Sam Nakib, President and CEO
 

Mr. Nakib is an industry veteran with over 30 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry in areas of marketing and sales, business development and general management.  Most recently, he was President and CEO of Berkäna Wireless, when it introduced the first fully integrated, CMOS, cellular RF transceiver for GSM/GPRS.  While at Berkäna, Mr. Nakib also oversaw development of the next-generation 3.5G transceiver, and directed the company’s acquisition by Qualcomm in December 2005.

Before Berkäna, Mr. Nakib served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Tactical Marketing at Cypress Semiconductor, and was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at IC Works when it was acquired by Cypress. Prior to that, he was with Texas Instruments for 18 years in senior international sales and management positions. In addition, Mr. Nakib serves on the Board of Directors of Mobius Microsystems. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry from California State.