICs, firmware, and system level solutions for the consumer media and professional audio segments. The patented intelligent digital audio engine technology and firmware give D2Audio's digital amplifiers market leading performance and superior sound quality, along with a wide range of customization features.
Dan has been active in the smart card industry for almost 20 years. He was CEO of Gemplus North America, a subsidiary of the world's leading smart card manufacturer, CEO of ZebraPass, an electronic ticketing startup backed by Nokia Ventures, and has held management and sales positions at NCR and Micro Card Technologies. Dan is also on the AWA Steering Committee, and represents AWA to the ATC Board. Previously, Dan was Chairman and President of the Smart Card Industry Association.
Alisha Ring is the President of the Austin Technology Council. After five years of extensive media sales and marketing work in New York City, she returns to Austin to build and develop the Austin Technology climate. Alisha holds a degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Communications and Business.
Mr. Sullivan is the President and CEO of Image Trends, Inc., a company specializing in image enhancement technologies provided to major OEMs in the photographic industry. Prior to his current position he was General Manager of the Kodak Austin Development Center (KADC). The KADC was formed when Kodak purchased Applied Science Fiction (ASF) where Dan was the President and CEO. Dan is also active in the community and is a member of the Austin Technology Council board of directors. Prior to joining ASF, Dan was the Vice President for Asia Pacific Technical Operations at IBM. He spent 25 years with IBM in development, sales, marketing, strategy, intellectual property licensing and OEM operations. Mr. Sullivan was instrumental in the formation of a unified Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) format and in facilitating cooperative agreements on digital copyright protection with the motion picture, recording, consumer electronics and computer industries. He negotiated and authored the agreement on digital audio copy protection with the five major recording labels. Dan spent five years as a reconnaissance pilot with the U. S. Air Force serving in Japan, Vietnam and the US where he received three Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Southern California.