Ian Brynjolfson's work experience includes:
- COO & VP Product at Claira since August 2021. Claira is a competency analytics engine that was built at MIT and is backed by top venture capital firms.
- Director R&D, Design - Memory Interface IP at Synopsys Inc from June 2018 to July 2021. Ian led a team of over 280 professionals across 9 global sites and implemented analytical techniques and machine learning to improve efficiency in silicon design.
- Director, Product Manager - Memory Interface IP at Synopsys Inc from September 2014 to June 2018. Ian led the DDR Program Management Office and managed interactions across multiple departments.
- Product Manager - Memory Interface at AMD from September 2013 to September 2014.
- Senior Silicon Design at Netronome Systems, Inc. from January 2012 to August 2013. Ian was responsible for architecture, design, and implementation of network hardware accelerators and DDR interface.
- Project Lead at AMD from June 2011 to December 2011, where they supported the memory interface on AMD's products.
- Timing Lead at AMD from June 2010 to June 2011, overseeing timing closure for DDR3 synthesized PHY.
- Block Implementation Lead/Project Timing Co-Lead at AMD from September 2009 to June 2010, leading the address block implementation for DDR3 PHY.
- Project Leader/Design Engineer at Analog Devices from November 2008 to September 2009, working on processor infrastructure design.
- Senior IC Design Engineer at Analog Devices from January 2007 to November 2008, specializing in custom VLSI design.
- IC Design Engineer at Analog Devices from February 2002 to December 2006, working on layout extraction and analysis flow and script management.
Ian Brynjolfson completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering at McGill University from 1994 to 1998. Ian then pursued a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering at the same university from 1999 to 2001. Finally, Ian enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they obtained an Executive Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a focus on Business Analytics from 2018 to 2020.
April 1, 2022 - present
August, 2021