Sieng van Tran
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Sieng Van Tran | |
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| Born | 30 April 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | entrepreneur, inventor |
| Known for | iLearn.To, UNHCR, Dragonchain Academy |
| Title | Sieng Van Tran |
Sieng Van Tran (born 30 April 1975) is a British entrepreneur and prominent refugee[1] who came to the UK in 1981.[2] He studied artificial intelligence at Middlesex University and founded the eLearning company iLearn.To, the first profitable UK internet learning company in 1999.[3][4][5] iLearn.To delivered over 500 online courses from Harvard, McGraw-Hill and the BBC for Business. It used artificial intelligence software from Autonomy to tailor help to user queries. It was initially backed by Alan Watkins, former MD of Cisco.[6]
Identified by the UNHCR, Sieng van Tran is on a list of famous refugees[7] and took part in a 50th anniversary video campaign alongside other prominent refugees such as Madeleine Albright.[8] The video lip sync to "Respect" by Aretha Franklin also featured human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum.[9]
In 2007, he sold AuctionAssist an eCommerce facilitator to AIM-listed company ArgetnVive Plc for £2.6 Million.[10]
On 27 March 2008, Sieng filed for a patent on a new method for eCommerce with the United States Patent Office.[11]
Sieng also founded the Egg Accelerator in Vietnam[12] which was initially started to help people from his hometown, a fishing village, to develop technical skills and work in technology. In 2014, Egg Accelerator was invited to join the Hanwha Dreamplus Alliance,[13] a US$100 billion Korean conglomerate.
In 2018 Sieng was appointed as President of the Dragonchain Academy, a foundation project designed to develop Blockchain competency.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ [1] Prominent Refugees
- ^ [2] The story of refugees in Britain
- ^ [3] Learning the Best
- ^ [4] Guardian coverage
- ^ [5] BBC coverage of Sieng van Tran
- ^ [6] Independent coverage on Sieng Van Tran
- ^ [7] UNHCR 50th Anniversary
- ^ [8] 50th anniversary video
- ^ [9] UNHCR celebrates 50th anniversary
- ^ [10] Samedaybooks Plc wins internet auction company
- ^ [11] Patent Pending 20090248517 Systems and methods for distributed commerce platform technology
- ^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.