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.