Emad Hamadeh

Semiconductor industry specialist with focus on IC design, System on Chip (SoC), Embedded Systems Applications, Projects Management and Leadership with over 25 years of industrial and academic experience, most of which while living in the Silicon Valley – California – USA. Dr. Hamadeh held various engineering, and team leading positions at elite semiconductor companies such as Cypress Semiconductor and Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC/MMC). He was involved in the development and bring up of system platforms for major companies such as Cisco, Nortel, Nokia, Huawie, Alcatel, and Juniper Networks.

Academically, he served as a full-time Assistant Professor at the Computer Engineering Department – Birzeit University, the Dean of Wajdi University College of Technology (WUCT) in Jerusalem, and Head of Computer Science Program at Al-Quds-Bard College – Al-Quds University then became a lecturer at the Computer Engineering department. For the last couple of years, Dr. Hamadeh has been a senior Project Manager at ProGineer Technologies, responsible for the development of Hardware Design Verification, Product Validation and Physical Design teams. Dr Hamadeh received his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Electrical Engineering – VLSI from various Silicon Valley universities in California.

Al-Quds University