Iris Lei

Iris Lei is the Founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (SVIEF), a position she has held since January 2011.12 She is based in Santa Clara, California, United States. Lei has extensive experience in entrepreneurship and technology, having founded SVIEF, which has become one of the most anticipated technology and investment conferences in the Bay Area.2

In addition to her role at SVIEF, Lei has other notable positions:

1. CEO & Founder of 99people.com since November 2007, a high-tech media platform for Chinese to share Silicon Valley's technology information and facilitate business matchmaking between China and the US.1

2. President of Silicon Valley Information Business Alliance since January 2005.1

Lei's educational background includes a Master of Information System degree from USC Marshall School of Business, which she obtained between 1999 and 2001.1

Under Lei's leadership, SVIEF has featured prominent speakers such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Steve Wozniak, and Sebastian Thrun. The forum covers topics including enterprise services, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, venture investment, and Blockchain.2