Yirendai Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Yang Cao to the positions of chief operating officer and chief technology officer of the company. In these roles, Mr. Cao will lead the company's technology, product and engineering divisions and oversee business operations including customer acquisition, business development and product marketing. Mr. Yang Cao brings with him more than 19 years of experience in building, scaling and growing successful technology companies in both Silicon Valley and China. Prior to joining Yirendai, Mr. Cao was the general manager of Asia-Pacific operations at xAd where he led the efforts to start, build and grow xAd's technology and business in the region. Mr. Cao also served as chief technology officer of WhitePages and held technology executive positions at TokBox and StarCite.