Sieng van Tran

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

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