Global Operations Panel
Moving Beyond Low Cost Manufacturing, the Emergence of Innovation and Design in Asia
The Global Operations panel will focus on how Asia has evolved beyond “outsourcing” and a supply of low cost labor to becoming seen as a key hub for innovation and design. This trend has been manifest in Western companies founding large research centers in Asia and the emergence of Asian based companies that have been able to compete globally with well established Western corporations. The panel will explore the pace of this change and the challenges associated with performing higher value activities in Asia.
Panelists
Lilly Chung, Lead Client Service Principal/Partner, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Regional Leader, Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women
With more than 25 years of working experience in a variety of industries, Lilly Chung is currently the lead client service partner and advisory partner for many of Deloitte’s strategic clients in the high-technology industry. At Deloitte, Lilly is the leader of the Semiconductor Affinity Group, China Gateway Initiative, and Deloitte’s Women’s Initiative in the Northern Pacific region. She is a member of the board nominating committee, regional partner’s leadership team, and partner peering committee. She is also an advisory partner for the Deloitte University. Lilly is the incoming chairman of the Monte Jade Science and Technology Association in Silicon Valley. She serves on the American Heart Association’s GoRed Executive Committee for Silicon Valley. She was also an officer for Harvard Business School’s Alumni Association in Northern California.
Lilly has helped major companies such as Acer Computer, Apple, Applied Materials, Cisco, Siemens, Solectron, and Xerox to improve their operational efficiencies. Her work was written up in Fortune Magazine and San Francisco Chronicle.
Lilly was also the founder and CEO of Pictron, a video research software company with major customers in the Fortune 500.
Lilly received her BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, her MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University, and her MBA from Harvard University.
Michael Tamaru, Chief Financial Officer, Aliph
Michael Tamaru has held finance executive roles for multinational, high-technology companies. He is CFO for Aliph, maker of the Jawbone Bluetooth headset. His prior roles include CFO for the Linksys subsidiary of Cisco Systems, VP of Finance for Magellan GPS Navigation, and various finance management roles with Philips Electronics. His Asia experience includes transitioning contract manufacturing plants from North America to China and Southeast Asia; working with Taiwanese ODM suppliers; and opening an operations and R&D center in Mainland China. From these experiences, Michael has gleaned insights into the supply chain that intertwines Chinese factories, Taiwanese engineering and program management, and North American sales and distribution channels. Prior to his industry experience, Michael was a management consultant. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Brian Burns, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Xceive
As Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Brian Burns is responsible for establishing sales teams and channels in the Asia Pacific market, implementing joint ventures and partnerships and identifying new market opportunities for Xceive.
An industry veteran with 25 years of experience in sales development, strategic planning and business development in the Asian markets, Brian has extensive experience in building sales organizations and strategic relationships in the TV and consumer electronics industry.
Prior to his work at Xceive, Brian held the position of Vice President Asia Pacific at ViXS Systems, where he leveraged his extensive TV semiconductor sales and strategy experience to capture new business in multimedia and wireless product companies. His experience also includes senior executive roles involving business development, channel implementation, strategic consulting and operations management for a number of established companies including Apple Computer, Asia Pacific Ventures, CyberSource Corporation, Microsoft and Linotype Corporation.
Mr. Burns holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, where he also studied Asian Languages extensively. He was awarded the InterPacific Scholarship at Berkeley and was also an exchange student at Keio University Graduate School of Business in Japan. Mr. Burns is fluent in Japanese and proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
Jonathan Barker, Venture Partner, Thomvest Ventures
Jonathan Barker is a Venture Partner with Thomvest Ventures. Jonathan's diverse background includes managing the China subsidiaries of two Fortune 500 companies: Commercial Metals Company and EchoStar Communications Corporation; co-founding a Silicon Valley-based video search technology company as well as developing strategic marketing and distribution plans, structuring and negotiating financial and commercial transactions, and carrying out due diligence for more than two dozen multinational companies and investment banks both in China and the US, including: Serious Materials, Skyline Solar, CalStar Cement, Microsoft, National Semiconductor, Micron Electronics, Centigram Communications, NetFRAME Systems, WebTV Networks, SyQUEST, Electric Power Research Institute and Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. Jonathan holds a Master's degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in Chinese from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a student at Nanjing University in 1985.
Moderator
Dr. James Lincoln, Mitsubishi Chair in International Business and Finance, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley 
Dr. Lincoln is the Mitsubishi Chair in International Business and Finance within the Haas School of Business’ Management of Organizations Group. He has written numerous papers and articles on Japanese management practices, corporate governance and organizational networks, and human resource management. He is an elected member of the Sociological Research Association and the Macro-organizational Behavior Society as well as a member of the Academy of Management and American Sociological Association. For his teaching excellence, Dr. Lincoln was honored with the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1998.
Dr. Lincoln earned his BA and MA in Sociology from Kent State University and his PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin.