USPAACC West

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ABOUT USPAACC WESTERN REGION

USPAACC Western Region is an affiliate of US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC), founded in 1984 national nonprofit, nonpartisan Pan Asian American organization representing Asian American and Asian American-related groups in business, sciences, the arts, sports, education, public and community services. As a thought leader with 30-year of track record in business matchmaking, strong partnerships with corporations, government, and Asian American businesses, USPAACC is poised to raise the bar to yet another level.
USPAACC Western Region promotes, nurtures and propels economic growth by opening doors to contract, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, the federal government, and the small and minority business community in the U.S. & Asia.
Aligned with the mission of the national organization, USPAACC West focuses on serving the Asian American owned businesses in the Western USA through regularly scheduled programs that are designed to help its members to develop their capabilities; gain access to business opportunities; and grow their respective businesses.

WE REPRESENT ALL DIMENSIONS OF ASIAN PACIFIC ISLAND HERITAGE-OWNED BUSINESSES

Our members’ heritage includes, but is not limited to, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, Mongolia and Indonesia. We welcome all people who believe in the power of diversity and inclusion for mutually beneficial economic gains.

OUR BOARD

Sandhya Mukkamala
Co-President

Sandhya Mukkamala is a Partner and Co-Founder at ASTUTE and an accomplished CPA in the State of California specializes on R&D tax incentives, technical accounting & forensic audits. She has more than 15 years of experience in these specialties working in complex Merger & Acquisition for private and public accounting sectors.

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Deepti Dawar
Co-President

Deepti Dawar is an entrepreneur, angel investor and a champion for women. In addition to her day job serving as the Vice President of Major Market Broadcasting, an independent media group that owns television stations and networks airing to 70 million people in more than 20 markets around the United States.

 Porter Wong
Director

Porter Wong is Executive In Residence of Plug and Play, Mentor of Cleantech Open, the U.S. National Laboratory Entrepreneurship Academy, and the UC Entrepreneurship Academy. Porter served as Chairman of IEEE Computer Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter. He held senior management positions with a few successful startups

 Maitjian Welke
Director

Maitjian Welke is the Founder and Co-Owner of CMIT Solutions Silicon Valley which is an IT Managed Service Provider specializes in IT infrastructure and Cyber Security. Maitjian Welke has Computer Science background and extensive IT & Software Engineering experience of over 20 years working in fortune 500 corporations.

Sonu Ratra
Director

As Co-founder of Akraya and Founder of Women Back to Work, Sonu Ratra is a strong believer that with success comes responsibility. Sonu has been recognized as a highly motivated and focused thought-leader in the Talent and Staffing industry. She also serves on the Foundation Board at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Carolyn Joshua

Director

Carolyn Joshua is an entrepreneur, global advisor, venture capitalist, and a passionate advocate for a diverse and inclusive workplace. Carolyn is the President and CEO of Trilyon, Inc., an innovative content management and documentation services company. Carolyn is a GP in the Early Equity Capital fund and an LP in the How Women Invest fund.  

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Roger Cheng
Sr. Supplier Diversity Sourcing Manager, AT&T

Roger Cheng recently joined AT&T as a Sr. Supplier Diversity Sourcing Manager. Prior to AT&T, Roger spent the previous 14+ years with M/WBEs in the technology space leading business development through Supplier Diversity..

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Timothy O. McLaughlin
CPSD – Director of Supplier Diversity

Tim is responsible for developing, maintaining and administering San Jose Water’s (SJW) Utility Supplier Diversity Program (USDP) and supports San Jose Water Group (SJW Group) Supplier Diversity Programs in Connecticut, Maine and Texas.

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Wayne W. Xia
Executive Director, Relationship Executive

Wayne is an Executive Director and Relationship Executive for the Middle Market banking team in Northern California, based in Walnut Creek. He has over 22 years of experience in Commercial Banking serving the needs of middle market companies in the Bay Area.

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Howard Ho
District Senior Manager  

Howard Ho is a Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank. His career began over 20 years ago allowing him to take on many senior leader roles all across the San Francisco Bay Area including the Peninsula, South Bay, and Greater East Bay regions.

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Doris Yeh 

CEO and Founder of Mirapath

Doris Yeh is the CEO and Founder of Mirapath. In her role, Doris drives strategy for the company using Mirapath’s four core values: relationships matter, commitment to excellence, results driven, and strive for innovation and excellence – while having fun and enjoying the journey together.

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Rahul Kuruvilla
CEO of Triune Infomatics

Rahul is the Founder and CEO of Triune Infomatics, an IT staffing company based in Fremont, California. With a nationwide presence, Triune offers staffing solutions to clients in the education, government, and commercial sectors, and has been recognized multiple times by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest-growing IT staffing companies.

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