Bio

Yan co-founded NLVC in 2005 with Feng Deng. He has nearly 20 years of technical and managerial experience in network programming, and multi-processor communications. In 1997, Yan co-founded NetScreen Technologies with Feng, and served as its vice president and chief architect. After NetScreen was acquired by Juniper, Yan was appointed vice president of Juniper Networks, where his responsibilities included establishing the China R&D Center located in Beijing at Tsinghua Science Park. Prior to NetScreen, Yan was a senior software engineer at Cisco Systems and a senior software engineer at Hughes LAN Systems.

Career

	Northern Light Venture Capital Ltd - founder China-focused venture capital firm targeting early and early growth stage TMT, advanced technology and healthcare opportunities. Founding Managing Partner (past) From Dec 2005 Venture Partner Email: [email protected]
	NetScreen Technologies Inc - founder Developer of network security and access solutions for enterprises and carriers worldwide. N/A (past) From Dec 1997
	Cisco Systems Inc Networking hardware, software, and services Senior Software Engineer (past)
	Juniper Networks Inc Vice President (past)