About Optoma

EXPERIENCE MORE WITH OPTOMA

Optoma is a visual solutions provider that has delivered stunning experiences to millions of people since 2000. For the last two decades, we have grown our business to become one of the world’s leading large-display brands. We have demonstrated our capabilities as a first-mover, innovator, and market leader and firmly established our position as the world’s leading 4K UHD projector and DLP® brand.

Everything we do starts and ends with the people we serve. We are geared towards offering visual solutions that make life experiences more memorable, fascinating, and meaningful. Whether through improved productivity, enhanced learning, thrilling entertainment, or bringing people closer together, our purpose is clear – we are here to captivate, inspire, and connect people with visual solutions that help people experience more.

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Message from the CEO

“Our core values – customer focus, innovation, and integrity - have been and continue to be at the heart of our company...”

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

Over the last two decades, we have nurtured a company that has met and overcome many obstacles to become the leading visual solutions provider it is today. Our core values - customer focus, innovation, and integrity - have been and continue to be at the heart of our company and guide us in our quest to captivate, inspire, and connect the people.

We are passionate about innovation and improving the user experience, thus we actively leverage and vertically integrate our core competencies in engineering, thermal design, software integration, and AI core competencies as well as explore business opportunities in new emerging areas. As we look forward to the future, Optoma will continue to be an industry-leading company that is at the forefront of new technologies, bringing communities together, and enabling people to experience more.

SY Chen

Chief Executive OfficerOptoma Group

Corporate Overview

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

Optoma is a leading visual solutions provider that serves partners and customers worldwide.

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#1*4K UHD Brand Worldwide

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Leadership

MANAGEMENT TEAM

SY Chen
Chief Executive Officer, Optoma Group

SY is a founding member of Coretronic, the world-leading provider of innovative display solutions, established in 1992.
Over his 30-year career at Coretronic, he has played an instrumental role in the company’s undisputed market leadership, most recently serving as President of Coretronic in charge of the visual solutions business from 2012 - 2021.
SY co-founded Optoma Group (a subsidiary of Coretronic) and opened Optoma EMEA headquarters in the UK in 1997. Optoma EMEA now has regional offices throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The company has maintained its dynamic and localized strategic business structure. In this capacity, he oversaw Optoma’s entrance into Europe with great success through an exemplary business development model that was later adopted by Optoma in other markets worldwide.
His success and leadership as MD of Europe has grown the operation to become Optoma’s largest business entity and he has since served in a number of executive positions, including the role of chairman of Optoma Group from 2017-21 guiding Optoma to become the world-leading 4K and laser projector brands they are today.
Michelle Chu
Chief Financial Officer, Optoma Group

Michelle is responsible for overseeing Optoma’s financial activities worldwide including accounting, finance, tax planning, internal audit, and general affairs.
Since joining the company in 2014, Michelle has presided over many important milestones at Optoma Group including its restructuring in 2021, the integration of worldwide financial analysis in 2018, and implementation of the Oracle ERP system for Optoma’s US subsidiary in 2015. Previously, Michelle ran her own private practice providing finance, accounting, and taxation services. She is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and a CPA in the U.S.
Joe Wilkins
Managing Director, EMEA

Joe is responsible for developing and driving business strategies in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) regions, which includes 136 countries and 87 service centers.

With deep experience across the EMEA and Americas regions, Joe has successfully spearheaded multiple transformative initiatives that have both accelerated Optoma’s growth and operational efficiencies.

Joe joined Optoma in 2006 and has held numerous strategic positions leading dynamic teams spanning business functions including, Business Planning, Product Management, Marketing and Service. He played a key role and led the business, operational and organisational integration of Optoma EMEA and Optoma Americas operations into one entity to increase profitability and streamline efficiencies and communication.
Robert Tick
President, Americas

Robert joined Optoma in 2019 as chief financial officer of Optoma’s operations in the Americas. In 2022, he was appointed President of Optoma Americas. He is responsible for developing and driving strategies in the region with an aim of achieving profitability and growth.
Robert brings with him over 25 years of experience in global finance and business operations in diverse industries including consumer products, semiconductor/ high-tech, and Big 4 public accounting. He has a solid record in helping organizations achieve improved productivity and enhanced financial controls resulting in growth and profitability. He is a CPA and prior to joining Optoma, he held various senior financial leadership roles at startups and multi-national corporations.
Gordon Wu
Vice President, APAC and China

Gordon is responsible for business development in the Asia Pacific and China, including strategic planning, regional brand marketing, channel expansion, and sales localisation.
He has served in this role since 2019, demonstrating both a passion and an innate skill for overseeing operations in over 20 countries with more than 60 service centres. Prior to joining Optoma, Gordon was a sales director at Transcend Information and held various roles within the automobile OEM/ODM industry.
Carol Wu
Chief Operations Officer, Optoma Group

Carol is responsible for developing and executing long-term growth strategies for the Optoma Group. She joined Coretronic Group in 2002 as Chief Legal Counsel. In this capacity, she oversaw the company’s legal and intellectual property affairs. She also established the company’s patent and legal systems and won several key lawsuits during her tenure.
In 2012, Carol transitioned to Optoma’s mainstream projector business as vice president where she was instrumental in propelling it to the position of leading DLP projector brand worldwide. Under her watch, Optoma’s first affordable 4K projector was launched, helping solidify it as a leading player in the home segment. She was later tasked with the development of new businesses, including laser TV, embedded pico, AR/MR tiny engine, and automotive projection, where she made headway in sales revenue growth, new customer acquisitions, and technological breakthroughs.
HC Yuan
Vice President, Large Format Display Business Group

HC is responsible for Optoma product portfolio planning and development, supply chain management, quality assurance, and drive business development and growth in the large format display with regions.
With more than 30 years experience in display system and solutions, HC has developed many award winning products. He joined Coretronic in 2002 and played a major role in driving the leadership of 4K and laser projectors for Optoma. HC also facilitated Optoma's product extension in large display by launching IFP to corporate and education markets in 2019.
Teddy Jung
Vice President, Digital Operation Management Centre

Teddy leads the Digital Operation Management Centre at Optoma. In this role, he drives Optoma’s digital transformation and increases its operational efficiency.
Previously, he led Optoma’s China operations as GM, where he contributed his extensive knowhow of manufacturing operations and experience with branded and channel businesses in China. He has over 15 years of experience in sales and business development. Prior to joining Optoma, Teddy had stints at Coretronic Backlight China and as a manufacturing engineer at Lucent Technologies.
Tarcy Tsui
Chief Digital Officer, Optoma Group

Tarcy is an experienced chief digital officer, responsible for driving business growth through the development of Optoma smart solutions. He is passionate about innovation and problem solving, and has demonstrated skill in enhancing customer experiences. Tarcy leads the software development team as well as the IT team that builds the infrastructure behind Optoma’s digital transformation, solving vertical needs of the businesses and creating new opportunities.
Prior to joining Optoma, Tarcy had stints at ASUS as the head of mobile and wearable software experience and at HTC’s smart mobile software experience team.
Katherine Gledhill
Global Head of Legal, Optoma Group

Katherine joined Optoma in March 2022, and focuses on legal matters, GDPR, corporate governance and risk management.
Katherine has over 15 years of practical experience in corporate and commercial law. She began her career in private practice before moving to the United Kingdom, and has spent several years working in-house for internationally positioned companies.
Ian Hutchinson
Global Head of People and Culture, Optoma Group

Ian joined Optoma in May 2022 and is responsible for our People and Culture strategy worldwide, with an aim to ensure that all colleagues have the opportunity to develop and reach their full potential, enabling Optoma to achieve its strategic objectives.
Previously Ian led the HR function at Sporting Group (2014-2022), being promoted to HR Director with a broader remit in 2019. Ian has a Masters in Professional HR and a law degree (LLB Hons). He has been a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a member of the Chartered Management Institute.