Steeve Kay

by Hla Min

Updated : Oct 2025

Announcement from Chapman University

Highlights

• Thaung Sein
• Attended Hwa Kyone. Sponsored publication of Hwa Kyone Centennial Magazine
• Attended GTI briefly
• Took Language Courses
• Matriculated with Distinctions in Maths, Physics & Chemistry.
• Admitted to 1st BE in Nov 1964 with Roll No. 8
• Graduated with Electrical Communications in 1970
• Moved to USA
• Successful careers as IC Designer, CEO of QTC, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
• Never forgot his Roots, Alma Mater, Mentors & Motherland. He sang “Shwe Mi” at 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles.

Special Name

• An administrator entered the name as Steeve (instead of Steve). He appreciated the name for being special.

Education

• MS from Stanford University
• MBA from Pepperdine University

Work & Experience

• Electronics Engineer : Designer of Power IC Chip
• Co-founder & CEO, QTC Management : His sister Dr. Lay Kay had patents for processing disability claims & requested Steeve to found QTC.
• After private investors showed interest in his company, he retired but continued to lead a multiple-purpose career
• Visiting places of the world’s leading religions
• Incubating projects of young professionals
• Supporting education (e.g. as trustee of UC Irvine & selected Colleges)
• Maintaining diverse business portfolio
• Helping those in need (via Kay Family Foundation & CABA)
• Continue paying back the metta & cetana of his mentors
  as Golden Sponsor of RIT Reunion & Saya Pu Zaw Pwes,
  Helen and Steeve Kay Health Care Fund for the RIT Sayas and Sayamas.

From the SPZP-2000 Archives

RIT Poet Laureate Ko Hla Min:

I must admit that I was suffering from a Monday morning “hangover”, having been intoxicated with emotional overdose over the reunion weekend [in October 2000].

Judging from the post-reunion emails I read, I am not alone. What a reunion!

By all measures, it was a success and did satisfy the alumni’s tremendous pent-up desire to reconnect with each other after many decades of separation. The dedication of the members of the organizing committee is second to none.

With the assistance of his lovely wife, Benny Tan devoted practically full-time to this project for several months. I had a first-hand experience to see how meticulous he was when he was designing the RIT T-shirt. It came out a winner!

I do appreciate the sensitivity the organizing committee displayed in making this event non-religious and non-political. Otherwise, it would have been very difficult for me to attend. The only regret is that I failed to locate the whereabouts of my buddy Ko Aung Min of Taunggyi (ME 70). I heard he went to Singapore, but so far my search has ended in “no find”.

Now that the grand reunion is over, everybody is slowly recovering from the “hangover”. The big question is who would go to Singapore in 2002, and how do we go about doing it?

With best regards,
Steeve Kay (Ko Thaung Sein)

Sponsor / Host of Gatherings

• SPZPs (starting with SPZP-2000 in US)
• 40th Anniversary of “Arrival in US”

• Celebrating the Success of QTC
• Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe(s) for the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64
• 2015 RIT Alumni Reunion in Los Angeles

• Special PZP and Reunion in Yangon (after doctors advised against Long Trips)