Bill Liao
European Venture Partner SOSventures
Founder at Weforest
Advisor at Digital 2.0
CEO at Finaxis AG
Co-Founder at XING AG
Bill Liao is an Australian entrepreneur and philanthropist who has participated in seven IPOs. He is also CEO of Finaxis AG, a privately held company in the financial services industry. Liao is a social networking pioneer, author, speaker, and philanthropist.
Liao is presently focused on reforesting the Earth by causing 2 trillion trees to be planted by 2020 as part of the WeForest Movement which he founded.
Liao has also been appointed as a special diplomatic envoy for St Kitts and Nevis for sustainable development and the environment.
Liao was also the Director of Operations (DOO) of telecommunications company Davnet, which achieved the fastest capital value growth in the history of the Australian Stock exchange and which aggregated Internet access in the riser space of office buildings. Davnet was acquired by Japanese telecommunications carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in 1996. Liao left Davnet after the acquisition, turning his attention to other IT endeavors.
Liao was the first external investor in XING.com, then called openBC.com, which was founded by Hinrichs in Gemany in 2003. Later Liao became a supervisory board member and was given the title co-Founder by Lars Hinrichs in recognition for Liao's contribution which is recorded in the XING prospectus.
In 2011 Liao joined SOSventures as their European Venture Partner specialising in Internet and social media.
Tom Connolly
Tom Connolly is a 30-year veteran of the ICT, eLearning and Life Science sectors, managing technical projects and organisations in order to meet aggressive goals and streamline operations. Tom was Apple's European Localisation Manager for 5 years, and their European New Products Manager for 7 years. Since 2000 he has run a Project Management Consultancy and Training business, itac enterprises, specialising in Project Management, Business Development and Product Development. From 2008 to 2011 Tom was a mentor for South Cork Enterprise Board helping many clients to develop products, expand into new markets and generate sales.
He is a former President of MPUG Ireland, a former member of the LRC Advisory Board, and has developed online and in-room training programmes that have been delivered in Australia, Argentina, Austria, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
His training has been included in ILM and PMI certified programmes.
Tom has an MBA from the National University of Ireland Cork, and a B. Eng. (Industrial) from the National University of Ireland Galway.
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