Sam Kanawati
FounderFounder at Simple Strips
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSimple Strips · YC
Founder at Simple StripsYC W20
Intro paths
YC
Sam went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Sam can intro founders to Simple Strips's investors below.
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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?
- Founder at Simple Strips
- 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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Shared employers
Also worked at Qatar Foundation2
Also worked at Texas Instruments74
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Also worked at Qualcomm123
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