Leadership Team

Helix's team has built leading high-tech manufacturers and developed some of the most sophisticated factory automation systems in the world.

John-Paul Ho

CEO (U.S.)

Founder & Managing Partner, Crimson Capital (U.S.–Asia VC/PE; offices in Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Taipei, Shanghai, Singapore).
McKinsey Award for cross-border manufacturing; named a ‘Leading Investor in Asia’ by Time.
Built/invested in component makers serving Apple, Dell, Cisco, Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Tesla, Medtronic, Agilent, ABB, GE; founded Omni (ASEAN electronics manufacturer; customers HP, Dell) and Ascent (software-driven, asset-light ASEAN supply chain/logistics; customers HP, Dell).
First Boston: Head of M&A Asia (ex-Japan); advised ASE (Nvidia AI GPU supplier) and Samsung; Toshiba Malaysia build-operate-transfer model. Goldman Sachs M&A (NY).
Government advisor to Taiwan and Singapore on upgrading to tech-intensive economies.
Research focus: robotics and human motion, globally competitive manufacturing, AI/medical applications, Lean/Six Sigma, Japanese quality.
Education: Harvard A.B. Engineering/Applied Math (decision & control), summa cum laude; Harvard MBA (Dean’s Doctoral selection); Harvard Medical School studies.

Kevin Kan

Senior Executive Vice President

  • Former Foxconn SVP, C-suite executive, and board director.
  • Built Apple/mobile division from 0 to $12B revenue and ~120k employees; scaled to $30B with headcount held roughly flat via factory automation.
  • Ran manufacturing across 10 countries; built Foxconn’s first autonomous ‘dark’ factory.
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Taiwan educated).

Dr. David Wang

Chairman (U.S.)

  • Applied Materials EVP: grew international sales from $1B to $10B in seven years; led industry-dominant semiconductor equipment roadmap.
  • Smithsonian added his Precision 5000 plasma etch system to its permanent collection alongside Apollo 11 and Shuttle Discovery.
  • Bell Labs: 100 semiconductor manufacturing patents generating $1B in licensing revenue.
  • Ph.D. Materials Science, UC Berkeley.

Dr. Sam Liang

Senior Vice President (U.S./Taiwan)

  • Foxconn Senior Director: built operations and proprietary factory automation across China, Europe, and Latin America; won $500M Nokia business.
  • Wistron C-suite leader: built U.S. manufacturing operations.
  • Blackstone portfolio GM: launched Mexico manufacturing operations.
  • Led operations across the U.S., Europe, China, ASEAN, and South Asia; managed 10 factories and 20,000 employees.
  • Ph.D. Materials Science (U.S. educated); holder of four manufacturing process patents.

Dr. Richard Pon

Advisor

  • W-Con Electrical: high-speed interconnects for Nvidia AI data servers.
  • SpeedTech CTO: co-developed Tesla power connector, SpaceX communication connector, Intel data server high-speed connector; Intel & AMD CPU/GPU connectors.
  • Won Apple, Cisco switching, and Samsung programs at prior connector roles.
  • FCI International Connector Work Group representative alongside Intel, Molex, Tyco, TI, Elpida, Infineon, IBM, and HP.
  • Ph.D. Applied Mechanics (U.S.); roughly 30 connector patents.

Jesse Chen

Advisor (U.S.)

  • Dell Head of Asia Supply Chain: $30B annual spend; $5.5B Asia P&L cash flow; managed ~100 suppliers and 20 Dell factories worldwide.
  • DJO Global (Blackstone portfolio) SVP: oversaw $500M annual medical device spend.
  • Jabil Circuit Managing Director: built Asian manufacturing operations.
  • B.S. Computer Science (U.S. educated).

Jacob Goldfield

Investor & Senior Advisor

  • Former CIO, Soros Management (Quantum Fund).
  • Former Senior Partner and Management Committee member, Goldman Sachs (risk and arbitrage proprietary trading).
  • Former Harvard Management Company board member.
  • Early investor in Ramp, Cognition, Long Lake; co-founded CombinatoRx; Sequenta board member; Trustee, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Our Mission

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Our mission is to be a global leader in manufacturing, recognized for exceptional quality and technical leadership across every industry we serve. Through a strategically distributed production network, we deliver the manufacturing capabilities required to bring complex, high‑impact products to market faster and more efficiently.

What We Do

We deliver world‑class manufacturing capabilities, optimized through AI and deep industry expertise to customers worldwide.

Helix Systems Group orchestrates manufacturing operations and our supplier ecosystem, using AI to optimize production processes across our entire network. We cover the full spectrum from contract manufacturing and precision machining to complex system integration and logistics.

Our AI platform continuously analyzes and improves operations, predicting issues before they occur and automatically adjusting production parameters to ensure optimal quality and efficiency. This intelligence layer seamlessly augments our physical manufacturing capabilities.

We operate across multiple countries with manufacturing facilities and supplier ecosystems in Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. We can dynamically allocate production based on cost, capacity, or geopolitical factors to ensure each project is executed in the most suitable location while minimizing supply chain risk.