Howard Yin is currently the Chief Information Officer and Chief Data Officer with Haier Group and a 20+ year information technology veteran.
In his role as CIO for Haier Group, Mr. Yin is leading the group’s shared IT services (Digital Technology Services Group), in addition to be responsible for enterprise architecture, strategic technical direction in spaces such as cloud computing, big data, information security…etc., as well as key information systems. Mr. Yin is also leading an effort to drive company’s digital transformation. Mr. Yin also leads the advanced information technology research team with focus on predictive analytics, block chain and other areas. In addition, Mr. Yin is directly responsible for executive decision support. He is also leading the group’s WW CIO Committee and IT governance council. In his capacity as CDO, Mr. Yin is responsible for company’s big data platform and strategy roadmap, and leading the group’s big data research team.
Prior to joining Haier, Mr. Yin is the CTO for Microsoft Enterprise Services Group, Greater China Region. His nearly 16-year career with the company started with consulting services, then principal management roles within Microsoft’s database product team, and back to leadership role in the Enterprise Services division, with working location across US, Japan and China. Prior to Howard’s career with Microsoft, he has worked in telecommunication, pharmaceutical and financial industry focus in the database technology.
Howard studied in University of Toronto and enjoy music and tennis in his spare time.