Dr. Bao Junwei is the co-founder of Seyond Ltd. and has been the Director, the chairman of the Board and the chief executive officer of the company since November 2016, primarily responsible for the overall management, business strategies and sustainable development of the group.
Prior to founding Seyond, Dr. Bao worked in Baidu USA from April 2014 to November 2016, where he served in various positions including the Head of Autonomous Driving HW&Sensors team under the Autonomous Driving division responsible for research and development of hardware and sensor, and the Head of HPC responsible for research and development of hardware acceleration and high-performance network for data centers. Dr. Bao co-founded Timbre Technologies, which was acquired by Tokyo Electron Ltd. in February 2001. From August 2001 to March 2014, Dr. Bao held different positions in Tokyo Electron America (Timbre Technologies): including working as a Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Senior Director of Engineering and Technology and working as a Senior Research Scientist.
Dr. Li Yimin is the co-founder of Seyond Ltd. Since November 2016, he has served as the company’s Chief Technology Officer, and has taken on the additional role of Director since April 2023, primarily responsible for technology, IP development and R&D.
Prior to founding Seyond, Dr. Li served as a senior architect of Baidu USA from March 2016 to November 2016. From March 2015 to March 2016, Dr. Li was a Staff Engineer in Hermes Microvision Inc., which is engaged in the business of electronic-beam (e-beam) technology for semiconductor yield enhancement solutions. Dr. Li worked at Agilent Technologies, which is engaged in the business of providing advanced instruments, software, services, and consumables for laboratories, from March 2012 to 2015. From August 2001 to May 2011, Dr. Li worked in different industries such as medical device, precision instrumentation, and advanced research in various U.S. organizations.
Mr. Yao Yuan joined Seyond Ltd. in December 2024, taking on the role of Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary. He is responsible for leading the company’s development in capital market, and maintaining investor and shareholder relationship, and driving revenue growth of the group from a financial and strategic perspective.
Mr. Yao has over 14 years of experience in the finance industry. Prior to joining Seyond, he served as the head of investment and corporate financing at Shanghai Binli Information Technology Co., Ltd. from May 2021 to November 2024, in charge of fundraising, managing investor and shareholder relationships, capital market strategies and managerial finance. From December 2018 to April 2021, he served as an executive director at JPMorgan Chase Bank (China) Co Ltd, responsible for providing investment banking products andservices to serve China’s technology sector clients. From December 2016 to October 2018, he was the vice president at Yiren Hengye Technology Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Prior to that, he served as the head of direct banking at PingAn Bank Co., Ltd. since September 2014, and the vice president of Bank of America N.A. from June 2011 to September 2014.
Mr. Yang Zheng is the chief information officer and vice president of software engineering of Seyond Ltd. since April 2023, primarily responsible for leading the software engineering team and developing and implementing the group’s IT strategy.
Before joining Seyond, Mr. Yang was a member of technical staff at Applatix Inc. since October 2015, a software company which was acquired by Intuit (Nasdaq symbol: INTU), a U.S. corporation that specializes in financial software. Since 2013, Mr. Yang worked as a technical staff at Bebop Technology Inc.; since 2011, Mr. Yang worked at Nimble Storage Inc. as a senior consultant engineer; and since 2004, Mr. Yang was a technical director at EMC Corporation, formerly known as Data Domain Inc. Mr. Yang was a technical leader at Cisco System, Inc. (Nasdaq symbol: CSCO) from 1999 to 2004.
Mr. Chen Larry Dong is the president of China region of Seyond Ltd. since June 2024, primarily responsible for the management of operations in China region.
Mr. Chen has over 20 years’ experience in automotive industry. Prior to joining the Target Group, Mr. Chen worked at Valeo (ENXTPA: FR) for several years as he served as the PEM General Manager of Sales in Asia and the President of operation in China from July 2022 to May 2024; as SVES China RO Vice President since March 2021; as the PTR China RO Director since March 2017; and as the Site General Manager for Wuhan region since Feb 2011. Since March 2020, Mr. Chen served as Manager of the APAC region at Punch Powertrain. Previously, Mr. Chen worked as the President of Asia Pacific Region at Trico Automotive Systems (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. from July 2011 to July 2014.
Bao Junwei
Li Yimin
Chen Changling
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Maximilian Ibel
Chen Changling (Chairperson)
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Maximilian Ibel (Chairperson)
Li Yimin
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Bao Junwei (Chairperson)
Chen Changling
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