Chen is currently spearheading Plug and Play Tech Center's startup accelerator and investment initiatives in China. He manages a team that are specialized in both growing local technology startups and helping cutting edge global companies enter into and expand their businesses in China market. Since 2013, Plug and Play China has been in operation in 8 cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Chongqing and Shenzhen), and Chen’s led and participated in investment and cross-border acceleration of over 100 startups in both China and the U.S., including ZifiSense, Zhen Robotics, Rulebit, Wubuwei, Xiaobanhui, Kadho, Lepow, Acton, etc. Prior to Plug and Play, Chen worked as the team lead and Sr. Software Engineer at Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG), where he led a development team in designing and implementing various Equity and Foreign Exchange trading analytics applications for institutional investment firms. Chen holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, MS from USC and BS from Beihang University in Computer Science.