Management
Mr. Wang Huang
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Wang Huang is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer since our inception. Mr. Huang is a serial entrepreneur with significant experience and expertise in the technology and Internet sectors in China. Mr. Huang founded Anhui Huami in December 2013 to develop, manufacture and sell smart wearable devices. Prior to that, Mr. Huang founded Hefei Huaheng Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., a company focused on the development of tablets and tablet-based mobile apps and provision of e-magazine network services, and led the team that rolled out China’s first tablet. In 2002, Mr. Huang founded Hefei Huakai Yuanheng Information Technology Co., Ltd., a company focused on the development of embedded Linux software and hardware. In addition, Mr. Huang has served as the director, the executive director or the general manager at several other technology companies in Hefei. Mr. Huang previously was a research and development engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a leading global information and communications technology solutions provider, where he played an instrumental role in the development of high-speed switching and routing equipment. Mr. Huang has received many honors in the business world as well. To name a few, he was awarded “Anhui Economic Person of the Year 2015,” “Leading Talents of Strategic Emerging Industry Technology in Anhui” and “Hefei Youth Entrepreneurship.” Mr. Huang received his bachelor’s degree in applied physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1997. Mr. Huang is appointed as a director to our board by HHtech Holdings Limited, Haiyu Holding Limited, Fandler Holding Limited, Forest Mountain Holding Limited, Wenshui Holding Limited and Shu Hill Holdings, which we collectively refer to as the Co-Founder Entities in this annual report. Pursuant to the Memorandum and Articles, the Co-Founders Entities will be entitled to appoint three directors so long as they continue to beneficially own no less than 60% of the shares they beneficially owned as of January 12, 2018.
Mr. Leon Deng
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Deng joined us as chief financial officer in October, 2020. Mr. Deng has 17 years of experience in accounting, financial management, manufacturing, and international business with Royal Philips. He held key financial leadership positions for a number of Philips' global business groups including Domestic Appliances, Personal Care and Personal Health Solutions; as well as corporate finance, financial risk management and treasury functions. Mr. Deng also played a critical leadership role in the divestiture of Philips' TV and Audio divisions, the Philips Lighting separation, and a series of acquisitions in the past. Mr. Deng holds a CPA certificate in Australia, and a Chartered Global Management Accountant certification from CIMA. He earned a Bachelor of Finance degree from Shanghai International Studies University, and a Master of International Finance degree from the University of Amsterdam.
Mr. Mike Yan Yeung
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Mike Yan Yeung has served as our chief operating officer since January 2015. Prior to joining us, Mr. Yeung served as a vice president of Shunwei Capital, a China-based venture capital firm, where he was a key member of an investment team with a focus on mobile Internet applications, smart home technologies, smart wearables, IoT and online health care, and served as a board member of several portfolio companies. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Yeung served as the principal group program manager of Microsoft, where he was responsible for managing the software development of Microsoft’s key digital advertising products and defining and implementing the Microsoft online ads platform strategy in China. Prior to that, Mr. Yeung held several positions in Monster.com, TGC Inc., China.com Corp., Netscape Communications Corporation and Oracle Corporation from 1992 to 2012. Mr. Yeung received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 and Stanford University in 1994, respectively.
Dr. Hui Wang
Vice President of Health and Medical Business Group and General Manager of Beijing Operations
Dr. Hui Wang has served as our vice president of health & medical business group and general manager of Beijing operations since August 2014. Prior to joining us, Dr. Wang worked at Lenovo Group Ltd. from 2007 to 2014, first as a researcher and later as its chief product director. Prior to joining Lenovo, Dr. Wang worked at NEC Labs China from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in electronic and information engineering and Ph.D. in communication and information system from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2000 and 2005, respectively.
Mr. Pengtao Yu
Chief Industrial Designer
Mr. Pengtao Yu has served as our chief industrial designer since October 2014. Prior to joining us, Mr. Yu worked at Moov Inc., a smart wearable device start-up company, as an industrial design consultant from June to October 2014 and played an instrumental role in designing and developing Moov’s fitness tracker. Prior to that, Mr. Yu was an industrial designer at Bould Design from October 2012 to June 2014, where his responsibilities included developing and designing consumer electronic products, such as thermostat and smoke alarm, for various Silicon Valley companies. From February 2012 to August 2012, Mr. Yu was an industrial design consultant of Harman International, where he worked closely with the marketing team in developing a new generation of earphones. Mr. Yu has received many awards in recognition of his industrial design accomplishments. He is a four-time Bronze winner of the International Design Excellence Award, and a three-time winner of the iF Design Award (Germany). He also received the Red Dot Design Award (Germany) in 2011 and 2016. Mr. Yu received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2003, and his bachelor’s degree in product design and master’s degree in industrial design from the Art Center College of Design in 2008 and 2011, respectively.