Bill Huang

Bill Huang graduated from Huazhong University of Science & Technology with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. After 2 years studying at the University of Illinois, he received master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.[5]

Huang entered Bell Laboratories to work on researches in Asynchronous Transfer Mode in 1990. In 1994, he joined Unitech Telecom and became the co-founder of UTStarcom Holdings Corp. a year later. After that, Huang developed the operating system WACOS.[6]

In 1996, Huang put forward the "Network is the Switch" soft switch concept. That same year, he co-established the International Soft switch Consortium (ISC) and developed the first mobile soft switch system in the world and the first carrier-class streaming media exchange and IPTV system.[7]

With the aim to build a research and development center like Bell Labs, Huang joined China Mobile in 2007.[7]

In 2012, Huang created the cloud-based robot system, an architecture for building intelligent robotics system. It contains the idea to split the robot into three parts, cloud, mobile network and terminal. [8]

In 2015, Huang founded CloudMinds Inc., a cloud computing company.[9]

In 2007, Huang was listed on 100 Most Influential Persons in the Chinese Mobility Industry.[10] In 2016, he received IEEE CQR Chairman's Award, which was the first time that a Chinese CEO to achieve so.[11][12]