IEEE: The Force Behind InnovationIEEE: The Force Behind Innovation

Joseph Wei (joseph.wei@ieee.org)

Chair, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, SCVVice Chair, Chair (2015 – 2016), Santa Clara Valley SectionCo-founder, Lab360 Hardware IncubatorCEO, SJW Consulting, Inc.

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Joseph Wei

Joseph Wei is a co-founder of Lab360, an incubator that provides investment, and business acceleration for early stage hardware startups. Lab360 started as a client project from Joseph’s consulting company, SJW Consulting Inc. a business strategy consulting firm advising C-level executives at global technology companies.

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executives at global technology companies. Previously, Joseph held executive positions at Inventec Corp., Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), NEC, and DEC. He is recognized for his expertise in wearable, IoT, and Cloud computing.

Joseph is an IEEE senior member, the 2016 Chair for the Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section, recipient of the IEEE MGA Outstanding Large Section Award. He is also the Industrial Relations VP, and, the SCV Chair for the CE Society. He is an advisor to several startups, and, a mentor to Alchemist Accelerator. He has a BS in EE from Tufts University.

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and other notables founded the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

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Engineers

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