David Ly
Chairman

David Ly is the visionary leader and founder of Iveda Solutions. David has served as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since the company’s inception. David has over 14 years of experience in wireless data, cellular, IT, and security surveillance. David was 27 years old when he founded the Company in 2003 and ever since has turned the Company into a global organization. David’s major accomplishments include raising approximately $8 million through angel investors, taking the company public, acquiring a company in Taiwan, and acquiring the Company’s big U.S. and international accounts. Prior to founding the company, he had a successful career in sales and applications engineering. He held positions with several major corporations, including Applications Engineer at Metricom, Inc., Corporate Sales at Nextel Communications, Market Manager at Door To Door Storage, and B2B Sales Manager at T-Mobile USA). While at T-Mobile, David earned the President’s Club Top Salesman Award. David has 7 years of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) workshops and private mastery training in business leadership programs. David’s experience in sales and marketing and his clear vision of video surveillance through cloud computing are invaluable to the company’s success. David now serves at many technology, community, and law enforcement Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. David received his B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering with a Minor in International Business from San Francisco State University in California.

James Staudohar
Director, Chairperson of the Audit Committee

James Staudohar was appointed to Iveda Solutions’ Board in January 2010.  Since 2003, Jim has served as President of Lakeview Enterprises, LLC, providing business advisory and consulting services to companies throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. From 2007 to 2009, Jim served as the Chief Financial Officer and as a director of Veritest International Corporation, a startup company that developed a drug screening device.  From 1994 to 2002, Jim served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of RSI Enterprises, Inc., a multi-million dollar profitable asset recovery business in Phoenix, Arizona.  Prior to 1994, Jim held a number of financial positions, including serving as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Modern Merchandising, Inc. from 1981 until its acquisition by Best Products, Inc. in 1983, when Jim was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Best Products, a $3 billion retail organization, positions he held until 1989. Jim also served from 1973-1981 as Vice President and Controller of B. Dalton Bookseller. In addition to his financial experience, Jim served on the Board of Directors of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation, the publicly traded parent company of the gun manufacturer from 2002 to 2004. He also served as the Chair of Smith & Wesson’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Nominating Committee. Among other professional experiences, qualifications and skills, Jim’s knowledge and understanding of the capital markets and his in-depth experience in corporate finance and business management will provide valuable assistance to the Company in oversight of financial management, internal controls, and strategic planning.  Jim received his B.A. Degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota.

Joseph Farnsworth
Director, Chairperson of the Compensation Committee

Joseph Farnsworth was appointed to Iveda Solutions’ Board in January 2010.  Over the years, Joe has been a loyal supporter of Iveda Solutions, first as a customer, then as an investor (along with his family), and now a director. Joe has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry.  Since 1995, Joe has served as President and a director of Farnsworth Realty & Management Co., an Arizona based privately held real estate company.  He has also served on the Board of Farnsworth Development, a closely held real estate developer, since 1995, and on the Board of Farnsworth Companies since 2008.  From 1987 to 1991, Joe served as President of Farnsworth International, a real estate investment company based in Taipei, Taiwan, and from 1990 to 1995, Joe served as President of Alfred’s International, a company with operations in China and Korea.  He serves on the Board of Directors of Arizona Brain Food, an organization providing food to lower income school children, and is actively involved with the La Masita, a homeless shelter.  He has previously served on the Board of Adjustment for the City of Mesa, Arizona, and also previously served on the City Planning and Zoning Board for the City of Mesa, Arizona.  Among other professional experiences, qualifications, and skills, Joe has substantial knowledge of the usefulness of the Company’s services in the real estate industry and has extensive contacts in the industry.  In addition, Joe has extensive experience in managing companies, as well as a strong background in finance, all of which are vital to the overall success of the Company. Joe is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Real Estate Finance and is a licensed Arizona real estate broker.

Gregory Omi
Director, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee

Gregory Omi has been serving on the Board since 2005.  Greg has over 29 years of experience as a software developer in the Computer Games Industry. Greg assists the Company in overseeing all software development activities and improvements to its technologies including development of a web-based executive dashboard to gather information and functionalities for cameras, video services, digital video recorders and access control.  Greg specializes in writing engine and effects code, game objects and tools code, data compression and quantization. He has also written the firmware for a CD drive, RSA and MD5 code, and has built some simple hardware.  Recently, he has been working on Action Script 3 and Objective C. Greg has been working as Architect for Zynga since November 2009, writing online games in Flash for Facebook (i.e.., Farmville, Empire).  Greg also worked at Monkey Gods, LLC, a video game provider, designing Facebook applications as a programmer, until Zynga bought the company.  From October 2006 to January 2009, Greg worked at Flektor, Inc., focused on Flash 9 / Flex 2 / Action Script 3, C, XML and Ruby programming for a web application, including video and image processing.  Flektor was acquired by FOX Interactive Media in 2007 while he was working there.  From October 1996 to June 2006, Greg held the position of Senior Programmer with Naughty Dog, a computer game company, which was acquired by Sony.  He also worked as a programmer for other computer game companies such as TekMagic, Epyx, Atari, Nexa, and HES. Greg attended DeVry Institute in Phoenix, Arizona where he studied industrial electronics engineering.

Alex Kuo
Director

Alex Kuo was first hired as a consultant in 2009 to facilitate the acquisition of MEGAsys – Tawain. Shortly after the completion of the acquisition, Iveda Solutions hired Alex in May 2011 as Senior Vice President of Global Strategies and General Manager – Asia and recently promoted to Chief Strategy Officer. Alex will develop and manage new alliances with companies that will advance Iveda Solutions’ global play both on the customer and supplier side. Alex will also manage operation and expansion in Asia.  Alex has 20 years of executive experience at Acer Group. Prior to Acer, he was General Manager at Servex/Anextek. He also held Vice President and Senior Vice President positions at China Security and Surveillance Technology (NYSE:CSR), FalconStor Software (NASDAQ: FALC), and Global Data Solutions, Co. Alex also serves as an instructor at the Cloud Computing Industry Association of Taiwan. Alex received his Master of Science and Technology Innovation Management degree at George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Science at National Taiwan University.

Alejandro Franco
Director

Alejandro Franco has been helping the Company with business development and strategic partnership opportunities in Mexico as a consultant for over a year prior to his appointment to the Board. He has been advising and facilitating the Company's negotiations with a telecommunication company in Mexico. Franco has twenty six years of cross-industry experience with leading start-up and high-growth companies. He is known for delivering strong and sustainable revenue and profit gains in highly competitive markets throughout the U.S., China, Taiwan, Mexico, and Brazil. He has extensive experience in leading large-scale, complex, global operations in these countries. Franco is the president and founder of Amextel (Mexico). He was also the founder and president of TVM, Inc. (Mexico) from 1985 to 1988 and Bela Corp. (U.S.) from 1988 to 2000. Franco also works as a consultant to America Movil in Mexico, Streamibox in the U.S., Glory Inc. in Taiwan, and Heng Tong, Eastcompeace, and ZTE in China. Franco has a degree in Economics from the UNAM University in Mexico, a degree in Industrial Design from the Ibero University in Mexico, and Masters in Theology from Oblate University in San Antonio, Texas.

Robert Gillen
Director

Robert Gillen has been a long-time supporter of Iveda Solutions as an investor. He is president of the Law Offices of Robert D. Gillen, Ltd., a law firm assisting clients with domestic and international planning, with offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Naperville, Illinois. Gillen is an international speaker and has extensive experience in advising businesses and professionals on tax and legal matters. Gillen has been active in the cellular industry since its inception and has assisted in the development of the cellular network. Gillen has served on various boards of directors and advisory committees for growing companies, as well as donating his time and expertise on not-for-profit boards. Gillen has also authored many articles on business, tax, and legal matters. Gillen graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and from IIT Chicago Kent College of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree with Honors.