Ken Soohoo,
Co-Founder, President and CEO, has led the technical evolution of
Planetweb since its founding in 1996. Under Soohoo’s leadership,
Planetweb has grown from a small team of software developers
delivering their first product in the fall of 1996 to over 4 million
units shipped today.
From cornerstone
partnerships in the gaming market with Sega and the Japanese version
of the PlayStation 2, Ken is bringing his software and engineering
expertise to the forefront by delivering Planetweb technology to the
market. Planetweb has secured strategic partnerships with DVD
chipmakers including C-Cube, National Semiconductor, LuxSonor, VM
Labs and Zoran. Planetweb is also creating unions with various
device manufacturers, ISPs, and content and service providers to
deliver a complete enhanced entertainment experience for consumers.
With a background in software
engineering and programming, Ken has held key executive positions
with Planetweb, Inc., Digital Pictures, Inc., and engineering
positions with Momenta Corporation and Atari. Before co-founding
Planetweb in March of 1996, Mr. Soohoo was vice president of
engineering at Digital Pictures, Inc. where he led the company's
program to develop games for 32-bit video game consoles. Prior to
Digital Pictures, Mr. Soohoo held engineering positions with Momenta
Corporation and Atari. Mr. Soohoo is personally credited with
developing nine video game titles and currently holds several
patents in the area of Digital Video Editing.
Mr. Soohoo’s career is built
upon his vision of bringing Internet access to the masses through
consumer electronic devices such as gaming consoles, iDVD players
and set-top boxes.