Sieng van Tran

Sieng van Tran
Born 30 April 1975 (1975-04-30) (age 36)
Vietnam
Occupation entrepreneur, inventor
Known for iLearn.To, UNHCR

Sieng van Tran (born 30 April 1975) is a British entrepreneur and Prominent Refugee [1] who came to the UK in 1981.[2] He founded eLearning company iLearn.To, the first profitable UK internet learning company in 1999.[3][4][5] iLearn.To delivered over 500 on-line courses from Harvard, McGraw-Hill and the BBC for Business. 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] 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 faciliator to AIM listed Company ArgetnVive Plc for £2.6 Million.[10]

On March 27, 2008 Sieng filed for a patent on a new method for eCommerce with the United States Patent Office,[11]

References

  1. ^ [1] Prominent Refugees
  2. ^ [2] The story of refugees in Britain
  3. ^ [3] Learning the Best
  4. ^ [4] Guardian coverage
  5. ^ [5] BBC coverage of Sieng van Tran
  6. ^ [6] Independent coverage on Sieng Van Tran
  7. ^ [7] UNHCR 50th Anniversary
  8. ^ [8] 50th anniversary video
  9. ^ [9] UNHCR celebrates 50th anniversary
  10. ^ [10] Samedaybooks Plc wins internet auction company
  11. ^ [11] Patent Pending 20090248517 Systems and methods for distributed commerce platform technology