BEIJING and CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Huami Corp. (NYSE: HMI) today announced that it
appointed Mr. Bing Xie, former Texas Instruments (TI) executive
officer and senior vice president of worldwide sales and
applications, as an independent director on Huami's board. Mr.
Xie will serve on the board's Audit, Compensation, Nominating,
Corporate Governance and the AI and Big Data Ethics Committees.
Over a 21-year career at Texas Instruments, Mr. Xie most
recently led the worldwide sales and applications teams. He
was previously TI's president of Greater
China (China, Taiwan, Hong
Kong). Mr. Xie started his career at Hewlett-Packard,
and later joined Bay Networks and 3Com. He has lived and worked in
China, Italy, America and Canada. Mr. Xie holds
a bachelor of science degree in electronics engineering from Xidian
University, and an MBA from Clemson
University.
"I am very happy that Xie Bing
can join the board of directors," said Wang
Huang, chairman and CEO of Huami Corp." He has extensive
experience and global vision obtained from working with Texas
Instruments. With his leadership, I believe he can help Huami
better lay out the company's strategy toward the smart IOT
industry, and further promote the implementation of our health and
medical strategies."
Mr. Xie joins current standing board members Mr. De Liu,
co-founder and a senior vice president of Xiaomi; Dr.
Hongjiang Zhang, retired chief
executive officer of Kingsoft (a Hong
Kong listed company 03888.HK), former chief technology
officer of Asia-Pacific R&D and Distinguished Scientist at
Microsoft; Mr. Jimmy Lai, retired
chief financial officer of China Online Education Group; Ms. Yunfen
Lu, co-founder and vice president of Huami Corp.; and Mr.
Xiaojun Zhang, co-founder and vice
president of Huami Corp.
About Huami Corporation (NYSE: HMI)
Huami's mission is to connect health with technology. Since its
inception in 2013, Huami has developed a platform of proprietary
technology including AI chips, biometric sensors, and data
algorithms, which drive a broadening line of smart health devices
for consumers, and analytics services for industry. In 2019, Huami
shipped 37 million smart watches and fitness bands, including its
own Amazfit brand, and products developed and manufactured for
Xiaomi, comprising 23% of global category shipments[1] .
Huami Corp is based in Hefei,
China, with U.S. operations, Huami-USA, based in Cupertino, Calif.
For more information, please
visit https://www.huami.com/investor/pages/company-profile
[1] IDC, Correcting
and Replacing Shipments of Wearable Devices, 3/10/20
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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Investors: Grace Zhang,
ir@huami.com
Media: Ken Cao, press@huami.com
In the United States:
Investors: Brad Samson,
brad.samson@huami-usa.com, 714-955-3951
Media: Lydia Huang,
lydia.huang@huami-usa.com, 407-800-5625
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