Senior Vice President, Zytech Group (solar, wind & FCV/EV) & President, Zytech Solar, Inc., a GoingGreen 100 Winner
China
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- President, Zytech Solar, Inc. (U.S.) & Senior Vice President, Zytech Group (global; solar/wind/FCVs) at Zytech Solar, a GoingGreen 100 Winner
- Author/network blogger & "Letter from China" columnist at Zero-Day Defense blog & AlwaysOn Network and Sand Hill Group
- Co-Founder & Member, Executive Committee at Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
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- Senior Vice President at Startech Global Corporation, the Outsourcing Hub for Tsinghua University (China's MIT)
- Vice President, Electronic Business Strategies at META Group, Inc.
- Director, E-Business at Oracle Corporation
- Manager, New Market Development & Member, Worldwide E-Commerce Strategy Team at Microsoft Corporation
- Director, Strategic Planning at Samsung Electronics/AST Computer, Inc.
- President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Presence Information Design
- Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Engineering Management Review at Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
- Vice President, Business Development at Nouvas Manufacturing Technology Company/Nouvas Bio/Medical Automation
- Education
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- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
- Stanford University
- Connections
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David Scott "Lightman" Lewis’s Summary
UPDATE: Model for the lead character “David L. Lightman” in the movie “WarGames,” Lewis was a keynote speaker at DEFCON 16 this past August, a judge during the DEFCON “Race to Zero” -- as in zero-day exploits – contest (a contest to modify/develop malcode that can defeat the greatest number of name brand firewalls and anti-malware software), and interviewed by VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi following Black Hat. See the three links above under "Websites".
Progressive management responsibility in both line (to CEO) and staff (to VP) positions, including twenty years of technology marketing and new business development experience. Internet-related activities have been featured as far back as February 1994 in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Wired, and over a dozen other dailies and trades.
Mr. Lewis is a graduate of the accelerated MBA program at Stanford Business School and the Senior Executives program at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He has held senior marketing, business development and strategic planning positions at Microsoft, Oracle and Samsung. He was also the CEO of the largest e-services firm in Southern California (mostly Caltech alumni/ae), which developed the largest outsourced Web site circa 1996, PacBell’s $20 million “At Hand” site. Mr. Lewis also spent seven years as VP, Business Development for the largest robotic systems integrator in the bio/medical device industries. In his last U.S.-based position, he was VP, E-Business Strategies for the META Group (acquired by Gartner). Since relocating to China, Mr. Lewis served stints as VP, Business Development with the two largest U.S.-focused, China-based IT outsourcing firms.
Founding member of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Executive Committee; editor of IEEE's management magazine (1986-1994); chaired Web agents session during the First International Conference on Autonomous Agents. Frequent lecturer and speaker.
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis’s Specialties:
New business development, global account management, product marketing and market strategy pertaining to IT/information/network/computer security and renewables.
For reference only: IT E-Strategies, Inc., (2002-2006) focused on linking U.S.-based systems integrators, solution providers and software vendors with systems integrators, contract software development houses and contract R&D firms based in China.
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis’s Experience
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President, Zytech Solar, Inc. (U.S.) & Senior Vice President, Zytech Group (global; solar/wind/FCVs)
Zytech Solar, a GoingGreen 100 Winner
(Renewables & Environment industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
In addition to heading Zytech's China operations, I also head Zytech's U.S. business development (i.e., new business development and global account management), marketing (both corporate and product), sales (including channel management), R&D and new product development endeavors.
The focus in our China operation is on "ops ex", i.e., operations excellence. This spans the gamut from sourcing/procurement and supply/demand chain management, to production management/project planning & control, factory automation/manufacturing technologies and QA/QC in our captive manufacturing plants for Zytech Solar, Zytel (electric vehicles) and Zytech Aerodyne (wind power) in Qingdao. -
Author/network blogger & "Letter from China" columnist
Zero-Day Defense blog & AlwaysOn Network and Sand Hill Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)
The Zero-Day Defense blog launched at DEFCON 16 (2008). However, I have been writing the "Letter from China" column for AO and SHG longer than California has been a state (well, at least it feels this way).
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Co-Founder & Member, Executive Committee
Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 1984 — Present (25 years 7 months)
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Senior Vice President
Startech Global Corporation, the Outsourcing Hub for Tsinghua University (China's MIT)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
August 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 6 months)
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Vice President, Electronic Business Strategies
META Group, Inc.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; METG; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 8 months)
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Director, E-Business
Oracle Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 7 months)
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Manager, New Market Development & Member, Worldwide E-Commerce Strategy Team
Microsoft Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 1997 — November 1998 (1 year 6 months)
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Director, Strategic Planning
Samsung Electronics/AST Computer, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
July 1996 — June 1997 (1 year )
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President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Presence Information Design
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 1995 — July 1996 (1 year 6 months)
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Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Engineering Management Review
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1986 — July 1994 (7 years 8 months)
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Vice President, Business Development
Nouvas Manufacturing Technology Company/Nouvas Bio/Medical Automation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)
April 1986 — September 1993 (7 years 6 months)
David Scott "Lightman" Lewis’s Education
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Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
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Stanford University
Additional Information
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David Scott "Lightman" Lewis’s Interests:
charity work (all sorts); "intelligent" hacking (i.e., where AI -- in the broadest sense -- meets hacking), infosec/compusec; snow skiing, both Nordic and Alpine (IMHO, I'm too old for snowboarding); fine dining; theater (as in stage performances)
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