Faculty

Mr. Alan Xiao (Xiao Shuo) is Senior Vice President and Special Assistant to the CEO of BrainCo, a leading non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) technology company originating from the Harvard Innovation Lab. He supports corporate strategy, ecosystem partnerships, business growth initiatives, and the commercialization of BCI-related technologies across rehabilitation, intelligent prosthetics, sleep health, and human-machine interaction.

With more than two decades of leadership experience, Mr. Xiao has held senior management positions across multinational corporations, high-growth enterprises, and technology-driven organizations. His career spans consumer goods, digital platforms, emerging consumer brands, and frontier technologies. He has served in leadership rloes at Procter & Gamble, Mars-Wrigley,WeWork and Carlsberg. Leading commercial operations, sales transformation, channel development, organizational restructuring, and digitalization initiatives. And also has hands‑on entrepreneurial experience.

Drawing on extensive experience in brand marketing, sales management, business transformation, and strategic partnerships, he has worked across both multinational and Chinese private-sector environments. His professional interests include brain-computer interfaces, artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence, innovation management, and technology commercialization.