Background
Zhang, Ya-Qin was born on January 7, 1966 in Taiyuan, China. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Jung-Fang Bi.
computer software company executive
Zhang, Ya-Qin was born on January 7, 1966 in Taiyuan, China. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Jung-Fang Bi.
Bachelor of Science, University of Science and Technology China, Hefei, 1983. Master of Science, University of Science and Technology China, Hefei, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering, George Washintgon University, 1989.
Member technical staff Contel Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia, 1990-1991. Senior member technical staff GTE Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1990-1995. Director multimedia technical of laboratory Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1995—1999.
Assistant managing director, managing director Microsoft Research Asia, 1999—2004. Corporation vice president mobile & embedded devices Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, 2004—2007, corporation vice president, research & development in China, since 2007. Guest editor International Society for Optical Engineering, 1996.
Council chair Indiana Federation Chinese Students and Scholars, 1989. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior. Industrial Pioneer award.
Guest editor technical journal 1995, member editorial board Computer Press 1997, editor-in-chief Circuits & Systems for Video Technology 1997). Member Information Systems Development, ITU, Eta Kappa Nu (Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer award 1997, Engineer of Year 1997).
Married Jenny Jian Wang, April 28, 1989. 1 child, Sophie W. Zhang.