Joe Chang is a Partner at Eight Roads, focusing on technology investments. Joe, who is based in Shanghai, joined Eight Roads from Softbank China Venture Capital. He was previously Head of Corporate Development at Cisco Greater China. Prior to Cisco, Joe held various senior operational roles in Microsoft China, and spent the first 10 years of his career in consulting, first with Coopers & Lybrand, then McKinsey & Co. Originally from the US.Joe first landed in China in 1995 and graduated with an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, and an M.Eng. and B.Sc., Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering from Northwestern University. Joe also serves as a Board Director for the Asian Fund for Cancer Research on a pro-bono basis.

David Jones is President of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Asia, primarily responsible for SVB’s Asia business, including China joint venture bank, SPD Silicon Valley Bank. SVB’s Asia operations include expanding extensive relationships with many of Asia’s dominate venture capital and private equity firms, as well as local Chinese innovation companies. Dave first joined SVB as the Chief Credit Officer in 1997 where he was responsible for credit policy, credit underwriting and credit quality. During his tenure, SVB’s lending to innovation companies, investors of innovation companies, and wine grew organically from $500 million to over $10 billion. Dave was accredited to Shanghai, China in August of 2013 to expand SVB’s business in Asia. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Oklahoma State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Oklahoma City University.

Brett Krause is Managing Partner of PurpleSky Capital, one of China’s leading Angel Venture Capital firms specializing in funding start-ups in mobile internet, SaaS-based systems, e-commerce, internet gaming and other high-tech sectors. Prior to joining PurpleSky, Brett was the President of JPMorgan China. During his twenty-year Asian banking career, he specialized in building new banking businesses, including the launch of Citi’s domestic JPY business in Japan and RMB platform in China as well as Citibank’s consumer franchise in Vietnam. Brett served as the Chairman of Vietnam’s foreign bank association and has been elected 8 times as a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce, including two terms as a Governor of AmCham China in Beijing (2015-2016). Krause holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Services from Georgetown University, an MBA degree from Columbia Business School, and speaks Mandarin, Japanese and French.