Academic Achievements

• B.Sc EE, Cairo University, 1968
• M.Sc Sold State Physics, American University in Cairo, 1970
• M.Sc. EE, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1971
• Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1973

Technical Contributions

• Inventor, Co-Inventor of over 50 US, European, and Japanese Patents
• A Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
• Contributed numers papers, keynote speeches, and panel guest at many technical conferences (ISSCC, IEDM, DAC, DATE, ICM)
• Developed Technologies of the Structures, Fundamental Physics and Operation of Charged-Coupled Devices (CCDs), which are the heart of Video Cameras at Bell Laboratories (73-75)
• Developed Industry's First 64K CCD Memory at Mnemonics (75-77)
• Led the development of the Industry's first CMOS 256K DRAM at Intel Corporation

Entrepreunuerial Contributions

• Founded ACTEL in 1985 and led the Invention and Development of leading Field-Programmable Gate-Array (FPGA) Architectures, Technologies and Products
• Actel Product earned Best Product of the Year Award from Electronic Product Magazine in 1988.
• Founded Aptix in 1989 and led the Invention and Development of Reconfigurable Interconnect and
  System Architectures, Technologies and Products
• Best Product of the Year Award from Electronic Product Magazine in 1991.
• Most Innovative Product of the Year Award from EDN Magazine in 1992

Community and Global Contributions

• Chairman of Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) in Silicon Valley since 1994
• President of American Moslem Scientists and Engineers (AMSE) 1992- 1994
• Member of Board of Trustees of Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) 1992-1994
• Member of Board of Directors of Granada Islamic School in Santa Clara 1990-1992
• Advisor to Government Organizations in Egypt, Syria and Malaysia
• Contributed to Numerous Conferences, Workshops and Panels in Egypt, Syria and Malaysia