Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
Speaker - Allen Miner, SunBridge Partners

Mr. Allen Miner, founder and CEO of SunBridge Group, General Partner & Director of SunBridge Partners, founder and former president of Oracle Japan

Mr. Miner graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Computer Science and Asian Studies (he had earlier spent two years in Japan).  He joined Oracle Corporation in 1986 and was dispatched to Japan, where he founded and helped lead Oracle Japan.  Following commercial success in entering the Japanese market and a successful IPO on the Japan stock market, Oracle Japan has become a model for US technology companies entering Japan.  Mr. Miner returned from Japan in 1996 to serve as Oracle's Vice President in charge of Linux/Open Source. 

Mr. Miner founded SunBridge Corporation in 1999.  SunBridge provides a variety of growth-enabling services to both startups and global enterprises.  SunBridge services include early stage venture capital investment (with a portfolio of over 35 investments), software product and internet system co-development, sales and marketing strategy and execution, organizational strategy and recruiting. 

Mr. Miner currently serves on the Boards of several SunBridge portfolio companies, as an advisor to government-affiliated organizations focused on innovation and entrepreneurship, and on the boards of NPO ETIC, a Tokyo organization promoting social entrepreneurship and providing entrepreneurial training for university students.   He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Japan Venture Capital Association upon its founding in 2002. 

Mr. Miner was #40 on Forbes' annual Midas100 (the top tech deal makers in the world).