Leon Ho

Current

• Senior Director, Product Development at Stepcase Ltd.

Past

• Founder at Lifehack.org
• Manager, Software Engineering at Red Hat Inc.
• Software Engineer and Team Lead at Red Hat Inc.

• Manager, Web Technology at BeGuide Network

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Education

• Queensland University of Technology
• Queensland University of Technology

Recommended

19 people have recommended Leon

Connections

198 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Product
• My Blog

Leon Ho’s Summary

Leon Ho has a decade of experience in technology and the Internet. As manager of Software Engineering at Red Hat, Inc., Leon led an international team of software engineers to add international support -- including 22 languages -- to Red Hat's Enterprise Linux. In 2005, he founded lifehack.org, a blog committed to sharing what Leon had learned about productivity and personal development as the manager of a team of professionals spanning several continents.ﾠ

In 2007, Leon left Red Hat to launch Stepcase as an umbrella for both lifehack.org -- by then one of the most popular blogs in the world, ranked in the top half of Technorati's Top 100 Blogs list -- and his new endeavor, Stepcase Apps. Leon's commitment to increasing productivity and individual happiness by leveraging the power of the Internet to make us more efficient, better connected, and more mobile has won him the #4 spot in BusinessWeek's Top 24 Young Asian Entrepreneurs.

何樂頌(Leon Ho)曾在跨國軟件公司Red Hat擔任程式開發主管，統領不同地方的同事建立Linux 多種語言系統。由於長期的工作訓練，令他對「如何提升生產力」這課題加深了認識，他覺察到沒有很專門的網站能提供全面的改善生產力方案，於是在 2005年成立了lifehack.org，一個專為管理人而設計的有關生產力及個人改革的網誌，時至今日，Lifehack已成為全球100名最受歡迎網誌之一。

直至 2007年Leon正式全身投入自己的事業，創立了Stepcase公司，將Lifehack及應用程式結合起來。Leon非常洞悉互聯網的趨勢，冀透過創新的程式及流程，將每個人的工作能力提升，Leon亦因此於2007年被BusinessWeek選為「全亞洲年青企業家」（Young Asian Entrepreneurs）第四名。

Leon Ho’s Specialties:

Startup, Software Development, Product Design, Product Deployment, Automation, Operation, Web technology, Internet, Internationalization, Globalization, Localization, Project management, Open source development, AJAX, Web 2.0.

Leon Ho’s Experience

• Senior Director, Product Development

  Stepcase Ltd.

  (Internet industry)

  August 2007 — Present (1 year)

  Responsible for leading development of products with over one million visits per month, includes:
  Stepcase Lifehack (http://lifehack.org): Provides daily content on productivity tips and tricks on personal and professional life. Top #42 blog in the world (http://technorati.com/pop/blogs/)
  Stepcase Apps: A set of on-demand applications that can level up your productivity. Still in alpha stage.

• Founder

  Lifehack.org

  (Internet industry)

  March 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 6 months)

• Manager, Software Engineering

  Red Hat Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Managed Red Hat's Internationalization Engineering team throughout Asia (Australia, Japan, India, and China). Engaged partners, program and product managers to coordinate product features for international markets. Worked closely with QA department to increase the scope of internationalization testing. Created metrics and data process for quality and resources management. Maintained relationship with local academic bodies on further research and development.

• Software Engineer and Team Lead

  Red Hat Inc.

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  April 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 9 months)

  Responsible for leading Red Hat Internationalization team technically. Integrated Indic language support to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Managed IIIMF open source project schedule and led the migration of IIIMF input method framework from XIM. Coordinated and achieved LSB Internationalization Runtime Environment Certification (http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/2004/press_lsb.html).

• Manager, Web Technology

  BeGuide Network

  (Internet industry)

  December 1998 — April 2001 (2 years 5 months)

Leon Ho’s Education

• Queensland University of Technology

  Gradulate Certification, Human Resources and Management, 2004 — 2006

• Queensland University of Technology

  Bachelor, Information Technology, 1997 — 2000

Additional Information

Leon Ho’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Product
• My Blog

Leon Ho’s Interests:

management, self-development, software development, startup, entrepreneurship

Leon Ho’s Groups:

•    Founders Under 40 member
•    VENTURE CAPITAL USA member
•    STARTUP ENTREPRENEURS member
•    Founders & Co-Founders member

Leon Ho’s Honors:

BusinessWeek Top 25 Young Entrepreneurs in Asia, 2007
BusinessWeek Winning Young Entrepreneurs in Asia, Third Runner-up, 2007

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