Ronald Chwang, PhD
Chairman and President, iD Ventures America

Dr. Chwang has been the Chairman and President of iD Ventures America, a venture capital management company, (formerly known as Acer Technology Ventures) under the iD SoftCapital Group. Dr. Chwang also serves on the Board of Directors of iRobot, Silicon Storage Technology and a number of private high tech companies.

From 1986 to 1997, Dr. Chwang was with various Acer entities, serving in executive positions leading business ASIC products, computer peripherals, and enterprise system. From 1992 to 1997 he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acer America Corporation. Before joining Acer, Dr. Chwang worked in development and management positions at Intel and Bell Northern Research.

Dr. Chwang holds a B.Eng. (with honors) in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada .and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.