hong bui

Hong has been active in media management, cloud computing, networking, and mobile software for the past 20 years, so he has a unique perspective for innovation and execution. Polkast is his third startup in the space, having successfully co-founded and built Memeo and Visto (now Good). Hong is a fanatic about simplicity, usability and security, learned through years working and leading teams at Amazon, JavaSoft and Apple. While at Amazon.com, Hong's division was the driver for development of their award winning consumer shopping experience used by millions each day. Prior to Amazon.com, Hong co‐founded Visto and was instrumental to creating widely accepted mobile computing technology (RIM paid $267 for patent infringement that he co‐authored). At JavaSoft, he is credited with development of the Java Servlet standard that has since been adopted industry wide. Hong spent 7 years at Apple where he led teams to develop highly regarded workgroup software solutions and plug-and-play networking technology that is today's standard for consumer excellence. He brings lessons learned from all of those experiences to create Polkast.