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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
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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
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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
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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:
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- 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