William H. Chang
is the founder
and president of Flexiworld Technologies and is inventor of many
technologies that are widely used today such as wireless smart
devices, smart phones, smart TVs, Smart speakers, wireless printers,
wireless streaming, social network and Internet communication. This
includes over 100 patents issued worldwide and over 30 patents
pending. Mr. Chang is known to be one of the most prolific inventors
in the area of smart wireless devices. In recent years, Mr. Chang
helped several listed technology companies in the US and Chip
companies in Taiwan and China to significantly improve its
technology, quality and services worldwide.
After founding Flexiworld, Mr. Chang presented
its business plan at the Silicon Valley’s Gong Show and captured
second place two years in a roll (02-03) among the best technology
startups.
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During those same years, Flexiworld was also selected by the business Journal of Portland as the top 10 best business plan. Moreover, in Seattle, Flexiworld was voted the number one best early stage technology Company out of over 250 startup companies at the early stage investment forum.
At
Flexiworld, Mr. Chang designed and managed a software engineering
team in the U.S., negotiated and created new products for major
mobile phone companies and wireless carriers worldwide and partnered
with chip companies in Taiwan and manufactures in China to develop
new products. Among his patented innovations, Mr. Chang evangelized
wireless smart devices technology to chip companies and manufactures
in Asia. His proposals were adopted by many companies for use in
smart phones, wireless display, wireless audio, wireless printers,
Internet communication as well as standards for next generation
flash drives.
Prior to Flexiworld, Mr. Chang worked at Sharp
Laboratories, where he was awarded the Inventor of the year at Sharp
in 1999. At Sharp, he managed Sharp’s third party software and OEM
programs, developed corporate strategies, and technologies for
Sharp's lines of successful color copiers, printers and digital
imaging products.
Prior to Sharp, Mr. Chang worked five years as
the Chief Architect and engineering manager of a successful
technology startup which was later acquired - Amiable Technologies (NASDAQ:SVECF).
Under his leadership, the company ranked among the 500 fastest
growing companies in 94-96. At Amiable, Mr. Chang was a pioneer in
the development of technologies for 3D printing, and he managed a
large engineering team and is the designer and inventor of the best
performing raster-to-vector conversion software and raster image
processor for digital imaging and graphic arts design. These
products created a revolution in the computer-aided signage
industry during the '90s decade and created a new industry.
Twelve years later, these same products remain the de facto standard
in the CAS industry and continued to generate over $15M/year.
Prior to Amiable, 89-93, Mr. Chang served as the chief architect and
project leader in the algorithm department at Intergraph
Corporation, a fortune 1000 company in the U.S. in the area of 3D
interactive graphics (NASDAQ:INGR). At Intergraph, Mr. Chang is a
member of the core technology software algorithm team that developed
one of the most complex and best selling CAD/CAM (computer aided
design and manufacturing) software applications in the world. At
Intergraph, he designed and developed three main CAD/CAM products.
Mr. Chang speaks English, Chinese,
Portuguese, and Spanish. He holds a Master's degree in Computer
Engineering and software algorithms from Purdue University, and a
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Texas at Austin. Mr. Chang also studied three years of Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Campinas in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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