wenli_yuWenli Yu, currently serves as CEO of Archimedes Controls Corp., a Silicon Valley based high technology company focused in global data center market. Prior to co-founding Archimedes, Wenli served as General Manager and Legal Representative of JDSU, a global optical communications market leader responsible for its WOFE operations in China and business expansion in Asia.

He also built the company’s Broadband Network R&D Center in Shenzhen. Wenli has over 25 years of experiences in business development, building customer bases and distribution channels, R&D and manufacturing partnerships in North America, Asia and Europe for carrier and enterprise marketplaces. Before joining JDSU, Wenli founded and co-founded multiple technology companies backed by Silicon Valley and Mid-Atlantic based venture capitals and acquired by publicly traded companies (Lucent, Vina, PMC).

Over the decades of his business career, he worked as Product Line Manager, Hardware Manager and was instrumental in developing, managing and winning market leadership positions for several brand-name communications products in the global communications market.

Wenli received his MS and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. Wenli is a limited partner of several US-based venture capitals and advisor for startups. He also holds a number of U.S. patents in the area of optical communications technology.