NORTHPORT NETWORK SYSTEMS, INC.
On October 27, 2009, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution to appoint three additional directors; Xiao Jun, Yu Jianhua and Dr Jim Howell Qian to sit as directors of the Company effective immediately and to act as directors until the next shareholder meeting or until they resign or are replaced. All three have agreed to act as directors. There are no family relationships between the new directors.
In addition, the Board accepted the resignation of Zhao Yan as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective immediately. Dr. Jim Qian has been appointed as the new CEO of the Company. Xiao Jun is appointed Chief Technology Officer of the Company effective immediately. Yu Jianhua is appointed Chief Operations Officer of China Operations effective immediately.
Their biographies are provided below:
Xiao Jun has been an employee of Northport’s China subsidiary since April 2004. He obtained a Masters degree in Multimedia and Virtual Reality in 2002 from Leuven Engineering College in Belgium and also holds a 1992 degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. From 1996 to 1998 he was Vice Chief Engineer of the spaceflight group at Guangyu Group in Shenzhen, China. From 1998 until 2000 he was Vice General Manager of Beijing Yuanchao Information Technology Ltd. where he assisted in the development of China’s first business image processing software. In 2000 he joined Beijing Yimei Network Technology Ltd as Vice CEO where he led the employee team in development of China`s first digital imaging network platform. While at Yimei, he assisted in the establishment of the Beijing Digital Image Industry Union along with Lenovo, BOE and Thunis; all major players in the field. Since joining Northport China, he has headed up the Company`s research and development division and was appointed Chief Technology Officer in October 2009.
Yu Jianhua is a resident of Dalian, China and has significant expertise in real estate and property development. Since 2001 he has been Chairman of Dalian Jintudi Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. Prior to that he was Deputy General Manager of Dalian Xintian Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. and Dalian Dongfang Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. Previously he spent almost twenty years as a Factory Manager with a number of food and safety equipment manufacturing factories in Dalian.
Jim H. Qian, Ph.D. is currently the president and CEO of American Centrality Group, Inc., Nevada and Abgenom, Inc. Hayward, CA. Prior to this, Dr. Qian was a co-founder & president of Abgenome, Inc. Berkeley, CA, which develops in vitro diagnostic kits for cardiovascular diseases. Prior to that, Dr. Qian was the co-founder & president of ProMab Biotechnologies, Inc. which develops and markets recombinant proteins, antibody-based reagents and diagnostic kits, and tissue chips to academic and pharmaceutical laboratories worldwide. Before launching ProMab, Dr. Qian was a scientist at Incyte Genomics, Inc. He received his postdoctoral training in Biochemistry from University of California at Berkeley and obtained his Ph.D. in Microbial Biology from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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