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Ms. Yang joined Novak Biddle Venture Partners in 2006.
Trained in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Janet started her investment career on Wall Street as a sell-side equity research analyst for Merrill Lynch and later Salomon Smith Barney, where she was a top-ranked analyst in her sector according to fund managers’ surveys, and helped raised over $800 million for various corporations.
Ms. Yang started her investment career on Wall Street as a sell-side equity research analyst for Merrill Lynch and later Salomon Smith Barney, where she was a top-ranked analyst in her sector according to fund managers’ surveys, and helped raised over $800 million for various corporations.
Ms. Yang has wealth of work experience in Asia, in particular, the Greater China region.
While in Asia, she held various senior executive positions at PCCW, the largest telecommunications company in Hong Kong, reporting to Chairman and CEO Richard Li.
Her experience included being the CFO of an IT outsourcing company in partnership with China Telecom and PCCW.
Ms. Yang is multi-lingual, fluent in Chinese and has studied Japanese and French.
She has lived and worked in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing.
Former positions of Janet Yang
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Novak Biddle Venture Partners
 Novak Biddle Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Novak Biddle Venture Partners (Novak Biddle Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Biddle III A. G. W. and Novak Jr E Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. | Private Equity Analyst | 31/12/2017 |
Avail Media, Inc.
 Avail Media, Inc. BroadcastingConsumer Services Avail-TVN is the largest independent digital media services company in North America. Working with every major studio and television network, the company offers a full content line up of MPEG-4 encoded live programming as well as video on demand content in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 to multichannel video providers throughout the US, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico. The Avail-TVN platform is an open, advanced technology, offering the most comprehensive, end-to-end solution for licensing, managing, distributing and marketing linear and on-demand content to virtually any platform today and is extensible to support the new services of tomorrow. Avail-TVN is the only company today to deliver to its customers a combined MPEG-4 linear IPTV and Video On Demand (VOD) solution. The Avail-TVN solution includes a full line-up of live television programming with hundreds of channels, all quality-encoded in MPEG-4, IP-encapsulated, encrypted, combined with VOD, and designed for future value-added services. Avail-TVN possesses an extensive content library, including transport rights from the top national programmers, including ABC-Disney, Turner, NBC Universal, MTV Networks, Fox Cable Networks as well as On Demand content from every major studio such as Buena Vista/Disney, DreamWorks, Lionsgate NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros and television network, as well as content only available On Demand. Avail-TVN also offers a proprietary software suite, ViewTrak™, which allows both carriers and content providers the ability to track programming activations on a real-time basis. Avail-TVN's solutions have been designed for and are today used by digital video providers of all types. Whether triple-play, quad-play, or pure video play, Avail-TVN has a solution to suit your digital media services requirements. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 21/10/2010 |
| Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/
 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.
 Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. develops software solutions for higher education. It offers success platform, early alert, connect, and starfish degree planner. The company was founded by David A. Yaskin in 2007 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Janet Yang
| Stanford University | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 6 |
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Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Novak Biddle Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Novak Biddle Venture Partners (Novak Biddle Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Biddle III A. G. W. and Novak Jr E Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. | Finance |
WealthEngine, Inc.
 WealthEngine, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WealthEngine, Inc. provides wealth intelligence solutions. It offers analytics and modeling, consulting, marketing, and training services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD. | Technology Services |
Avail Media, Inc.
Avail Media, Inc. BroadcastingConsumer Services Avail-TVN is the largest independent digital media services company in North America. Working with every major studio and television network, the company offers a full content line up of MPEG-4 encoded live programming as well as video on demand content in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 to multichannel video providers throughout the US, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico. The Avail-TVN platform is an open, advanced technology, offering the most comprehensive, end-to-end solution for licensing, managing, distributing and marketing linear and on-demand content to virtually any platform today and is extensible to support the new services of tomorrow. Avail-TVN is the only company today to deliver to its customers a combined MPEG-4 linear IPTV and Video On Demand (VOD) solution. The Avail-TVN solution includes a full line-up of live television programming with hundreds of channels, all quality-encoded in MPEG-4, IP-encapsulated, encrypted, combined with VOD, and designed for future value-added services. Avail-TVN possesses an extensive content library, including transport rights from the top national programmers, including ABC-Disney, Turner, NBC Universal, MTV Networks, Fox Cable Networks as well as On Demand content from every major studio such as Buena Vista/Disney, DreamWorks, Lionsgate NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros and television network, as well as content only available On Demand. Avail-TVN also offers a proprietary software suite, ViewTrak™, which allows both carriers and content providers the ability to track programming activations on a real-time basis. Avail-TVN's solutions have been designed for and are today used by digital video providers of all types. Whether triple-play, quad-play, or pure video play, Avail-TVN has a solution to suit your digital media services requirements. | Consumer Services |
Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.
Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. develops software solutions for higher education. It offers success platform, early alert, connect, and starfish degree planner. The company was founded by David A. Yaskin in 2007 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Technology Services |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC. | Finance |
| Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. | Finance |
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