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

    • Ai Linear:  Founder & CEO
    • 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

Kristofer S. J. Pister – PhD: MEMS & Analog Advisor. 30+ Years of MEMS, Wireless Sensor Networks & Ultra-Low-Power Systems experience:

  • University of California, Berkeley: Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
    • Dust Networks (acquired by Linear Technology / Analog Devices): Founder, CEO & CTO
    • University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
  • Pioneer of Smart Dust and Wireless Sensor Networks: Coined the term “Smart Dust” and led its early development. Leader in ultra-low-power distributed sensing systems and IoT.  Member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group.  Contributor to DARPA ISAT and Defense Science Study Groups
  • Technology Commercialization & Innovation: Commercialized MEMS and sensing technologies with Tanner Research, OMM Inc., Xactix, and Sony. Developed foundational tools including the SUGAR MEMS simulator. Contributions spanning MEMS, micro-robotics, integrated circuits, and low-power systems
  • Education: Ph.D. & M.S. Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley. B.A. Applied Physics, UC San Diego.  24+ patents and 70 Journal & Conference technical/IEEE papers

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:

    • SiliconBee: CEO/CTO
    • SAPEON: CTO
    • Cadence Design Systems (Tensilica): VP of R&D (configurable embedded CPUs and AI inference IC) 
    • Samsung (SAIT and SSI): VP 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: VP & GM (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
  • PhD EECS UC Berkeley

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

    • University of Oxford: Adjunct Professor – DSP for Industrial Summer Engineering Programs (30+ years)
    • 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 
    • 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

Daniel W. Loyer: Financial Compliance & Audit Advisor of Ai Linear. 49 years’ experience in Sales, Marketing, and Financial Management in the Aerospace Market at companies including:

  • Intech: Sales and Marketing Manager
  • Teledyne Semiconductor: VP Sales and Marketing. Defense Technology.
  • MVM Technologies: Founder. Universal inkjet technology.
  • MedSensors: Medical electronics
  • Cermetek Microelectronics: CFO. USDA water management

BSEE (Case Institute of Technology) , MBA Finance (Santa Clara University)

US Marine Corps Captain: ECMO, Legal/Investigations