Xiao is a technologist and an entrepreneur who wakes up each day thinking about how to combine cutting edge technology with business machinery so as to produce goods and services that people would benefit from and employees would want to work on.

He started tinkering with engineering early in life, gluing and flying model aircrafts. In college he committed to studying everything fascinating, earning degrees in engineering. Prior to founding Friendly Robots Company, Xiao worked on human-worn exo-skeletons, DNA sequencers, and the Apple iPhone and Watch.

He is incredibly proud of the work that the Friendly Robots team has created on such a tight budget and timeline. Xiao is very excited to share the current and future products that Friendly Robots Company brings to this world.

I enjoy waking up everyday and learning more about technology and people. As an engineer, I look forward to identifying problems and proposing different solutions to solve those problems. Even though I am just a novice in business, I believe my sincerity and honesty will guide me in the right direction. If you have any questions about me or our product, feel free to connect/contact me via LinkedIn or email. We can discuss anything from our software to our business model.

Billy is a former Silicon Valley Executive Sales Engineer who now owns several businesses in the janitorial, cleaning and restoration industries.

He is very passionate about the customer experience and his primary goal in life is "Keeping Customers For Life".

His desire to join Friendly Robots was born when as a serial inventor/entrepreneur he saw they had built what he invented back in 2006.

As the COO of Friendly Robots, he fancies himself Chief Storyteller and feels responsible for finding new applications for mundane human tasks where robotics can be more efficient, recruiting talented individuals that can be elevated to their highest potential and providing seamless robot deployment onboarding which will ensure exceptional customer experience.

Electronics has always been a passion of mine. Most of my career has involved some form of circuit design. I have a degree in Data Science from UC Berkeley where I also studied robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. I also have two associate's degrees, one in Mathematics and one in Computer Science. I have interned at the NASA Ames Research Center where I worked engineering the data communication and control system for an autonomous quad-copter drone.

Friendly Robots has been a great opportunity for me to expand my skills and work alongside a great team of industry professionals. I have been involved in the design of our differential drive control, vacuum control system and sensor suite. I have been the primary software engineer for the development of the hierarchical state machine used in our robots.

I have had an interest in robotics for a long time. I graduated with a BS degree in EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) from UC Berkeley and with an MS degree in ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) from Boston University.

I have many roles in the company, which include the following (so far): developer of the web-based user interface that interacts with our robot, creator of the mounts that hold our robot's sensors, developer of the new upgraded controller for our robot, and manager of the content of our website.

I am a lifetime entrepreneur, and I have extensive knowledge in the service, hospitality and maintenance sectors. I also have an extensive knowledge with construction and a construction management background and a successful small business owner. I'm currently involved with all East Coast operations along with deployments, repair and programming.

Mei is a former banker at J.P. Morgan who specializes in corporate finance and corporate development. She is a finance manager in Friendly Robots Company who is very passionate about using technology to create an impact on our society.

Brian is the Managing General Partner in Impala Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on the disruptive commercial real estate technology sectors. He advises, mentors and invests in founders that he believes have the ability to build companies of scale and that are transforming the built environment. Brian is also Vice Chairman of Eden Technologies, the largest Workplace Management software platform purposely built for global occupiers of space.

Globally, Impala Ventures has been on the forefront of the Covid-19 Pandemic, investing early in Disinfecting technology through its control investment in Hygienica with an exclusive focus on large scale disinfecting for CRE clients.

From 2011 to 2017, Brian was the Co-Founder and CEO of Pristine Environments’, an industry recognized leader in Integrated Facility Management and Building Intelligence technology. He was responsible for Pristine Environments’ growth strategy, scaling the company from its formation to revenue that approached $100M in less than 6 years, executing 5 M&A transactions along the way. Today the company services over 100M Sft of client’s facilities for global Fortune 1000 firms throughout North America. Pristine Environments is currently owned by Cerberus through its acquisition of the company in 2019.

Before founding Pristine Environments, Brian was a Senior Vice President at Vornado Realty Trust where he was a member of the executive leadership team for the REIT’s facility management portfolio company, BMS. He played an instrumentally role in the creation of Vornado’s ESG program as a member of the corporate sustainability council. Today Vornado's LEED Volume program is the first and largest of its kind in the world.

Until 2010, Brian was a Wharton Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a B.A. with honors from the Salve Regina University and a Master’s degree from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.

Since 2016, Brian has served as a mentor to groups of transitioning Navy Seals in San Diego who are preparing to enter the corporate ranks, further leveraging their considerable leadership skills.

Currently, he is a Fellow at the Aspen Institute and Technical Advisor to the Energy Innovation Cluster, a technology incubator created by Cleantech San Diego and is an advisor/investor in numerous technology growth companies in the US, Europe and Africa.

Alan Cheng is Venture Partner at Farron, Augustine & Alexander LLC, a private investment group focusing on early-stage companies. Before private investing, Alan was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at House Doctor, a telemedicine software company bringing medical doctors online for remote medical consultations over smartphones. Prior to technology entrepreneurship, he worked at Morgan Stanley in investment banking and at J.P. Morgan in private banking.

Alan holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.