HOT OFF THE CHINA SECURITIES BLOG .... 1. Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) - 4Q09 net revenues of $287.0 million
2. Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GFRE) - Net income was $30.6 million, or $1.00 per basic and diluted share, a year-over-year increase of 36.6% from $22.4 million
3. DEER Consumer Products (NASDAQ:DEER) - Record Revenue of $81.3 million, an increase of 86% from $43.8 million in 2008
Mr. Wu has been our chief executive officer, chairman and a director since the completion of the reverse acquisition in November 2007. Mr. Wu founded both of the Huayang Companies and is presently the executive director and general manager of Huayang Dye. He has held these positions since September 2002. Mr. Wu is a certified mechanical engineer, and worked in such capacity prior to founding Huayang Dye Machine.
Ms. Tang has been secretary and a director since November 2007. She is also executive director and general manager of Huayang Electric, and a director and deputy general manager of Huayang Dye in charge of personnel and procurement. Ms. Tang has held these positions since September 2002. Ms. Tang is a certified assistant mechanical engineer, and worked in such capacity before joining the Huayang Companies.
In 2005, Mr. Liu joined WAM Bulk Handling Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., as a purchasing and sourcing manager. Prior to that, Mr. Liu served as an engineer and later as an assistant purchasing manger of the Purchasing Department, China FAW Group Corporation, from 1989 until 2005. Mr. Liu holds a degree in metal material and heat treatment, Jiangsu University of Technology, and graduated in 1989.
Mr. Goldberg is a chartered accountant and a senior partner at the accounting firm, Schwartz Levitsky Feldman, LLP, (SLF), Toronto, Canada, a member firm of a group which is ranked among the 10 largest accounting firms in Canada. Mr. Goldberg heads SLF's audit division. He is also the President for SLF Capital Markets Inc. Prior to joining SLF, Mr. Goldberg served as a partner at the accounting firm, Grant Thornton, LLP, where he worked for over 10 years. Mr. Goldberg brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the accounting profession. Mr. Goldberg has been the audit partner for a number of publicly-traded Chinese companies.
Mr. Pirtle has served as chief manager of Claridge Company, LLC, a privately-held financial services firm whose primary focus is to link small corporations with professional investors, since March 2005. Mr. Pirtle was a founder and served as senior managing director of Avondale Partners, LLC, an independently-owned, Nashville-based financial services firm dedicated to equity research, investment banking activities and equity capital markets, from June 2001 to March 2005. He served as managing director and as a director of SunTrust Equitable Securities Corporation from February 1989 to June 2001. Prior to that time, he was a General Partner of J.C. Bradford & Co. from 1966 to 1989. Mr. Pirtle currently serves as a director of Premiere Global Services, Inc., IceWeb, Inc. and Tricell, Inc. Mr. Pirtle is also a member of the audit committee of Premiere Global Services, Inc. and IceWeb, Inc.