Our Team

Chairman

Ph.D./ University of Pennsylvania (U.S.A)/ Systems Management

• Advisor/ Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Chairman/ Asia Innovation Hub (Partnership with Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center)
• CEO/ Taiwan Eastbound Alliance Landing America  Association  (TeaLa)
• Co-founder/ Taiwan Nano & Micro-Photonics Co.
• Director/ DGM
• Chief Strategic Consultant/ IBM Greater China Region   

Dr. Chen, who holds a Ph.D. in Systems Management from the University of Pennsylvania, has over 30 years of industry experience. He currently serves as a Project Advisory Committee Member for Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, and also holds key roles as Chairman of Angel Investments at An Sichuang Fu, CEO of the New Southbound Global Industry-Academia Association, Director at the ESG World Citizen Foundation, and Chief Consultant for IBM’s Strategic Solutions Division.

Formerly an IBM strategic consultant, his recent work has focused on ESG policies and technology applications. He has assisted businesses such as the cooking oil recycling team DGM Yong-Rui and the heavy oil cracking innovator Shiwei Technology in successfully commercializing their products and expanding into overseas markets, including the United States.

• Consultant Business Head 
• Acceleration Global connection
• ATH-Investment Management

• Master/ Northwestern University (U.S.A)/MiM
• Bachelor/ UC Berkeley/ Media Studies

• Partner/ UPG Ventures & Law (U.S.A.)
• Managing Director/LOUD Impact Capital Great China
• Senior Consultant/ McKinsey & Co.
• Senior Consultant/ Accenture

Ethan Huang has practiced management consulting work with McKinsey & Co.,

Accenture and provided service for Fortune 200 companies in the U.S. and overseas.

He has established specialties in industry trend analysis, corporate strategy,

international venture structure, market development and investment integration, as well

as management execution and organization performance.

Over the past 20 years his career, Mr. Huang has provided his professional experience

across a variety of different industries and sectors, such as international commerce,

business immigration, telecommunication, MedTech, Energy, hospitality, education,

manufacturing, consumer branding and marketing, and international trading. In the

financial industry, he has a rich experience in helping U.S. venture capital firms and

technology companies establish commercialization resource, venture structure and

optimal valuation across national borders, as well as representing executive

management capacity at an international level.

• Deal Sorcing and Investment
• Japan Accelerator Connection

• Master / Georgia Institute of Technology(U.S.A.)/  Industrial and Systems Engineering 
• Bachelor / National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)/ Industrial Engineering and Management 

• Founder/ Headwater Capital
• Founder/ Taiwan Shuiyuan Capital
• Co-Founder/ Mofun
• CFO/ Digit Spark
• CFO/ Golface

After graduation, he worked as a database consultant at Informatica Inc. in the United States for two years. His transition into the financial sector was driven by his investment experience in the primary market.

He later served as the executive assistant to the Chairman of a multinational corporation, where he was responsible for over 10 companies corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, pre-investment evaluations in both primary and secondary markets, and post-investment corporate management.

As the founder of Headwater Capital, he leverages big data and AI to assess investment opportunities in startups and oversee post-investment management. He also serves as a board member and executive in multiple startups.