Mr. Hunter Jiang became our president in September 2007, our chief executive officer in February 2008 and a director in July 2008. Prior to joining us, Mr. Jiang was the chief executive officer of Shanghai Alison Group Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of steel pipe, petrochemicals, and specialty packaging headquartered in Shanghai, from 2005 to 2007. From 1998 to 2005, he was the chief executive officer of IPC Corp. China, a company whose businesses include information technology, property investment and development as well as investment holding. Mr. Jiang has an MBA degree. 

Mr. John Russell Hamilton became our Vice President of Technology / Chief Technical Officer in June 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hamilton worked for REC Silicon (a publically listed solar energy company on the Oslo stock exchange) for 9 years as Director of Projects and Director of Operations. At REC, he was involved with the R&D process development, commercialization and operation of new solar silicon production technologies and the expansion, modernization and optimization of existing technologies. Before that, Mr. Hamilton worked for the international petrochemical companies Chevron and Unocal in facility optimization & expansion, plant operation and new process integration into Refineries and Chemical Production Facilities for 26 years. Mr. Hamilton has a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana USA.

Mr. Cui Shu Yu became the deputy general manager of our JZPTD subsidiary in August 2007. Mr. Cui has 20 years of experience working as an engineer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cui worked at Luoyang Zhongui High-Technology Company as a technical consultant from 2003 to 2007. From 1968 to 2003, he worked as a chief engineer at Emei Semiconductor Material Factory. Mr. Cui obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry specializing in semiconductors from Jilin University.

*JZPTD refers to Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co. Ltd, our wholly-owned operating subsidiary in China

Mr. Scott Ma became our chief marketing officer in May 2008. Prior to joining us, he was procurement director at Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. from 2007 to 2008. His experience before that includes serving as an APR supply chain director at Avery Dennison from 2005 to 2006, a materials and logistics manager at Texas Instruments (China) Co. Ltd. from 1999 to 2004 and manager of the import and export department at Shenzhen (China) Foreign Trading Development Group from 1990 to 1997. Mr. Ma earned an MBA from Nanjing University Business School and a Ph.D. in Operation Management: Supply Chain Optimization jointly from Hehai University Business School and University of Texas at Dallas School of Management.

Mr. Wenwu Jiang is the Executive General Manager of JZPTD. He has over 20 years of experience working as an engineer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Jiang worked at CNPL Fushan Petrochemical as a deputy general manager from 1999 to 2006 and as a project manager until October 2006. From October 2006 to June 2007, Mr. Jiang worked as a senior manager within the Golden Concord Group. Mr. Jiang obtained a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Jiling Chemical Engineering Institute and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Dalian University of Technology.

*JZPTD refers to Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co. Ltd, our wholly-owned operating subsidiary in China

Mr. Zhenwu Zhong joined us in March 2006 and is the Research and Development Director of JZPTD. Prior to joining us, he was the senior engineer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's department of physics, from 2004 to 2005, specializing in superconductors and nanostructure research. From 2001 to 2003, he was a senior researcher at the National University of Singapore, Digital Storage Institute specializing in the garnet crystal liquid phase epitaxy growth thick film production. Mr. Zhong obtained his bachelor's degree in applied chemicals from Shandong University, a master's degree from Shandong University and a Ph.D. in crystalline materials from Chinese Academy of Science.

*JZPTD refers to Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon Technology Development Co. Ltd, our wholly-owned operating subsidiary in China