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Jason Ma

Jason Ma, Board Director and Sr. Counselor, IvyMax, Inc.Board Director and Sr. Counselor
IvyMax, Inc.
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Jason Ma is a Board Director and Senior Counselor at IvyMax, a leading online education technology and in-center service provider of college and test prep. He is also CEO at Congruent Partners. He is Senior Advisor at Silicon Valley-China Wireless Association. Previously, he was CEO, EVP, Co-Founder, and/or Advisor at JiSharp, AaaHaa Media, an India digital media venture, YeePay (China) and ASVC.org. He has 24 years of experience in education, e-learning, internet, wireless, media, e-payment, telecom, and strategy, international sales/marketing and general management. He has managed relationships with schools, mobile operators, ISPs, portals, OEMs, channels, enterprises, media and VC firms in Asia and US. As Managing Director of Asia Pacific and Japan, he was central in developing iPass, which provides secure, global roaming access points for mobile workers. He is a guest speaker at Stanford, UC Berkeley, INSEAD and NUS, and a thought leader for CNBC Asia, Forbes, and other media. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2007 - present Board Director and Sr. Counselor
IvyMax, Inc.
2006 - 2007 CEO
JiSharp Inc.
2004 - 2005 Advisory Board Member
Pacific Epoch
2004 - 2005 Board Advisor, Angel Investor & Co-Founder
WithyaDirect (India)
2003 - 2005 Board Advisor
AaaHaa Media (China)
2003 - 2004 Interim Advisor & Chief Marketing Officer
Strategic Alliance WorldGroup, Inc.
2002 - present CEO
Congruent Partners LLC
2002 - 2003 Board Member and Interim EVP
MobileBest/YeePay (China)
2001 - 2001 Founding Chair, Charter Members Committee
Asia-Silicon Valley Connection
2001 - present Senior Advisor
Silicon Valley-China Wireless Technology Association
1997 - 2000 Managing Director, Asia Pacific and Japan
iPass Inc.
1995 - 1997 Director, International Sales & Marketing
Celcore Inc.
1993 - 1993 Director of Pacific Rim Sales
Cylink Corp
1993 - 1995 Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Peninsula Wireless Communications
1991 - 1992 Area Manager, Asia Pacific
Digital Microwave Corp.
1988 - 1991 Project Manager/Network Assurance Manager
Fujitsu America Inc.
1987 - 1988 Software Design Engineer
DCA/Cohesive Network
1984 - 1987 Network Systems/Operations Analyst
Tymnet Inc.

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Observe mobile & online payment in S. Korea, Japan, China | 04-25-2007
Analysis of: Mobile Payments Gain Energy | www.wirelessweek.com
Author: Jason Ma, Board Director and Sr. Counselor, IvyMax, Inc.

1. Timely article.2. Highlights the U.S. while Japan, S. Korea, HK, Singapore, other parts of Asia Pacific, and W. Europe are already a few years ahead in implementation and consumer attitude.

Google: A Really Smart Team But Can It Execute Perfectly All the Time? | 04-24-2007
Analysis of: Google's Only Foe: High Expectations | www.forbes.com
Author: Jason Ma, Board Director and Sr. Counselor, IvyMax, Inc.

1. As the emerging major ruler and "landlord" of the Internet, a guess is Google's market cap will come down a lot due to future execution imperfection vs. Wall Street persistently skyhigh expectations but will overtake Microsoft's in the long term.  (This assumes...

U.S. Enterprise Market Ahead of Asia But Not Wireless/Mobile | 04-23-2007
Author: Jason Ma, Board Director and Sr. Counselor, IvyMax, Inc.

1. Businesses in the U.S. have an opportunity to save costs and help enhance employee productivity regarding mobile usage.2. Wireless/mobile usage is integral, not a luxury, to employees' communications.3. The U.S. enterprise market is still the largest by far in revenue compared to Asia Pacific...

Kid Mobile Phones and Standalone Devices: An Emerging Global Market | 04-23-2007
Analysis of: Cingular and Verizon Wireless drop kid phones | www.rcrnews.com
Author: Jason Ma, Board Director and Sr. Counselor, IvyMax, Inc.

1. Cingular and Verizon are simply repositioning, realizing this lucrative market.2. Kids, parents, stores, distributors, mobile operators, MVNOs, mobile device manufacturers are interested, and some salivating, in this emerging large global market.

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