Mr. Jason Ma
Co-Founder, IvyMax, Inc.
Member of the Technology Council
Council Member Biography
Jason Ma is Co-Founder, Board Advisor and former CEO at IvyMax, a leading online education technology and in-center service provider of college planning and test prep. He is also Founder and CEO at Congruent Partners. He is Senior Advisor at Silicon Valley-China Wireless Association. Previously, he was CEO, EVP, Co-Founder, Director and/or Advisor at a few Chinese and India new media ventures, YeePay (China) and ASVC.org. He has over 24 years of experience in education, e-learning, internet, wireless, media, e-payment, and telecom, and strategy, international sales/marketing and general management. He has managed relationships with schools, mobile operators, ISPs, portals, OEMs, channels, 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 service for mobile workers. He is a guest speaker at the Global China Business Meeting, Stanford, UC Berkeley, INSEAD and NUS, a thought leader for CNBC Asia, and a member of the Forbes CEO Network. He is a seasoned expert in secondary education. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2006 - Unspecified
- Co-Founder, IvyMax, Inc.
- 2004 - 2005
- Board Advisor, Angel Investor & Co-Founder, WithyaDirect (India)
- 2004 - 2005
- Advisory Board Member, Pacific Epoch
- 2003 - 2004
- Interim Advisor & Chief Marketing Officer, Strategic Alliance WorldGroup, Inc.
- 2003 - 2005
- Board Advisor, AaaHaa Media (China)
- 2002 - Unspecified
- 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 - Unspecified
- 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 - 1995
- Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Peninsula Wireless Communications
- 1993 - 1993
- Director of Pacific Rim Sales, Cylink Corp
- 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.
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Jason Ma(?)
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California's Public K-12 Education System Is Worsening
August 12, 2008
California at the Front of Education Trends | www.usnews.com
1) The Calfornia public K-12 education system has been suffering from budget cuts for decades, is not at the forefront, and is these days among the bottom 10% of the states in terms of standards and results. 2) It used to produce higher-quality student results two decades ago but since then it's been deteriorating as compared to some of the higher-standard systems in the East Coast and Midwest. 3) It is ironic that about 20 of the top 100 "Gold Medal" public high schools are in California, though these 20 are indeed very good schools, as I know the ones in the Bay Area. See: http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2007/11/29/gold-medal-schools.html.
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New Oriental and China's For-Profit Education Space
August 12, 2008
China's Little Dragons | www.forbes.com
1) Chinese parents in China spend a much higher amount of their annual income on their one child's education, as compared to parents in the U.S., and do almost anything to help their (sometimes spoiled) kids. 2) More and more yuppies in China are increasing their wealth and spend to get ahead in life (and to show off status symbols), including acquiring better English for better career opportunities. 3) New Oriental will continue to lead China's growing, for-profit education space. 4) As an aside, the unstoppable China train will surpass the U.S. in GDP sooner than 2030, not 2040! It's only going back to the old long-term trend line two centuries ago, if you will. When the U.S. was a baby, China and India were over 40% of the worldwide GDP.
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Observe mobile & online payment in S. Korea, Japan, China
April 25, 2007
Mobile Payments Gain Energy | www.wirelessweek.com
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?
April 24, 2007
Google's Only Foe: High Expectations | www.forbes.com
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 market conditions won't tank due to force majeure.)
2. Google will see more and more time in Washington, DC, for monopoly issues.
3. The Microsoft vs. Google business war will get increasingly delicious. -
U.S. Enterprise Market Ahead of Asia But Not Wireless/Mobile
April 23, 2007
The $2B hole: Research shows businesses should pay for wireless | www.rcrnews.com
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 and Europe. But the mobile market category still lacks behind much of the world -- an opportunity.
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GLG Study Groups with Jason Ma(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 16437 |
| Technology Council Members in Member Programs | 8640 |
| Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council | 4887 |
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 3422 |
| Business Process Outsourcing Experts | 1415 |
GLG Live Meetings with Jason Ma(?)
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