GenstorAIge leadership and engineering team

Core Team

Bringing together industry elites to create the future of storage.

Management Team

Seasoned executives with many years of deep industry experience.

Qian Ya'ou, Co-Founder and COO of GenstorAIge Technology

Qian Ya'ou

Co-Founder

COO

  • Former General Manager of Key Accounts for Seagate Technology China
  • Former Senior Vice President of GDS
  • Former Vice President of UNIS WDC Storage
  • Former Vice President of ForwardX Robotics
  • EMBA, CEIBS (China Europe International Business School)
Li Zhen, Product R&D at GenstorAIge Technology

Li Zhen

Vice President

Product R&D

  • Previously with YMTC, Seagate, Western Digital, Huawei, and IBM
  • Extensive experience in semiconductors and databases
  • Bachelor's & Master's degrees, Shenzhen University

Guo Lan

Partner

GR & BD

Former Partner and Vice President of Kingsoft Cloud, where she experienced the full journey from startup to dual main-board listings on NASDAQ and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; Bachelor's degree, Minzu University of China.

Yang Zehong

Senior Director

Pre-Sales Engineering

Over 15 years of storage industry experience, previously with Seagate, Western Digital, and T-Head (Alibaba). Expertise in chip architecture, firmware development, and SSD reliability validation design. Bachelor's & Master's degrees, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Shang Ligang

Vice President

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Led supply chain development for companies such as Sogou and ForwardX Robotics, and held R&D and supply chain management positions at Nokia, Dell, and Siemens. Decades of customer-side experience and insight have built him a strong network across the storage industry. Master's degree, Beihang University.

Zhang Qingxia

Partner

Strategic Accounts & AI Business

Former Vice President of Alibaba Cloud, Executive Dean of Alibaba Innovation Academy, Deputy General Manager of IBM Global Technology Services, General Manager of Microsoft China's Financial Services Business Unit, and General Manager of Oracle's Database Financial Services Business Unit. Ph.D. in Software Engineering, Fudan University.

Xu Wei

Vice President

Product Operations

Previously with IBM, Dell, UNIS Storage, and several SSD supply-chain companies in roles including Product Marketing Director. Bachelor's & Master's degrees, Tsinghua University.

R&D Team

200+ R&D engineers, the core strength making up 70% of our workforce.

IC Design Team

50+ engineers

  • High-speed SerDes PHY design
  • PCIe/CXL Retimer/Redriver
  • NAND controller IP

Firmware Development Team

60+ engineers

  • SSD firmware architecture design
  • FTL algorithm optimization
  • LDPC error-correction engines

Hardware Development Team

40+ engineers

  • PCB design and simulation
  • Signal integrity analysis
  • Thermal design optimization

Test & Validation Team

50+ engineers

  • Functional test and validation
  • Reliability testing
  • ATE test program development