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Alan Qunzhao Tan
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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Alan Qunzhao Tan has served as the chairman of the board of directors of Shanda Games since May 2009 and chief executive officer since January 2010. He has served as president and chief technology officer of Shanda interactive from April 2008 to January 2010. Prior to this, Mr. Tan was in charge of the game research and development, operations, and infrastructure management centers and, starting in 2005, became president of Shanda Interactive's games business unit. He led the team that successfully launched and operated the massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), MIR II, and the team that developed and operated the MMORPG WOOOL, which became one of the most successful domestically developed online games. Mr. Tan remains the producer of both games and is leading the teams that are developing the MMORPGs "World Zero" and "Legend of Immortals." Mr. Tan has also served as a member of the board of directors of Shanda Interactive and of Actoz.
Mr. Tan holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Peking University.
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Hai Ling
President
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Hai Ling has served as president for Shanda Games since April 2008. Mr. Ling previously served in numerous capacities at Shanda Interactive, including senior vice president, vice president and director of Sales Department. Prior to joining Shanda Interactive, Mr. Ling served as general manager of Powerise Technology Co. from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Ling has served as a member of the board of directors of Actoz since 2008.
Mr. Ling holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology from the National University of Defense Technology.
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Xiangdong Zhang
Chief Producer
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Xiangdong Zhang has served as chief producer of Shanda Games since April 2008. Mr. Zhang previously served in numerous capacities at Shanda Interactive, including senior vice president, vice president and director of product management center. Prior to joining Shanda Interactive, Mr. Zhang served as the editor-in-chief of the game channel at China.com from 1999 to 2001.
Mr. Zhang holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Dalian Institute of Light Industry.
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Jisheng Zhu
Chief Technology Officer and Acting Chief Operating Officer
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Jisheng Zhu has served as chief technology officer of Shanda Games since April 2008 and as its acting chief operating officer since December 2008. Mr. Zhu previously served in numerous capacities at Shanda Interactive, including vice president, director of technical support center and a manager of Shanda Interactive's network security department. Prior to joining Shanda Interactive, Mr. Zhu served as the engineering service director of Kingnet Security Inc. from 2001 to 2003 and as the Director of Product Development in Eachnet.com from 2000 to 2001.
Mr. Zhu holds a master's degree in automatic control from East China University of Science and Technology.
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Richard Wei
Chief Financial Officer
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Richard Wei has served as chief financial officer for Shanda Games since April 2009. Mr. Wei previously served as the chief financial officer of Spreadtrum Communications, a leading provider of baseband processor solutions for the wireless communications market, from 2007 to 2009, of Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, a leading provider of flash memory controllers, from 2005 to 2007, of KongZhong Corporation, a wireless value added service provider, from 2003 to 2005, of ASE Test Limited, a leading independent semiconductor testing services provider, from 2002 to 2004, and of ISE Labs Inc., a subsidiary of ASE Test Limited, from 2000 to 2002. Prior to ISE Labs, he was a research analyst with Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong.
Mr. Wei holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from Cornell University.
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Thomas Yih
General Counsel
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Thomas Yih has served as general counsel for Shanda Games since August 2009. He previously served as the general counsel of Shanda from October 2008 to August 2009. Prior to joining Shanda, Mr. Yih was an attorney at an international law firm from September 2007 to October 2008 and served as senior counsel for a dual listed New York Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company based in China.
Mr. Yih holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics from Columbia University and a juris doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law.
