Maverick Shih is the Chairman for Acer Cyber Security and Acer Synergy Tech. When Acer merged with iGware in 2011, he joined Acer as Special Assistant to the President of Cloud Technology Business to help lay the foundation for Acer’s cloud service development. The cloud business later became the BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud) Business in 2014 and Shih was promoted as its President, supporting the overall transformation of Acer.
With a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Shih’s previous appointments specialized in IC design, multimedia audio/video signal processing technology, imaging analysis, and software design for tablets. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics at Fu Jen Catholic University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.