Dr. Xu is founder and CEO of SmartSens. he has led the SmartSens team to combine the world’s most advanced imaging technologies with a culture of rapid iteration to quickly become a leader in the field of image sensors for security, automotive, and a range of industries. His vision has led the company to more than 20 US patents and 50 Chinese patents.

Dr. Xu is one of the leading minds in CMOS image sensor design, with more than 20 years of leading R&D and product design experience. His focus on digital and analog hybrid integrated circuit design and processing, device physics, and the semiconductor chip production process continues to drive SmartSens’ innovation.

Mr. Xu has worked in several world's leading Silicon Valley CMOS image sensor companies in the United States. Among his contributions to the imaging industry is a high-speed system architecture that helps resolve some of the critical noise problems inherent to these systems. This along with breakthrough contributions in the development of small-pixel global shutter pixels has contributed to both the rise of SmartSens and the advancement of the sensor industry at large.

Dr. Xu holds a PhD and master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University.

Dr. Yaomu Mo is the chief technology officer (CTO) of SmartSens. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company's advanced technology, solution design and development, and entire product life cycle.

Dr. Mo is personally responsible for the design of nearly a hundred CMOS image sensors that are widely used in many market segments—such as mobile phones, security, computers, vehicles, Internet of Things, medical, AR/VR, and machine vision applications.

Mr. Mo has worked as the head of R&D in several world's leading Silicon Valley CMOS image sensor companies in the United States for many years. He is proficient in the design of digital-analog hybrid integrated circuits and has led multinational R&D teams to develop innovative products in various fields, helped incumbent companies stay ahead in the field of CMOS image sensor technology, and obtained multiple technology patents in the United States and China.

Dr. Mo holds a Ph.D. in electronic science and technology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences University as well as a bachelor’s in semiconductor physics and devices from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is a recipient of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award.

Mr. Ma holds a master’s degree in electronic circuits and systems from Zhejiang University and has nearly two decades of Chip R&D and management experience.

Mr. Ma once worked as the R&D and Product Manager in Maxscend Technologies. He played a role in forming the Maxscend R&D team and managing more than ten chip development projects, such as H264/AVS image decoding chips, CMMB mobile TV chips, DTMB ground national standard chips and video SoC chips.

Mr. Ma was the founder and CEO of Yixin Microelectronics, which he started in 2011. Mr. Ma organized a team and led it into launching a variety of products, including video capture card chips, SD audio and video transmission and decoding chips, HD audio and video transmission and decoding chips and HD video ISP chips, which were widely used in the market.

Mr. Ma subsequently joined SmartSens as the VP of Technology, taking charge of product R&D and management. He is now the COO of SmartSens. In this role, he is responsible for product planning, marketing and sales as well as supply-chain management.

Mr. Hu is the vice president of technology at SmartSens, where he is responsible for overseeing the company’s development of image sensor technology, especially in the automotive sector.

Mr. Hu joined SmartSens from Allchip, where he founded in 2012, and where he successfully led the team to the development of over ten Single-chip CMOS image sensors for automotive in a full range, which integrated image sensing, image signal processing, video coding and transmission. Their contributions have helped lead Allchip’s products to the forefront of CVBS image sensors and provide smart solutions for car cameras, doorbells and other surveillance applications.

Mr. Hu began working with CMOS image sensors in 1999 and was involved in the establishment of BYD Microelectronics as Chief Engineer and Director of Product, CMOS Image Sensors when he went back to China in 2004. He was engaging in tech breakthroughs, chip development and talent cultivation there.

Mr. Hu holds a master’s degree from University of Colorado and a bachelor’s degree in Radio Electronics from Peking University. 

Mr. James Ouyang is deputy general manager of SmartSens. In this role, he is responsible for the integration of the company’s corporate strategic resources.

Mr. Ouyang has been in the semiconductor industry for many years and once worked as senior executive in a world-renowned semiconductor company. Mr. Ouyang has also served as a senior partner when he participated in setting up an investment fund in the intelligent technology of the semiconductor industry.

Mr. Ouyang holds an EMBA from China Europe International Business School and a Master degree from Zhejiang University.

Deputy General Manager of Technology: Hideaki Nii, holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science Degree from the University of Tokyo and a Master Degree in Solid-State Physics. He has been at the forefront in the field of CIS technology, research and development for over 25 years.

He has been engaged in semiconductor technology and product development at the Toshiba's USLI Research Laboratory for more than ten years and has achieved numerous cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements. He later worked as a department manager for Toshiba America, responsible for all major 12-inch product development. Subsequently, he was promoted to head the CIS product development where he led the team to execute product development and technical collaboration after mass production as well as fab technology operations. Mr. Nii was widely recognized for his ability to ensure mass production shipments and increase profitability.

Mr. Nii was the founder of Imaging Design Technologies Corporation (IDTC) in Japan and served as the vice president of Huaian Imaging Device Manufactures(HiDM) where he established China's first CIS IDM in Huaian. He joined SmartSens in 2020 and is currently Deputy General Manager of Technology, mainly responsible for the development, optimization and performance improvement of the new process platform.

Mr. Wang holds a master’s degree in optical engineering from Zhejiang University and has over 20 years of algorithm design experience in the field of image processing and computer vision.

Mr. Wang has worked in a world’s leading CIS company for more than ten years and has obtained a number of patents and technological breakthroughs. He successfully designed and completed dozens of ISP IPs which were widespread recognized and praised by the market and customers.

Mr. Wang joined SmartSens in 2017 and is currently the Vice President of Systems & Algorithms. In this position, he is responsible for the development of algorithms, the design of a new generation of AI CIS, the construction of lightweight neural network platforms and the R&D of system-level chips.

Mr. Jin holds a master degree in electronic circuits and systems from Zhejiang University and has over 15 years of chip development and marketing experience.

Mr. Jin once worked for S3 Graphics and Maxscend Technologies, responsible for product planning and marketing of many chips including GPU and image decoder. Mr. Jin later joined SmartSens from Yixin Microelectronics, where he participated in the foundation, and where he successfully launched various chips for analog HD video transmission and reception, thereby gaining wide recognition in surveillance market.

Mr. Jin joined SmartSens in 2017 as Senior Sales Director and he is now the vice president of Industry & Emerging Sensor Division at SmartSens. In this role, he is responsible for promoting business development for image sensors in the fields of industry and emerging market, diversifying and planning product lines and marketing.