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CEO and CO-FOUNDER
Scott Ellman is CEO and co-founder of USAsia Venture Partners. He has over twenty years of experience in strategic alliances, marketing, business development, and sales. Scott has applied these skills in two distinct areas: high technology and commercial real estate. He has held senior positions at high technology pioneers Silicon Graphics (SGI) and VMware where, among other things, he managed some of the companies' most important alliances such as those with Hitachi, Toshiba, Oracle, NEC, Dell, IBM, and HP. He was also the co-founder and VP of Marketing at the for-profit division of SeniorNet.org, a world leader in teaching older citizens how to use computers and the Internet. There, Scott was instrumental in every step of the company's evolution, from co-writing the business plan and raising venture capital from investors such as Nichemen trading company and Mrs. Eugene Kleiner, to forging strategic partnerships with eBay and IBM. As a commercial real estate specialist at Sheldon Good & Company, Scott helped drive and structure the deals that made the company the leader in auction-based sales of real estate in North America. By the time he left the firm after a ten year tenure, it had closed over $9 billion in sales. Among other achievements, Scott coordinated the first-ever nationwide US auction, which drove a then-record $250 million in sales. Scott holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kapa and magna cum laude (the university's highest academic honor), and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
PRINCIPAL and CO-FOUNDER
Akemi Koda is a co-founder of USAsia Venture Partners. She is a seasoned marketing and business development professional with 20 years of experience in IT, managed services and corporate travel consulting. Her areas of focus include advertising and promotion, awareness and demand generation, and market research. Fluent in English and Japanese, Akemi understands market trends and consumer preferences on both sides of the Pacific. She has held positions with NEC Corporation of America, United Airlines, BCD, Carlson Inc., and Varig Airlines - Tokyo. Akemi holds a BS in Marketing from SFSU and an AA degree in Consumer Arts & Sciences with Fashion Merchandising Certificate from the College of San Mateo. Akemi is also co-founder of Apogee Club, a social and charitable organization for successful women, and Program Committee member at Keizai Society.
