Yang Yang

Experience

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  Hifn

  Nov 2004 - Apr 2009

  AE/FAE

  -Initiated and conducted technical service in Asia Pacific for information security (Encryption, IPsec/SSL VPN, Firewall, UTM, Wireless Backhaul) and networking storage (Compression, Deduplication, IP SAN/NAS, Backup) products, guided customers in Great China, Japan, Korea, and Australia complete more than 30 designs-Published 13 essays and articles about data security (cryptography and protocols) and data reduction in professional journals

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  Exar Corporation

  Apr 2009 - Oct 2011

  Sr. FAE

  -Led business development for information security and data reduction product line in Asia Pacific, identified and developed opportunities in new markets including Wireless Backhaul, Networking Storage and Smart Grid, and built partnership with Alibaba Group for Cloud Computing solution-Generated about $5 million annual revenue; partnered with all major vendors in local telecom, security and storage markets, won 10+ projects in key accounts, including Huawei, ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent; reshaped business strategy to strengthen support and service, turned around relationships with major accounts, and won Top 3 firewall vendors with 6 new projects in 18 months (0 in the previous 2 years) Show less

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  Barracuda Networks

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2012

  Product Manager

  -Invited by the VP of Asia Pacific to restructure China business from distributor to direct management, managing product lines including Web Application Firewall, Web Filter and Cloud Archive Service-Investigated new regulations from the central bank, created sales strategy in finance industry to emphasize regulation compliance for city commercial banks and educate large institutions to redefine the IT architecture of data center, and won key customers including ICBC, CMCC and Hyundai

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  Websense

  May 2013 - Dec 2015

  Product Manager Leader

  -Collected and prioritized feature requests for Web Security Gateway product line, conducted cross-border collaboration among DEV, QA, UX/UA and Technical Support in China, US, UK and Israel-Supervised and conducted product development with about 60 engineers, educated engineering team and led transition from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum

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  Forcepoint

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2017

  Product Manager

  -Drove product strategy and roadmap for Web Security product line, lead requirements definition and prioritization, and supervised feature development and release-Conducted market and customer analysis, facilitated world-wide sales enablement, and supported market advocating and deal winning-Promoted transparency and collaboration in release planning, product development and customer support, setting up and leading cross-team communication

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  Cloudscreen

  May 2017 - Nov 2017

  Director Of Products

  Led product strategy and roadmap definition, supervised product development and release, and conducted marketing planning as well as execution

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  Sangfor Technologies

  Nov 2017 - Apr 2018

  Product Planning Expert, Cloud Security

  Led strategy and architecture of "Cloud Brain", Sangfor Cloud of Intelligence and Analysis (SCIA); conducted product strategy in cloud security and the cloudization of legacy security products

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  Qizhi

  Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

  Director of Product Management

  Lead product management for Privileged Access Management (PAM); founded and lead UX/UI team

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  SupraAXES

  Apr 2020 - now

  Chief Executive Officer