Acer Inc.

Veronica Windmill is the Chief Executive of ACER ? an organisation based in the region which offers quality-improvement, training and development and support services to colleges and other providers.

Mr. Liu is a Partner and Vice President of investments at Acer Technology Ventures America (ATV). In addition to his executive management background in operating roles, he helps develop startups in the e-commerce, internet security, enterprise software, and the wireless industry market place. He currently serves as the Board of Director at MobileID, Zeus Communications Inc., and PointRed Technology, Inc. At ATV, Mr. Liu's focus is on investments in the software and wireless market. In 1993, Mr. Liu joined Acer Computer International (ACI) as the Director of Sales for its Japanese subsidiary, Acer Japan Corporation. At ACI, he established and managed major distribution, retail, and corporate sales channels for PC and PC component businesses in Japan. Mr. Liu also coordinated the Acer Group strategic alliance with Japanese firms. Between 1997 and 2000, Mr. Liu was the head of ShopAcer at Acer America Corporation (AAC). He established and managed all aspects of the B2C e-commerce operations for direct PC sales to consumers. In addition, he oversaw the call center, logistics, and warehouse operations to fulfill and support end-user demand. Prior to joining the Acer Group, Mr. Liu worked at the Fujisankei Group, a Japanese media conglomerate. Between 1987-1993 he was the White House Correspondent for a Japanese daily newspaper, the Sankei Shimbun, a division of Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. He reported on businesses and economic issues related to U.S.-Japan, U.S.-China, and U.S.-Asian affairs. Mr. Liu graduated from the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University with an MA degree in International Relations and International Economics. He holds a BA in Statistics from the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

Jimmy Lu, Managing Director of Acer Technology Ventures, is actively involved with ATV's portfolio companies and their management in his role as a director or advisory board member to a number of corporations across ATV's different investment areas. Jimmy continues to seek out and develop promising investment opportunities for ATV in companies that leverage unique hardware and software technologies offering demonstrable cost savings and enhanced profits to business customers. Jimmy also sees the continued growth and maturation of the Internet economy and enabling technologies that support it as an ongoing opportunity for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs to exploit current market conditions to create outstanding teams and highly profitable and sustainable market-leading businesses. Jimmy's recent areas of investment activity and interests include focused enterprise software, network security and infrastructure, artificial intelligence and human interface technologies. Since 1992 and most recently as General Counsel of the Acer Group, Jimmy has taken a leading role in the Acer organization's international M&A, joint venture and other strategic alliance transactions. Prior to joining Acer, Jimmy was associated with J.P. Morgan in New York, where he held direct line responsibility for managing banking and corporate finance services for a broad range of Fortune 500 and middle market clients, and then McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen in San Francisco, where he specialized in M&A, corporate and securities matters and represented emerging growth technology companies. Jimmy received his B.A. from Yale College in 1977, his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1981 and his J.D. from the University of California/Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1986. He has authored many business and legal articles and has been a speaker at numerous conferences sponsored by international and local professional organizations and associations.

Danny has been Principal and Chief Executive of Colchester Institute, a college of further and higher education, since November 2001. Colchester Institute is the largest of the 11 Essex colleges and has a particularly clear focus on vocational education and training. Previously, Danny was Principal and Chief Executive of Dunstable College (November 1998 to October 2001). Danny is also Director and Vice-Chair of ACER (Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region), and holds directorships/trusteeships at the Open College Network Eastern Region, FEDEC (Federation of Essex Colleges), Colchester Town Partnership and Essex & Suffolk Learning Hub. Additionally, Danny is the President of the English Chapter of the International Society for Business Education (ISBE).

Acer Group Founder, Stan Shih, is recognized around the globe for his achievements in brand-business building, and for his unique models of management. Shih is frequently cited for his Smiling Curve, a business model that illustrates the vitality of the global IT industry. Since retiring from Acer at the end of 2004, Shih has moved onto the next stage of his career. He now focuses his attention on the newly founded iD SoftCapital -- an investment management and business consultant company consisting of talent from the Acer Group, offering advice to Asian companies including start-ups, and those undergoing re-engineering. Shih began his career at Unitron Industrial Corp. in 1971, where he successfully designed, developed and commercialized Taiwan's first desktop calculator. Later in 1972, he helped establish Qualitron Industrial Corp., and led the team that designed the world's first pen watch. In September of 1976, together with four partners, he co-founded Multitech International Corporation, the forerunner of Acer. Multitech was dedicated to the development of microcomputer and microprocessor-based technologies. Graduating from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, Shih obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and an honorary Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1968, 1971 and 1992 respectively. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 1997. And in 2001 he was the first Asian CEO to receive Thunderbird American Graduate School's highest honor, the degree of Doctor of International Law, in recognition of his exceptional leadership in the business world. Shih actively contributes to a number of noteworthy social and public organizations. Among many, he is a member of the Board of Trustees to the Asia Business Council, an advisor to the R.O.C. Presidential office, a member of the International Advisory Panel for Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor, a Governor of the Asian Institute of Management, a member of the Board of Directors to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., and an Honorary Chairman of the Brand International Promotion Association. Shih has received numerous awards in his homeland of Taiwan and beyond. In 1976, he was awarded one of the "Ten Most Outstanding Young Persons" in Taiwan. In 1999, the Academy of International Business selected him as "International Business Executive of the Year". In 2003, the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs presented Shih with the "Outstanding Contribution to Brand Building in Taiwan" award. More recently, the TCA (Taipei Computer Association) and TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) honored Shih for his earlier vision and guidance to promote the Computex Taipei into a global top-three IT trade show. Widely featured in industry and business media worldwide, in 1989, Fortune chose Shih as one of 25 People You Ought to Know for Doing Business in Asia. In 2000 he was selected as one of Asia's "top 25 Digital Elite" by Asia Week's first annual look at the people shaping Asia's high tech future. In 2004 BusinessWeek selected Shih as one of the "25 Stars of Asia". Shih was also interviewed by CNN's TalkAsia in 2003, and by Discovery Channel for the Crossings documentary in 2004. Shih was born in Taiwan on 1944. He and his wife, Carolyn, have 3 children.