Mr. Gangjin Li, Chairman of the Board. 44, Mr. Li has served as our Chairman of the Board of the Directors since October 2006. Mr. Li is the founder of Sureland Industrial and its subsidiaries, and has served as its director and General Manager since its formation in 1995 and Chairman of the Board since 2000. Prior to founding Sureland in 1995, he was a Director of Engineering in the 20th Metallurgic Construction Company of the Ministry of Metallurgy. Mr. Li was a pioneer in the industrial fire safety industry in China with over 15 years experience in the industry. Mr. Li is an executive director of China Fire Protection Association (CFPA), and vice-chairman of "Electrical Fire Prevention Committee of CFPA". Mr. Li is also a member of the US-based "National Fire Protection Association". In recognition of his leadership in bringing Sureland to be the No. 1 company in China's industrial fire safety industry, Mr. Li was awarded by City of Beijing an "Beijing Outstanding entrepreneur—Beijing 5th Torch of Science" in 2002. Mr. Li holds a bachelor's degree from Wuhan University of Science and Technology and a Master degree in management science from Beijing University.

 

Mr. Brian Lin, Chief Executive Officer. 42, Mr. Lin has served as a director since October, 2006 and as our Chief Executive Officer since October 2006. Mr. Lin served as Vice President of Sureland since January 2006. Mr. Lin was an early stage investor and co-founder of Sureland and has been providing strategic guidance to Sureland since its inception. Prior to joining the company, from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Lin served as CEO of Beijing Linkhead Technologies, a company that he co-founded in 1994 and was sold to PacificNet Inc. (Nasdaq "PACT") in December 2003. Prior to Linkhead, Mr. Lin was Director of R&D, Value-added Services Division of UTStarcom (Nasdaq "UTSI") and held various management and technical positions with Nortel Networks, Motorola and Tandem Telecom in the US. Mr. Lin received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Toronto, Canada in 1989.

 

Ms. Tieying Guo, President, Sureland Industrial Fire Safety Limited, 48, Ms. Guo has served as a director since April 2007 and as President of Sureland since July 2006. Ms. Guo has over twenty years experience in China's Fire Protection Industry where she worked for the Ministry of Public Security. Prior to joining Sureland, from January 2004 to July 2006, Ms. Guo was Executive Vice President of China Fire Enterprises, a fire protection equipment and engineering company in China and has been listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2002. Ms. Guo provided key strategic guidance in all the M&A activities for China Fire Group in China. From 2000 to 2004, Ms. Guo held management positions with China Huandao Group, the largest state-owned group which owned almost all the largest state-owned fire protection companies in China.

 

 

Gene Michael Bennett, Independent non-executive Director, MBA/CPA(Inactive), 59, Mr. Bennett has served as an Independent Director since April 2007. Mr. Bennett is currently the CFO of Asian Financial, Inc. where he is responsible for the Company's overall financial planning and controls, Chinese and U.S. GAAP compliant financial reporting, SEC filings and investor relations. Prior to Aisan Finance, Mr. Bennett was a Partner of Nexis Investment Consulting Corporation in Beijing which helps bringing China-based companies up to US standard in various areas including Corporate governance, Internal Control, and accounting transparency. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Bennett was the partner of ProCFO, a California based firm providing contract CFO services for high tech firms in the US. Mr. Bennett also served as CFO of Argonaut Computers and National Automobile Club respectively. Mr. Bennett received a bachelor's degree in Accounting and an MBA degree both from Michigan State University

 

Qihong Wu, Independent non-executive Director, 74, Mr. Wu has served as a director since October 2006. Mr. Wu served as director of Sureland from Aril 2002 to September 2006. From 1993 to present, Mr. Wu has served as a committee member of China Fire Prevention Association, and vice chairman of Asia-Australian Fire Hazard Science and Technology Club. Mr. Wu was the Chief Engineer of the Fire Prevention Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and a supervisor at the Academic Committee of China Fire Prevention Association. Mr. Wu Qi Hong graduated from Tongji University in 1955 with a bachelor's degree.

 

Guoyou Zhang，Independent non-executive Director, 57, Mr. Zhang has served as an Independent Director since April 2007. Mr. Zhang is currently the Vice President of Beijing University and the director of the Institute of International Business Management, Beijing University. Professor Zhang has extensive experience in teaching economics and business management and has written and/or edited many published articles and books over the past 20 years. Professor Zhang has been teaching in Beijing University since 1976. Professor Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Beijing University in 1991.

 

Yushen Liu，Independent non-executive Director, 63, Mr. Liu has served as an Independent Director since April 2007. Mr. Liu is currently the chairman of Fire Expert Committee of PetroChina and is a National Safe Production Expert recognized by the State Department. He has authored 3 national standards and drafted and reviewed various chapters of China Fire Codes. Mr. Liu is a renowned technical expert in PetroChina's Safe Production Standards Committee and has helped extinguishing more than 3000 fires, 400 of them were classified as sever fire hazards. Mr. Liu has spent over 40 years experience in Petrochemical fire protection industry and was the Fire Chief of Daqing Oil Stock Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina. Mr. Liu received Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Academy in 1988.