Yusuf Attarwala

Yusuf is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 25 years of experience in software development and technical leadership. He was most recently Director of Web Engineering at Seagate Technologies where he led a team developing Cloud Solutions for consumers and Applications for self-encrypting hard-drives. Yusuf was Co-founder and Vice President of Web Technologies at Axiom Design which was acquired by Mentor Graphics. Yusuf has held management and Principal architect positions at several Silicon Valley startups, including Chegg (now a public company), Berkeley Design Automation ( now part of Siemens) and Lyveminds ( later acquired by Seagate ) focusing on computer graphics, UI/UX and Web technologies.

Yusuf holds two Masters degrees in Engineering from UCLA and from University of Iowa. He also holds a US Patent. For fun, he enjoys creating art in different media.