George K. Chen is a Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Advisor of H&Q Asia Pacific. He is responsible for technology assessments, strategic formulation, due diligence, joint venture, and business planning. In addition to Silicon Valley, his coverage of Greater China includes China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Prior to H&Q Asia Pacific, George was a co-founder of ANDA Networks (1998-2001) and served as President and chairman of the board of directors. Previous positions include VP of M&A at Cortelco Telecommunications Corp., (1995-97); and Vice President of Network Business Division at ALCATEL N.V. in China and Taiwan (1992-95), during which the annual revenue of the division grew from $5 million to $40 million.

From 1985 to 1992, George was Assistant Vice President of Network Development at Fujitsu America Inc., where he started the Transmission Development Division and grew revenues to $300 million. From 1978 to 1985, George served as Senior Manager at Nortel Networks Inc., where he managed three professional groups: Data Communications Design, System Software Development, and New Product Introductions; at same time, George supervised three laboratories. From 1972 to 1978 George worked as Senior Engineer at NCR and Raytheon.

George received a BS in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Computer Science and an MBA. A native of China and a naturalized U.S. citizen, he is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. George was a founder of the Chinese Software Professionals Association in Silicon Valley and has served as its Chairman & President. Additionally, he has been active in IEEE and CIE (Chinese Institute of Engineers).