Huijie Hong is a seasoned technology and business leader with over two decades of experience driving industrial automation, engineering and business development across APAC, now a partner at MITS Technology focusing on pioneering production IT security for industrial control systems. He built his career at Bayer in senior leadership roles overseeing engineering and business strategy, and earlier ran operations and P&L for manufacturing and parts businesses in China. Combining an EMBA from CEIBS with deep domain knowledge in chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental and machinery sectors, he uniquely blends technical understanding with go-to-market and project execution skills. An early advocate for ICS cybersecurity in China, he leverages a strong local network to commercialize solutions for systems historically treated as air-gapped. Unusually for an executive, he also contributes to open-source firmware for ESP microcontrollers, evidencing hands-on technical curiosity alongside strategic leadership.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), EMBA, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), EMBA at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
Lua based interactive firmware for ESP8266, ESP8285 and ESP32
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:172 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Huijie primarily contributed to the NodeMCU firmware project by modifying and expanding the API. Their commits focused on adding functionalities such as file operations (file.seek(), file.read(), file.rename(), and file.fsinfo()), implementing the CoAP module, incorporating RTC time functionality, adding and updating the UART module, and incorporating wifi related API (setip, setmac, wifi.sta.status()). The changes include API implementations and bug fixes demonstrating a focus on functionality expansion and stability improvements within the Lua-based firmware environment for the ESP8266.
An open-source firmware and development kit that helps you to prototype your IOT product within a few Lua script lines
Contributions:6 commits, 2 pushes in 7 years
luadevelopment-kitfirmwarelinesdevice-management
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Huijie Hong - Partner, at 觅赐科技(上海)MITS Technology (Shanghai) Co