Bitech Technologies Corporation announced Sid Sung as its new Chief Innovation Officer. With his extensive experience and expertise in the Digital Transformation, Internet of Things (IoT), and emerging technologies with operations technology (OT) including deployment experience in the renewable energy and smart cities sectors. Mr. Sung will be spearheading Bitech?s Green Energy Technology Solutions division.
In this role, he will be leading Bitech?s efforts to engineer scalable revenue opportunities towards the green energy transition. Sid joined Bitech Technologies to lead Technology Solutions division with a wealth of knowledge and initiatives in digital energy evolution strategies. He brings with him more than 30 years of experience in high-growth, relevant vertical markets like home automation, security products, energy management, Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies, industrial IoT (IIoT), smart cities, and broadband access technologies.
With a strong background working with large telecommunications and emerging service providers, he has led numerous successful and high-profile technology projects. Sid is a champion of the IoT revolution and has been actively involved the smart energy and power sector for over a decade, identifying and widely implementing innovative integrated solutions. From 2020 to 2023, Sid served as President of Iveda Solutions and prior to that, from 2017 to 2020, President of People Power, Asia as well as VP of Product Management for People Power USA for US Independent Operation Utilities (IOUs) including FPL, PEPCO, Delmarva Power, BGE in the US, Origin in Australia, and Innogy in Germany.
From 2014 to 2017, he was a board advisor for TwoWay Communications, focusing on developing and deploying solutions for IoT, M2M, smart cities/communities, and connected homes. In 2013, Sid co-founded Connected IO, a company specializing in M2M applications, and served as its COO until 2017 for Verizon?s Wireless M2M deployments. Prior to this role, he was Vice President at Lite-On Technology, where he managed IoT solutions for connected home and M2M for IIoT and played a crucial role in global utility smart grid trial programs with next-generation energy products, including multiple RF frequency gateways and sensors for European IOU Smart home application deployments.
Sid was the General Manager for SMC Networks from 2007 to 2010 where he oversaw Smart home deployment with Comcast, Time Warner (Spectrum today), and Rogers for the North American MSO Market. He achieved great success by delivering broadband-enabled applications (BBEA) for home security service providers such as 4Home (acquired by Motorola) and uControl (merged with iControl). During his tenure there, Sid successfully led a significant revenue growth from $20 million to $100 million.
In 1994, Sid founded and for 13 years led Alpha Telecom, a company specializing in designing and manufacturing telecommunications equipment with a focus on ISDN CPE solutions. Through his strategic partnerships and innovative solutions, he established strong relationships with global telecommunications equipment manufacturing giants such as Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel and Siemens. Under Sid’s leadership, Alpha Telecom became a prominent player in the industry and achieved remarkable growth.
Sid earned a BS in Atmospheric Science from National Taiwan University and a MSEE from the University of Alabama Huntsville.