With a BSEE from Cornell University and over 30 years of international business experience in both the high-tech and consumer worlds, in all aspects of management from Marketing Director, Asia Pacific for a Fortune 500 company to various start-up management roles in large and small companies. She was a founding member of an EDA startup achieving a successful IPO and also one of the first 20 companies awarded funding through Guy Kawasaki’s Garage.com. She has founded 4 companies operating in US, Asia and Canada. She has worked and lived in Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Spain and Canada. She is now an angel investor, consultant and entrepreneur helping accelerate early stage start-ups developing investment pitches. She conducts Startup Breakthroughs Workshops for Girls in Tech around the world. She is also on Cornell’s Engineering Alumni Board as VP of Regions plus volunteers as a Mentor at UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at Venture Catalyst Mentor Net and at Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship boot camp. She presents and advises at Founder Institute in Sacramento. She is an investor in Francisco Partners, rated number one in returns among equity partnerships worldwide. She is also a member of Sac Angels. She lives in the Greater Sacramento Area and is committed to the growth of the Sacramento high tech community.