Patented technology, deep technical expertise & proven management

Ceremorphic was founded in April 2020 by industry veteran Dr. Venkat Mattela, Founder & CEO of Redpine Signals. Under his leadership, Redpine Signals delivered breakthrough innovations and industry first products leading to the development of an ultra-low power wireless solution which outperformed products from wireless industry giants by as much as 26 times in energy efficiency. Silicon Labs acquired Redpine Signals’ wireless assets for $308 million in March 2020. Ceremorphic is designing an ultra-lower power supercomputing chip built in TSMC 5nm, leveraging its own patented technology and multi-thread processing architecture, ThreadArch®.

Our management team

Venkat Mattela, PhD

Founder and
Chief Executive Officer

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Chandra Sekhar Abburi

Senior Vice President, India Centre Head

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Partha Murali

Vice President / Chief Architect

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Heonchul Park, PhD

Vice President, Processor Engineering

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Sailaja Sankabathula

Vice President, Products and Platforms

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Alok Choudhary

Vice President, Advanced Technologies

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Ajay Mantha

Vice President, High Performance Analog

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Shailu Tipparaju

Chief Strategy Officer

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Gorantla E J Lakshmi Narayana

Director of Engineering, Software

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Srisubha Kalanadhabhatta, PhD

Director of Engineering, Reliability

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Vaibhavi Desai

Director of Finance

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Our board of directors

Venkat Mattela, PhD

Chairman (BoD)

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Kalpana Atluri

Director

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Mallik Reddy

Director

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Camillo Martino

Director

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Our advisors

Jorge del Calvo

Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

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Pravin Kothari

Founder & CEO of AppSOC

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Vish Akella​

Serial Entrepreneur and Investor​

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Sudhir Gopalswamy

Chief Strategy Officer, onsemi

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Sagar Anisingaraju

Serial Entrepreneur and Innovator

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Dr. Elvir Causevic

Co-Founder, Tech+IP Capital

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Rajiv Lal

Professor, Harvard Business School

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Our scientific advisors

Viktor K Prasanna

Professor, University of Southern California

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Subhasish Mitra

Professor, Stanford University

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Shan X Wang

Professor, Stanford University

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Lizy Kurian John

Professor, University of Texas

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Max Shulaker

Associate Professor, MIT

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Venkat Mattela, PhD

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Venkat has over three decades of engineering and management experience in developing differentiated products and building successful businesses. Prior to founding Ceremorphic, he founded Redpine Signals, Inc., a wireless technology company that he sold to Silicon Labs, Inc. for $308M. Previously, Venkat held roles as Director of Engineering, Network Media Processors for Analog devices, and Director of Engineering, TriCore – MCU DSP for Infineon Technologies. He started his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India in January 1983. Venkat holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Venkat has over 100 US and international patents.

Venkat Mattela, PhD

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Venkat has over three decades of engineering and management experience in developing differentiated products and building successful businesses. Prior to founding Ceremorphic, he founded Redpine Signals, Inc., a wireless technology company that he sold to Silicon Labs, Inc. for $308M. Previously, Venkat held roles as Director of Engineering, Network Media Processors for Analog devices, and Director of Engineering, TriCore – MCU DSP for Infineon Technologies. He started his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India in January 1983. Venkat holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Venkat has over 100 US and international patents.

Chandra Sekhar Abburi

Senior Vice President, India Centre Head

Sekhar, as Senior Vice President, heads operations and site management of our India Development Center. Sekhar has over 30 years of engineering and management experience. Prior to joining Ceremorphic, Sekhar head positions in operations and site head role for Redpine Signals, Inc., a wireless technology company that was sold to Silicon Laboratories, Inc. in 2020. At Redpine Signals, he was instrumental in building world-class team in India, he has created system-level testing facility for the validation of the company’s wireless systems and built manufacturing processes from grounds-up to create over $20M revenue per year. Most recently, he was holding the position of Senior Director of operations at Silicon Laboratories, India. Sekhar holds a master’s degree in advanced electronics from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

Chandra Sekhar Abburi

Senior Vice President, India Centre Head

Sekhar, as Senior Vice President, heads operations and site management of our India Development Center. Sekhar has over 30 years of engineering and management experience. Prior to joining Ceremorphic, Sekhar head positions in operations and site head role for Redpine Signals, Inc., a wireless technology company that was sold to Silicon Laboratories, Inc. in 2020. At Redpine Signals, he was instrumental in building world-class team in India, he has created system-level testing facility for the validation of the company’s wireless systems and built manufacturing processes from grounds-up to create over $20M revenue per year. Most recently, he was holding the position of Senior Director of operations at Silicon Laboratories, India. Sekhar holds a master’s degree in advanced electronics from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

Partha Murali

Vice President / Chief Architect

Partha heads the architecture and product management for both AI supercomputing and drug discovery divisions. Partha has more than 20 years of technology and product development experience in the semiconductor industry. He started his career at Redpine Signals, Inc. and worked on modeling and optimization of high-performance (10s of GOPS) DSP algorithms to consume ultra-low energy. He then moved on to head architecture and design for developing Industry leading silicon products leading to successful sale of the company to Silicon Labs in 2020. Most recently, Partha held the position of Director of Product Management at Silicon Labs and was responsible for defining product requirements and platform architecture targeting >10 chips with multiple $B life-time revenue.  He holds a MS in EE from Stanford University and has more than 60 US patents.

Partha Murali

Vice President / Chief Architect

Partha heads the architecture and product management for both AI supercomputing and drug discovery divisions. Partha has more than 20 years of technology and product development experience in the semiconductor industry. He started his career at Redpine Signals, Inc. and worked on modeling and optimization of high-performance (10s of GOPS) DSP algorithms to consume ultra-low energy. He then moved on to head architecture and design for developing Industry leading silicon products leading to successful sale of the company to Silicon Labs in 2020. Most recently, Partha held the position of Director of Product Management at Silicon Labs and was responsible for defining product requirements and platform architecture targeting >10 chips with multiple $B life-time revenue.  He holds a MS in EE from Stanford University and has more than 60 US patents.

Heonchul Park, PhD

Vice President, Processor Engineering

Heonchul leads the architecture and design of all processing systems at Ceremorphic.  He has over three decades of experience in engineering and technical management of processor designs. Heonchul  began his career at Samsung after he received his PhD from the University of Southern California in Computer Engineering. He has held key roles working on semiconductor designs at Samsung, Siemens, Infineon, and Redpine Signals.  Heonchul led the engineering at Redpine Signals as Vice President. He is the inventor of Ceremorphic’s patented multi-thread processor architecture, ThreadArch® .  He has published various articles including IEEE Transaction papers and holds more than 20 US patents. 

Heonchul Park, PhD

Vice President, Processor Engineering

Heonchul leads the architecture and design of all processing systems at Ceremorphic.  He has over three decades of experience in engineering and technical management of processor designs. Heonchul  began his career at Samsung after he received his PhD from the University of Southern California in Computer Engineering. He has held key roles working on semiconductor designs at Samsung, Siemens, Infineon, and Redpine Signals.  Heonchul led the engineering at Redpine Signals as Vice President. He is the inventor of Ceremorphic’s patented multi-thread processor architecture, ThreadArch® .  He has published various articles including IEEE Transaction papers and holds more than 20 US patents. 

Sailaja Sankabathula

Vice President, Products and Platforms

Sailaja has more than 20 years of engineering and leadership experience in the semiconductor industry and leads Products and Platform management at Ceremorphic. Previously, Sailaja was the first employee at Redpine Signals, where she held pivotal roles in Engineering, Product and Customer Management. Her contributions spanned from leading engineering teams to shaping product strategy and driving business growth. She spearheaded the development and release of ultra-low power SoCs, crucial to Redpine Signals’ growth and acquisition by Silicon Labs in 2020. Most recently, she was Director of Product Management at Silicon Labs and launched a high-impact, cutting-edge product and was instrumental in securing tier-1 customers leading to multiple-hundred-million-dollar revenue pipeline. Sailaja is a university gold medalist in her undergraduate studies (B. Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering) at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India and holds more than 15 US patents.

Sailaja Sankabathula

Vice President, Products and Platforms

Sailaja has more than 20 years of engineering and leadership experience in the semiconductor industry and leads Products and Platform management at Ceremorphic. Previously, Sailaja was the first employee at Redpine Signals, where she held pivotal roles in Engineering, Product and Customer Management. Her contributions spanned from leading engineering teams to shaping product strategy and driving business growth. She spearheaded the development and release of ultra-low power SoCs, crucial to Redpine Signals’ growth and acquisition by Silicon Labs in 2020. Most recently, she was Director of Product Management at Silicon Labs and launched a high-impact, cutting-edge product and was instrumental in securing tier-1 customers leading to multiple-hundred-million-dollar revenue pipeline. Sailaja is a university gold medalist in her undergraduate studies (B. Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering) at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India and holds more than 15 US patents.

Alok Choudhary

Vice President, Advanced Technologies

In a career spanning over 20 years, Alok has worked in a wide array of engineering and managerial positions. At Ceremorphic, Alok is responsible for engineering and research. He started his journey with Redpine Signals, Inc., in 2004, where he worked on the architecture and design of multi-thread processor, ThreadArch®,  MAC and Baseband processors for various wireless standards and 2.4 GHz CMOS power amplifiers.  In 2013,  he successfully co-founded Impartus Innovations and headed the engineering and R&D division till it was acquired by Upgrad Education in 2020. Alok holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.

Alok Choudhary

Vice President, Advanced Technologies

In a career spanning over 20 years, Alok has worked in a wide array of engineering and managerial positions. At Ceremorphic, Alok is responsible for engineering and research. He started his journey with Redpine Signals, Inc., in 2004, where he worked on the architecture and design of multi-thread processor, ThreadArch®,  MAC and Baseband processors for various wireless standards and 2.4 GHz CMOS power amplifiers.  In 2013,  he successfully co-founded Impartus Innovations and headed the engineering and R&D division till it was acquired by Upgrad Education in 2020. Alok holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.

Ajay Mantha

Vice President, High Performance Analog

Ajay has over 15 years of experience in engineering and technical management. Ajay is responsible for all the high-speed analog, mixed signal and custom memory development at Ceremorphic. Prior to joining Ceremorphic, he was the India Centre Head and Director of Engineering at Keyssa Inc. Before that, he served as Director of Engineering at Redpine signals Inc. for 12 years and was a founding member of the RFIC team that was later acquired by Silicon Labs.  He holds an MSEE degree from Stanford University and a B. Tech degree from IIT Guwahati. Ajay holds 4+ patents related to low power wireless designs. 

Ajay Mantha

Vice President, High Performance Analog

Ajay has over 15 years of experience in engineering and technical management. Ajay is responsible for all the high-speed analog, mixed signal and custom memory development at Ceremorphic. Prior to joining Ceremorphic, he was the India Centre Head and Director of Engineering at Keyssa Inc. Before that, he served as Director of Engineering at Redpine signals Inc. for 12 years and was a founding member of the RFIC team that was later acquired by Silicon Labs.  He holds an MSEE degree from Stanford University and a B. Tech degree from IIT Guwahati. Ajay holds 4+ patents related to low power wireless designs. 

Shailu Tipparaju

Chief Strategy Officer

A serial entrepreneur with multiple exits (EdAssist, Strateology, Examity) in Education Technology domain. An engineer, Technology researcher and a strategy advisor for several growth and scale companies globally, Shailu is a widely published author, speaker, and Venture Capitalist. His latest book “Strateology”, on corporate strategy and competitive advantage, has been presented to several global companies with wide acclaim. Shailu has been recognized as one of the top 100 Education pioneers in 2020 and an active contributor in various standardized and certification councils in the industry. He as recognized as the worldwide no.1 employee at Xerox for his engineering work early in his career. Shailu did his chemical engineering from Osmania University India, computer science from Loyola University Chicago, Management from Harvard Business School and Leadership programs from Harvard Kennedy School and University of Chicago Booth school of business.

Shailu Tipparaju

Chief Strategy Officer

A serial entrepreneur with multiple exits (EdAssist, Strateology, Examity) in Education Technology domain. An engineer, Technology researcher and a strategy advisor for several growth and scale companies globally, Shailu is a widely published author, speaker, and Venture Capitalist.

His latest book “Strateology”, on corporate strategy and competitive advantage, has been presented to several global companies with wide acclaim. Shailu has been recognized as one of the top 100 Education pioneers in 2020 and an active contributor in various standardized and certification councils in the industry. He as recognized as the worldwide no.1 employee at Xerox for his engineering work early in his career.

Shailu did his chemical engineering from Osmania University India, computer science from Loyola University Chicago, Management from Harvard Business School and Leadership programs from Harvard Kennedy School and University of Chicago Booth school of business.

Gorantla E J Lakshmi Narayana

Director of Engineering, Software

Lakshmi Narayana has more than 18 years of engineering and technical management experience. At Ceremorphic, he is leading algorithms and system software engineering teams and develops new algorithms in machine learning, compiler technology and parallel computing. Previously, Lakshmi Narayana worked on Marvell, Qualcomm chipset drivers and worked as a Director of Engineering at Redpine Signals where he developed 802.16e, 802.11 a/b/g/n/p, DSRC vehicular communication protocol stacks, MCU and Linux System Software. Prior to that, he worked as Firmware Engineer at Texas Instruments.

Lakshmi Narayana holds a B. Tech degree from Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Gorantla E J Lakshmi Narayana

Director of Engineering, Software

Lakshmi Narayana has more than 18 years of engineering and technical management experience. At Ceremorphic, he is leading algorithms and system software engineering teams and develops new algorithms in machine learning, compiler technology and parallel computing. Previously, Lakshmi Narayana worked on Marvell, Qualcomm chipset drivers and worked as a Director of Engineering at Redpine Signals where he developed 802.16e, 802.11 a/b/g/n/p, DSRC vehicular communication protocol stacks, MCU and Linux System Software. Prior to that, he worked as Firmware Engineer at Texas Instruments.

Lakshmi Narayana holds a B. Tech degree from Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Srisubha Kalanadhabhatta, PhD

Director of Engineering, Reliability

Srisubha has over 18 years of experience in VLSI Engineering and technical management. She is responsible for architecture and designing reliable systems and test systems for Ceremorphic system-on-chips (SoCs). Previously, Srisubha worked at Redpine Signals for 15 years and was responsible for test and clock architectures, silicon validation and qualification. Srisubha holds a Doctoral degree in Hardware Security from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and a master’s degree in VLSI from National Institute of Technology, Trichy.

Srisubha Kalanadhabhatta, PhD

Director of Engineering, Reliability

Srisubha has over 18 years of experience in VLSI Engineering and technical management. She is responsible for architecture and designing reliable systems and test systems for Ceremorphic system-on-chips (SoCs). Previously, Srisubha worked at Redpine Signals for 15 years and was responsible for test and clock architectures, silicon validation and qualification. Srisubha holds a Doctoral degree in Hardware Security from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and a master’s degree in VLSI from National Institute of Technology, Trichy.

Vaibhavi Desai

Director of Finance

Vaibhavi is a finance and operations professional with over 18 years of experience working in the banking and technology industries. At Ceremorphic, she manages finance and compliance functions for US and India entities. She previously worked with CipherCloud, a security technology company, and Redpine Signals, both in Silicon Valley. Vaibhavi has a strong background in managing the financial due-diligence process in M&A transactions. Her credentials include CMA (US) and CFA-ICFAI (India).

Vaibhavi Desai

Director of Finance

Vaibhavi is a finance and operations professional with over 18 years of experience working in the banking and technology industries. At Ceremorphic, she manages finance and compliance functions for US and India entities. She previously worked with CipherCloud, a security technology company, and Redpine Signals, both in Silicon Valley. Vaibhavi has a strong background in managing the financial due-diligence process in M&A transactions. Her credentials include CMA (US) and CFA-ICFAI (India).

Venkat Mattela, PhD

Chairman (BoD)

Venkat has over three decades of engineering and management experience in developing differentiated products and building successful businesses. Prior to founding Ceremorphic, he founded Redpine Signals, Inc., a wireless technology company that he sold to Silicon Labs, Inc. for $308M. Previously, Venkat held roles as Director of Engineering, Network Media Processors for Analog devices, and Director of Engineering, TriCore – MCU DSP for Infineon Technologies. He started his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India in January 1983. Venkat holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Venkat has over 100 US and international patents.

Venkat Mattela, PhD

Chairman (BoD)

Venkat has over three decades of engineering and management experience in developing differentiated products and building successful businesses. Prior to founding Ceremorphic, he founded Redpine Signals, Inc., a wireless technology company that he sold to Silicon Labs, Inc. for $308M. Previously, Venkat held roles as Director of Engineering, Network Media Processors for Analog devices, and Director of Engineering, TriCore – MCU DSP for Infineon Technologies. He started his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India in January 1983. Venkat holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Venkat has over 100 US and international patents.

Kalpana Atluri

Director

Kalpana has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to founding Redpine Signals, she founded Elite Design Systems, a provider of ASIC design consulting services. At Ceremorphic, she manages the global HR and corporate operations in the US and India. She has held various engineering positions at Synopsys Inc., Computer Vision Laboratories Ltd., CMC Ltd., and Integrated Data Systems. She holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from JNTU, India.

Kalpana Atluri

Director

Kalpana has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to founding Redpine Signals, she founded Elite Design Systems, a provider of ASIC design consulting services. At Ceremorphic, she manages the global HR and corporate operations in the US and India. She has held various engineering positions at Synopsys Inc., Computer Vision Laboratories Ltd., CMC Ltd., and Integrated Data Systems. She holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from JNTU, India.

Mallik Reddy

Director

Mallik is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive with over 30 years of management and engineering experience. He was previously with Redpine Signals and he also founded Netcube Systems, a leading provider of technology consulting services for a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to that, he held key management and engineering positions at Pelican, Softec, Sybase, E-trade SUN, Oracle, TIBCO, and AC Nielsen. Mallik holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of Florida.​

Mallik Reddy

Director

Mallik is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive with over 30 years of management and engineering experience. He was previously with Redpine Signals and he also founded Netcube Systems, a leading provider of technology consulting services for a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to that, he held key management and engineering positions at Pelican, Softec, Sybase, E-trade SUN, Oracle, TIBCO, and AC Nielsen. Mallik holds an MS in Computer Science from the University of Florida.​

Camillo Martino

Director

Camillo Martino currently serves as a board member and executive advisor to technology companies, and has been a chief executive officer and C-suite executive of a number of high technology companies. Mr. Martino is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Magnachip (MX) and has served as a member of its Board since 2016. He is also a Board Member of CXApp (CXAI) since 2020 and Sensera (SE1) since 2018. Mr. Martino also serves on the Board of Directors at multiple privately held companies, including VVDN Technologies and Sakuu.

Previously, Mr. Martino served as a member of the Board of Directors at Cypress Semiconductor (CY) from June 2017 through to the sale of the company to Infineon in April 2020. Mr. Martino served as a Director of Moschip Technologies (BOM: 532407) from 2017 to 2019. Mr. Martino also served as a director and the chief executive officer of Silicon Image, Inc., a global semiconductor company, from January 2010 until the completion of its sale to Lattice Semiconductor Corporation in March 2015. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Martino served as chief operating officer of SAI Technology Inc., and also as a director from 2007 to 2010. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Martino served as the chief executive officer and director of Cornice Inc. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Martino served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Zoran Corporation, a global semiconductor company. Prior to that, Mr. Martino held multiple positions with National Semiconductor Corporation for a total of nearly 14 years in four countries.

Mr. Martino holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma (in Digital Communications) from Monash University in Australia.

Camillo Martino

Director

Camillo Martino currently serves as a board member and executive advisor to technology companies, and has been a chief executive officer and C-suite executive of a number of high technology companies. Mr. Martino is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Magnachip (MX) and has served as a member of its Board since 2016. He is also a Board Member of CXApp (CXAI) since 2020 and Sensera (SE1) since 2018. Mr. Martino also serves on the Board of Directors at multiple privately held companies, including VVDN Technologies and Sakuu.

Previously, Mr. Martino served as a member of the Board of Directors at Cypress Semiconductor (CY) from June 2017 through to the sale of the company to Infineon in April 2020. Mr. Martino served as a Director of Moschip Technologies (BOM: 532407) from 2017 to 2019. Mr. Martino also served as a director and the chief executive officer of Silicon Image, Inc., a global semiconductor company, from January 2010 until the completion of its sale to Lattice Semiconductor Corporation in March 2015. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Martino served as chief operating officer of SAI Technology Inc., and also as a director from 2007 to 2010. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Martino served as the chief executive officer and director of Cornice Inc. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Martino served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Zoran Corporation, a global semiconductor company. Prior to that, Mr. Martino held multiple positions with National Semiconductor Corporation for a total of nearly 14 years in four countries.

Mr. Martino holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma (in Digital Communications) from Monash University in Australia.

Jorge del Calvo 

Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Jorge del Calvo is a partner with Pillsbury, Winthrop Shaw Pittman, a global law firm and over the past 39 years has represented public and private technology companies in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placements and joint ventures, investment banks in equity, debt and other transactions, and venture and private equity funds in their formation and investments. Jorge’s clients range in size from unfunded start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He is particularly experienced with the business and legal issues implicated by rapid growth and disruptive technologies. Twenty of the companies Jorge has represented achieved valuations in excess of $1 billion. Ten of these twenty companies were represented by Jorge since their incorporation. Jorge was chosen out of approximately 186,000 California lawyers as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers” in the state from 2014-2017 by the Daily Journal (California’s leading legal newspaper). He was ranked by Chambers USA among the top lawyers in California for Capital Markets: Debt and Equity from 2014-2021 and on the national level for Investment Funds:  Law and Venture Capital Law from 2006-2022. Jorge is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Ouster (Oust), a publicly-traded company and has previously served on the Board of a number of other publicly-traded companies. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts).

Jorge del Calvo 

Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Jorge del Calvo is a partner with Pillsbury, Winthrop Shaw Pittman, a global law firm and over the past 39 years has represented public and private technology companies in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placements and joint ventures, investment banks in equity, debt and other transactions, and venture and private equity funds in their formation and investments. Jorge’s clients range in size from unfunded start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He is particularly experienced with the business and legal issues implicated by rapid growth and disruptive technologies. Twenty of the companies Jorge has represented achieved valuations in excess of $1 billion. Ten of these twenty companies were represented by Jorge since their incorporation. Jorge was chosen out of approximately 186,000 California lawyers as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers” in the state from 2014-2017 by the Daily Journal (California’s leading legal newspaper). He was ranked by Chambers USA among the top lawyers in California for Capital Markets: Debt and Equity from 2014-2021 and on the national level for Investment Funds:  Law and Venture Capital Law from 2006-2022. Jorge is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Ouster (Oust), a publicly-traded company and has previously served on the Board of a number of other publicly-traded companies. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts).

Pravin Kothari

Founder & CEO of AppSOC

Pravin Kothari is a serial entrepreneur and technology visionary with more than 25 years of experience building industry-leading companies and bringing innovative products to market. Pravin is currently the founder & CEO of AppSOC, a cybersecurity company, providing cloud-native application security leveraging the latest AI and Machine Learning to deliver increased Security, Visibility, and Productivity for technology products development. Previously, he was the founder & CEO of CipherCloud, a cloud security provider, backed by premier VC firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, which was acquired by Lookout Inc. Prior to CipherCloud, Pravin was the Co-founder & VP Engineering of ArcSight, which was acquired by HP for $1.6 billion. Previously, Pravin held technical leadership positions at Verity, Attachmate, and Tata Consultancy Services. Pravin holds an MS degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. He is a Charter Member of TiE, a global organization dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship.

Pravin Kothari

Founder & CEO of AppSOC

Pravin Kothari is a serial entrepreneur and technology visionary with more than 25 years of experience building industry-leading companies and bringing innovative products to market. Pravin is currently the founder & CEO of AppSOC, a cybersecurity company, providing cloud-native application security leveraging the latest AI and Machine Learning to deliver increased Security, Visibility, and Productivity for technology products development. Previously, he was the founder & CEO of CipherCloud, a cloud security provider, backed by premier VC firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, which was acquired by Lookout Inc. Prior to CipherCloud, Pravin was the Co-founder & VP Engineering of ArcSight, which was acquired by HP for $1.6 billion. Previously, Pravin held technical leadership positions at Verity, Attachmate, and Tata Consultancy Services. Pravin holds an MS degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. He is a Charter Member of TiE, a global organization dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship.

Vish Akella

Serial Entrepreneur and Investor

Silicon Valley entrepreneur with over 35 years of successful track record in launching companies & innovative industry first products, raising hundreds of millions of dollars and generating superior returns for investors and employees in multiple industries.

In addition to creating his own ventures defining and utilizing cutting edge technologies in Semiconductor technology and Systems, Vish spawned multiple companies through active investments, board seats, advisor roles and helped launch venture funds, debt funds and Buy Out funds. His experience in assembling world class teams, capital efficiencies, best shore practices and cross border functional units helped his companies, and his investments generate maximum returns while creating a very versatile ecosystem. Massive success was generated by recognizing the potential and garnishing market share by M&A activities.

In addition to Semiconductor Companies and Communications, he has launched and generated success in Pharma, Education, Channels, Health & wellness, WEB Companies, Human resources, CRM companies and instrumental in buyouts of corporate orphans or underperforming companies to reposition them successfully.

Vish is a very passionate results-oriented entrepreneur, CEO, Board Member, Advisor, and investor.  He was selected as one of the Top Ten Entrepreneurs in 1998. Vish has been living in Silicon Valley for the past 40+ years and has earned his BS & MSEE from San Jose State. He is an avid golfer and a community leader.

Vish Akella

Serial Entrepreneur and Investor

Silicon Valley entrepreneur with over 35 years of successful track record in launching companies & innovative industry first products, raising hundreds of millions of dollars and generating superior returns for investors and employees in multiple industries.

In addition to creating his own ventures defining and utilizing cutting edge technologies in Semiconductor technology and Systems, Vish spawned multiple companies through active investments, board seats, advisor roles and helped launch venture funds, debt funds and Buy Out funds. His experience in assembling world class teams, capital efficiencies, best shore practices and cross border functional units helped his companies, and his investments generate maximum returns while creating a very versatile ecosystem. Massive success was generated by recognizing the potential and garnishing market share by M&A activities.

In addition to Semiconductor Companies and Communications, he has launched and generated success in Pharma, Education, Channels, Health & wellness, WEB Companies, Human resources, CRM companies and instrumental in buyouts of corporate orphans or underperforming companies to reposition them successfully.

Vish is a very passionate results-oriented entrepreneur, CEO, Board Member, Advisor, and investor.  He was selected as one of the Top Ten Entrepreneurs in 1998. Vish has been living in Silicon Valley for the past 40+ years and has earned his BS & MSEE from San Jose State. He is an avid golfer and a community leader.

Sudhir Gopalswamy

Chief Strategy Officer onsemi

Sudhir Gopalswamy is the Chief Strategy Officer for onsemi and is responsible for corporate strategy. Sudhir is a seasoned leader with a proven track record in leading global, cross-functional organizations. He excels at conceptualizing and delivering semiconductor, software and system-level solutions.

Before joining onsemi, Sudhir was a Senior Advisor to early-stage Silicon Valley startups pursuing disruptive automation in the automotive, industrial and health sectors. Prior to that, Sudhir was the Executive Vice President and Board Member of the Connected Secure Systems Division of Infineon Technologies, where he was responsible for post-acquisition integration, oversight of the IoT Compute & Wireless business line and contributing to the division strategy and execution. Through the Infineon acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor, he successfully integrated Cypress Business Units into the Infineon organization while achieving record-level revenue and profit through the COVID-19 pandemic. Before joining Cypress, Sudhir held leadership positions with ever-increasing scope at Intel Corporation and Conexant Systems, Inc.

Sudhir holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, as well as a Master in Business Administration from Duke University. He also attended Stanford Directors’ College at Stanford University, an executive education program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded firms.

Sudhir Gopalswamy

Chief Strategy Officer onsemi

Sudhir Gopalswamy is the Chief Strategy Officer for onsemi and is responsible for corporate strategy. Sudhir is a seasoned leader with a proven track record in leading global, cross-functional organizations. He excels at conceptualizing and delivering semiconductor, software and system-level solutions.

Before joining onsemi, Sudhir was a Senior Advisor to early-stage Silicon Valley startups pursuing disruptive automation in the automotive, industrial and health sectors. Prior to that, Sudhir was the Executive Vice President and Board Member of the Connected Secure Systems Division of Infineon Technologies, where he was responsible for post-acquisition integration, oversight of the IoT Compute & Wireless business line and contributing to the division strategy and execution. Through the Infineon acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor, he successfully integrated Cypress Business Units into the Infineon organization while achieving record-level revenue and profit through the COVID-19 pandemic. Before joining Cypress, Sudhir held leadership positions with ever-increasing scope at Intel Corporation and Conexant Systems, Inc.

Sudhir holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, as well as a Master in Business Administration from Duke University. He also attended Stanford Directors’ College at Stanford University, an executive education program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded firms.

Sagar Anisingaraju

Serial Entrepreneur and Innovator

Sagar currently serves as a strategic advisor for growth companies. Previously, Sagar worked as a Chief Strategy Officer for Saama Technologies, architecting and building its transformational journey, helping the company raise funding from global PE firms and Pharma. Saama’s unique growth story was studied and published as a Case Study by Kellogg Business School. Sagar is passionate to help biopharma create intelligent analytical solutions to operationalize insights and solve drug development challenges.

Sagar has received the following awards and honors:

  • 2020 Pharma Voice 100: Recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the Healthcare Industry.”
  • 2019 PM360 ELITE: Recognized in Strategist category of ELITE (Exceptional Leaders Innovators Transformers Entrepreneurs) award.
  • 2013 Innovation Enterprise: Recognized with Chief Strategy Officer of the Year Award.

In 1999, Sagar founded InfoSTEP Inc., and served as CEO until its 2010 acquisition by Saama. A highlight of this time was leading the effort to list on the Bombay Stock Exchange. He also served on the Board of ISACA, Silicon Valley Chapter.

Following a B.S. from Andhra University and an M.S. from Indian Institute of Technology (ITT) Kanpur, Sagar worked at CMC Ltd with other pioneers in mathematical font generation and transliteration systems for Indian languages. 

Sagar enjoys using his spare time to develop and conduct games in Indian languages, branded as LIPI.GAME, and playing golf. The pandemic inspired Sagar to write Kuchela.AI, a fictional novel about a social entrepreneur’s journey of self-discovery.

Sagar Anisingaraju

Serial Entrepreneur and Innovator

Sagar currently serves as a strategic advisor for growth companies. Previously, Sagar worked as a Chief Strategy Officer for Saama Technologies, architecting and building its transformational journey, helping the company raise funding from global PE firms and Pharma. Saama’s unique growth story was studied and published as a Case Study by Kellogg Business School. Sagar is passionate to help biopharma create intelligent analytical solutions to operationalize insights and solve drug development challenges.

Sagar has received the following awards and honors:

  • 2020 Pharma Voice 100: Recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the Healthcare Industry.”
  • 2019 PM360 ELITE: Recognized in Strategist category of ELITE (Exceptional Leaders Innovators Transformers Entrepreneurs) award.
  • 2013 Innovation Enterprise: Recognized with Chief Strategy Officer of the Year Award.

In 1999, Sagar founded InfoSTEP Inc., and served as CEO until its 2010 acquisition by Saama. A highlight of this time was leading the effort to list on the Bombay Stock Exchange. He also served on the Board of ISACA, Silicon Valley Chapter.

Following a B.S. from Andhra University and an M.S. from Indian Institute of Technology (ITT) Kanpur, Sagar worked at CMC Ltd with other pioneers in mathematical font generation and transliteration systems for Indian languages.

Sagar enjoys using his spare time to develop and conduct games in Indian languages, branded as LIPI.GAME, and playing golf. The pandemic inspired Sagar to write Kuchela.AI, a fictional novel about a social entrepreneur’s journey of self-discovery.

Dr. Elvir Causevic

Co-Founder Tech+IP Capital

Dr. Elvir Causevic is a co-founder and investment banker at Tech+IP Capital in San Francisco, serving as an advisor to Boards and C-suite on complex technology and IP transactions (GE, IBM, Blackberry, Google, Oculus, RPX, Broadcom, MIPS etc).  Prior to investment banking, Elvir was founder and CEO of three brain medical device companies (two Fortune 500 exits, third focused on concussion www.brainscope.com), based on technologies he developed while on the Applied Math faculty at Yale University.  Elvir is on the boards of Upend.com, WorkLife Law Center, and Earth Law Center.  Elvir holds BS, MS, and Doctor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and a JD from UC Hastings School of Law.

Dr. Elvir Causevic

Co-Founder Tech+IP Capital

Dr. Elvir Causevic is a co-founder and investment banker at Tech+IP Capital in San Francisco, serving as an advisor to Boards and C-suite on complex technology and IP transactions (GE, IBM, Blackberry, Google, Oculus, RPX, Broadcom, MIPS etc).  Prior to investment banking, Elvir was founder and CEO of three brain medical device companies (two Fortune 500 exits, third focused on concussion www.brainscope.com), based on technologies he developed while on the Applied Math faculty at Yale University.  Elvir is on the boards of Upend.com, WorkLife Law Center, and Earth Law Center.  Elvir holds BS, MS, and Doctor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and a JD from UC Hastings School of Law.

Rajiv Lal

STANLEY ROTH, SR. PROFESSOR OF RETAILING CO-UNIT HEAD, MARKETING

Rajiv Lal is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course head for Marketing, required study in the first year of the MBA program. Professor Lal also teaches in several Executive Education programs, has previously served as the Faculty Chair for the General Management Program, and the program on Building and Leading a Customer Centric Organization.

Lal was a Professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University beginning in 1982. He was the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at Harvard Business School from 1997-98. He was the Visiting Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, France in 1986, 1988, 1992, and 1993. He did his undergraduate work in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India and received his Ph.D. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Lal’s current research concerns the opportunities and challenges in building a Business around Smart Connected products/IOT. His book “Retail Revolution: Will Your Store Survive” is based on many years of extensive research in the field of Retailing focusing on the viability of brick-and-mortar stores as they face the onslaught of on-line competition. In addition, he has studied how to build and sustain customer-centric retail organizations. His past work has explored successful retail strategies for global expansion. He has written extensively on the impact of using the Internet as a channel of distribution on a retailer’s pricing, merchandising, and branding strategy. His earlier work in retailing studies the impact of competition between different retail formats, such as EDLP and Hi-Lo grocers. He has also studied the consequences of grocery retailers’ increasing use of store brands on store loyalty and its implications for packaged goods manufacturers.

Lal’s earlier research focused on pricing, trade promotions, and salesforce compensation plans. The work on salesforce compensation plans originated with his dissertation research, which won the award for the best paper published in Marketing Science and Management Science in 1985. A subsequent article, also developed from his thesis, received an honorable mention for the same award in 1986. He has also studied compensation plans used by German salesforces.

His work in the area of pricing and promotions has been equally well recognized. Two of his articles were among the finalists for the John D. C. Little award for the best paper published in Management Science and Marketing Science in 1990. One of these articles, co-authored with Jagmohan Raju and V. Srinivasan on the impact of brand loyalty on price promotions, has been awarded the Frank Bass award for the best dissertation paper.

Lal’s recent work includes Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive?, “Retail Doesn’t Cross Borders: Here’s Why and What to do About it” in Harvard Business Review, “Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink” in HBS Working Knowledge, and Marketing Management: Text and Cases. He has published more than twenty-five articles in academic journals and more than 80 cases and other teaching materials. He has applied his academic frameworks and industry knowledge in much of his research and many of his consulting projects.

Lal has worked on a variety of such projects with a wide range of companies, including Citigroup, Citizens Bank, American Family Insurance, Standard Life Plc, Omnitel Italia, Credit Suisse, Stop & Shop, Ito-Yokado, Best Buy, Stride Rite Corporation, Oliver Wyman and Company, Fleming Companies, Nordstrom, Microsoft, Kellogg, Sara Lee D/E, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Callaway Golf Company, Staples, and other well-known companies on strategy development and execution.

Lal serves as a member of the Board for Leader Bank and Global Cures. In addition to these board positions, Lal has served as an Area Editor for Marketing Science and Co-editor of Quantitative Marketing and Economics.

Rajiv Lal

STANLEY ROTH, SR. PROFESSOR OF RETAILING CO-UNIT HEAD, MARKETING

Rajiv Lal is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course head for Marketing, required study in the first year of the MBA program. Professor Lal also teaches in several Executive Education programs, has previously served as the Faculty Chair for the General Management Program, and the program on Building and Leading a Customer Centric Organization.

Lal was a Professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University beginning in 1982. He was the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at Harvard Business School from 1997-98. He was the Visiting Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, France in 1986, 1988, 1992, and 1993. He did his undergraduate work in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India and received his Ph.D. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Lal’s current research concerns the opportunities and challenges in building a Business around Smart Connected products/IOT. His book “Retail Revolution: Will Your Store Survive” is based on many years of extensive research in the field of Retailing focusing on the viability of brick-and-mortar stores as they face the onslaught of on-line competition. In addition, he has studied how to build and sustain customer-centric retail organizations. His past work has explored successful retail strategies for global expansion. He has written extensively on the impact of using the Internet as a channel of distribution on a retailer’s pricing, merchandising, and branding strategy. His earlier work in retailing studies the impact of competition between different retail formats, such as EDLP and Hi-Lo grocers. He has also studied the consequences of grocery retailers’ increasing use of store brands on store loyalty and its implications for packaged goods manufacturers.

Lal’s earlier research focused on pricing, trade promotions, and salesforce compensation plans. The work on salesforce compensation plans originated with his dissertation research, which won the award for the best paper published in Marketing Science and Management Science in 1985. A subsequent article, also developed from his thesis, received an honorable mention for the same award in 1986. He has also studied compensation plans used by German salesforces.

His work in the area of pricing and promotions has been equally well recognized. Two of his articles were among the finalists for the John D. C. Little award for the best paper published in Management Science and Marketing Science in 1990. One of these articles, co-authored with Jagmohan Raju and V. Srinivasan on the impact of brand loyalty on price promotions, has been awarded the Frank Bass award for the best dissertation paper.

Lal’s recent work includes Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive?, “Retail Doesn’t Cross Borders: Here’s Why and What to do About it” in Harvard Business Review, “Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink” in HBS Working Knowledge, and Marketing Management: Text and Cases. He has published more than twenty-five articles in academic journals and more than 80 cases and other teaching materials. He has applied his academic frameworks and industry knowledge in much of his research and many of his consulting projects.

Lal has worked on a variety of such projects with a wide range of companies, including Citigroup, Citizens Bank, American Family Insurance, Standard Life Plc, Omnitel Italia, Credit Suisse, Stop & Shop, Ito-Yokado, Best Buy, Stride Rite Corporation, Oliver Wyman and Company, Fleming Companies, Nordstrom, Microsoft, Kellogg, Sara Lee D/E, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Callaway Golf Company, Staples, and other well-known companies on strategy development and execution.

Lal serves as a member of the Board for Leader Bank and Global Cures. In addition to these board positions, Lal has served as an Area Editor for Marketing Science and Co-editor of Quantitative Marketing and Economics.

Viktor K Prasanna​

Professor, University of Southern California​

Viktor K. Prasanna (sites.usc.edu/prasanna) is Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He is the director of the Center for Energy Informatics at USC and leads the FPGA (fpga.usc.edu) and Data Science Labs (dslab.usc.edu). His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, accelerator design, reconfigurable architectures and algorithms and high performance computing. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. Prasanna was the founding Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing. He is the Steering Chair of the IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the ACM and the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is a recipient of 2009 Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award from the Pennsylvania State University and a 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Science. He received the 2015 W. Wallace McDowell award from the IEEE Computer Society for his contributions to reconfigurable computing. He is a member of Academia Europaea.

Viktor K Prasanna

Professor, University of Southern California​

Viktor K. Prasanna (sites.usc.edu/prasanna) is Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He is the director of the Center for Energy Informatics at USC and leads the FPGA (fpga.usc.edu) and Data Science Labs (dslab.usc.edu). His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, accelerator design, reconfigurable architectures and algorithms and high performance computing. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. Prasanna was the founding Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing. He is the Steering Chair of the IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the ACM and the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is a recipient of 2009 Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award from the Pennsylvania State University and a 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Science. He received the 2015 W. Wallace McDowell award from the IEEE Computer Society for his contributions to reconfigurable computing. He is a member of Academia Europaea.

Subhasish Mitra

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Computer Science, Stanford University

Subhasish is Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science at Stanford University. He directs the Stanford Robust Systems Group, leads the Computation Focus Area of the Stanford SystemX Alliance, and is a member of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. His research ranges across Robust Computing, NanoSystems, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and Neurosciences. Results from his research group have influenced almost every contemporary electronic system, and have inspired significant government and research initiatives in multiple countries. He has held several international academic appointments — the Carnot Chair of Excellence in NanoSystems at CEA-LETI in France, Invited Professor at EPFL in Switzerland, and Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Prof. Mitra also has consulted for major technology companies including Cisco, Google, Intel, Samsung, and Xilinx.

In the field of Robust Computing, he has created many key approaches for circuit failure prediction, on-line diagnostics, QED system validation, soft error resilience, and X-Compact test compression. Their adoption by industry is growing rapidly, in markets ranging from cloud computing to automotive systems. His X-Compact approach has proven essential for cost-effective manufacturing and high-quality testing of almost all 21st century systems, enabling billions of dollars in cost savings.

With his students and collaborators, he demonstrated the first carbon nanotube computer. They also demonstrated the first 3D NanoSystem with computation immersed in data storage. These received wide recognition: cover of NATURE, Research Highlight to the US Congress by the NSF, and highlight as “important scientific breakthrough” by global news organizations.

Prof. Mitra’s honors include the Newton Technical Impact Award in EDA (test-of-time honor by ACM SIGDA and IEEE CEDA), the University Researcher Award (by the Semiconductor Industry Association and Semiconductor Research Corporation to recognize lifetime research contributions), the Intel Achievement Award (Intel’s highest honor), and the US Presidential Early Career Award. He and his students have published over 10 award-winning papers across 5 topic areas (technology, circuits, EDA, test, verification) at major venues including the Design Automation Conference, International Solid-State Circuits Conference, International Test Conference, Symposium on VLSI Technology, and Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design. Stanford undergraduates have honored him several times “for being important to them.” He is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow.

Subhasish Mitra

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Computer Science, Stanford University

Subhasish is Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Computer Science at Stanford University. He directs the Stanford Robust Systems Group, leads the Computation Focus Area of the Stanford SystemX Alliance, and is a member of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. His research ranges across Robust Computing, NanoSystems, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and Neurosciences. Results from his research group have influenced almost every contemporary electronic system, and have inspired significant government and research initiatives in multiple countries. He has held several international academic appointments — the Carnot Chair of Excellence in NanoSystems at CEA-LETI in France, Invited Professor at EPFL in Switzerland, and Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Prof. Mitra also has consulted for major technology companies including Cisco, Google, Intel, Samsung, and Xilinx.

In the field of Robust Computing, he has created many key approaches for circuit failure prediction, on-line diagnostics, QED system validation, soft error resilience, and X-Compact test compression. Their adoption by industry is growing rapidly, in markets ranging from cloud computing to automotive systems. His X-Compact approach has proven essential for cost-effective manufacturing and high-quality testing of almost all 21st century systems, enabling billions of dollars in cost savings.

With his students and collaborators, he demonstrated the first carbon nanotube computer. They also demonstrated the first 3D NanoSystem with computation immersed in data storage. These received wide recognition: cover of NATURE, Research Highlight to the US Congress by the NSF, and highlight as “important scientific breakthrough” by global news organizations.

Prof. Mitra’s honors include the Newton Technical Impact Award in EDA (test-of-time honor by ACM SIGDA and IEEE CEDA), the University Researcher Award (by the Semiconductor Industry Association and Semiconductor Research Corporation to recognize lifetime research contributions), the Intel Achievement Award (Intel’s highest honor), and the US Presidential Early Career Award. He and his students have published over 10 award-winning papers across 5 topic areas (technology, circuits, EDA, test, verification) at major venues including the Design Automation Conference, International Solid-State Circuits Conference, International Test Conference, Symposium on VLSI Technology, and Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design. Stanford undergraduates have honored him several times “for being important to them.” He is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow.

Shan X Wang

LELAND T. EDWARDS PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND, BY COURTESY, OF RADIOLOGY (MOLECULAR IMAGING PROGRAM AT STANFORD)

Prof. Wang directs the Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology and is a leading expert in biosensors, information storage and spintronics. His research and inventions span across a variety of areas including magnetic biochips, in vitro diagnostics, cancer biomarkers, magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic sensors, magnetoresistive random access memory, and magnetic integrated inductors. He has authored over 300 publications and holds 65 issued or pending patents in these and interdisciplinary areas. He was named an inaugural Fred Terman Fellow and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) for his seminal contributions to magnetic materials and nanosensors. His team won the Grand Challenge Exploration Award from Gates Foundation (2010), the XCHALLENGE Distinguished Award (2014), and the Bold Epic Innovator Award from the XPRIZE Foundation (2017).

Dr. Wang cofounded three high-tech startups in Silicon Valley, including MagArray, Inc. and Flux Biosciences, Inc. In 2018, MagArray launched a first of its kind lung cancer early diagnostic assay based on protein cancer biomarkers and support vector machine (SVM). In 2019, Flux Biosciences launched a human trial to offer at-home testing of fertility based on hormones and magneto-nanosensors. Through his participation in the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (as co-PI of the CCNE) and the Joint University Microelectronics Program (JUMP), he is actively engaged in the transformative research of healthcare and is developing emerging memories for energy efficient computing. 

Shan X Wang

LELAND T. EDWARDS PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND, BY COURTESY, OF RADIOLOGY (MOLECULAR IMAGING PROGRAM AT STANFORD)

Prof. Wang directs the Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology and is a leading expert in biosensors, information storage and spintronics. His research and inventions span across a variety of areas including magnetic biochips, in vitro diagnostics, cancer biomarkers, magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic sensors, magnetoresistive random access memory, and magnetic integrated inductors. He has authored over 300 publications and holds 65 issued or pending patents in these and interdisciplinary areas. He was named an inaugural Fred Terman Fellow and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) for his seminal contributions to magnetic materials and nanosensors. His team won the Grand Challenge Exploration Award from Gates Foundation (2010), the XCHALLENGE Distinguished Award (2014), and the Bold Epic Innovator Award from the XPRIZE Foundation (2017).

Dr. Wang cofounded three high-tech startups in Silicon Valley, including MagArray, Inc. and Flux Biosciences, Inc. In 2018, MagArray launched a first of its kind lung cancer early diagnostic assay based on protein cancer biomarkers and support vector machine (SVM). In 2019, Flux Biosciences launched a human trial to offer at-home testing of fertility based on hormones and magneto-nanosensors. Through his participation in the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (as co-PI of the CCNE) and the Joint University Microelectronics Program (JUMP), he is actively engaged in the transformative research of healthcare and is developing emerging memories for energy efficient computing.

Lizy Kurian John

Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Lizy Kurian John holds the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering #3 in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1993. She joined The University of Texas Austin faculty in 1996. Her research is in the areas of computer architecture, multicore processors, memory systems, performance evaluation and benchmarking, workload characterization, and reconfigurable computing.

Professor John’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Semiconductor Research Consortium (SRC), DARPA, Lockheed Martin, AMD, Oracle, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Freescale, Dell, Samsung, Texas Instruments, etc.. She is recipient of NSF CAREER award (1996), UT Austin Engineering Foundation Faculty Award (2001), Halliburton, Brown and Root Engineering Foundation Young Faculty Award (1999), University of Texas Alumni Association Teaching Award (2004), The Pennsylvania State University Outstanding Engineering Alumnus (2011) etc.

Professor John holds 15 U. S. patents and has published 16 book chapters, approximately 300 journal and conference and workshop papers. She has coauthored books on Digital Systems Design using VHDL (Cengage Publishers 2007, 2017), Digital Systems Design using Verilog (Cengage Publishers, 2014) and has edited a book on Computer Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking (CRC Press). She has also edited three books on workload characterization.

Professor John is the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of IEEE MICRO and has served in the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Computers, ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimizations (TACO), IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, and IEEE Transactions on VLSI. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, ACM, and ACM SIGARCH.

John was named a Fellow of IEEE in 2009, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (Class of 2020).

Lizy Kurian John

Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Lizy Kurian John holds the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering #3 in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1993. She joined The University of Texas Austin faculty in 1996. Her research is in the areas of computer architecture, multicore processors, memory systems, performance evaluation and benchmarking, workload characterization, and reconfigurable computing.

Professor John’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Semiconductor Research Consortium (SRC), DARPA, Lockheed Martin, AMD, Oracle, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Freescale, Dell, Samsung, Texas Instruments, etc.. She is recipient of NSF CAREER award (1996), UT Austin Engineering Foundation Faculty Award (2001), Halliburton, Brown and Root Engineering Foundation Young Faculty Award (1999), University of Texas Alumni Association Teaching Award (2004), The Pennsylvania State University Outstanding Engineering Alumnus (2011) etc.

Professor John holds 15 U. S. patents and has published 16 book chapters, approximately 300 journal and conference and workshop papers. She has coauthored books on Digital Systems Design using VHDL (Cengage Publishers 2007, 2017), Digital Systems Design using Verilog (Cengage Publishers, 2014) and has edited a book on Computer Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking (CRC Press). She has also edited three books on workload characterization.

Professor John is the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of IEEE MICRO and has served in the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Computers, ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimizations (TACO), IEEE Computer Architecture Letters, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, and IEEE Transactions on VLSI. She is a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, ACM, and ACM SIGARCH.

John was named a Fellow of IEEE in 2009, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (Class of 2020).

Max Shulaker

Associate Professor at MIT, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Professor Max Shulaker joined the EECS department at MIT as an assistant professor in July 2016. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering. During his Ph.D., his research on carbon nanotube-based transistors and circuits resulted in the first digital systems built entirely using carbon nanotube FETs (including the first carbon nanotube microprocessor), the first monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits combining arbitrary vertical stacking of logic and memory, and the highest performance and highly-scaled carbon nanotube transistors to-date.

At MIT, Max is launching an experimental research program aimed at realizing his vision for the next-generation of electronic systems based on transformation nanosystems: leveraging the unique properties of emerging nanotechnologies and nanodevices to create new systems and architectures with enhanced functionality and improved performance. About this, he states: “While investigating new devices or new architectures separately can be beneficial, combining the “right” devices, with the “right” architectures, in the “right” way, results in performance (e.g., speed, energy efficiency) gains which far exceed the sum of their individual benefits, while simultaneously providing a rich set of enhanced functionality for applications that otherwise may not be feasible using traditional technologies.”

Max aims to drive nanosystems to both improve computing at the heart of information technology through new approaches (e.g., new system architectures directly enabled by new nanotechnologies). He plans to leverage the richness of new nanomaterials, new computing and memory technologies, and heterogeneous integration to enable new applications beyond the scope of traditional computing. His ultimate goal is to drive nanosystems from concept to reality, resulting in hardware demonstrations of what future electronic systems might look like: from 3D chips with layers of sensing, memory, and logic densely integrated for on-chip ultra-high bandwidth sensing and processing, to computation finely-immersed in biological systems for disease monitoring and nano-implants.

Max Shulaker

Associate Professor at MIT, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Professor Max Shulaker joined the EECS department at MIT as an assistant professor in July 2016. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering. During his Ph.D., his research on carbon nanotube-based transistors and circuits resulted in the first digital systems built entirely using carbon nanotube FETs (including the first carbon nanotube microprocessor), the first monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits combining arbitrary vertical stacking of logic and memory, and the highest performance and highly-scaled carbon nanotube transistors to-date.

At MIT, Max is launching an experimental research program aimed at realizing his vision for the next-generation of electronic systems based on transformation nanosystems: leveraging the unique properties of emerging nanotechnologies and nanodevices to create new systems and architectures with enhanced functionality and improved performance. About this, he states: “While investigating new devices or new architectures separately can be beneficial, combining the “right” devices, with the “right” architectures, in the “right” way, results in performance (e.g., speed, energy efficiency) gains which far exceed the sum of their individual benefits, while simultaneously providing a rich set of enhanced functionality for applications that otherwise may not be feasible using traditional technologies.”

Max aims to drive nanosystems to both improve computing at the heart of information technology through new approaches (e.g., new system architectures directly enabled by new nanotechnologies). He plans to leverage the richness of new nanomaterials, new computing and memory technologies, and heterogeneous integration to enable new applications beyond the scope of traditional computing. His ultimate goal is to drive nanosystems from concept to reality, resulting in hardware demonstrations of what future electronic systems might look like: from 3D chips with layers of sensing, memory, and logic densely integrated for on-chip ultra-high bandwidth sensing and processing, to computation finely-immersed in biological systems for disease monitoring and nano-implants.