The Speaker will share the winding path of his career, entrepreneurial endeavors, endured challenges and lessons learned that led him to the current executive role at Appvance.ai, the inventor of AI-driven software testing technology. As Steve Jobs said during his 2005 Stanford Commence Address, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

This event is hosted by CIE-SF (http://cie-sf.org/). It’s free but space is limited, so please register in advance, or email ciesfeecs@gmail.com.

About Andre Liao

Andre is currently the CEO of Appvance.ai, a venture-backed startup that invented AI-driven software testing technology.

Andre started his hi-tech career at Intel and is an entrepreneurial executive with 23 years of global sales leadership and management experience. Prior to joining Appvance.ai, Andre served as VP & GM of Americas for intive and helped drove the company’s rapid revenue growth from $20M in $100M in four years. Additionally, he held leadership roles at Star Global, NeoMagic and Sapphire Communications and founded numerous startups. Andre earned an MBA from Marshall School of Business at USC and a BA in Economics from UC Santa Cruz.