GUANGZHOU, China, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Vipshop
Holdings Limited (NYSE: VIPS), China's leading online discount retailer for
brands ("Vipshop" or the "Company"), today announced the
appointment of Mr. Daniel Kao as the
Company's Chief Technology Officer ("CTO").
Mr. Kao has more than sixteen years' industry experience with
leading e-commerce and Internet companies in the US and
China. Before joining Vipshop, Mr.
Kao was the director of site operation and quality engineering at
eBay Inc. ("eBay"), the worldwide leader in online shopping and
payments. During his tenure at eBay, Mr. Kao focused on customer
service enhancements, as well as online branding and organization
growth strategies. Prior to that, he was the enterprise
architect for Acellops which provides integrated data center and
cloud service monitoring software solutions to enterprises and
service providers. In 2007, he co-founded AdChina Ltd., a leading
integrated Internet advertising platform in China, where he also served as the CTO.
Earlier in his career, he worked at eBay as a principle software
engineer and software development manager for seven years. Mr. Kao
received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Iowa State University.
"We are excited to have Daniel join our team and leverage his
extensive technical expertise," commented Mr. Eric Shen, Chairman and CEO of Vipshop. "With
his wealthy technical and operational experience at leading
e-commerce and Internet companies, Daniel possesses the knowledge
and skills in IT infrastructure needed to further expand and manage
Vipshop's expansive IT platform. We look forward to fully
leveraging his technical expertise and management capabilities as
Vipshop continues to expand its presence throughout China."
About Vipshop Holdings Limited
Vipshop Holdings Limited is China's leading online discount retailer for
brands. Vipshop offers high quality and popular branded products to
consumers throughout China at a
significant discount to retail prices. Since it was founded in
August 2008, the Company has rapidly
built a sizeable and growing base of customers and brand partners.
For more information, please visit www.vipshop.com.
SOURCE Vipshop Holdings Limited