Management team
Paul Wu
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Chief Executive Officer & 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
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder - 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.
Chung Hsu
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer - Chung Hsu
Chung Hsu is the Chief Financial Officer of Carota. He has experience in the IPO of several companies in Taiwan, mainland China, and the United States. He has served as the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and special assistant to the general manager of listed companies in high-level management positions that handle important company decisions. Responsible for high-level tax consulting, fundraising planning, and the establishment of cross-strait head offices, branches, or offices.
Chung served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Realtek Semiconductor affiliated enterprises. He was responsible for the establishment of the head office and branch companies, the formulation of company operating rules and regulations, systematic planning of annual work plans, formulation of standardized work procedures, and assistance to the company in obtaining ISO Certification and high-tech enterprise qualification. In addition, he served as the special assistant to the chairman of the Zhuhai Action Group, the head of the investment department and the spokesperson, and assisted the planning and implementation of Actions' equity restructuring and IPO & SPO.
During his tenure as the investment director of Actions Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., he was responsible for long-term and short-term investment and capital planning and new business development, established overseas investment companies, and venture capital companies in China and Taiwan. Chung has more than 25 years of investment practical experience and mainly led several large-scale investment projects.
Chung graduated from the University of California, Irvine, and had a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Birmingham.
Hiroisa Nagayasu
General Manager, Taiwan and Overseas Business Dept.
General Manager, Taiwan and Overseas Business Dept. - Hiroisa Nagayasu
Hiroisa Nagayasu is the General Manager of Carota Taiwan and Overseas Business Department. He served as a senior director in and cloud product-related business group in Quanta Computer lnc. During his 19-year tenure at Quanta, he was mainly responsible for the development of In the Asia-Pacific, Japan, and the US market, the business includes cloud services, telecommunications-related, smart equipment & solutions, and the achievement of each business division has grown significantly.
Before joining Quanta, Hiroisa worked at Wistron and Acer and was responsible for product and business development in the Japanese market of the Computer Division. The clients he was responsible for were all well-known Japanese companies. He is experienced in the electronics industry and has made remarkable achievements in expanding business in Japan and overseas. Hiroisa graduated from National Chiao Tung University with a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering.
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.