Dr. Sam Shen
Secretary General
TADA
Dr. Shen has been appointed as the Secretary General of Taiwan Advanced Automotive Technology Development Association (TADA) since December 2021. The association is striving for the goal of developing EV and intelligent solution of moving vehicles, by leveraging Taiwan's semiconductor and ICT industries strengths in conjunction with the automotive and mobility service industry
Dr. Shen also served as Senior Director of Taipei Computer Association (TCA) since October 2020. Dr. Shen has more than 30 years’ experience in the ICT industry market research and high-tech start-up incubation. He has led several major projects helping Taiwanese government formulate and implement its ICT industry development policies.
He worked for Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) of Institute for Information Industry (III) for more than 25 years, providing consultation to both government agencies and private enterprises. In 2000, he went on to start his own venture capital (VC) business, focusing on software and IC design industries investment both in Taiwan and Silicon Valley areas.
Dr. Shen holds a PhD degree in Information Management from Taiwan's National Central University (2015) and a Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (1991).