Our Management Team

Yan Zhao - Director / President

Yan Zhao is Chairperson and President of Dalian, China based, Dalian Beigang Information Industry Development Co. Ltd., which she co-founded in 1997. Prior to 1997, she spent five years as general manager of Dalian Electronic and Telecommunication Co. Ltd. From 1969 to 1992, she was general manager of the Dalian Post and Telecommunication Bureau. Yan Zhou is a 1976 Bachelor of Science graduate of Chang Chun Post and Telecommunications College. She became President and director of Northport in April 2004.

Zhongbo Jia - Director / Vice President

From 1992 until co-founding Dalian Beigang Information Industry Development Co. Ltd. in 1997, Mr. Jia was President of Dalian Electronic and Telecommunication Co. Ltd. From 1969 to 1973 and from 1977 to 1992, he was with the Dalian Post and Telecommunication Bureau as Vice General Manager. Mr. Jia is a 1977 Bachelor of Science graduate from Beijing Post and Telecommunication University. He became a director of Northport in April 2004.

Jim H. Qian - Director / CEO

Jim H. Qian, Ph.D. is currently a board director and CEO of the company. Prior to this, Dr. Qian was the president and CEO of American Centrality Group, Inc., Nevada and Abgenom, Inc. Hayward, CA. Previously he was the co-founder & president of ProMab Biotech, Inc. Before launching ProMab, Dr. Qian was a scientist at Incyte Genomics, Inc. He received his postdoctoral training from University of California at Berkeley and obtained his Ph.D. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Jianhua Yu - Director / COO

Jianhua Yu, currently a board director and COO of China operations, is a renowned entrepreneur with significant expertise in real estate and property development in Dalian, China. 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 ten years as a factory manager for a number of food processing and safety equipment manufacturing factories in Dalian.

James Wang - Director / Secretary

James Wang, a resident of Seattle, Washington, has significant experience in North America and Asia in areas of distribution and technology. Since 2001, he has been extensively involved with Dalian Beigang in all aspects of business development, acquisition negotiations and new business opportunities. He also oversees all aspects of North American operations including public company listing aspects. He became a director of Northport in April 2004.

Jun Xiao - Director / CTO

Jun Xiao has been an employee of Northport Beigang 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 Beigang, he has headed up the Company`s research and development division for Tenet and also the color imaging project. He became Vice President of Product Development in Dalian Northport in 2006.