Zhang Chen

Zhang Chen

Zhang Chen, male, Chinese, on November 16, 2015, Jingdong announced the appointment of Zhang Chen as the company's chief technology officer. From June 30, 2019, he will be the consultant of Jingdong group.

On April 2, 2015, Jingdong group announced that Zhang Chen, former vice president of Yahoo global and founder and President of Yahoo Beijing global R & D center, had officially joined Jingdong on March 31, 2015 as senior vice president of Jingdong group and was responsible for the technical R & D system of Jingdong Mall. On October 12, 2019, he joined Ctrip as the chief architect.

Management experience

Zhang Chen has nearly 20 years of R & D and management experience in the software industry. He has worked in Yahoo for 18 years. The Yahoo Messenger product developed by Zhang Chen has become the No.1 instant messaging tool in the United States and has hundreds of millions of users in the world.

achievement

Previously, Zhang Chen personally established Yahoo Beijing global R & D center and served as president, responsible for core R & D work such as science driven advertising and personalized products, mobile platform and application development, and cloud computing.

background

Yahoo Beijing R & D center was officially closed on March 18, 2015, and the news immediately led to a fierce "scramble war" in the industry. Zhang Chen finally chose to join Jingdong, and his core team members will join Jingdong one after another.

Character events

On March 15, 2019, Jingdong group announced today that Zhang Chen will step down as the chief technology officer of Jingdong group because he needs to live overseas for a long time due to family reasons. On October 12, 2019, he joined Ctrip as special assistant to the chairman and chief architect.