Edward T. J. Chen, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder With over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in the high-tech industry, Mr. Chen is also the founder and CEO of AMREL, a leader in cutting edge technology providing supply chain solutions for the Renewable Energy, Public Safety, Military, and Homeland Security Markets. Mr. Chen previously held a position with Motorola as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for nine years. He left Motorola in 1980 and co-founded MOTECH Industries Inc. (a silicon solar cell manufacturer), CReTE Systems, and GALAXY FAR EAST Corporation. All three companies are publicly listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. As a successful entrepreneur, Mr. Chen's resources and ability to grow startup companies into industry leaders are well-established.
Mr. Chen received his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the National Taipei Institute of Technology.
Woolas Hsieh, President and Founder Mr. Hsieh brings over 20 years of experience in investment banking and commercial banks to the company, including extensive knowledge of corporate governance, expertise in structuring financial products, and experience with equity financing. He managed approximately a hundred people in these positions and contributed to the launch of Taiwan's first exchange listed equity derivative in his time as Executive Vice President in Structured Derivative Products. He previously held positions as an Equity Trader at Lehman Brothers, Banking Center Manager/Vice President at Bank of America, and is a Founding Partner of INNOVENTURE GROUP INC, a private equity venture capital investment firm. Mr. Hsieh is currently on the Board of Directors for the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A).
Mr. Hsieh graduated from National Taiwan University with a BL in Law and received an MBA in Finance from the University of Cincinnati.
Jennifer Yu, Executive Vice President and Founder Ms. Yu is tasked with facilitating the company's efforts to develop strategic partners and corporate finance. Prior to joining Solarmer, she spent 27 years with Bank of America, 18 of which was in management. Under her management the deposit of her banking center grew from 250 million to 600 million in six years. She received Bank of America's Award of Excellence an astonishing 15 consecutive years. Ms. Yu is also the Managing Partner of the MP Amber Fund.
Ms. Yu is a graduate of Consumer Banking School at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Gang Li, Vice President, Engineering Dr. Gang Li received his PhD degree in Condensed Matter Physics (under Prof. Joseph Shinar) and MS in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, where his research focused on organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and the photophysics processes. In 2004, he joined Prof. Yang Yang's group in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA, as a postdoctoral researcher. His research works at UCLA focused on polymer solar cells and polymer light emitting devices (PLEDs) and have been highly cited within the scientific community. He has published over 40 scientific articles in renowned academic journals (Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Advanced Materials, JACS, Physics Review B, etc.) and he has filed 6 patent applications in the area of organic electronics.
Dr. Li's Bachelor's degree is from Wuhan University, China.
