Speakers & Panelists

Designing Chips with CHIPS:

West Coast Pre-Silicon Summit

3 November 2023  |  San Diego, California

Meet Our Speakers & Panelists

Andrea Belz

Andrea Belz, Ph.D.

Vice Dean of Transformative Initiatives
University of Southern California

Ted Cacouris

Ted Cacouris, Ph.D.

Head of Product Development
Cymer

Dr. PR. "Chidi" Chidambaram

PR. “Chidi” Chidambaram, Ph.D.

Vice President of Engineering
Qualcomm

Deborah M. Cooper

Deborah M. Cooper

President, DC Associates, LLC
2022 IEEE-USA President

Christopher Earl

Christopher Earl

Assistant Deputy Director and Southern California Regional Advisor
California Office of the Small Business Advocate

Jennifer Fong

Jennifer Fong

Director, Continuing Education Products and Business Development
IEEE Educational Activities

Sandeep K. Gupta

Sandeep Gupta, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Southern California

Deirdre Hanford

Deirdre Hanford

Chief Security Officer, Corporate Staff
Synopsys

Subramanian S. Iyer

Subramanian S. Iyer, Ph.D.

Director
National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP)

Andrew B. Kahng

Andrew B. Kahng, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of CSE and ECE and Holder of the Endowed Chair in High-Performance Computing
University of California, San Diego

Michael Karavolias, Ph.D.

Michael Karavolias, Ph.D.

Sustainable Innovation Specialist,
GO-Biz

Kathleen A. Kramer, Ph.D.

Kathleen A. Kramer, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of San Diego
IEEE President-Elect 2024

Shari Liss

Shari Liss

Executive Director,
SEMI Foundation

Wilbur Luo

Wilbur Luo

Vice President, Product Engineering, Custom IC
Custom IC, Packaging, PCB and Multiphysics Analysis Group
Cadence Design Systems

Robert Meyer

Robert Meyer

Director of Economic Development
Employment Training Panel

Albert P. Pisano

Albert (Al) P. Pisano, Ph.D.

Dean and Walter J. Zable
Distinguished Professor
Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California San Diego

Eileen Sánchez

Eileen Sánchez

CASCADE Program Director
California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)

Michelle Thompson

Michelle Thompson

Chair, IEEE San Diego Section
CEO, Open Research Institute, Inc.

C.K. Ken Yang, Ph.D.

C.K. Ken Yang, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California in Los Angeles

Falan Yinug

Falan Yinug

Director of Economic Strategy
Qualcomm Incorporated

Meet Our Conference Organizers

Kathy Hayashi

Kathy Hayashi

Qualcomm
Director, IEEE Region 6

Tim Lee

Tim Lee

2024 IEEE-USA President-Elect
Boeing Technical Fellow

Melissa Carl

Melissa Carl

Director of Business Development
Career & Member Services
IEEE-USA