Leadership

Renrong Yu was appointed CEO and elected a member of the Board of Directors in September 2017. Prior to joining OMNIVISION, Mr. Yu served as Chairman of global high tech companies such as Will Semiconductor, Beijing TelePath Technologies, China UniChip Technologies, as well as Director of Wuhan Tathing Technologies, Beijing Jinghongzhi Technology, and HK Waching Electronic. Mr. Yu graduated from the Department of Radio, Tsinghua University in China.

Dr. Gavin Gao was appointed as CEO of OMNIVISION Group in November 2025. Prior to joining OMNIVISION, he held senior leadership roles at BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. across product technology, operations, and corporate governance, including General Manager of TPCSBU, General Manager of Chongqing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., Chairman of Beijing Zhongxiangying Technology Co., Ltd., and Chairman of BOE Varitronix Limited. He also served on BOE’s 9th, 10th, and 11th Boards of Directors. Since 2026, he has additionally served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chengdu ET Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Dr. Gao holds a Ph.D. in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics from Jilin University.

Dr. Henry Yang was appointed as OMNIVISION's President in August 2017, after having served as Chief Operating Officer and other leadership roles since joining OmniVision in 1996. A member of the Board of Directors since February 2010, Dr. Yang, who possesses a deep understanding of product engineering and operations, became OMNIVISION's Vice President of Engineering in 2007, prior to which he was Director of Engineering. In both roles he focused on sensor design, circuit improvements and project management, in addition to playing a key role in the many successes of the company's engineering teams over the past 20 years. He holds B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Tsinghua University in China.

Anson Chan joined OMNIVISION in July 2006 with more than ten years of experience in accounting and finance coupled with an additional five years in engineering. Appointed as Vice President of Finance in February 2007, Mr. Chan has played an integral role in leading and developing OmniVision's global finance team. Prior to joining OMNIVISION, Mr. Chan advanced to the position of Senior Manager during his nearly ten years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he dealt extensively with all finance functions, ranging from assurance and business advisory services to initial public offerings. While employed by PwC, Mr. Chan managed the OmniVision engagement team for nearly six years. Mr. Chan earned his MBA degree in business strategy and operations management at the University of Chicago, his B.S. in Economics at Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his B.S. in Engineering at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania.

John Li was appointed to the role of Executive Vice President in July 2023. He has a long-standing history with OMNIVISION, having joined the company in 1997 and gradually progressing through various managerial positions within the worldwide applications group. Most recently, Mr. Li has held the position of Vice President of System Technologies, where he successfully managed numerous critical aspects of the company's operations. This has included overseeing the worldwide applications team, the optics division system, new technology development, customer support, future product definition, and the development of wafer-level camera modules. Additionally, he led the applications team in conducting thorough product performance and functionality verifications, ensuring the delivery of top-notch solutions to customers. Mr. Li's dedication to supporting customers and enhancing engineering knowledge across all OMNIVISION products has been instrumental to the company's success. He consistently drove improvements in applications resourcing, communication with key accounts, QR resourcing, quality engineering knowledge, and enhancements in failure analysis and qualification cycle time. These efforts contributed to optimizing operational excellence throughout the organization, paving the way for innovation, increased investments, and sustainable growth. Mr. Li graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department of Fudan University.

Cooper Wu joined OMNIVISION in 2001 and brings in-depth knowledge and understanding of operations and product engineering to his current position. Since his appointment to Vice President of Product and Manufacture Engineering in 2010, Mr. Wu had responsibility for product yield, validation and manufacture engineering for new product introductions and their ramp up to volume production. By focusing on improving product development and manufacturing processes as well as implementing operational procedures to ensure that new product lines meet customer requirements, Mr. Wu has been instrumental to the success of the company's operations and product engineering teams. Mr. Wu continues to drive alignment across all parts of the company by leading the supply chain selection and build up, operational discipline and prioritization required to support the company's long-term strategy. He continues to drive costs down for all suppliers, reducing cycle times and continuously improving the quality and stability of our products. Mr. Wu earned his B.S. degree in Materials Engineering from the Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan and his M.S. degree in Materials Science and Mechanics from Michigan State University.

Zille Hasnain was appointed Executive Vice President in July 2023. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Hasnain held the position of Senior Vice President of Q&R, bringing with him over 40 years of semiconductor industry experience. His passion for excellence and dedication to upholding industry development, manufacturing and qualification requirements allows him to effectively collaborate with customers and contract manufacturers worldwide, addressing key technical product issues on a global scale. Before joining OMNIVISION, Mr. Hasnain served as the Senior Director of QA and Customer Support at Micron. He played a crucial role in developing Micron’s worldwide Q&R group, ensuring that all Micron DRAM, Flash, and CMOS image sensor products met the highest industry standards before entering high-volume shipments. Mr. Hasnain is the author of several technical publications in the industry. Mr. Hasnain holds a master’s degree from Washington State University.

Dr. Eiichi Funatsu joined OMNIVISION in 2012 and was appointed VP of Technology in the Office of the CTO in 2022. In this capacity, he leads the image sensor technology development across multiple sectors, including mobile phones, automotive, security, and medical applications, as well as the architecture of the recently unveiled TheiaCel™ products. Prior to joining OMNIVISION, Dr. Funatsu was Senior Manager in the Image Sensor division of Sony 's Semiconductor Business Group for 11 years and Product Leader and R&D Engineer at Mitsubishi for 10 years. With over 30 years of expertise in the image sensor domain, spanning design, wafer process, algorithm development, and camera system integration, Dr. Funatsu has authored numerous technical papers and patents. He received his M.E. in Physical Engineering in 1991 and Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Tokyo (Japan) in 2005.

With almost 29 years in the semiconductor industry, Michael Wu joined OMNIVISION in January 2018 and has worked at Motorola, Freescale, Xilinx, Tilera, Lantiq, and most recently at Marvell Semiconductor as VP Sales and Country Manager (China). Previously he has held a variety of positions in Product Test Engineering, Regional Sales and Business Development. Having worked and lived in mainland China, Hong Kong, USA, Philippines and Malaysia, he has built business successes with end customers in the areas of mobile phone chipset, wireline and wireless networking infrastructure, IoT, storage, DSL/PON gateway, surveillance, network security, and cloud/data center. Michael's keen understanding of technology and market opportunities and his unparalleled ability to lead and motivate teams, drive transformation and fast response to market transitions and increase customer relevance and growth. Michael holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Tianjin University and EMBA degrees from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and from Fudan University.

Dr. Henry Chen joined OMNIVISION in 2016 and was appointed Vice President of Process Integration in 2025, where he leads pixel innovation and advanced process technology development for CMOS image sensors. In this role, he also drives process optimization, yield improvement, and foundry engineering to support our technology roadmap and high-volume manufacturing excellence. Prior to joining OMNIVISION, Dr. Chen spent 15 years at SMIC (Beijing) in process integration roles. From 2012 to 2016, he served as Chairman of the SMIC Process Integration Technical Board. With over 25 years of semiconductor leadership experience, Dr. Chen brings deep expertise across product engineering, manufacturing operations, and technology development. He earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Tsinghua University (China) in 1996 and 2001, respectively.