Talk:Alfred Chuang
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Editing request[edit]
Please add the following edits to the article. I updated the content and added missing references. --Bbarmadillo (talk) 05:29, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
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| Alfred S. Chuang (simplified Chinese: 庄思浩; traditional Chinese: 莊思浩) is an American business technology executive. He is currently the CEO and founder of Magnet Systems, Inc.[1] | Alfred S. Chuang (simplified Chinese: 庄思浩; traditional Chinese: 莊思浩) is an American business technology executive and venture capitalist. He is best known as the former CEO of infrastructure software company BEA Systems.[2] In 2020 he founded Race Capital, a venture fund. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| == Early life and education ==
A native of Hong Kong, Chuang graduated from Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a Roman Catholic all-boys secondary school. Chuang received a B.S. in computer science from the University of San Francisco and a master's degree in computer science with specialization in distributed data management from the University of California, Davis. His graduate thesis, "Table-Tabular Data Objects and their Use in Table Editing", remains one of California State Library's most frequently used reference materials on relational database development.[3] |
== Early life and education ==
A native of Hong Kong, Chuang attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a Roman Catholic all-boys secondary school.[4] Chuang graduated from St. Andrews College, an all boys prep school in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, in 1979.[5] Chuang received a B.S. in computer science from the University of San Francisco and a master's degree in computer science with a specialization in distributed data management from the University of California, Davis.[6] His graduate thesis, "Table-Tabular Data Objects and their Use in Table Editing", remains one of California State Library's most frequently used reference materials on relational database development.[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| == Career ==
Chuang was part of the original Executive for BEA Systems founded by Bill Coleman, he later served as chairman, CEO and president of BEA Systems[7] until it was acquired by Oracle in April 2008.[8] Prior to founding BEA, Chuang worked at Sun Microsystems. Since 2008, Chuang has been the founder and CEO of a Mobile App Server startup called Magnet Systems, Inc.[9] On April 27, 2011, Magnet Systems, Inc. received $12.6 million of financing in their Series A round from investment firm Andreessen Horowitz.[10] In August 2012, Magnet received an extra $47 million in Series B funding from HTC and Andreessen Horowitz.[11] |
== Career ==
After receiving his graduate degree from UC Davis, Chuang worked for Sun Microsystems from 1986 to 1994.[6] In early 1995 he co-founded BEA Systems, Inc and later served as its chairman, CEO, President, CTO and Executive Vice President (EVP) of Worldwide Operations, until it was acquired by Oracle in April 2008 for $8.6 billion.[12] Since 2008, Chuang has been the founder and CEO of a mobile app server startup called Magnet Systems, Inc.[12] On April 27, 2011, Magnet Systems, Inc. received $12.6 million of financing in their Series A round from investment firm Andreessen Horowitz.[13] In August 2012, Magnet received an extra $47 million in Series B funding from HTC and Andreessen Horowitz.[14] In 2020 he co-founded Race Capital, a venture fund, and became its general partner.[2][15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ==Awards and recognition==
Chuang has several industry awards including Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” (1998) and CIO magazine’s “20/20 Vision Award” (2002).[16] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partly done: the comparison table was a good idea, made this edit request easy to read. A few comments on what I have not implemented –
- Sources disagree on Alfred Chuang's early schooling. For instance, [4] calls Chuang "a proud graduate of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong." Are these sources just wrong?
- The sentence about Chuang's graduate thesis is verbatim from the UC Davis page. I can't tell if we copied them or if they copied us, but to be safe, and avoid WP:CLOP problems, I have condensed it.
- Personally, I am not a fan of mentioning industry awards. I think Chuang's decades of innovation speak for themselves; further accolades from the industry are not necessary. I will not object if a consensus of uninvolved editors disagree with me.
- Best, Altamel (talk) 17:03, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Company | Magnet Systems". Magnet. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ a b Pimentel, Benjamin (2020-05-27). "The tech pioneer who sold BEA Systems to Oracle for $8.5 billion in a hostile takeover battle just launched a venture fund for startups in the post-COVID-19 world". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "HKUST Entrepreneurship Fireside Chat Series: A conversation with Alfred Chuang on tech startups during & post COVID-19". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ McGillivray, Jim. "How far can a "programming addiction" take you?". The Andrean (Fall 2013): 38. Retrieved 2020-06-26 – via issuu.com.
- ^ a b c "Alfred Chuang". UC Davis College of Engineering. 2013-10-15. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ Management, BEA Systems. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
- ^ Oracle Completes Acquisition of BEA Systems
- ^ [2], LinkedIn. Retrieved on 2011-04-27
- ^ [3], WSJ. Retrieved 2011-04-27
- ^ Money Magnet: Enterprise app platform that got $35.4M from HTC actually closed $47M in funding
- ^ a b Delevett, Peter (2012-08-30). "BEA Systems co-founder Alfred Chuang talks up his new startup, Magnet Systems". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ Gage, Deborah (2011-04-27). "BEA Systems Founder Attracts $13M For Start-Up Magnet Systems". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Money Magnet: Enterprise app platform that got $35.4M from HTC actually closed $47M in funding". Venture Beat. 2012-08-21. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ Schubarth, Cromwell (2020-05-27). "The Funded: Dishcraft Robotics raises $20M to send reusable to-go containers to eateries". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Board of Advisors: Alfred S. Chuang". University of California, Davis. 2018-01-22. Archived from the original on 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-06-24.