| Sieng Van Tran | |
| Sieng Van Tran | |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Vietnam |
| Occupation: | entrepreneur, inventor |
| Known For: | iLearn.To, UNHCR, Dragonchain Academy |
Sieng Van Tran (born 30 April 1975) is a British entrepreneur and prominent refugee[1] who came to the UK in 1981.[2] He studied artificial intelligence at Middlesex University and founded the eLearning company , the first profitable UK internet learning company in 1999.[3] [4] [5] delivered over 500 online courses from Harvard, McGraw-Hill and the BBC for Business. It used artificial intelligence software from Autonomy to tailor help to user queries. It was initially backed by Alan Watkins, former MD of Cisco.[6]
Identified by the UNHCR, Sieng van Tran is on a list of famous refugees[7] and took part in a 50th anniversary video campaign alongside other prominent refugees such as Madeleine Albright.[8] The video lip sync to "Respect" by Aretha Franklin also featured human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum.[9]
In 2007, he sold AuctionAssist an eCommerce facilitator to AIM-listed company ArgetnVive Plc for £2.6 Million.[10]
On 27 March 2008, Sieng filed for a patent on a new method for eCommerce with the United States Patent Office.[11]
Sieng also founded the Egg Accelerator in Vietnam[12] which was initially started to help people from his hometown, a fishing village, to develop technical skills and work in technology. In 2014, Egg Accelerator was invited to join the Hanwha Dreamplus Alliance,[13] a US$100 billion Korean conglomerate.
In 2018 Sieng was appointed as President of the Dragonchain Academy, a foundation project designed to develop Blockchain competency.