Michael S. Wu
Managing Director/Founder

Michael brings more than 12 years of operating experiences from engineering consultancy and product management to senior and executive management roles in both start-ups and multinational corporations.  Michael also serves as a Principal at TechVest Ventures and has also been an investment banker in structuring and financing of numerous real estate and technology ventures.

Michael has also served in interim/turnaround executive positions at regional start-ups in the Southeast and the Mid-Atlantic.  Most recently, he is a co-founder/Interim CFO of Southeastern Media Group, a transit media advertising company based in the Greensboro Triad of North Carolina.  He also served as the interim CEO for Geyser Pump Tech. Co., a NC-based start-up with an innovative patent-pending aerated pump with applications in the waste water treatment, oil/refinery, and biomedical industries.  Michael was a venture advisor to SystemRoot, a DC-based provider of IT support, network security, and wireless high-speed internet services in select niche areas.  Prior to that, he was Senior Manager at Nextel Communications, where he led product management efforts for Nextel's new-generation mobile phones and Public Safety initiatives.  Prior to Nextel, Michael was Senior Product Manager at Siemens and also held product management and technical marketing roles at Ericsson.  Prior to joining Ericsson, he led the early commercialization effort of the CdmaOne technology in the U.S. and was also an engineering consultant for fiber optics networking at Nortel Networks.

Michael currently serves on the Board of several technology ventures under his advisory as well as the Board of the National Association of Asian American Professionals- NC.  He is also a founding member and trustee of the North Carolina Chinese Business Association (NCCBA) based in Raleigh, NC.

Mr. Wu holds an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, M.S. in both Electrical Engineering and Management of Technology from Georgia Tech, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering magna cum laude from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) candidate as well as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) candidate and has invested in multiple real estate properties and fine restaurants around the U.S.   He is fluent in English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and German.