Kai Huang is co-founder and President of RedOctane

RedOctane

RedOctane was an American electronic entertainment company perhaps best known for producing the Guitar Hero series beginning in November 2005. RedOctane became a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision in 2006...

, a video game developer best known for the Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in...

 franchise.

Huang graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in computer science

Computer science

Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

. He worked from July 1994 to August 1998 at Accenture as a supply chain

Supply chain

A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...

 management consultant.

Kai Huang along with Charles Huang founded RedOctane in 1999 as a manufacturer of peripherals. Huang noted the niche of music video games in Japan and popularized the genre in the United States.

External links

• Interview with Gamespot
• Google Zeitgeist Tomorrow's World - participant on panel