Curtis Chan is President and CEO of two integrated marketing and consulting companies, CHAN & ASSOCIATES and COGNITIVE IMPACT, whose clients range from the Global Fortune 500 to venture capital funded startups. Mr. Chan's expansive background spans over three decades in ever increasing executive roles in engineering, operations, business development and Sales/marketing in the information technology, entertainment and high technology industries.

He also has over two decades of experience in brand development, company turnaround and management consulting, creative advertising and public relations. A graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (SLO), Mr. Chan is an Entrepreneur in Residence and Advisor for the Small Business Institute at California State University Fullerton; Dean's Advisor to the College of Engineering, Cal Poly SLO; Board of Director for the Fullerton College Foundation and Spencer Hospice Foundation; and is a regularly featured speaker at many MBA and Doctorate level lectures around the country. He has presented and published over 30 papers worldwide along with co-authoring several books and is a regularly featured Contributing Editor for many US and international trade publications.