Biography
Mr. Chao was born in China and spent his professional career in the U.S. and Asia. Mr. Chao is a Founding Managing Director of DFJ DragonFund. He began his career as one of the original founders of Cadence Design Systems and, was Cadence's Vice President and GM of Asia, responsible for sales, marketing and operations in Asia and Japan. After Cadence, he founded and served as chairman and CEO of OCRON, a pioneer in the optical character recognition and document management space, until an acquisition by Umax Group in 1993. During his tenure with Umax, Mr. Chao was responsible for corporate investment and marketing. He later incubated and served as Chairman and CEO of VA Linux (LNUX). Subsequently, he was an early investor in AboveNet (ABVT), Oplink (OPLK), Omnivision (OVTI) and NetScreen (JNPR). Mr. Chao is currently serving as the chairman and board director of several China and U.S.-based companies. Mr. Chao holds an MS in Physics and Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia State University and Stanford University, respectively.
