Senior Associates 资深成员:
Mika Nyström, PhD FTC’s Project Scientist, Mika is a design consultant with world-class expertise in asynchronous 
circuit inventions and design methodology and microprocessor architecture, modeling and programming. He teaches computer programming at Caltech (CA) and is co-inventor and co-founder of Generation Capital (London, UK), a stock trading software company. Mika possesses specialized experience in mechanical engineering, small aircraft aviation, rotary engine technology, and various industrial designs.
Mika received his PhD in computer science from Caltech, where he also did his post-doctoral research. His MS in Mathematics degree was received from MIT. A pilot, engineer and a world traveler, Mika is fluent and familiar with several European languages.
Dr. Nystrom in 2005 came to Beijing for collaborations with Tsinghua University for Async China program lead by Prof. Henry Chen Hong Yi, the former head of the Microelectronics Institute. The project was for asynchronous low-power micro-controller in medical implant and insertion applications. The project was sponsored by Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology. Since then he lectured multiple occasions in Async China program, made connections with China’s education community in the subject.
Dr. Nystrom is currently work at Intel, teaching at University of Southern California, and heads Education Sector of World Asynchronous Designs. He is a Swedish citizen and a US permanent resident, stationed in Pasadena, CA.
Grant Peng, PhD FTC’s Project Scientist is an accomplished technologist with extensive 
expertise in the semiconductor industry, specializing in processes, capital equipment, and metrology. Prior to his current role, he served as Physicist/Scientist and Director of Distinguished Members of Technical Staff at Applied Materials (AMAT), the largest semiconductor equipment company in the world
Dr. Peng made pivotal contributions during his tenure at AMAT, including developing a groundbreaking OLED chamber cleaning process at a customer site, which successfully revived AMAT’s OLED project and generated over $100 million in revenue in the same year. Additionally, he invented a novel technology to enhance the uniformity of PECVD/ALD thin films in both thickness and physical properties. This innovation opened a billion-dollar market for AMAT and resulted in 40 international patents and trademarks.
Dr. Peng earned his PhD in Chemistry from Utah State University and conducted post-doctoral research at Harvard University. He also holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Beijing University, China.
Before transitioning to science, Dr. Peng was a pioneering oil painter and founder of an avant-garde art group in China. In 1972, he held a private art exhibition showcasing his impressionism style of work. His early achievements in the arts demonstrate a unique blend of creativity and innovation, which continues to shape his contributions to science and technology.
Chien-Chic Chiang , PhD FTC’s Project Scientist stationed in Beijing/Shanghai. Dr. Chiang is a technological and business consultant stations in Shanghai and Beijing for recent years. His consulting knowledge is specially in laser technologies and FTPS/OLED fields that he pioneered in early stages.
Dr. Chiang came to the Mainland China in 2007. He hands-on planned and consulted several high-tech manufacture businesses with international advanced technologies: fields OLED panel, thin-film solar cell panel, computer touch pad pointing devices, LED substrate, Lithium power battery, vertical-axis wind-power generator, new technologies used in high-speed railway and train, Industrial 4.0 solutions, etc.
Dr. Chiang graduated fromTaiwan University for a PhD in Chemical Science. His R&D experts was in laser and spectrum analysis, had 20+ major international journal publishes. He was the founder of the startup of Univision in 1999. The new production company funded by VC grew into the world’s Top-3 PMOLED manufacture at its time. Dr. Chiang led the R&D team and sales team, and managed investor accounts. Tens of patents in precision manufactory process technologies were filed, by then this enabled the 2.2″ QCIF color PMOLE display panel, was the world’s largest then, supplying the world cell phone industry.
Dr. Chiang is currently a member of a glass formation company providing leading edge material formation for hand-hold electronics and automobile digital dashboard. He is the main co-inventor and chief writer of many related patents and know-how.
Jeet Asher 季艾什 FTC’s Project General Manager, his General Circuits, LLC anchors FTC’s US electric engineering and information science projects. As an experienced computer software engineer and product developer, Jeet has worked in electronic circuit design, design automation (EDA), CPU architecture, software and embedded systems. He has experiences in managing client projects, design brokerages, international sales, and application engineering.
Jeet grew up in Mumbai, India. He received his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Rochester (New York) and an MS in Computer Science from UCLA (Los Angeles, CA). Jeet is stationed in Irvine, CA.
Mark S. Del Vecchio 达明 FTC’s Commercial Adviser, Mark manages FTC’s international 
technologies and media product sources for their commercial developments in China, working on the US side. Mark currently owns and operates CineQuest, Inc. (Salem, NH), a specialized movie memorabilia manufacturing and retail business. He was Chief Marketing Officer at eWanted.com, the first reverse auction site, where he managed $12 million vertical/brand marketing programs. Previously he founded The Hartford Courant’s Internet site and Electronic Publishing Department, where he managed the staff of 20, overseeing newspaper’s new media efforts, which generated $3.2 million in annual revenues through sale of multimedia services. Mark was formerly a Beijing correspondent for United Press International (he speaks Mandarin Chinese). He was principal in China Trade Associates Inc., a consulting firm representing U.S. companies in China. Mark received his MA and BA from University of Connecticut in Chinese history and political science. He studied Chinese at Beijing Normal University and Yale Summer Language Institute.
Las Vegas / Los Angeles HQ 洛杉矶总部:
Jian Li 简荔 FTC’s Operation Administrator, she is responsible to most administration of the 
company, also occasionally supervises China field operations. Jian Li received English Language BA in Beijing, and a formal painting art training in Guangzhou. Worked totally 20 years in Chinese Academy of Sciences Microbiology Institute, as a drawing technician for plant and fungi collections of the institute, as well for 10 years as the sole editor and press staff of the Institute’s limited-circulation academic journal (An International Publication of Systematic and Evolutionary Studies on Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Fungi, Oomycetes and Gymnomycetes). She immigrated to the States in 1990’s.
Jassica Zhu 祝佳 FTC’s Project Assistant, she works around “Studio 6E” to coordinate 
international exchanges and events. Jessica immigrated to the States from Shanghai, after her graduate studies in business administration in Los Angeles. Jessica’s international communication skills were gained through jobs: she was a PR personnel for a major China airlines’ LAX operation; hosted a talkshow of news subject in LA’s AM1300 international station; stationed in Shanghai as a sales staff for a US IT equipment industry’s China operation. Starting 2010, Jessica joined FTC’s Shanghai operation, especially for Marenco AG and Marenco Swisshelicopter’s China business development. She is currently in Los Angles to assist the US operation, and coordinate between portfolio projects.
Beijing Station (GSA Consulting PEK 湾流咨询管理（北京）有限公司):
Li Jun, Administrator and Controller
China People’s University BA in Accounting, CPA and certified China Tax Auditor.
Administrated a Japan capital China company for some 20 years. Consulted and later became a partner of Jin Luo’s FTC Global China operations.
Many years of business administration duties and hands-on accounting, as formal financial officer. She has rich experiences in international operations in-China locations, with local human resource and tax assessors. Fluent in international and domestic financial conventions, China labor laws and benefit regulation, with work ethic and professional manners. She is a perfect hands-on controller working on multiple project constraints.
- FTC Globa LLC: China operator
- Gulfstream Management Consulting, Ltd: the owner and operator
- JH Film Tech P-K, Ltd.: admin and financing manager, shareholderZhang Haijing (Rick), China Special Account Advisor
Rich H. Zhang, Special Project Consultant
1990年代的民营电子实验室仪器进口商。2003年资助罗晋，合作创始了中国集成电路设计软件工具和90纳米集成电路IP
核，后发展成为中美多核异构的超长指令字数字信号处理器的发明公司。为北京芯汇中秀电子技术有限公司的股东。多年为系统集成公司咨询项目的销售和公关。
北京理工大学计算机工程学士
Chen Rixing, China Corporate Advisor, XHM Director
1990年代民营IT企业的创始人和经营人，多年管理机电系统集成和交付。非常熟悉企业经营管理和人事。2003年与罗晋合作创始了中国集成电路设计软件工具和90纳米集成电路IP核，后发展成为中美多核异构的超长指令字数字信号处理器的发明公司，成果发表于2008年《前沿科技》中国发明源文献。陈日兴同时熟悉IT产品的外贸进出口管理业务。咨询国内的高科技企业组建和运营。
北京气象学院计算机系统学士
Shen Yingding 沈应丁 Senior Engineer
System Integration, Site Engineering, Conventional Industries
30+ factory and process line installation, operation and site admin. Studied and trained in industrial process control, manufacture process line, Italy, 1990s.
China major textile industry: from engineer to group admin staff
Expertise knowledges in conventional and new industries: mechanic-electric-electronic integrated systems, from construction to installations, to test and operation.
- Marenco Aviation Technology SH, Ltd.: GM； Marenco Swisshelicopter AG: advisor (2011-2016). Introduction to Marenco with various China aviation industries: CCG PE (factory location selection and planning), AVICopter, AVIC Technology, Beijing Automobiles, Diamond Aircraft (China), etc.
- FTC Global, LLC: senior engineer (2008-). Consulted China turbine aviation engine’s critical material and part process technologies (cutting, welding and thermal process). Initiated Marenco to China since its first encounter, 2008.
- Matrix Systems Ltd, Shanghai (2011-2016) and Beijing (2019-2022): GM
Cai Ming, IT Manager in Project Aspects (managing information and communications)
蔡鸣，前沿科技国际有限合伙人公司（FTC Global, LLC）的第一个中国雇员。他参与执行并协调管理了几乎所有前沿科技进入中国发展商务的世界一流科技和产品项目，尤其是：畿晋庆三联（北京）生物技术、畿晋庆堂（英属维尔京群岛、香港、北京）、梦蓝科瑞士直升机、上海梦兰柯航空科技、上海焕代时业、北京芯汇中秀电子技术，等等。蔡鸣数年来为前沿科技国际公司及其2015年在北京创办的孵化项目或企业贡献着延续大量的后台支持，并开始承担前沿科技公司网络化科技项目。
蔡鸣在西安石油大学获得计算机与科学技术学士。曾三年就职于中国网通、中石化设计公司，负责公司的业务相关软件系统及网络的安装、调试和维护。是2008年参加北京容思锐智科技有限公司的可靠创始成员。
蔡鸣是通用电路公司（General Circuits 洛杉矶）物联网化（IoT-ready™）内容的项目经理、同时在创建和扶持前沿科技孵化器的大学生创业电子商业前台的互联网芯片设计、电子产品原型和中试服务的项目。
Luo Nan (Richard), Tech Archive & IP Engineer (maintain technical communications)
罗楠，科技文献和知识产权工程师，兼大自然和有机照明系统集成的项目工程师。他负责前沿科技公司所管理的一系列产品技术和知识产权内容：上海焕代时业、北京芯汇中秀电子技术等，2014年开始参与英特国际制造工程有限合伙人公司（洛杉矶）在宁波创建系统设计-制造公司。
罗楠参与前沿科技国际公司早期在中国的设计咨询项目：开始于2004年，参加美国通用电路公司（General Circuit, LLC）在上海和北京的项目；2005年该公司创建了北京芯慧同用微电子技术有限责任公司，在2006年被美资华士奇半导体公司（Vivace Semiconductors, Ltd. ）并购。罗楠随公司一路发展，在系统工程部工作过多年。
Business Unit 投资管理事业部:
Wang Kun 王鲲 Field Project Director (promotes FTC portfolios projects, manage business development unit.梦蓝科瑞士直升机有限公司，中国发展顾问
- 美国柯达公司亚太区总部任数码产品及电子商务研究员
- 中信集团下属中信泰富信息科技有限公司，
- 广州光通通信网络有限公司及上海光通娱乐有限公司。任项目经理、项目总监，团队参与天使轮投资盛大网络及陈天桥先生团队，2004年在纳斯达克上市。
- 无锡海峡两岸科技金融服务中心任副主任，发起5亿美元股权投资基金和30亿人民币小微信贷基金。2017年以来，任中科创想智慧科技服务有限公司总裁。
- 华犇创投、华犇基金联席合伙人。为国家发改委和重庆市人民政府共同出资成立的股权投资基金。
- 上海市信息服务业行业协会/上海市高技能人才培训中心，为创业导师和特聘专家。
- 王鲲在中交建旗下的运作，包括大型采矿地修复的文旅项目定义和方案。
Partners 合伙人:
Jin L., President, Managing General Partner
Sean X. L., Console, LP
Maria J. G., Esq. Console, LP
Maria Gangemi, Esq. 文秀 Vice President and Counsel to FTC, Maria utilizes her extensive legal background to assist FTC and its clients in all phases of FTC projects. An American dispute-resolution and corporate problem-solving attorney, she calls upon a broad-ranging background in legal practices encompassing negotiation, counseling, discovery, motion practice, all phases of litigation, mediation and arbitration in order to develop and implement creative approaches to business and legal challenges. Maria graduated cum laude in the field of linguistics from Harvard University in 2003. She received her J.D. in 2006 from the University of Southern California, where she was a member of the editorial board of USC’s Review of Law and Women’s Studies/Review of Law and Social Justice.
Maria was admitted to the California bar in 2006 and began her legal career with three years at the Los Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. Also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and in California’s Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern federal district courts, she is sitting for the New York bar in 2011. Her expertise in United States corporate law and Western business methods facilitates FTC’s international business practice.
Jin Luo 羅晉 President and the founder of FTC.
- Frontier Technologies Consortium Global, LLC founder and operator, Los Angeles, & Las Vegas, 2011-
- Marenco AG, Advisor of International Development, since 2008, North America and China
- Marenco Swisshelicopter AG, Consultant China Development, Shanghai, 2012-2016
- AI-IoE Engineering Center International GmbH, Director. Smart Dust IoE IC development, Event-driven Integrated Circuit and system development. Applications are in eVTOL Airspace
- Administration, Agriculture 4.0, Security and Safety, etc. Shanghai and Zurich, 2019-
- StudioX Production, Inc. Founder and President, Los Angeles, 2014-
Academic:
Beijing Institute of Technology, BS Computer Engineering, 1983; Caltech MS Computer Science, 1997
Caltech & Rockwell Science Center Vision, Staff Researcher 1987-1992;
20+ years of North American contracted R&D (Tanner Research): VLSI design, EDA Tool Design, visual algorithm’s silicon implementation;
10+ publishes in international journals. 1986-1992; one multicore configurable DSP invention published in Frontier Sciences 2008.
Engineering Experiences:
Biomorphic VLSI, designer: consumer MOS Imager, Westlake, CA, 2000
General Circuits, founder & GM: high-sensitivity stellar mapping MOS imager, Beijing, 2005
Paragon IC Solutions, Co-founder: a JV with CIDC/HED, Z4 EDA Tool Suite, the first and ever made-in-China EDA sold in world design market, 2003
General Circuits & Vivace Semiconductor, Co-founder & VP Engineering: US VC funded startup for multicore configurable DSP IP & Tool development; 6 China invention patents and 5 IC CMOS mask-work rights, Los Angeles, Beijing Boston Rochester NY, 2005-2011
VC & Successes:
Digital Signal Process IC and EDA technologies (USD11M, 2005-2011), AI-IoE Engineering Center (2019)
Helicopter and Urban UAV (CHF120M, 2011-2016)
Bioengineering Medicine for anti drug-resistant infections (USD15M, 2008-2016)
Post-LED next-gen light source, invention and manufacturing (CNY21M, 2016-)
Digital Media and Film Production (2015-)
Jin Luo experienced multiple VC projects, with tens of millions USD investments. He consulted projects of USD 100M investments, and planned a cluster of 5 IC and LED Panel manufacturing for USD5.6B. In recent years he co-founded AI-IoE Engineering Center in Zurich, Switzerland (2019-)
Strategic Technology & Engineering:
R&D in Integrated Circuit Design: Entered Caltech’s frontiers of Semiconductor Industrialization. His MS degree advisor was Carver A. Mead, the Gordon & Betty Moore Professor in Computer Science, the author of Introduction to VLSI System (1979). Mead’s collaboration proposal with China was turned down, but later proved that it he was correct and China missed the opportunity big time.
Marenco SH09’s successful design and prototype: the 2008 invention of SH09 utility light helicopter: 2021 secured VC, 2015 test fly, 2018 exit, 2020 acquired (USD180M) by Leonardo Group, 2-22 becomes AW09. This expriences and pass, proved theat partnered with Marenco, one can enter World Top-3.
AI-IoE IC and Architecture, the 2019 gathering of the technology and application portfolio, formed mature and proven Event-Driven Circuit Technologies, can enable trendy multi-discipline massive-application applications.