Woodrew Chao

Woodrew Chao co-founded CoyoteWorks Technologies Inc. in June 1997. As the company's Chief Administrative Officer, Woodrew oversees a diverse group of internal functions including Human Capital, Finance, Technology, Knowledge Management, and Global Strategic Sourcing. As the Public Sector Consulting Leader, Woodrew delivered the transformation of California's second largest County office of Education to achieve cost efficiencies. With an annual budget exceeding $2.5 billion, RCOE provides back-office support to over 285 schools and community colleges, 37 thousand instructors and staff, and 60 thousand vendors.

Woodrew joined CoyoteWorks Technologies Inc. from Akili System Group where he was a Sr. Management Consultant. He was responsible for the program management, delivery and turnaround of problem projects. His team played a key role in repositioning Akili as a leader in the delivery of IT Projects.

Previously, Woodrew worked for Optimus Consulting Group, ComputerVison and UCLA. He was responsible for the delivery of large programs. He developed and presented technology strategy and information system assessments to prospective clients. He guided architecture design processes and led major application development and process re-engineering projects. The major clients included Healthcare providers, insurance companies, telecommunication companies, wireless carriers, oil and gas companies, global banks, national finance companies, public utilities, DPS, USAM and USMC.

Woodrew has enjoyed service in non-profit organizations. He volunteered to develop a badminton program for southern Orange County. Using his leadership and team building skill, he created a competitive youth badminton team that competed and won against teams trained by former Olympian Gold medalists.

Woodrew received his B.A. in Computer and Information Sciences from University of California at Santa Cruz. He has published papers and presented in areas of teleradiology.