⚠️ On March 31st 2019, TTC Foundation launched its own blockchain solution, TTC, and rebranded TTC Protocol as Acorn Protocol. This article was published before the separation. [Read more]
Dr. Jian Cai from Peking Univ. and Yuan Zhang from Bitmain Join TTC as Advisors
Dear all supporters,
Today, we want to introduce to you our two advisers who we have been working very closely with the TTC team to accelerate our business further and turn our vision of creating decentralized and token-incentivized social networking protocol for the next generation of social platforms.
In this announcement, we are honored to introduce Dr. Jian Cai from Peking University and Zhang Yuan from Bitmian.
Dr. Jian Cai (Peking University)
Dr. Jian Cai is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering at Peking University. He is also jointly appointed as Doctoral Advisor at Guanghua School of Management and Executive Dean of the Peking University Innovation Education and Research Institute (PIER).
He was the founder and executive director of BPM Research Institute of Peking University. His research fields include innovation management, value engineering, business performance management, and Internet productivity.
Dr. Cai teaches MBAs and EMBAs at PKU. He has led the research collaboration projects for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Commerce, Oracle, Hyperion, CCTV, and CNSF. He is serving as senior advisors for several largest companies in China, including Charoen Pokp Group (Zhengda) and Gome.
The relationship between Dr. Jian Cai and TTC Protocol began as Brian, founder of TTC Protocol, attended the professor’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship class at Peking University. Through Dr. Jian Cai’s lesson, Brian was able to develop the dream of becoming serious entrepreneur. Since then, professor Jian Cai has given valuable advices and support as Brian’s mentor.
His sharp insights in business management and value engineering will drive the TTC Protocol to expand on a global level. With the guidance of Dr. Jian Cai we will be able to create impact on the TTC’s business and development in even more insightful way. Also Dr. Jian Cai’s profound knowledge and professional network in business world will create an invaluable support in raising awareness of TTC’s technology and solutions.
“I can not forget the Brian’s passion for learning in my class. Even though, Brian came from different background, he did not fear to face challenges. I knew right there he will later become someone influential and impactful. Seeing how tataUFO has built up to be “the SNS” for many young students here in China, I have no doubt TTC Protocol will bring greater impact to our daily lives”
Yuan Zhang
Yuan Zhang, is the CEO assistant and Blockchain PM of Bitmain Technology. She leads most of the “business-related” projects in Bitmain, including the acceleration programs, investment team, and the decentralized exchange project.
Bitmain is one of the most famous brands in Blockchain industry. Founded by Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan in 2013, the company has since grown into the #1 manufacturer of the cryptocurrency mining devices, which use computing power to generate crypto-coins, such as Bitcoin.
It is said that Bitmain generated nearly US$4 billion in operating profit in 2017, a very significant amount even compared with Nvidia (US$3 billion during the same period). Such amazing success was driven by its products’s high performance, which enables users to mine the Bitcoin 50 times faster than traditional graphics cards in the market.
She will guide us with advices in technical side of TTC Protocol as well as being ambassador in the blockchain industry
“Social mining is a mining that many people can easily participate. I would like to applaud TTC to spread this amazing social mining to the world. I hope I can help TTC in the technical support part in the future.”
She has double master degrees majored in finance at Hong Kong University and in management at Peking University. After being a management trainee from Temasek (Singapore), she worked as a risk-control manager in micro-finance field.
We are proud to have an honor to work with them and we are sure that this will bring new possibilities to our project!
