Staff Page / Affiliated Faculty
CHEN, Jeff
- Research Departments・Position
- Cross-regional Studies
Affiliated Professor - Area
- Data Science, Entrepreneurship, Venture Investment, and Strategic Institutional Planning, Finance
- Research Interests / Keywords
- Business Administration, Information Management, Biomedical Data Science
CHEN, Jeff
Overview
Dr. Chen brings over 25 years of comprehensive expertise in academia and industry. His diverse experience includes new venture startups and investments, data sciences and analytics, corporate turnaround management, as well as strategic planning for institutional sustainability. His experience traverses diverse sectors across the US, Japan, and Taiwan.
Dr. Chen is currently holding two teaching positions in the National Taiwan University (NTU), at the Department and Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management, and the College of Medicine (joint appointment). In addition, Dr. Chen is served as the Professor in Practice and Advisory to the President office of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University – NYCU, and the Adjunct Professor at the Department of Information Management and Finance of NYCU. Dr. Chen is also the Visiting Professor at Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Japan, and the Visiting Professor at the BioMedical Translation Research Center of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and Visiting Scholar at Department of BioMedical Data Science, School of Medicine, Stanford University.
In the academic sphere, in NYCU, he serves as Deputy Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapy (CRC), and the Adjunct Research Fellow in the System-on-Chip (SoC) Research Center. In addition, in NTU, Dr. Chen served as the researcher at the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics, as well as at the Center of Technology Policy and Industry Development. In Kyoto University, Dr. Chen undertakes the responsibilities of Managing Partner at iCeMS Venture Studio.
In his industrial experiences, Dr. Chen has a diverse and global investment experience, working in Tokyo and Silicon Valley for several years. Dr. Chen was invited to serve as the Independent Board of Director at Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, which is one of the leading container cargo shippers in the world. Dr. Chen successfully supervised the company turnaround business and made the company to be the top most profitable companies in Taiwan. Before advancing his career at academic field, Dr. Chen served as Chief Investment Officer for Acer, where he made several major investment decisions. Dr. Chen also held several important positions in Asustek Computer, Hewlett Packard’s consulting service division, and Nomura group’s venture capital arm, JAFCO.
Dr. Chen founded more than 10 start-up companies in different fields. Meanwhile, he also serves in various positions in those companies. He has a Ph.D. in Information Management, and also an MBA degree from National Taiwan University (NTU). He holds another master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in USA, a bachelor's degree Electronic Engineering from Chung Yuan Christian University.
He can speak Chinese, English, and Japanese.
Dr. Chen is currently holding two teaching positions in the National Taiwan University (NTU), at the Department and Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management, and the College of Medicine (joint appointment). In addition, Dr. Chen is served as the Professor in Practice and Advisory to the President office of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University – NYCU, and the Adjunct Professor at the Department of Information Management and Finance of NYCU. Dr. Chen is also the Visiting Professor at Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Japan, and the Visiting Professor at the BioMedical Translation Research Center of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and Visiting Scholar at Department of BioMedical Data Science, School of Medicine, Stanford University.
In the academic sphere, in NYCU, he serves as Deputy Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapy (CRC), and the Adjunct Research Fellow in the System-on-Chip (SoC) Research Center. In addition, in NTU, Dr. Chen served as the researcher at the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics, as well as at the Center of Technology Policy and Industry Development. In Kyoto University, Dr. Chen undertakes the responsibilities of Managing Partner at iCeMS Venture Studio.
In his industrial experiences, Dr. Chen has a diverse and global investment experience, working in Tokyo and Silicon Valley for several years. Dr. Chen was invited to serve as the Independent Board of Director at Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, which is one of the leading container cargo shippers in the world. Dr. Chen successfully supervised the company turnaround business and made the company to be the top most profitable companies in Taiwan. Before advancing his career at academic field, Dr. Chen served as Chief Investment Officer for Acer, where he made several major investment decisions. Dr. Chen also held several important positions in Asustek Computer, Hewlett Packard’s consulting service division, and Nomura group’s venture capital arm, JAFCO.
Dr. Chen founded more than 10 start-up companies in different fields. Meanwhile, he also serves in various positions in those companies. He has a Ph.D. in Information Management, and also an MBA degree from National Taiwan University (NTU). He holds another master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in USA, a bachelor's degree Electronic Engineering from Chung Yuan Christian University.
He can speak Chinese, English, and Japanese.