Major Highlights

· Consulting: Intellectual Property and Integrated Circuit Design

Technical evaluation of IP portfolios from major corporations and startups; analysis of potential IP infringement (evidence of use, reverse engineering and claim charts); and expert witness for IP infringement and trade secret cases. Development of IP protection strategy for startups including development of new IP through collaboration with companies’ executives and engineers. University Liaison for Invention Development Management Company (including The University of Texas at Austin). Consulting with semiconductor companies on various design and strategic issues.

· Senior Vice President of Engineering at KeyEye Communication, Inc. Built and lead a team of 50+ Analog, DSP, Systems and Digital engineers distributed in Sacramento, Minneapolis, Florida, India and Australia to the development of industry’s lowest power 10GBASE-T solution. The complex chip included 800MHz custom DSP, 1Gsps 9-bit quad ADCs, 1Gsps 10-bit DACs, 3.2GHz PLLs and an IFFT/FFT custom ultra-low power processor for Echo/Next cancellation all operating as a single system. Also drove the intellectual property strategy and over 18 patent applications generated on the technology. Was directly involved in fund raising and pursuing potential M&A opportunities.

· Sr. Director of Engineering for the Communications Technology Division at Xilinx, Inc. This includes a team of 60+ engineers in Austin, Minneapolis, San Jose and Ames. Responsible for producing the high-speed serial Multi-Gigabit Transceiver technology (622Mbps – 11.1Gbps) in the platform FPGAs (Virtex Family) programmable to support over 10 different serial technologies. The technology represented the 1^st FPGAs to be introduced in the marketplace with greater than 4Gbps serial I/O technology. The challenge was producing 1^st pass working silicon in extremely advanced process technologies which required developing of redundancy, calibration and error correction technology to offset the variability of the processes. Awarded innovation of the year award in 2003. In addition, responsible for the entire product line (from design to production) of Xilinx’s 1^st ASSP family (RocketPHY) operating at 10.3Gbps and 10.7Gbps. There were over 50 patent applications on the different facets of the technology. Selected to serve on Xilinx’s Patent Committee.

· President & Managing Partner in TraCHip, LLC, an intellectual property company.

· Co-Founded a development stage company, MadMax Optics, INC. and guided it through the seed round funding.

· Part of establishing and managing a startup company, RocketChips, INC (investor, partner and Vice President of Wired Products) from inception in 1997 till $280 Million acquisition in 2000.

· Managed multi-company and multi-country (Japan, India and US) IC design products as well as major customers including INTEL, SONY and OKI. Major products included cutting edge high-speed serial transceiver technology ranging from 1Gbps in 1997 to 10Gbps by 2000, IEEE1394 transceivers (400Mbps) and programmable ADCs and DAC Intellectual Property.

· Responsible for design of several power management IC products while with Texas Instruments. This includes several of the TPS202X, TPS203X, TPS204X, TPS208X and TPS209X family members. In addition part of ASIC design team for cell-phone applications.

· 19 patents granted and several pending in the areas of multi-gigabit serial transceivers, high-speed high-resolution ADCs and DACs, Magnetic RAMs, RFID, DSP filters and Power Management.

· Over 70 technical publications in National and International Journals and Conferences.

· Co-Founded the Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Center at Iowa State University in 1996. The funding grew from $300K in 1996 to over $4M in 1998. Served as Director of the Center. Attracted sponsorship for the Center from major companies that include Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Rockwell, RocketChips, Non-Volatile Electronics and VTC.

· Served as Chair of the VLSI area in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University.

· Established, drove, participated and negotiated Intellectual Property Strategy at all positions since 1994.

EXPERIENCE

2003 – Present Intellectual Property Consultant

Technical evaluation of IP portfolios from major corporations and startups; analysis of potential IP infringement (evidence of use, reverse engineering and claim charts); and expert witness for IP infringement and trade secret cases. Development of IP protection strategy for startups including development of new IP through collaboration with companies’ executives and engineers. University Liaison for Invention Development Management Company (including The University of Texas at Austin). Consulting with semiconductor companies on various design and strategic issues. Some of this work is done through TraCHip, LLC and Green Semiconductor, Inc.

Expert witness cases:

Five cases (2 pending) including testimony at the International Trade Commission on high profile patent infringement cases. List available upon request.

Mar 08 – Present President, CEO and Founder

Green Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX

Founded a development stage company with the near-term goal of monetization of intellectual property (90nm ADC, DAC, 10Gbps SERDES, DSP filters, FFT processor, PCS layers and more) and a long-term goal of funding and building an environmentally and socially conscious high-tech company.

Mar 03 – Present President & Managing Partner

TraCHip, LLC, Austin, TX

Private intellectual property company. Manage a small portfolio of patents.

Mar 08 – Mar 10 Chief Technology Officer

Abbey House Media, Austin, TX

Web commerce and software development startup focused on digital media including eBooks and Audio Books.

Oct 05 – March 08 Senior Vice President of Engineering

KeyEye Communications, Inc., Sacramento, CA

Managed and built an organization with 50+ team members (Analog, Systems, DSP, Digital, Verification, Physical Design) with an innovative, startup oriented, staffing strategy across several design sites (Sacramento, Minneapolis, India and Australia). The result is industry’s lowest power 10GBASE-T single chip product. In addition to the management and the vision, had hands-on reasonability for the power architecture, modeling and execution.

Jul 01 – Oct 05 Senior Director of Engineering, Communications Technology Division

Xilinx, Inc., Austin, TX

Managed an organization with 60+ team members across 4 sites in analog, digital and mixed-signal IC design, modeling, application engineering, systems engineering, product characterization, product engineering, production test engineering, advanced technologies, layout, CAD and information technology.

§ Organizational and technical vision for Xilinx’s high-speed serial I/O and ASSP technologies (180nm, 130nm, 90nm, 65nm and 45nm generations). This includes contributing to the vision for UXPi, an industry initiative for evangelizing 10Gbps technology, and the driving of industry standards to support further products.

§ Products: Virtex-II PRO X (2 family members), Virtex-4 (5 family members) and RocketPHY (3 non-FPGA family members).

§ Technical marketing support for both the platform FPGAs and the ASSPs.

§ Customer support and interaction for current and future products.

§ Partnership development with several tier 1 and tier 2 companies for process technology, packaging, licensing, high-speed connectors, high-speed backplanes and design. Including establishing industry initiatives at OIF and IEEE committees.

§ Involvement in all aspects of the production of IC design including quality assurance and reliability.

§ Served on patent committee for the Company.

§ Recipient of the innovation of the year award for the Virtex-II Pro X product.

Mar 01 – Jul 01 Co-Founder, President and CEO

MadMax Optics, Inc., Austin, TX

Co-Founded the company to produce revolutionary simulation software for the optical component industry. Opened the main design center in Hamden, CT. Guided the company through the seed round financing. This included putting together a 5 year business plan, prospectus and investor presentations.

Aug 98 – Feb 01 Vice President of Wired Products

RocketChips, INC., Austin, TX (Acquired by Xilinx, Inc. in Nov 2000)

Contributed to the technical, managerial, organizational and marketing leadership for the company’s three design centers in Minneapolis (MN), Ames (IA) and Austin (TX). Directly responsible for approximately 35 employees in Wired.

- Products and IP: SERDES and PCS layers for Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3z, 802.3ab), 2.5Gbps products for serial backplane applications (including OC-48), 10Gbps (IEEE 802.3ae and OC-192), IEEE 1394 and high-speed high-resolution ADCs and DACs (80Ms/s – 250Ms/s).

- Involved with the company since its inception in January 1997 as an early investor and technical and product development through the Iowa State University research work.

- Managed multi-company and multi-country (Japan, India and US) projects as well as major customers including INTEL, SONY and OKI.

Aug 96 - Jul 98 Contract IC Designer (Cellular and wireless ICs - power management)

Mixed-Signal Products Group, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

Contract design for mixed-signal power management ASICs for cellular applications. Involved in the design, implementation and test of several high volume production integrated circuits (TPS202X, TPS203X, TPS204X, TPS208X and TPS209X).

Jun 95 - Jul 96 Contract IC Designer (Analog-to-Digital Converters)

Defense Systems & Electronics Group, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

Investigation and recommendation of a very high-speed high-resolution pipelined multi-path analog-to-digital converter architecture for communication applications.

Jan 85 - Jul 86 Software Development Engineer

Cupertino Integrated Circuits Division, Hewlett Packard Company,

Santa Clara, CA

Design, implementation and maintenance of circuit design analysis product (HPSPICE).

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Jul 00 – present Collaborating Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

- Continue to guide MS and PhD graduate students and serve on MS and PhD committees at ISU and at University of Texas, Austin.

Jul 94 – Jul 00 Associate Professor with Tenure

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

(On leave of absence from Aug 98-Jul 00. Several leaves while

consulting for Texas Instruments)

Aug 88 - Jul 94 Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Research & Teaching

Hired in 1988 by ISU to start the VLSI area in the department. This included establishing research area in VLSI CAD (Symbolic Circuit Analysis, Synthesis Methods for Data Converters) and Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (Data Converters, Gigabit speeds Communication Circuits, Magneto-resistive devices).

The largest impact has been the establishment of industrial contacts and the founding of the Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Center. The funding commitments on which Dr. Hassoun was a PI or Co-PI have grown to approximately $4.3 Million by 1998.

EDUCATION

Jan 86 - Aug 1988 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Thesis: Symbolic Analysis of Large-Scale Networks

- Research Assistant (NSF grant) and a Teaching Assistant (VLSI area).

Jan 84 - Dec 1984 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Thesis: A Study of a Semi-Direct Method for Computer Analysis of Large-Scale Circuits

- Research Assistant (IBM grant).

Aug 80 -Dec 1983 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.

- Teaching assistant during senior year.

- Minor in Computer Mathematics and Computer Science

PATENTS

19 patents granted and several pending in the areas of multi-gigabit serial transceivers, high-speed high-resolution ADCs and DACs, Magnetic RAMs, RFID, DSP filters and Power Management.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

- During academic career from 1988 – 1998, secured 25 research grants while at Iowa State University and as part of the Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Center totaling approximately $4.3 Million from 1988- 1998. The sponsors included: Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Rockwell, RocketChips, Computing Devices International, Control Data Corporation (CDC), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation, Carver Trust Foundation, US Department of Education, Center for Non-Destructive Evaluation

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Major Professor for 26 Graduate Students (8 PhDs and 20 MS (all thesis option)) from 1988 – 2005.

HONORS and AWARDS

Several honors and awards including Innovation of the Year by Xilinx in 2003, Faculty Teaching Award at Iowa State University and Senior Member of the IEEE.

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Authored or co-authored over 70 technical publications in Technical Journals, Conferences and six chapters of three different books on circuit analysis.

INVITED TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

Over 40 technical presentations at various conferences, workshops and companies.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Standards – Participant and voter on IEEE 802 Standards Committee (802.3 group).

Conferences & Workshops – Served as conference chair, on technical program committees, on organizing committees, publicity chair, special sessions chair and steering committees for more than 20 occasions covering more than 7 conferences and workshops.

Reviewer – Editor and Referee for IEEE, IEE and other journals in the area of VLSI and circuits and systems.