Patty Tredway has 12+ years’ experience building PR campaigns for innovative technology companies in US, Europe and Asia Pacific. She’s worked across many different technologies, including Lending Club, the first peer-to-peer lender, to eSolar to Lookout Mobile Security to Vincross robotics. Her focus on PR for new market entry, means she’s often the first on the ground in new regions, building the brand and marketing strategy when companies enter new territories. Patty has helped companies to win influential awards such as WEF Technology Pioneer, MIT 35 Under 35, Gartner Cool Vendor and more. Educated in the US at Colgate University, Patty now resides in Beijing where she’s trying her best to learn Mandarin and sample every regional cuisine.
Dr Xiaoping Yang is President of BP China and Chairperson of BP (China) Holdings Limited.
Since joining BP in 1990 in the US, Dr. Yang has accumulated extensive business insights and industry experience on a number of managerial roles.
Since 2011, Dr. Yang has been sitting on Boards of Directors and taking executive management roles in different BP entities. She was appointed, effective November 2016, President of BP China and Chairperson of BP (China) Holdings Limited.
She holds an MBA degree from the University of Chicago and a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.
Jordan is a passionate innovator with both entrepreneurial and investment experiences. He is currently working as Senior Manager in the Global Incubation Department of Innoway, in charge of Land-In-China Acceleration Program where he selects and invests in overseas high-tech startups with China market potentials. Meanwhile Jordan helps large corporations with startup scouting and innovation strategies in various industries.
Jordan is also one of the community managers of Startup Grind in Beijing, supervising the development of the Chinese Startup community in Beijing and supporting the chapter to bridge international and local innovators.
Before joining Innoway, Jordan was the project director at Cipher Ground, a deep-tech incubator. Prior to that he founded two companies, in China and in Sweden. This gave him hands-on experiences in entrepreneurship and is still helping him in better understanding startup businesses.
Jordan is born in China and studied in both Sweden and America, with a focus in Business Administration and International Management.