Dr. Shawn Qu is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar power companies.

Dr. Qu has been chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Canadian Solar since founding the company in 2001. Through his leadership, Canadian Solar became a public listed company on NASDAQ in 2006 and has since firmly established itself among the top-ranked manufacturers of solar photovoltaic products globally.

Prior to founding Canadian Solar, Dr. Qu held various positions in product engineering, business development, and strategic planning at ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. and its solar subsidiary Photowatt International S.A. Prior to ATS, Dr. Qu was a research scientist at Ontario Power Generation, where he worked as a process leader in its solar product commercialization team.

Dr. Qu has spoken at prestigious conferences such as the U.N. Climate Change Conference, the International Economic Forum Americas, the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics forum, and TEDx.

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