Richard Brown is Vice President of International Marketing for VIA Technologies, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of PC silicon chip technologies and platform solutions, and has worked in the global high-tech industry for over two decades.

A native of the UK, Richard holds a Bachelor degree in Chinese Modern History and Politics from the University of Westminster, London, and speaks Mandarin fluently having lived and worked in Taiwan since 1986. He is married to Jen Jen, and has two daughters, Isobel and Rebecca.

During the course of his career, Richard has traveled extensively in China, India, South East Asia, North America, and Europe, and has recounted many of his experiences on his blog at www.brownbeat.net.

In addition to the BrownBeat Photo Companion to Hampi, Richard also wrote Small is Beautiful:Ten Years of Mini-ITX

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