


	Dr. Allan Yang / 楊瑞祥博士 CTO Advantech Co., Ltd

Education:
• Ph.D., Computer Science, Yale University, USA

Experiences:
• CTO, Advantech Co., Ltd. • President, AVerMedia Technology Ltd.

Biography:
Allan joined Advantech in Feb. 2014 and leads Corporate CTO Office responsible for Innovation Management Center, Corporate Engineering Services, Corporate Software Services, Integrated Product Development and Management process framework, and Industrial Design Team. Allan earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1983, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University in 1992. Before joining Advantech, Allan worked as Research Associate at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center for 1 year, as Senior Associate at Prudential Securities for 2 years, as Manager of Portfolio Systems at Tiger Management LLC for 6 years, as VP of Technology Center at Jih Sun Securities for 1 year, as CTO for 6 years and then as President for the latest 6 years at AVerMedia Technologies until 2013. Allan believes the next big wave of Information and Communication Technology lies in Internet of Things in which all industrial and business segments adopt connectivity and intelligences in ways that are yet to be fully exploited. Allan expects to solidly implement Advantech’s innovation platform to induce more creative service ready solutions and speed up solutions development pace helped by robust corporate technical foundation services and efficient solutions development processes.