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At Gpixel our seasoned, multi-disciplinary team of experts are passionate about pushing the boundaries of image sensing technologies. As a proven designer and supplier of advanced CMOS image sensors, we deliver both off-the-shelf and fully-customized advanced image sensor solutions. Solutions that meet the exacting demands of scientific, industrial, professional, and medical cameras with the added benefits of volume production.

Founded in 2012 by experienced CMOS image sensor designers and semiconductor physicists, Gpixel works in close cooperation with our customers and business partners to produce state-of-art CMOS image sensors for use all over the world. From our offices in Changchun, China (headquarters) , Antwerp, Belgium (European design center) and Tokyo, Japan (Japanese design center) we are committed to delivering innovative and specialized high-end CMOS image sensor solutions for industrial, professional, medical, and scientific applications.

Management Team

Founder & CEO

Xinyang Wang

Dr Xinyang Wang is the Founder and CEO of Gpixel Inc, Chairman of the Board of Gpixel NV and Gpixel Japan. With over 15 years’ experience in CMOS image sensor design, he has been responsible for designing and managing customized image sensor projects for industrial, medical, consumer and space applications.

Dr Wang received his PhD degree from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Dr Wang has authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific publications and hold more than 20 patents regarding CMOS image sensor design. He also serves in the technical committee of SPIE Electronic Imaging (EI) and the International Image Sensor Workshop (ISSW).

Chief Operating Officer

Yanxia Zhang

Dr. Yanxia Zhang joined Gpixel in 2013, initially as Director of Marketing and Sales. In 2018 she moved into the role of Chief Operation Officer. Prior to joining Gpixel, Yanxia worked as an experimental physicist on e-beam lithography systems and as a research scientist investigating X-ray imaging systems.

Following on from her Master in Applied Physics, Microfabrication from Concordia University Dr. Zhang obtained her Ph.D. in Charged Particle Optics from Delft University of Technology.

Chief Commercial Officer

Wim Wuyts

One of the co-founders of Gpixel NV, Wim Wuyts is the company’s Chief Commercial Officer and in charge of Gpixel’s global marketing and sales activities. Wim received his MSc Electronical Engineering from the University of Antwerp, Belgium in 2002 before taking his first steps into image sensors.

Since that time Wim has built up significant experience in application support, sales, marketing, business development and general management functions in CMOS image sensor companies. He also understands the challenges of growing a company from a startup to a leader in specialty CMOS image sensor products.

Chief Technology Officer

Jan Bogaerts

Jan Bogaerts co-founded Gpixel NV in August 2018 and is Gpixel’s global Chief Technology Officer. In his various roles as senior designer, chief scientist and principal engineer, Jan has been continually pushing the development of images sensors for space, scientific, medical, industrial and aerial imaging applications.

Since receiving MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the KU Leuven, Jan has been published over 40 times and has contributed to many major conferences and workshops. He also has more than 10 granted patents on the development, design and operation of CMOS image sensors including the world’s first radiation-tolerant APS, 8T global pipelined shutter pixel and ramp ADC architecture.

Chief Strategy Officer

Tim Baeyens

Tim Baeyens is one of the Co-Founders of Gpixel NV in Belgium and currently Chief Strategy Officer of Gpixel. While he holds an MSc in Industrial Sciences, Electromechanical Engineering from the KU Leuven, his focus has been on the commercial side of CMOS image sensor technology. A serial entrepreneur in image sensors, Tim understands what is required to build successful image sensor company from scratch.

In December 2013 Tim took a study sabbatical following an online course with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Sloan School of Management. He then started to invest as a Business Angel as well as setting up a bespoke pottery business. In August 2018, he returned to images sensors and co-founded Gpixel NV.

Vice-President R&D

Cheng Ma

Dr.Cheng Ma is responsible for image sensor and evaluation system developments at our headquarters in Changchun. With Gpixel from the start in 2012, he was initially responsible for building up the design team and technical developments as our Design Manager. In 2016 he was promoted to VP R&D.

He received his MSc in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Science and Technology and has worked in a number of roles in the design of CMOS image sensors.  Cheng Ma has authored and co-authored more than 10 technical papers and holds 15 patents in the imaging field.