Sam Heidari

Dr. Sam Heidari has a 20-year career of management experience in the semiconductor industry and currently serves as Chairman at SiTune Corporation and Aerial Technologies as well as a board member of Haila. He has held executive positions at Quantenna Communications (CEO and Chairman), Doradus Technologies (CEO), and Ikanos (CTO). Dr. Heidari has served on the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors and on the advisory board for both the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments at the University of Southern California. Named the 2014 Executive of the Year by the Golden Bridge Awards, and the 2017 Executive of the Year by UBM, Dr. Heidari is a senior member of the IEEE and holds more than 50 U.S. and international patents. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California, and a B.S degree from Northeastern University, all in Electrical Engineering.