Sam Kanawati
FounderFounder at Simple Strips
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSimple Strips · YC
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Javier SolterounlockedSam: together at Carnegie Mellon University (2015)
×2Sam: together at Qualcomm
×7Sam: together at Y Combinator
×2Sam: together at Texas Instruments
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.
Founder at Simple StripsYC W20
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YC
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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
Skills & more
Public SpeakingTeam LeadershipMatlabC++VHDLJavaLabVIEWCMicrosoft ExcelLaTeXTensorflowResearch
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Deep LearningNeuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)Machine LearningStart-up VenturesAlgorithmsdeep learningLanguages Arabic · English
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Frequently asked questions
- 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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