Sieng Van Tran (born 30 April 1975) is a British entrepreneur and prominent refugee[1] who came to the UK in 1981.[2] He studied artificial intelligence at Middlesex University and founded the eLearning company iLearn.To, the first profitable UK internet learning company in 1999.[3][4][5] iLearn.To delivered over 500 online courses from Harvard, McGraw-Hill and the BBC for Business. It used artificial intelligence software from Autonomy to tailor help to user queries. It was initially backed by Alan Watkins, former MD of Cisco.[6]

Sieng Van Tran
Born (1975-04-30) 30 April 1975 (age 49)
Occupation(s)entrepreneur, inventor
Known foriLearn.To, UNHCR, Dragonchain Academy
TitleSieng Van Tran

Identified by the UNHCR, Sieng van Tran is on a list of famous refugees[7] and 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 27 March 2008, Sieng filed for a patent on a new method for eCommerce with the United States Patent Office.[11]

Sieng also founded the Egg Accelerator in Vietnam[12] which was initially started to help people from his hometown, a fishing village, to develop technical skills and work in technology. In 2014, Egg Accelerator was invited to join the Hanwha Dreamplus Alliance,[13] a US$100 billion Korean conglomerate.

In 2018 Sieng was appointed as President of the Dragonchain Academy, a foundation project designed to develop Blockchain competency.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ [1] Prominent Refugees
  2. ^ [2] The story of refugees in Britain
  3. ^ [3] Learning the Best
  4. ^ [4] Guardian coverage
  5. ^ [5] BBC coverage of Sieng van Tran
  6. ^ [6] Independent coverage on Sieng Van Tran
  7. ^ [7] UNHCR 50th Anniversary
  8. ^ [8] 50th anniversary video
  9. ^ [9] UNHCR celebrates 50th anniversary
  10. ^ [10] Samedaybooks Plc wins internet auction company
  11. ^ [11] Patent Pending 20090248517 Systems and methods for distributed commerce platform technology
  12. ^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  13. ^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.