Yang Zhao

Dr. Yang Zhao has served as Chairman & CEO of ACEINNA since its founding in 2017 to bring to market precision sensing solutions for developing markets such as autonomous vehicles, advanced computing platforms and smart buildings.

Prior to ACEINNA, Dr. Zhao was the Founder, President and CEO of MEMSIC, Inc, serving from 1999 to 2017. Dr. Zhao led MEMSIC from founding to IPO on the NASDAQ exchange in 2007, privatization in 2013, and served until 2017 when he formed ACEINNA. In 2014, Dr. Zhao was listed as one of “Twelve Shakers and Movers in MEMS” by EE Times.

Before MEMSIC, Dr. Zhao spent seven years in various technical leadership roles in Micromachined Product Division at Analog Devices. His expertise and guidance was instrumental in bringing the MEMS technology to market for Analog Devices.

Dr. Zhao earned Ph.D., MS, and MA degrees in physics and electrical engineering from Princeton University where he studied under Professor Daniel Tsui, who won the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics. He obtained BS degree in Physics from Beijing University. He holds over 30 patents in semiconductor and MEMS technology.