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Walter Huang is Managing Partner of Heracles Investment Corp. He also serves as a Board Director and Senior Vice President of China Wind Power International Corp (Stock Symbol: CNW), a wind energy company publicly traded on TSX Venture Exchange in Canada; and an independent director of China Golf Group, Inc, a leading developer of golf facilities in China. Mr. Huang has more than 10 years private equity investment and investment banking experience, especially has strong expertise in investing in Chinese companies and taking Chinese companies public in North American securities markets. He led the whole process of the public listing of China Wind Power International Corp from the "Red-Chip" reorganization, due diligence, reconciliation and adjustment of accounting in accordance with International GAAP, the "Big Four" auditing, executives recruiting, to approximately US$ 25 million equity financing for the company, and finally being publicly traded, and after-market support and financings. Prior to founding Heracles, Walter Huang was a founding partner of a private equity investment firm based in Newport Beach, California. Mr. Huang has years' experience in investing in such industries as Internet/telecommunication, media, high-tech, consumer products, clean tech and renewable energy. He also involved in the investment in entertainment (movie and TV) and sports industries, and acted as a producer for TV serials and film. As a frequent public speaker, he given speeches at a variety of conferences hosted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Fordham University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, the United States of America-China Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations as well as Chinese government agencies. He is currently a member of Board of Advisors for "128 Chinese Union of Technology Enterprises" and the council member of Tianjin Overseas Exchanges Association. Mr. Huang is a recipient of the 2010 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award in acknowledgment of his accomplishments and extraordinary contributions to economic development and exceptional leadership and commitment to making a difference in their communities and the society at large. Mr. Huang graduated from Fudan University, Shanghai with a B.S. Degree in Electronic Engineering, and performed graduate study at the University of Cincinnati for three years. (Please also visit: Photo Gallery and http://www.linkedin.com/in/walterhuang )
 Gang Hou ("Gung Ho"), Partner
Dr. Gang Hou has extensive experience of management consulting, strategic partnership, financing, IPO, and M&A processes. He is also a seasoned leader in starting up new venture, leading and growing business, managing people, process, technology and change. In his professional life, prior to Heracles, Dr. Hou was the co-founder and CEO of Circle Choice, an innovative performance-based online marketing firm focusing on local search. Before that, he was an executive responsible for partner services at Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA), a market leader in enterprise marketing management solutions. He was the lead solution strategist and sr. manager of e-marketplace operations and consulting at i2 Technologies (NASDAQ: ITWO), a market leader in supply chain management solutions. Over the years, he has consulted for a number of companies, including both Global 500 and SMEs, across regions and industries, such as Accenture, IBM, Chevron, BP, Acer, Corporate Express, Toys'R'Us, E*Trade, Discover Card, MBNA, JPMorgan Chase, Standard & Poor's, and a variety of early stage Internet and software companies, regarding their business strategies and technology solutions. In his academic life, Dr. Hou was a Visiting Professor and Board Member of the School of Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a published co-author of "Molecular Modeling in Heavy Hydrocarbon Conversions" by Taylor & Francis. He was also a journal reviewer for Energy & Fuels, published by American Chemical Society. He also conducted research work at both Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Engineering Research Center. Dr. Hou obtained a BS degree with Highest Honors and double majors in Polymer Science & Engineering and Applied Mathematics from East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, and obtained dual degrees of PhD in Chemical Engineering and MS in Computer Science from University of Delaware. He also holds an MBA, Summa Cum Laude (Highest Distinction), from Babson College. (Please also visit: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gungho )
Mr. Weige Luo is also the Managing Director of Binhai Capital Co., Ltd., a venture capital investment firm based in Binhai, Tianjin and associated with Heracles Investment Corp. He was in charge of the offshore finance project in Tianjin for KVB Kunlun Group, an international financial services corporation with operations in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, Hong Kong and Beijing. He was CEO of CNPay Co., Ltd, an online electronic payment company headquartered in Tianjin, China. Mr. Lou has years experience in financial industry. He worked for the Bank of China. He led to develop an e-payment platform that was the first electronic payment system in Tianjin area. Mr. Luo has many years management experience. He was a department manager in Kanematsu Corp, one of the largest Japanese trading companies for many years. He was General Manager of Flying Dragon Textile Group, one of the largest trading company in Tianjin. Mr. Luo studied in the first class of the Senior Program of Private Equity Fund in Beijing University. Mr. Luo holds a B.A. degree from Tianjin Foreign Language University.
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