November 11, 2019

Peter Wang

With a lengthy career spanning various technology sectors, Peter Wang is right at home as GigCapital’s Chief Technology Officer of Software. Mr. Wang is also the US Managing Partner of Tekhill Catalyst, LLC, a cross-border business strategy and technology transfer advisory service. Additionally, he serves on the Technology Advisory Council for Benhamou Global Ventures and was a member of the Kaleyra (NYSE: KLR) Strategic Advisory Board.

Mr. Wang has held a variety of executive positions at technology-based companies around the world. Previously, Mr. Wang was the founding President of infrastructure-as-a-service company CoolCloudz, as well as the Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the China-based Cloud Storage Products Business Unit of UIT. He co-founded Retrevo, Inc., a venture-funded Web 2.0 vertical search company employing machine learning technology, and served as the Vice President of Engineering and Operations (and Board Director) between late 2005 and 2009. Mr. Wang also led the founding of Intransa, Inc., the first scale-out IP storage system utilizing iSCSI and Ethernet, in late 2000.

A recipient of the TRW Chairman’s Award for Innovation, Mr. Wang has been instrumental in a number of IEEE 802, IETF, and ANSI standards. He has been awarded over 20 U.S. patents and has published a number of papers reflecting his expertise. He holds the Stanford Directors College certificate, an MS in Management Sciences from Stanford University, an MS in EECS from U.C. Berkeley, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.