Qunkai (Kevin) Liu is leading the European business development at Cyclone Robotics, a leading tech company in the Hyperautomation industry.
Prior to Cyclone Robotics, he was one of the founding members of the Alibaba office in France since 2016, firstly as the Country Manager of Alibaba Cloud for France, South Europe, Benelux, and Israel, then as Country Manager of Alipay in France & Benelux, Ant Group.
He has nearly 20 years of experience in innovation, management, sales & marketing, and new business development in the ICT industry. Prior to Alibaba, he held several positions in research & development, marketing & sales domains at Orange Labs (Paris and Tokyo), Orange Business Services (EMEA markets), and Huawei Technologies France (Global Key Accounts, New Business Development).
He holds a Diploma of Engineering (Diplôme d’ingénieur) from Telecom Paris (Institut Polytechnique de Paris) and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Nanjing University, China. He is currently an Executive Ph.D. in management candidate at Paris Dauphine University. He is also a speaker and teaches in the executive programs of INSEAD, Paris Dauphine University, and CKGSB (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business). He is also a member of the International Advisory Board at EDHEC Business School.