Freddy Yan co-founded KnowledgeSurf in 2005. With over 20 years of experience in software development and project management， Yan is extremely knowledgeable in the execution of workflow optimization and processes. Yan also founded the Xi’an Software Outsourcing Industry Alliance， which coordinates and reinforces local IT companies.
Prior to establishing KnowledgeSurf， Yan served as Principal Solution Architect for Singapore Technologies Electronics （STE）. He has also been a lecturer at Xidian University where he specialized in computer system architecture. He holds a Bachelors of Computer Engineering and a Masters of Computer Science from Tsinghua University in China.
