Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Fengmin Gong is a well-respected cybersecurity technologist with more than 30 years of industry experience. As head of DiDi Labs, Dr. Gong currently drives R&D innovation and strategy for safety, security and user experience on DiDi platforms, and works on developing the next generation of security tools

He has held chief scientist and R&D VP roles in a variety of large security corporations, including McAfee and Symantec JV, and served as chief security content strategy officer for FireEye, where he led the development and management of the company’s security initiatives. He is also a serial entrepreneur, having founded several leading security companies, including Palo Alto Networks and Cyphort Inc., and is an angel investor in more than half a dozen startups.

Dr. Gong received both his M.S. and D.Sc. in computer science from Washington University, St. Louis. He is a graduate of Xi'an Jiaotong University in China where he completed his B.S. in computer organization and architecture, and M.S. in computer science.