Amir Kaivani

Amir Kaivani has worked in the technology industry since 2014. In that time, they have held a number of roles with various companies. In 2014, they were a Senior ASIC Designer/Architect and Digital IC Designer at Elliptic Technologies. In 2015, they were a Software Developer (R&D) at Vecima Networks Inc., working with Data-over-cable, Digital Video, C, Java, GIT, Yocto bitbake, Docker, Kubernetes, Ant, nginx, Jetty, Network programming, JSON, Yang, and more. In 2016, they were a Senior Product Development Engineer at Microsemi Corporation, working with ASIC Design, Verification & Validation, and FPGA RTL, using SystemVerilog, UVM, Python, Subversion, and Cadence Tools (RC, iRun, Simvision, etc.). In 2019, they became a Senior Engineer at Microchip Technology Inc., working with ASIC Design, Verification & Validation, using SystemVerilog, UVM, Python, Subversion, and Cadence Tools (RC, iRun, Simvision, etc.). Amir is currently a Senior ASIC Digital Design Verification Engineer at Untether AI.

Amir Kaivani earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Hardware Engineering from Islamic Azad University between 2002 and 2005. Amir then obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Architecture from Shahid Beheshti University between 2005 and 2007. After that, they received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Digital Electronics from Shahid Beheshti University between 2007 and 2011. Lastly, they completed a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan between 2011 and 2015.