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Hamid Rategh

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Venture Technology Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund

San Jose

About

Venture Technology Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund. He co-founded Tavanza and held executive and engineering leadership roles at startups and public companies, including SVP of Engineering at Genapsys and leadership positions at Inphi. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.

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Experience

  1. -Venture Technology Directorcurrent2022 — present
  2. GenapSysSVP Engineering2012 — 2022
  3. InphiSr. Director of Engineering2007 — 2012Santa Clara County, California, United States
  4. Scintera NetworksSenior Director Of Engineering2005 — 2007
  5. ANADIGICSSenior Director Of Engineering2003 — 2005San Jose, CA
  6. Celeritek Inc,VP of Engineering (Tavanza - Celeritek)2002 — 2003
  7. Tavanza Inc.Co-Founder & VP Engineering2000 — 2002Santa Clara, California

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityPh.D., Electrical Engineering
  2. Case Western Reserve UniversityM.S., Biomedical Engineering
  3. Sharif University of TechnologyBS, Electrical Eng

Skills & more

Embedded Systems2Life Sciences1Business Development1Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design1Entrepreneurship1Project Management1Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)1Systems Engineering1Digital Signal Processing1Product Development1Semiconductor Fabrication1Microfluidics1
+12 moreCross-functional Team LeadershipEngineeringBiomedical EngineeringInstrumentationBusiness StrategyBiotechnologyExecutive ManagementNew Business DevelopmentEngineering ManagementLeadershipTeam BuildingMedical Devices

From Hamid's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,575

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,569 more

Also attended Case Western Reserve University39

Will BruneSenior Associate at Mutual Capital PartnersKT MooreAdvisor at Clear VenturesPete KoomenGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAsheem ChandnaInvestor at Greylock PartnersMatt SteinChief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersHalle TeccoFounder, Rock Health & Natalist at Giant Ventures Global Llp

+ 33 more

Also attended Sharif University of Technology14

Arash AfrakhtehPartner at Pear VCRamin BehzadiGeneral Manager at Apex Innovative Investments VenturesEhsan ForoughiCo-Founder & CTO, Crewscope at FuturesightAaron RezaeiFormer General Partner at Archangel Network of FundsAmir PahlevanpourDirector, Business Development at Ontario Centre of InnovationSaeed KhoramiExecutive Vice President, Bridgewest Group at Bridgewest Ventures

+ 8 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Inphi4

Nicholas BrathwaiteFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalLip-Bu TanFounding Managing Partner at Celesta CapitalYoung SohnFounding Managing Partner at Walden CatalystFrancis HoPartner at Walden Catalyst

Also worked at Scintera Networks2

Jishnu BhattacharjeeManaging Director at Nexus Venture PartnersRene HaasCEO, ARM at SteelSky Ventures

Also worked at Tavanza Inc.1

Albert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm Ventures

Colleagues at Samsung Catalyst Fund

Adry Elmilady
Investment Principal at Samsung Catalyst Fund
Amit Shofar
Sr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund
Cindy Dole
Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Samsung Catalyst Fund
David Goldschmidt
Managing Director, Head of the Fund at Samsung Catalyst Fund
Gil Rotenberg
Investment Principal at Samsung Catalyst Fund
Ian Clow
Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund
Jayeon Yoo
Head of Finance Operations at Samsung Catalyst Fund
Jonathan Charles
Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund