Photo: With famous bronze of Brigitte Bardot on Rua des Pedras in Buzios, Brazil. (Tien owns a small hotel there.)
Title: CEO, Tech 2000 and Appnetic.
Company: Tech 2000 does technology training, mobile application development, guided tech products; Appnetic is a mobile app development and content management and distribution platform used for sales enablement.
Biggest career milestone: Selling CyberRep in 2003. Co-founded the company and built it for 12 years, 2,300 employees, nine US locations, and $80M in revenue.
Hometown: Chevy Chase
School: Dartmouth
First job: Doing take out orders in Dad's Chinese restaurant in New Jersey.
Job in another life: Jazz pianist
Photo: Kids - Griffin, Catherine, and Caroline
Person (living or dead) to meet: Steve Jobs
Daily habit: Meditation
Favorite music group and song: Frank Sinatra, song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Favorite vacation: Italy
Favorite restaurant: Porcao Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro
Bucket list: Visit Antarctica
Family facts: Married, three3 kids (Two in college)
Hobbies: Tennis, golf, skiing, piano
Startling fact: Really amazing chef with specialty in Provençal food.
