Management
Pradeep Mishra - President & CEO
Pradeep is serving as President & CEO since Feb'23. Pradeep joined as board of director in July 2019 after leading $3.4M seed round investment.. Pradeep has over 32+ years of experience in the field of chip design and semiconductors. Pradeep is a serial entrepreneur and has started, operated and grown Tech businesses for 12+ years. He served as tech committee chair and advisory board member for San Diego Angel group NuFund (formerly known as Tech Coast Angels - San Diego).
Rudy Beraha - Chief Technology Officer
Rudy has been CTO of Atlazo since 2017, where he has led all semiconductor design, software engineering and operations. Rudy expanded his leadership role and served as CEO from August 2022 to Feb 2023. Rudy has 30-years of experience in semiconductor design, previously serving in leadership roles at Qualcomm, Sun Micro and Hewlett-Packard. These roles included extensive experience leading multi-disciplinary development of AI/ML hardware accelerators and System-on-Chip (SoC) products.
Salem Emara - Head of Hardware Engineering
With over 25 years of experience in digital SOC and ASICs design, Salem has specialized in developing technology for communication and multi-media applications, with a particular focus on AI/ML and DSP. Salem's expertise in leading the development of several successful ASICs IP and SOCs from concept to mass production has been honed through previous work experience at Qualcomm, AMD, and ATI. Currently, at Atlazo, Salem is responsible for the specification, architecture, design, and implementation of various digital IPs, including ML/AI accelerators, PPG/ECG, ANC, DIGMIC, Hyperbus, and Camif.
Mike Bailey - Head of Software Engineering
Mike is a seasoned software and firmware lead with emphasis on low power SoCs and AI/ML applications. He has 27 years of experience in various aspects of software/firmware development for mobile devices and ultra-low power devices and SoCs with emphasis on audio, vision, and AI/ML. Prior to Atlazo, Mike was a lead software architect for multiple products at Qualcomm, Duncan Solutions, and Borso's Engineering.
Peter Huang - Board of Director
Peter Huang joined the Atlazo Board of Directors in August 2022. Mr. Huang is Chief Manufacturing Officer at Empower Semiconductor and member of Band of Angels investment group. He has had a distinguished career at TSMC North America, LSI Avago, Broadcom, Conexant and Applied Materials.
Amir Mobini - Executive Advisor
Amir is a serial entrepreneur with 27+ years of experience in founding and leading semiconductor companies. He is the Head of Global Video Business at Sercomm and has been a senior advisor to multiple start-ups and public companies focusing on fundraising, business/growth strategies and technology for the last 6 years. Previously, he served in leadership roles at Zenverge (acquired by NXP), Conexant, Globespan (acquired by Conexant), iCompression (acquired by Globespan), Oak Technology and IBM.