Dr. Ma has 30 years of experience in the Biomed R&D and Medical Imaging Industry in Harvard Medical School, as well as the University of Hong Kong . Dr. Ma has over 30 patents and published more than 300 papers. Dr. Ma is a leading expert in the field of microelectronic devices, superconducting technology, RF devices, and biomedical imaging. He has also served as a consultant for IBM, GE, and Du Pont.

Dr. Ma is the co-founder and advisor of SMIC. Dr. Ma has served as advisor to the Ministry of Information Industry, as well as to Beijing, Shanghai and Zhengjiang governments. Dr. Ma is the president of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneur Alliance (OCEA).

Dr. Ma received his PhD in microelectronics from Columbia University, and a SEP degree from Stanford Business School. He is currently a board member of CIBR (Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research) in the US.

Throughout the years, he diversified into various business interests. As a serial entrepreneur, he co-founded numerous businesses in markets including Singapore, Malaysia, India, China, Australia and others.

Mr. Govindan is the Chairman of Mercatus Capital, a private equity venture firm specializing in the emerging technologies, bio-tech, IT, retail and energy industry. With an eye to spot talent and a will to make every business he engages in succeed, Mr. Govindan spends his time managing operations of his portfolio companies and assist the management in developing strategic acquisition programs and revenue enhancement initiatives. Along the years, he gained a reputation for his unlimited passion, fierce competitiveness and extraordinary business foresight.

Besides having strong entrepreneurial skills and well-established business network, Mr. Govindan also provides legal and business consultancy to private and public enterprises, financial institutions and highly influential individuals in this region. He was involved in several large scaled acquisitions both in public and private enterprises, such as the privatization of Myanmar Airlines. Formerly the Group President of Fisher Scientific in the Asia Pacific Region, Mr. Govindan continues to provide strategic advice on Asia Pacific Region for Latona Associates Inc, a private investment and financial advisory firm based in New York.

He has over 23 years of Global Management experience in variousroles and functions across several Industries. He is an accomplished and experienced professional with good performance record in driving and achieving results Proven track record of leading companies and successful technology administrator.

Mr Varadharajan is a highly motivated individual with the persistence to drive business forward with a strong perspective of Global Business Landscape, overarching Governance, and Global Delivery Excellence and in the past, he has successfully led high impact, multi-million-dollar deals, Government engagements, concurrent projects and global programs for Motorola Inc. and the Tata Group.

Mr Varadharajan can map to CxOs, leaders, stakeholders of various geographies and engage in strategic discussions, building mind share to identify opportunities, grow and build newer business streams and has a proven track record in successfully completing deals, maximizing value, strategic direction and thought leadership.

Mr Varadharajan strongly believes in improvement on continued basis for attaining excellence in whatever he takes up being a certified Six Sigma professional. He is highly motivated to take up challenges and handle difficult tasks while implementing new projects and has displayed Requisite qualities of leader to guide and support the team. Strong believer in Values Ethics & Fair Conduct.