Datong Chen

Datong is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestSummit Capital, a leading China-based global growth equity firm focused on helping high growth technology companies access the China market. Datong has more than 20 years of investment and operations experience in the technology and semiconductor industry. Prior to WestSummit, Datong was a Venture Partner at Northern Light Venture Capital, a leading technology VC fund, where he led investments in the semiconductor industry. Datong was the Co-Founder and CTO of Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD), a leading fabless semiconductor company that develops baseband and RF processor solutions for the wireless communications market. Prior to Spreadtrum, Datong was the Co-Founder and Senior VP for Omnivision (NASDAQ: OVTI), a leading developer of CMOS imaging sensor. Datong serves on the Board of Directors for WSC portfolio companies GigaDevice and VeriSilicon, and led the firm's investments in Altobeam, Anji and Union Optech. Datong received his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and then served as post-doctoral researcher in University of Illinois and Stanford University. He holds over 34 U.S. and European patents.