Where does Sam Kanawati work?

Sam Kanawati is Founder of Simple Strips.

What companies did Sam Kanawati found?

Sam Kanawati founded Simple Strips.

Where did Sam Kanawati go to school?

Sam Kanawati studied at Y Combinator (Winter batch); The University of Texas at Austin (Master’s Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering); American University of Beirut (Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Computer Engineer).

Sam Kanawati

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Founder at Simple Strips

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About

Sam Kanawati is Head of Hardware Engineering at Nimbus, a Y Combinator (Winter 2020) company. His technical background covers sensor design, full system testing, and experimental design, along with firmware and hardware development, embedded systems, DSP, microprocessors, signal processing, and control system design. He works with tools including Matlab and Simulink.

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Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Experience

NimbusHead of Hardware Engineeringcurrent2021 — presentAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States
Qatar FoundationR&D Hardware Engineer2020 — 2021Doha, Qatar
Simple Strips (YC W20)Founder, CEO2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Texas InstrumentsSystem Engineer, Digital Light Processing2019Dallas, Texas, United States
The University of Texas at AustinTeaching Assistant, Real Time Signal Processing Senior Course2017 — 2019Austin, Texas, United States
QualcommSoftware Engineer Intern2017Greater San Diego Area
Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant2015Greater Pittsburgh Area

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Public SpeakingTeam LeadershipMatlabC++VHDLJavaLabVIEWCMicrosoft ExcelLaTeXTensorflowResearch

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Languages Arabic · English

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Who is Sam Kanawati?: Sam Kanawati is Head of Hardware Engineering at Nimbus, a Y Combinator (Winter 2020) company. His technical background covers sensor design, full system testing, and experimental design, along with firmware and hardware development, embedded systems, DSP, microprocessors, signal processing, and control system design. He works with tools including Matlab and Simulink.
Where does Sam Kanawati work?: Sam Kanawati is Founder of Simple Strips.
What companies did Sam Kanawati found?: Sam Kanawati founded Simple Strips.
Where did Sam Kanawati go to school?: Sam Kanawati studied at Y Combinator (Winter batch); The University of Texas at Austin (Master’s Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering); American University of Beirut (Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical and Computer Engineer).

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