Leadership Team
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Shelly Deng, Ph.D.CEOShelly Deng co-founded Sidus Optoelectronics, Inc. in 2013 and has served as CEO since. Dr. Deng has over 20 years of industry experience in semiconductor, fiber optics and green technology. Prior to Sidus, Dr. Deng held various technical and management positions in R&D, engineering, and operation at leading technology companies and startups in Silicon Valley, including Hewlett Packard Company, Agilent Technologies, Finisar and Bridgelux.
Dr. Deng received her B.S. in Physics from Peking University, a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She also completed M.S. work at Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences. -
Ryan ChenCOOMr. Chen has over 25 years of diversified industry experience in semiconductor, electronics, and telecommunication. Prior to joining Sidus, Mr. Chen held various technical and management positions in engineering, quality, and operation at several technology companies, including Samsung Semiconductor, UTStarcom, Worldplay, CFG online and Honeywell.
Mr. Chen received a BS degree in Astronomy and a BA degree in business management from Nanjing University. -
Ben Li, Ph.D.VP and Sidus Changzhou CEODr. Li is a battery scientist by training. He worked at well-known lithium battery manufacturing companies prior to joining Sidus, responsible for manufacturing process control including the docking of customized product technology for well-known global customers such as Apple. Dr. Li brings to Sidus bounty experiences in setting up new lithium battery manufacturing plant, lithium battery manufacturing process and quality control.
Dr. Li received a B.S. degree and a Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology. -
Phillips Medina, Ph.D.Chief ScientistDr. Medina worked at IBM Battery Group as research scientist on lithium battery before joining Sidus. Prior to IBM, Dr. Medina worked at Argonne National Laboratory and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa.
Dr. Medina received a B.S. degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Material Science both from Central Michigan University with National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. -
Steppe HaoVP of Sales and MarketingMr. Hao has been engaged in the new energy industry for more than 13 years with rich supply chain and sales management experience. Prior to joining Sidus, Mr. Hao worked for a Tier-one solar PV company with annual revenue once passed 700 Million USD.
Mr. Hao received an MBA degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology.