John Du

John Du was named Partner, GM Ventures, effective May, 2019. In addition to this role, John holds the position of Chief Technologist for GM China. Prior to this appointment, John was Director of General Motors Research & Development organization’s China Science Lab, which he led from its founding in 2009. He was responsible for building a strong and innovative research team and leading the research and development in intelligent and connected vehicles, battery, advanced materials, and electrified propulsion systems. Before joining General Motors, John held several positions at Intel Corp, where he joined in 1993 from its Oregon site. John’s roles at Intel included software developer in Intel’s New Business Group, researcher at Intel Communications Research Lab, and engineering manager at Intel Network Processor Product Group. In 2001, John took an international assignment to Beijing, China, where he served as a senior manager and built an application engineering organization to support Intel network processor business expansion in China. In 2005, John was named Director of Intel China Research Center. Prior to Intel, John worked at Spectrum Technologies, a video conference application startup company in Sunnyvale CA. John received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 1989 and an Executive MBA from China Europe International Business School in 2010.