Dr. Kai-Fu Lee
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee founded Innovation Works in September, 2009. Prior to starting Innovation Works, he was a Google Vice President and the President of Google Greater China. During his tenure at Google, Dr. Lee has doubled market share and built-up a 700-person organization. Prior to joining Google, he spent seven years at Microsoft and his last job was Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. His team developed several server products, and key technologies shipped in Office and Windows. He also founded Microsoft Research Asia, which MIT Technology Review calls this research lab “the hottest computer science laboratory.”
From 1996 – 1998, Dr. Lee was Vice President and General Manager at SGI, also the President of Cosmo Software. Before joining SGI, Dr. Lee spent six years at Apple, where he became the Vice President of its Interactive Media Group. Dr. Lee taught as an Assistant Professor from 1988-1990 at Carnegie Mellon, where he received his Ph.D.
Dr. Lee is the author of four best-selling books in China, and has given speeches to about half a million students in China. Dr. Lee is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Vice Chairman of the Committee of 100, an elite group of Chinese Americans.
