Dr. Lance Lee is a Harvard-trained management executive with more than two decades of experience in entrepreneurial leadership, corporate strategy, and hi-tech business development in the Silicon Valley.

Lance’s early career includes award-winning work as a senior management consultant and managing partner for several consulting firms in the U.S. and Europe. At Organizational Dynamics (Boston, MA), for instance, Lance was responsible for the design, development and implementation of leadership and Quality Management programs for U.S. Fortune 500 corporations including Shell Oil, Westinghouse, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Carolina Power & Light.  Lance’s work was recognized by a number of global manufacturing and trade associations; he was the invited guest speaker to several international business symposiums including, for instance, the Tokyo International Quality Conference.

In the 1990’s, Lance founded a consulting organization in the Silicon Valley specializing in executive and team development, product/service innovation, and financial strategic planning for hi-tech corporations.  His clients have included management professionals, senior executives, and teams from hi-tech firms such as Cisco, Google, Yahoo, Oracle, Intel, IBM, and HP.  In the past seven years, he has served in executive, consulting and board positions for a number of high-tech start-ups.  He has helped to raise tens of millions of dollars in venture capital, and been instrumental in the creation of successful product innovation groups, executive leadership teams, and enterprise sales organizations for more than two dozen corporations.

Lance holds dual doctorates in Consulting Psychology from Harvard University, and in Management and Organizational Development. He is a Summa Cum Laude / Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California, and a former Danforth and Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

Mr. Brandon West is a Silicon Valley technology leader who brings more than a decade of experience in corporate and organizational management, with distinctive expertise in process quality management and assurance systems.

Prior to his present role with Agilestar, Brandon served as the Director of Operations and Managing Director of Quality Assurance and Testing with a successful Silicon Valley internet and computer components firm.

Brandon served on the founding team of Agilestar, and has been instrumental in week-to-week tactical management, as well as longer range strategic planning for Agilestar's success. Among other roles, he oversees the leadership of Agilestar's quality control and RMA processes.

In addition to his career experience in building hi-tech quality assurance systems and work force teams, Mr. West brings cross-industry experience in customer service and CRM from his work in a number of successful businesses and organizational start-ups.

Brandon is a graduate of West Valley College, and an active member in several Silicon Valley business and trade associations.

Ms. Audrey Chen has more than 20 years of experience in high-tech accounting, fiscal strategy, and capital management and planning.

Most recently, Audrey spent 7 years at 3-Com, serving internationally in Latin America, North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific, eventually taking leadership as worldwide commissions and compensation manager for the company.  In her role, Ms. Chen was responsible for capital management and budgets and all financial compensation and support for 3-Com’s sales divisions worldwide. 

Prior to this, Audrey led accounting efforts in high-tech manufacturing venues, including 10 years at UniSys Systems serving in the controller’s office, managing payroll, general ledger, capital budgets, and working closely on financial strategy related to salary and benefits for UniSys 80,000 employees.  Audrey has a B.A. in business administration, and extended executive education through Wharton School of Business. 

Mr. HK Kim brings over 20 years of experience in technology sales and marketing leadership to his role at Agilestar.  Prior to Agilestar, he managed strategic sales organizations on 3 continents, successfully serving as a Worldwide Marketing Manager and Strategic Sales Director for Hyundai/Hynix Semiconductor in North America (1987-1992), Asia (1992-1994), and Europe (1994-1998). 

HK’s achievements in his most recent role included the establishment of sales and distribution channels throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden.  HK successfully pioneered new accounts and long-term relationships with clients including Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, and Siemens.  He was also successful in creating customer service channels for multinational companies including IBM, Compaq, Dell, Sun, HP and Fujitsu.  As a major example of his propensity for results, HK raised overall revenue for the Hynix Semiconductor Division from $30 to 100 million monthly while managing the European market.

HK has similarly distinguished himself in his sales and marketing efforts in countries across the Pacific Rim.  From a company base in Seoul, Korea, HK was successful in directing a worldwide marketing strategy.  His efforts resulted in, as an example, the addition of $50 million dollars in additional revenue from an alliance he successfully forged with the IBM Yasu Fab.  HK developed successful sales approaches, product pricing strategies, and benchmarking studies for market penetration in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Australia.  He has conducted successful sales campaigns in virtually every country of the Pacific Rim, including from the Western side, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.

In the past decade, HK has served as an Executive Vice-President for AQS, an electronics manufacturing company, and COO and co-founder of Velox, an electronics component purchasing and service enterprise.  He has also led, as President, his own Korean global marketing and business development firm, Se-Sol, active in Asia and across the Pacific Rim.  HK holds his BSEE and MSEE from Dongkook University in Seoul, Korea. 

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