William Kou

VP Sales,  Expedera (AI Inference)/ Expedera

William Kou currently serves as the VP of Sales at Expedera, a Silicon Valley startup that provides AI and machine learning silicon IP to customers who design their own ASICs. Prior to Expedera, he held sales and sales management positions at proteanTecs, GUC, UMC, Chartered (now Global Foundries), and Lattice Semiconductor. Early in his career, William spent twelve years working at IBM in various positions such as engineering, consulting, and sales, and he had experience working with technologies including networking, storage, software, and microelectronics. William received MS in electrical engineering (with a minor in computer science) form the University of Minnesota, and BS in electrical engineering from the Ohio State University.

He has been an active board member at the Chinese-American Semiconductor Professional Association (CASPA) since 2008.