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Tuesday, 09 May 2006 |
- Mohammad Musa, Founder
Mohammad founded EBA with a group of 4 graduate students in October 2004. Since then EBA has grown to include more than a hundred professional and academics members. Mohammad graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Computer Engineering in June 2003. He is currently working at a startup company as a SoC Verification Engineer. Previously he was a Systems Design Engineer and a R&D Software Engineer at Xilinx and Motion Contol Engineering, Inc respectively. Mohammad's passions include entrepreneurship, community work, and martial arts. - Oli Francis
Oli studied Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University. He saw robotic systems as an emerging market worth pursuing. As a Robotic Systems Lab staff member, Oli supervised project teams, designed and built control technology for underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), managed ROV deployments, and taught classes in Marine Operations. In 2002, Oli co-founded Idean Robotics and is currently the CEO. Idean creates control and telemetry systems for extreme environment robotics. Idean supplies hardware and software solutions to the underwater robotics market, aerospace, the industrial robotics industry and research-based organizations. In his free time, Oli enjoys SCUBA diving, sailing, community outreach and quality time with his family. Oli holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University. Currently, he is pursuing a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University.
- Jim Koch - Interim Dean of Engineering, Santa Clara University
We would like to thank Dean Koch for his support as acting dean of engineering.
- Magdalena Yesil
Magdalena Yesil joined USVP as a Venture Partner in 1998. As an entrepreneur, she had become acquainted with USVP while raising money for her own new ventures. "It was the people at USVP that made the difference," says Magdalena. "I was comfortable with the partners right away-they had software expertise, operating experience and were wise about building companies."
Magdalena tends to get involved at a very early stage, often with a skeletal team, an idea and little else. She enjoys team building and helping entrepreneurs polish and refine their marketing strategies, including identifying the best segments and positioning. She holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, both from Stanford University. Magdalena began her career as a design engineer at Advanced Micro Devices, later moving into product marketing roles with several smaller companies before founding CyberCash in the 1990's. She is author of Creating the Virtual Store, published by John Wiley & Sons.
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