Executive Team

Ray Taylor, Partner

Ray Taylor has worked in the wireless industry for over twenty years. Most recently, Ray served as the President and CEO of Mobopia Corporation, an early stage wireless software and services provider in Silicon Valley. Prior to his work at Mobopia, he served as Executive in Residence at Storm Ventures in Menlo Park, CA. Previously Ray was Executive Director of the Consumer Multimedia Products group at Verizon Wireless and had responsibility for both product development and product management. Under Ray's leadership Verizon delivered a series of industry firsts (the first BREW-based downloadable app store, GetItNow®, the first MMS service in the U.S., Mobile Web 2.0, a graphically rich WAP 2.0 portal, the first fully-integrated Mobile IM service; the first 3G services in the U.S. under the VCAST brand, RingBackTones and the introduction of FlashCast). Today these services generate billions of dollars in annual revenue.

Ray has held both Engineering and Marketing positions within Verizon Wireless and Bell Atlantic Mobile spanning more than 16 years of service and was also a founding member of AlterEgo Networks in 2000. Ray has provided consulting to clients including Microsoft, Verisign and SKT.

Ray is a frequent speaker and participant within the Silicon Valley venture and technology community. Along with helping countless early stage companies, he currently serves as an advisor to several innovative technology companies.

Peter Trinh, Partner

Peter is a co-founder and returning Partner of Alchemic Solutions. He has been leading product development for wireless and mobile applications for more than 15 years. Recently, Peter was the Vice President of Market Development for ACCESS Systems Americas (formerly PalmSource) where he managed a product and technology incubator of mobile solutions for 4G services. Prior to ACCESS, Peter was the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Mobopia, an early stage wireless software and services provider in Silicon Valley.

Peter is a serial entrepreneur and has held senior management roles in multiple start-ups. He was a member of the development team at Geoworks that successfully deployed the world's first successful smartphone, the Nokia 9000 Communicator. Peter holds a BS, EE from UC Berkeley.

Jane Chen, Partner

Jane brings entrepreneurial spirit and over a decade of global business development and operating experience. Currently, Jane’s focused on further advancing wireless mobile software solutions. Prior to joining Alchemic Solutions, Jane was a founding member of Proximex Corporation, developing enterprise-level security and surveillance software. Previously, Jane held engineering management and consulting positions at NetIQ, Deloitte Consulting and Ernst and Young. Jane is a frequent participant at Stanford/MIT Venture Lab, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people.

Mark Trinh, Partner

Mark brings over 10 years of hands-on development leadership from the software industry. Mark co-founded Alchemic Solutions, a mobile technology solutions consulting company, with clients including Sprint, Verizon, Qualcomm, Samsung, ACCESS and Openwave. Mark returns to Alchemic Solutions after spinning off Mobopia, a wireless software company where he served as chief architect and led a team to create their Flash based application platform for mobile phones. Earlier Mark was a founding member at Proximex. As the chief architect at Proximex, Mark was responsible for BioWatch, an advanced enterprise-level security and surveillance software. Prior to that, he was an engineering manager at NetIQ, responsible for delivering AppManager, a mission-critical enterprise management solution. Mark has a BS, EE from UC Berkeley.