About

ABOUT THE BOARD OF CEOS

Board of CEOS was founded by Thomas Hong, Bill Hesley and Steve Tsai, all former CEOs of hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.  Board of CEOs is an outgrowth of CEONetworking that Thomas co-founded in 2002. Thomas, Bill, and Steve, all associates from CEONetworking created the Board of CEOs in early 2007 to offer superior services to CEOs and business owners in Silicon Valley.

MANAGEMENT

BIOS OF CEO AND PARTNERS

THOMAS G. HONG – CEO, has a BSEE, MSEE, and over 25 years of executive management experience.

  • Facilitated meetings of CEO groups and advised CEOs in Silicon Valley during the past ten years.
  • Served on Advisory Boards for Silicon Valley hi-tech startups.
  • Raised funding from Angel Investor, Venture Capital, and Corporate Investor/Partner
  • Serial entrepreneur, CEO/Principal Founder of four hi-tech computer peripheral and networking product companies: Davong, Tiara, Aquila and Acculan
  • Managed one company from inception to $22 million revenue with $1M profit in 2nd year
  • Sold 12 technology licenses.
  • Director of Engineering at National Semiconductors and Intersil Corporation
  • Engineering Manager at Apple and Memorex

BILL HESLEY – Partner, has a BSCS is a consultant and executive coach, has assisted executives from over 200 technology companies with the planning and development of new businesses. He consulted on strategic marketing and business issues with founders of early stage technology companies and top executives in established technology companies including Gartner, Hitachi, IBM, McAfee and Novell. Bill was CEO and co-founder of ErgoDevices Corporation where he, secured five utility patents. Bill is currently the CEO of Bayspire providing Internet collaboration solution used by online communities and project teams.

STEVE TSAI – Partner, has BSEE, MSEE and MBA with more than 20 years of executive and entrepreneurial experience.

  • Cofounder/President of Internet Image, acquired in 3 years.
  • Founding member at Pyramid Technology, IPO in 4 years.
  • Marketing executive at Sun and Unisys.
  • VP of strategic marketing and business development in a number of up-start companies.
  • President of The IPO Group helping emerging companies win market leadership and achieve successful exit through strategy, positioning, and integrated online and offline marketing and sales
  • Diverse B2B and B2C client companies with differentiated products in security, marketing and sales automation, e-commerce, cloud computing, and smart grid industries.
  • Hands-on involvements with client companies in setting business, marketing, and sales strategy,
  • Utilizing leading edge SEO, PPC, SMO, marketing automation, and lead capturing tools to streamline marketing and sales operations.
  • A key participant in fund raising and M&A activities for client companies. Successful exits include companies acquired by VMware and Citrix.

Jay Shotwell – Partner, has BA in Public Relations is Founder of Shotwell Public Relations, an agency that specializes in comprehensive PR programs for hi- tech clients.

  • The agency has developed and implemented successful public relations programs for start-ups and large corporations in all facets of computer and Internet applications.
  • Long term public relations programs were implemented for companies such as Alps printers, Kenwood Technologies, Pioneer, Mirapoint, Themis Computer and ZF Microsystems
  • Public relations programs have been implemented at a variety of companies based in Finland and Korea.
  • The agency has  introduced many US companies to European markets in  the UK, Germany, Italy and France