Lip-Bu Tan is the founder and Chairman of Walden International.  He has been active in the venture capital industry for more than two decades. He introduced and pioneered the U.S. venture capital concept in Asia and contributed to the promotion of early-stage technology investing in the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Tan has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, since January 2009 and as a director since 2004.  

Prior to Walden International and Cadence, he was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy. 

Mr. Tan holds a B.S. degree in physics from Nanyang University in Singapore, an M.S. degree in nuclear engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.