Dr. Zhi Tan, Ph.D.

Overview

Zhi Tan was appointed as our chief executive officer in March 2008 and has been a director since January 2007. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Tan has served as both president of the company and senior vice president in charge of the operations of our poster frame network. Dr. Tan was previously the chairman and chief executive officer of Framedia. Dr. Tan has extensive management and operational experience. He served as senior advisor at Tom.com of Hong Kong prior to join Framedia. From 1999 to 2002, he was the chief executive officer of 8848.net Corporation, which was one of the largest online e-commerce organizations in China. Before joining 8848.net, Dr. Tan was deputy general manager for Microsoft China in 1999. Prior to Microsoft, Dr. Tan was senior vice-president for UTStarcom China from 1995 to 1998. He was directly responsible for all aspects of operations for both Microsoft China and UTStarcom China. Dr. Tan received his PhD in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute of Massachusetts in 1987 and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Jilin Industrial University in China in 1980.