Management team

Paul Wu
CEO & Founder
CEO & Founder - Paul Wu

Paul Wu is the founder and CEO of CAROTA. His vision for CAROTA is to become a core supplier of connected car services between China and the rest of the world. CAROTA builds IoV services and applications such as remote diagnostic services, Infotainment platform, map navigation platform, EV charging platform, ADAS automatic driving services, and enter the car payment service at the right time.
In the past, Paul was in charge of mobile phone chipset network and platform services in MediaTek, when the Android system had not yet provided mobile branded customers with tailor-made OTA update services. Given this opportunity, Paul aimed to reduce the gap of under service in OTA update. He launched SOTA update services to mobile brands worldwide as a third-party service company.
Paul is optimistic about OTAs' future, as wireless updates (OTA) are required for any connected services and devices across domains, from cloud to device. CAROTA can diagnose automobiles to prevent issues and provide full SOTA and FOTA updates. Paul envisions CAROTA to be the industry's leading software service provider for OTA and remote diagnostics.
Paul is the founder of General Mobile and co-founder of the mobile accelerator MOX, focusing on various innovative projects in related industries. Paul has served as CEO of Pocketnet Tech., a digital content provider for mobiles. He has also worked for MediaTek, Hon Hai Foxconn Technology Group, and Hong Kong Hutchison Whampoa's TOM Group. Paul has graduated from the Agricultural Economics Department of Taiwan University and obtained an MBA degree from RSM Rotterdam Business School in the Netherlands.

Jacky Zhang
CTO & Cofounder
CTO & Cofounder - Jacky Zhang

Jacky Zhang serves as CAROTA's Chief Technology Officer since 2018. He is responsible for the global research and development activities associated with IoV and IoT FOTA and oversees the companywide technical and product roadmaps.
Before joining CAROTA, Jacky was the CTO of General Mobile Technology from 2011, responsible for the smartphone FOTA technology and the big data platform. He was the Chief Architect of Barefoot Software, a Monaco-based company that provides mobile publishing and browser solutions. He also worked for Rayonnance Technology in Paris, an enterprise CRM solution provider. Jacky graduated from the Zhejiang University in China and obtained a master's degree in telecommunications from ENSEA in France.

Brian Chen
Vice President
Vice President - Brian Chen

Brian is CAROTA's vice president and leads the IOT team as well as the investment team.
Brian began his CAROTA career as the investment team leader and has brought strategic investors, such as New Future Capital, Delta, and Darwin Ventures. Since becoming the special force team leader in 2019, Brian has worked with global chipset leading companies to build a new cloud service. Meanwhile, Brian has developed a telecom OTA model with operators by building CAROTA OTA service within the operators' IoT services and has created a traffic bundle sale model. Brian is leading IoT business with a focus on new business models and partnerships.
Before his role in CAROTA, Brian has 10+ years of experience in the capital market, venture capital, and private equity funds, in charge of driving the entire investment process from deal sourcing to post-investment management. During his career in Magi Capital and SBI & Capital 22, he developed a source of deals, evaluated due diligence materials, coordinated FDD/LDD process, negotiated terms, and prepared investment proposals to the investment committee.
Board of Directors

Paul Wu
Director
Director - Paul Wu

Paul Wu is the founder and CEO of CAROTA. His vision for CAROTA is to become a core supplier of connected car services between China and the rest of the world. CAROTA builds IoV services and applications such as remote diagnostic services, Infotainment platform, map navigation platform, EV charging platform, ADAS automatic driving services, and enter the car payment service at the right time.
In the past, Paul was in charge of mobile phone chipset network and platform services in MediaTek, when the Android system had not yet provided mobile branded customers with tailor-made OTA update services. Given this opportunity, Paul aimed to reduce the gap of under service in OTA update. He launched SOTA update services to mobile brands worldwide as a third-party service company.
Paul is optimistic about OTAs' future, as wireless updates (OTA) are required for any connected services and devices across domains, from cloud to device. CAROTA can diagnose automobiles to prevent issues and provide full SOTA and FOTA updates. Paul envisions CAROTA to be the industry's leading software service provider for OTA and remote diagnostics.
Paul is the founder of General Mobile and co-founder of the mobile accelerator MOX, focusing on various innovative projects in related industries. Paul has served as CEO of Pocketnet Tech., a digital content provider for mobiles. He has also worked for MediaTek, Hon Hai Foxconn Technology Group, and Hong Kong Hutchison Whampoa's TOM Group. Paul has graduated from the Agricultural Economics Department of Taiwan University and obtained an MBA degree from RSM Rotterdam Business School in the Netherlands.

Tiffany Luo
Director
Director - Tiffany Luo

Tiffany Luo has served as the director of CAROTA since April 2020. Tiffany is the founder and CEO of NFC Management Ltd., the chairman of NFC VC fund, MD of Crimson PE fund, former senior vice president of SinoPac Security Ltd., and Unilever's brand manager.
Tiffany graduated from the Department of Statistics of National Cheng Kung University and obtained an EMBA at CEIBS and an MBA degree from National Chengchi University.

Edward Tsai
Director
Director - Edward Tsai

Edward Tsai serves as CAROTA's director since July 2018. He is the senior vice president of Trend Micro's consumer products business group, responsible for the global consumer product operations and strategy execution.
Edward joined Trend Micro in 1994 and currently manages over 350 employees across product management, marketing, and research and development divisions. He has led the development of a series of consumer product lines, including the flagship product "Virus Buster / PC-cillin," occupying more than 60% of Japan's market share and an annual business of USD400 million. Edward has also led the team to innovate its business model by providing a comprehensive security and protection architecture for smart homes and smart vehicles through cloud network and endpoints. Global customers can enjoy the convenience of life brought by the Internet of Things.
Edward holds a master's degree in computer engineering from Florida State University.