Liferay was formed by four partners from diverse technological and professional backgrounds. Our seasoned team endeavors to pioneer innovative enterprise solutions for companies worldwide.

Brian Chan

Brian Chan, CEO and company founder, initially formed Liferay in 2000 to provide nonprofit organizations with an open source solution to help them collaborate on the Internet.  He has since guided Liferay to become a leading industry-wide provider of open source enterprise solutions. With a strong foundation in economics and software architecture, Brian has solidified open source as a low-cost, high performance solution for companies. Brian holds a B.S. in Economics and Computer Science from University of Chicago.

Bryan Cheung

Bryan Cheung comes to Liferay with extensive consulting experience. His experience in portal software includes the advertising campaign management portal, one of the first commercial uses of Liferay. He has also worked on custom Epicentric portlet development for Genentech, and has done general consulting for Universal Music Group, Sony Consumer Electronics, Accenture Consulting, and Gateway Computers. Bryan holds a B.S. from University of California, Berkeley.

Brian Kim

Brian Kim is an experienced technology consultant. At HubbardOne, Brian worked alongside upper management, including the CEO and CFO, to lead several core internal projects optimizing the company's infrastructure. Previously, he served as a technical team lead at Accenture where he headed projects for many Fortune 500 companies including Bank of America and Wachovia Securities.  Brian holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Computer Science from University of Chicago.

Michael Young

Michael Young brings over 10 years of enterprise computing experience to Liferay. Michael has held positions at Sony Electronics, Syntricity, and the United States Navy. He led the overhaul of Syntricity's dataConductor EP data management and reporting software platform, paving Syntricity's way to profitability. As a contractor for the US Navy, Michael developed solutions that improved collaboration between targeting and image systems. Michael holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego.