Lee S. Ting

Lee S. Ting is a former corporate vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company, where he worked for more than thirty years. He joined the company in 1965 as an R&D engineer and was promoted subsequently through a number of general management positions in both Asia and United States. Those included founder and general manager of HP Taiwan, managing director of Southeast Asia Manufacturing Operations, director of business development for Intercontinental Operations, and vice president and managing director of Asia Pacific. His last position was corporate vice president and managing director of Worldwide Geographic Operations, where he was responsible for the operations of the Hewlett-Packard’s customer facing organizations in all the 100+ countries in which the company maintained a direct presence.

In addition to his career at Hewlett-Packard, Lee was a senior vice president with Hambrecht and Quist Company from 1989 to 1991, where he helped the firm with the expansion of its venture capital business into Asia. His responsibilities included the organization of venture capital funds and the establishing of the fund management office in the region.

Lee is currently managing director of WR Hambrecht, an investment bank based in San Francisco, and an advisor to WK Technologies, a venture capital firm with operations in the United States, China, and Taiwan. He is a board director of Lenovo Group, a global IT products and services provider, and Microelectronics Technology Inc, a global supplier of wireless communication products.

Lee was born in China and raised and educated in Brazil. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, and several Chinese dialects. He obtained his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University in 1965. He is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.