Ben Hwang

Current

Owner at Five18 LLC
Board of Advisors Member at Triad InterNet Initiative
Chief Strategy Officer and CoFounder at Firelace, Inc.

Executive Director at Phoenix Networks

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Past

Senior Systems Engineer at Motorola
Director at Cable 8
Council Member at synerG

Director at The People, Yes
Editorial Board Member at Greensboro 101
Co-Chair at Guilford County Schools CTP IT Business Council
System administrator at Motorola

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Education

Washington State University
Mercer Island High School

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9 people have recommended Ben

Connections

232 connections

Industry

Financial Services

Ben Hwang’s Summary

Looking for more opportunities all the time. There's only so much time in the day to take an idea and mold it into something that the world would like to see. Been a technical person all my life, but decided that it was time for a change and approaching a new direction.

Professionally trained in telecommunications, programming, information technology and information research while having done as much civic work as time allows. One of my current fascinations is short-long term strategy planning, innovative design, and process optimization in order to control fiscal efficiency and profitability.

Ben Hwang’s Specialties:

RF optimization, network design, Network layer code, secure embedded wireless systems, market and technology trends, market analysis, information technology, technical consultation, strategy development, online strategy, online marketing, information research

Ben Hwang’s Experience

Owner

Five18 LLC

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Strategy development and niche marketing.
Board of Advisors Member

Triad InterNet Initiative

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Program Development industry)

October 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Chief Strategy Officer and CoFounder

Firelace, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

July 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

My current position requires me to look into long term growth models along with features that will bring our clients closer to their accounting.
Executive Director

Phoenix Networks

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

January 2004 — Present (6 years )

Phoenix Networks, a nonprofit organization assisting communities and businesses across the digital divide through the innovations of wireless technology to expedite economic growth and educational development.
Senior Systems Engineer

Motorola

(Public Company; MOT; Telecommunications industry)

December 1998 — March 2009 (10 years 4 months)

Currently work on historical trends and new technology development as well as feature testing and troubleshooting for CDMA deployment nationwide. The majority of my time has been spend on studying and analyzing issues in first application markets, and working with development in providing fixes and interactions with the customer.

Previous duties included direct market interactions with the customer along with RF optimization in field and test support at both switch and base stations. Also have created custom tools from system encryption to integration tools to assist in overall facilities of testing and deployment.
Director

Cable 8

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2006 — February 2009 (3 years 1 month)
Council Member

synerG

(Program Development industry)

September 2005 — July 2008 (2 years 11 months)

Technology Advisor
Director

The People, Yes

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

May 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 2 months)

Technical advisor to help with a cost-effective approach through new media technology for helping get the word out about homelessness.
Editorial Board Member

Greensboro 101

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

January 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 10 months)
Co-Chair

Guilford County Schools CTP IT Business Council

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 9 months)
System administrator

Motorola

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Ben Hwang’s Education

Washington State University

Bachelors , Computer Science , 1999 — 2002

Minor in Mathematics
Top 10% in Writing Portfolio

Activities and Societies:

ACM, IEEE
Mercer Island High School