Through more than 30 years of leadership, technology operations, academia, and entrepreneurship, Dr. Chou brings extensive experience in SaaS and cloud computing with unparalleled expertise in both building and selling enterprise technologies and predicting future technology direction. His work with startups on workflow, analytic cloud-based applications, and AI are especially important to guiding Teradata s cloud and AI strategies. Dr. Chou has been recognized as a thought leader on enterprise software, as an author on cloud computing and Internet of Things, and for his teaching on cloud computing and computer science in the U.S. and China. His 2004 landmark book, "The End of Software," foretold the rise of SaaS/cloud computing and featured four startups, including Salesforce, VMware and NetSuite. Professional Experience President of Oracle On Demand, a division of Oracle Corporation, an American multinational computer technology corporation (1999 2005) Chief Operating Officer of Reasoning, Inc., a pioneering application services provider (1996 1999); Chief Technology Officer (1994 1995) Chairman of the Alchemist Accelerator, a leading enterprise software accelerator where he is focused on analytics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (2013 Present) Lecturer at Stanford University (launching its first cloud-computing class) (1982 Present) Public Company Board Experience Independent Director of Blackbaud (2007 2023) Independent Director of Embarcadero Technologies (2000 2007) Education M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) B.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University Age 70 Independent Director Joined in 2017 Committees Compensation and People Expertise Cloud Technology, Data Analytics and Software Leadership Experience Financial / Accounting Literacy Global Business Sales, Marketing or Branding Background