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1601 McCarthy Blvd
Milpitas, California, 95035
United States

Amanda Chang

Youth President of Be the Change Foundation

Andreas Ramos

Author of 22+ books on digital marketing, Professor at CSTU

Annika Lundström

CEO at ReMinded & Molecular Bioscientist

Aria Li

Senior AI Engineer of Sony, Founder of Silicon Valley Youth Professionals

Ariel Cai

Head of GTM of a voice AI startup called LMNT(element), Stanford alum

Bei Xu

Founder of the Meaningful Life International Family Health Foundation

Cecilia Cao

Professor & Chief of Staff at Be The Change Foundation & CSTU

Dr. Elizabeth Xu

Dr. Elizabeth Xu, chairman and co-founder of California Science and Technology University in Silicon Valley, a fully accredited institution, and A2C Academy, an executive coaching company, is dedicated to mentoring mid-career professionals on their path to the C-suite. With a wealth of experience as a board director and C-level executive since 2005, she held pivotal roles as CTO at BMC Software and CP Group, driving enterprise software development that generated billions in revenue. She also taught classes at Stanford University for six years. Her remarkable influence was acknowledged when Forbes named her one of the top 100 most influential Chinese individuals in 2023. Elizabeth loves coaching younger generations. Her hobbies include hiking, swimming, and painting. She sometimes plays golf with her friends.

Elizabeth xu

Dr. Elizabeth Xu is a passionate global transformative leader and public company board member. She is a C-level executive with 20+ years of experience & a track record of technology, product, and business strategy/execution & customer satisfaction success through the applications of Cloud, AI, IoT & cybersecurity, and creating new digital business models. She is the CEO and co-founder of A2C Leadership Group, an interactive online education and coaching platform. A2C helps companies develop their top talent, elevates their thinking into a creative win-win mindset, and instills best practices for their daily execution. A2C helps employees build four-level innovative win-win solutions for customers, companies, teams, and shareholders. Dr. Xu also co-founded California Science and Technology University (www.cstu.edu), a fully accredited private university located in the center of Silicon Valley. It offers both bachelor's and master's programs in Computer Science and management, helping younger generations learn cutting-edge technology and helping working professionals and veterans transform their careers with the latest technology. She has in-depth software development experience in creating large-scale, mission-critical mobile, SaaS, multi/hybrid clouds, and billion-dollar revenue software products. She has driven Product Marketing, Product Management, Engineering, Customer Training, Customer Support, Professional Services, and IT organizations in public companies. She has also built deep partnerships with customers and successfully met revenue/profit targets. She served as the Group CTO at CP Group, a $95 Billion Revenue International Conglamorate, CTO at BMC Software, and Head of global Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, IT and Customer Engagement a few public companies. A Stanford University lecturer, she taught big data, global operation, and leadership classes, authored a textbook, and developed course material. She frequently speaks at industry conferences/events. Dr. Xu was Forbles Top 100 most influential Chinese in 2023, the Top 50 US Diversity Leader in 2020, the 2017 WITI Hall of Fame winner, the 2013 Women of Influence of Silicon Valley, and received 10+ other awards such as Female Technologist of the Year, Female Executive of the Year, Coach of the Year. A passionate community leader, Dr. Xu is the WITI APAC Advisory Board Chairman and The Chairman of Be the Change Foundation. She is also a dedicated mentor for students at Peking University, MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley University.

Elizabeth Xu, Ph.D.

Dr. Elizabeth Xu is the Chairman and Co-Founder of California Science and Technology University (CSTU) in Silicon Valley, an institution dedicated to inclusive and affordable AI education. She also founded A2C Academy, an executive coaching company focused on mentoring mid-career professionals towards C-suite roles. With extensive experience as a board director and C-level executive, Elizabeth has held key positions as CTO at BMC Software and CP Group, overseeing enterprise software development that generated billions in revenue. In addition to her executive roles, Elizabeth taught at Stanford University for six years and authored "Myths of the Promotion: 10 Steps to a Successful Career," published in 2012 and available on Amazon. Recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Chinese in 2023 and a US Top 50 Diversity Leader in 2020, she remains a powerful influence in guiding aspiring professionals. Elizabeth enjoys hiking, swimming, painting, and occasionally playing golf with friends. She actively shares her leadership insights and career management tips through her YouTube leadership channels and LinkedIn newsletters, striving to inspire and support the next generation of talent. Watch this video to learn how to shift your career strategy and become a promotable candidate.

Haibin Xu

General Manager of Shell. Broad Director of AAASE

Han Zhu

Senior Product Manager of PayPal, Harvard Graduate

John Li

Stanford University senior IT security, California Science and Technology University adjunct professor

Lingfei Wu

CEO of Anytime AI

Lu Zhang

Founder & Managing Partner at Fusion Fund

Luke Goetting

Director at Puffingston Presentations

MetaCher Li

MetaCher, based in Silicon Valley, is renowned for her innovative AI-generated art and technology, as well as her humanistic collaboration art projects. She is the founding artist, curator, and educator of ArtX, a community art gallery and school in Silicon Valley.

Mukeshwaran Baskaran

Quantitative Researcher at UC Berkeley

Neel Vora

Founder & Managing Partner of Indopacific Ventures

Priyanka Ladha

Priyanka Ladha is a 3x fashion tech entrepreneur and Stanford student. She is on a mission to make fashion sustainable both from manufacturing and technology standpoint.

Sam Liang

Founder & CEO of Otter.ai

Tong Liu

Quantitative Researcher of UC Berkeley

William Zarit

Senior Counselor of the Cohen Group

Yedan Yin

Head of Regional Sales of Omnivision