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Mr. Yan is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He founded e-Future in 1997. From 1997 to 1999 and 2002 to 2004, Mr. Yan also served as our Chief Accounting Officer. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Yan served as the general manager of the Bangda Information Industry Center of the Haikou Financial Bureau in the Hainan province of China. Mr. Yan received a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in machine vision engineering from Chonqing University in China. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Yan also served as the chief accounting software designer for Haikou Accounting Firm in the Hainan province of China. In his role as chief accounting software designer, Mr. Yan served as the development team leader responsible for writing the software in accordance with the accounting policies of the Chinese government, developing system architecture, and developing team organization. He has also studied accounting and finance at the Central University of Finance and Economics.
Ms. Ping Yu became our chief financial officer on January 1, 2007. Prior to joining eFuture, she was a specialist with Beijing Smartdot Technologies, Inc. from August 2005 to December 2006, advising companies listed in the United States on meeting Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements and implementing the COSO-Enterprise Risk Management-Integrated framework. From March 2004 to July 2005, Ms. Yu served as the internal auditing section manger at Dongfeng Nissan, and from October 1999 to April 2001, she was the chief officer of the accounting department at Walkalone Real Estate Co. From July 1996 to September 1999, she served as a senior analyst at Citi Industrial Bank. Ms. Yu received her bachelor’s degree from Hubei University and her master’s degree in business administration from Rutgers University. Ms. Yu is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Mr. Yang has served as our Chief Technology Officer since 1997. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Yang served as the Chief Technology Officer of Hainan Fujie Industrial Inc., an information technology company delivering software and system integration services in the Hainan province of China. From 1993 to 1995, he served as a manager in the system network department of Hainan Zhouli Sci-Tech Industrial Inc., an information technology company delivering software and system integration services in the Hainan province of China. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Yang taught computer courses at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He received a bachelor’s degree in automatic control and a master’s degree in automatic control from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
Mr. Zou has served as our Chief Operating Officer since 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Zou served as Chief Technology Officer of Hainan Fujie Industrial Company, an information technology company providing multi-media development platform software to various industries in China. Mr. Zou received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Chongqing University in China.
Mr. Li has served as our Vice President since 1997. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Li served as a manager of the project implementation department of Hainan Fujie Industrial Inc., an information technology company delivering software and system integration services in the Hainan province of China. Mr. Li received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from China People’s Police Officer University in China.
Mr. Zhou has served as our Chief Architecture Officer since 2002. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Kefu served as Senior Programmer and Analyst at the information System division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in Bentonville, Arkansas. From 1992 to 1994, he served as a programmer for International Business Machines in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Kefu received a bachelor’s degree in electronics from Xi’an JiaoTong University and a master’s degree in computer science from The University of North Carolina, Charlotte.