CEO and Founder, York Telecom

As an early pioneer in the videoconferencing industry, Dr. York Wang was responsible for digital video teleconferencing product planning and the systems engineering effort that defined prototype and initial standard products, subsystem interfaces, initial maintenance capabilities and customer network control protocol for Bell Laboratories. In 1985, Dr. Wang founded York Telecom to answer the growing demand for a provider of complete and comprehensive videoconferencing implementation

Today, his company has grown from a systems integrator focused on videoconferencing solutions to a professional consulting organization serving both Government and Commercial markets. York Telecom works with clients to develop solutions from concept inception to implementation, from training to maintenance incorporating such technologies as Interactive Video, Video On Demand (VoD), Streaming Video, Custom Room Design and Network Management.

Dr Wang holds a PhD and a Masters in Solid State Physics from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He also holds a specialist certificate in Quantum Electronics from the University of California at Los Angeles. His work experience includes research on properties of a high-gain Xenon laser, as well as mission planning and systems integration for flight project Voyager and Viking. Dr. Wang has received a patent for his Equalizing Signal Combiner. He has also published several articles in various technical and business publications.

In 2000, Dr Wang was named the New Jersey Minority Small Business Person of the Year.