Ali Tasdighi Far: 25+ Years of Data-Converter/Analog & Mixed-Mode IC Design experience in Silicon Valley:

    • Ai Linear:  CEO/CTO/Founder
    • TelCom (acquired by Microchip):  Vice President of Analog IC Design
    • Media Vision Technology (acquired by Aureal, and Creative Labs):  Director of Mixed-Mode IC Design
    • Micro Power Systems (acquired by Exar MaxLinear):  Manager of Analog IC Design & Strategic Marketing
    • Precision Monolithics Inc (acquired by Analog Devices):  Design Engineer Data-Converter ICs
    • Plantronics: Audio IC Design Engineer
    • Additional 10+ years of Wall-Street technology investment banking experience:
        • Prudential Securities: Vice President & Analog IC Analyst
        • Galleon Partners: peak assets of $7 billion. Senior technology Analyst, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, ran a $50 and $100 million funds
        • Spherix: Founder & General Managing Partner, Raised & ran a $220+ million technology fund
  • 40+ patents  (including patents pending) and published 14 peer-reviewed IEEE papers in Analog ICs
  • BSEE&CS at UC Berkeley; MSEE & MBA & Juris Doctor in Law & MA Psychology at Santa Clara University; MA Philosophy at SFSU

Michael C. Shebanow – PhD: Ai GPU/CPU Advisor of Ai Linear. 40+ years of experience in high performance CPU, GPU, and software.  Architect of Hal’s out-of-order computing, Nvidia’s CUDA GPU, and Cadence’s Tensilica  with experience at:

    • Cadence Design Systems (Tensilica): Vice President of R&D (configurable embedded CPUs and AI inference IC)
    • Samsung (SAIT and SSI): Vice President of R&D (GPU development)
    • NVIDIA: Principal Engineer (GPU development – G80, Fermi, Kepler, CPU development – Denver, NV Research)
    • AMD: Director (CPU development)
    • HAL Computer Systems: Vice President and General Manager (CPU development – HAL R1, Denali)
    • Cyrix: Senior Manager (CPU development – M1, M3)
    • Motorola SPS: Senior Engineer (CPU development – 68050, M120)
  • 47+ patents, 17 peer reviewed IEEE papers, and invited talks (4 keynote presentations); IEEE Fellow
  • BSEE and PhD Computer Science at UC Berkeley

John Edwards: Ai DSP Advisor of Ai Linear. Over 30+ Years of Digital Signal Processing and Machine Learning experience:

    • Sigma Numerix: DSP and AI Consultant, owner/director
    • XMOS:  Senior Field Applications Engineer
    • Picochip Designs  (acquired by Mindspeed):  Senior Field Applications Engineer 
    • Loughborough Sound Images/Blue Wave Systems (Motorola):  Field Applications Team Manager 
    • University of Oxford: Adjunct Professor – DSP for Industrial Summer Engineering Programs (15+ years)
    • Experienced developer of Voice User Interfaces, including Amazon Alexa and Google Home
    • Engineering Credentials: Chartered Engineer, Member IET, Member IEEE
  • 20+ IEEE and Industry papers, and invited talks (2 keynote presentations) 
  • BEng (Honors) at University of Bradford

Mauro Goncalves Filho: Business Development Advisor of Ai Linear:  25+ years of corporate innovation, Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Operations experience as an executive, advisor, and investor in the TMT sectors:

    • Altave Holding SA:  Board of Directors
    • Google [X]:  Senior Director Strategy
    • Loon (an Alphabet Other Bet):  Chief Strategy Officer 
    • Google:  Strategy & Operations Manager, New Product Introduction (Global Business Organization, California and EMEA)
    • Telefonica Vivo: Strategic Marketing, Pricing & Customer Life Cycle Management
    • Gradus:  Associate Consultant 
    • Innovation Ecosystem:  Onovolab SA Board of Directors.  I.A.M. Start-up mentoring
  • 2 patents (one pending)  
  • BEng Industrial Engineering from UFSCar (Brazil); Executive MBA from ESPM (Brazil); MSc Strategy & Leadership from London Business School; Doctor of Business Administration (in progress) from Grenoble Ecole de Management