FAN Zhiyong (“Alan”) is the Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property Rights Department at Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd. Mr. Fan oversees the company’s global IP operations, including IP portfolio management, licensing, transaction and dispute resolution, run by a team of over 400 IP professionals. Huawei is a leading global ICT company with more than 140,000 active patents worldwide.
Mr. Fan joined Huawei in 1999. Before joining the IPR department in 2005, he worked in R&D and Marketing departments. Mr. Fan holds the bachelor’s degree of Communication Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.