Marcus Yang
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{{Short description|Entrepreneur and investor}}
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| caption = Marcus Yang at Mandarin Oriental, Taipei in January 2021
| name = Marcus Yang
| birth_place = Republic of China (Taiwan)
| nationality = Republic of China (Taiwan)
| occupation = President at Amaryllo Inc.
Member at Band of Angels (investors)
Advisor at SUM.vc
| alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles (BS) UC Berkeley (MS)
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Chao-Tung Marcus Yang ({{zh|t=楊朝棟|}}) is an entrepreneur and investor born in Taiwan. He is a member of the Band of Angels, the first high technology specific angel investment group in the United States.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bandangels.com/chao-tung-marcus-yang | title=Chao-Tung Marcus Yang }} He and Mr. Garrett Gilbertson started Band of Angles Los Angeles Special Interest Group in early 2019.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bandangels.com/schedule/2019/9/6/los-angeles-band-investor | title=Los Angeles SiG }}
The Band reviews more than 1,000 deals per year. In 2021 the Band invested in 24 startups. He also serves as an advisor at Startup Mavericks Ventures. {{Cite web | url=https://www.sum.vc/team/marcus-yang/ | title=Marcus Yang, SUM Ventures }}
Life and career
Yang was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) majoring in Electrical Engineering and received MSEE from UC Berkeley majoring in wireless communication IC design.https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctyang/ {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}} He was President and CEO at MStar Semiconductor USA. MStar is world’s number-one TV and LCD monitor IC design company with 4,000 employees worldwide.{{cite web | url=https://www.eetimes.com/ihs-mstar-still-leads-dtv-soc-market/ | title=IHS: MStar still leads DTV SoC market | date=28 October 2011 }} MStar went public (TSE: 3697) and valued at $6B in Taiwan in 2010.{{Cite web | url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mstar+Semiconductor+to+launch+IPO+on+Taiwan+bourse.-a0209801887 | title=Mstar Semiconductor to launch IPO on Taiwan bourse. - Free Online Library }} Company later merged with its nemesis MediaTek forming world’s top 3 IC design company in 2012.{{Cite web | url=https://corp.mediatek.com/news-events/press-releases/mediatek-inc-and-mstar-semiconductor-inc-announce-merger-agreement | title=MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor Announce Merger Agreement | date=3 May 2022 }}
He founded KeyStone Semiconductor in 2009 and led the company engineering teams to develop the first single-chip FM/DAB/DAB+ receiver IC published at 2010 ESSCIRC.{{Cite web | url=https://atmega32-avr.com/keystone-semiconductor-to-introduce-worlds-first-single-chip-fmdabdab-receiver-ic-at-2010-esscirc/amp/ | title=Keystone Semiconductor to Introduce World's First Single-Chip FM/DAB/DAB+ Receiver IC at 2010 ESSCIRC | date=22 July 2012 }} Mr. Yang founded Amaryllo Inc. in 2012 {{Cite web | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170602005561/en/COMPUTEX-2017%E2%80%99s-InnoVEX-Global-Innovation-and-Tech-Startup-Ecosystem-Ends-on-High-Note | title=COMPUTEX 2017's InnoVEX Global Innovation and Tech Startup Ecosystem Ends on High Note | date=2 June 2017 }} and introduced world’s first Skype certified IP cameras with military grade 256-bit encryption at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2013.{{Cite web | url=https://newatlas.com/amaryllo-icam-hd-skype-camera/28981/ | title=Amaryllo reveals iCam HD, the world's first wireless HD Skype camera | date=7 September 2013 }} He invented and filed patents on the embedded auto-tracking security camera employing computer vision. The first standalone auto-tracking security cameras were introduced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and won the best innovation award at CES 2015 under embedded technology category.{{Cite web | url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/591705 | title=Amaryllo Receives 2015 CES Best of Innovation Award }} Amaryllo won another CES Best Innovation Award under Smart Cities category in 2018 CES.{{Cite web | url=https://www.asmag.com/secutechtoday/feature_detail.aspx?id=24949&t=54 | title=AMARYLLO wins 2018 CES Best of Innovation Awards - Secutech Today }}
Honors
Mr. Yang was the 2017 Taiwan Most Outstanding Entrepreneur Award winner {{Cite web | url=http://www.twyushan.com.tw/page06_15.html | title=國家品牌玉山獎官方網站 }} and served as Taiwan's National Data Security Review Committee in 2017. He had been honored by Taiwan Presidents 6 times from 2015 to 2020.https://m.facebook.com/163194093728953/posts/2348954011819606/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=May 2022}} He enjoys technology innovation and has filed over 100 patents worldwide.