* Incorporated in 2020, Ai Linear targets the “distributed intelligence” field with ultra-low-power Ai-Software-In-Sensor Solutions. * Offering (patented) software configurable low-power tiny digital-signal-processing (DSP), digital Machine Learning (ML) back-end combined with mixed-mode front-end IC solutions. * Aiming for AI with Zero-Cloud, Zero-Internet, Aware-Yet-Asleep asynchronous, low latency, safe, and private AI electronics near sensors (ai Dust™). *Sole inventor of majority of 35+ patents (including 2 patents pending) in Analog Ai Engines, and Analog compute-in-memory, current-mode and voltage-mode data-converters, and ultra-low power analog circuits (e.g., CMOS sub-1V RR amplifiers and buffers, voltage and current references, etc.)*Ai Linear's funding to date has come from bootstrapping and U.S. government grant

*Raised and managed a $220 million technology hedge fund (The Elliptical Fund) and delivered positive returns*Performed equity (buy-side) research in technology*Maintained investment thesis regularly through attending to quarterly investment conferences, meetings with company management, and traveling to Asia*Performed market timing analysis (domestic-international equity market correlation), trading (quant considerations), macro & micro stock market inflow-outflow, sentiment sampling, and equity valuation*Interfaced with investor and service providers (prime brokers, fund administrators, accountant & auditors, and fund attorneys), and outsourced information technology systems and procedures

*Managed $50+ million Polaris technology fund, and $100+ million Telecom fund and generated positive returns*Started the Asia technology buy-side research team*Performed equity research analysis with a focus on Asia in field of technology, including semiconductors (supply chain in PC, communications, memory, and consumer electronics), storage networking, and wireless & wireline communications companies *Conducted quarterly interviews with 100s of company executives (including in China, Vietnam, Russia, and others) and initiated investment thesis and established research procedures for each sector and in each emerging market *performed due diligence and analyzed private companies

*As a sell-side analyst, covered the analog semiconductor equities and provided investment analysis for the buy-side *Analysis included technology supply chain monitoring & market trends inflection points, competitive dynamics, supply trends, management evaluations, cost & pricing consideration, and equity valuation*Published and maintained investment thesis and research reports, met with broad-range of technology and company executives*Performed due diligence for pre-IPO analog semiconductor companies.

*Responsible for Analog & Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit (IC) product development from inception to production release*Built an analog design team of about 25 engineers, developed and refreshed company’s product line in less than 3 years to account for more than 80% of revenues*Created an analog IC intellectual property portfolio consisting of more than a dozen patents*Engaged with customers and collaborated with the marketing department in market selection and new product definitions*Designed to specification, time to market, and profit maximization, and provided cost and ROI analysis for every new analog IC product*Engaged and empowered every engineer to own each new product from inception to volume production release. * Performed hands on design of analog and mixed-signal ICs, including voltage regulators, A/D and D/A converters, temperature sensors, charge pump chips used in variety of applications including PC, consumer, wireless and ATE applications*Developed libraries, Bipolar & leading-edge CMOS device modeling, as well as a full real-time simulation protocols, automation & CAD procedure that substantially increased 1st pass success ratio and time-to-market for new products*Performed test and pre-production qualification before hand-off to manufacturing*Reported and coordinated development status with the executive staff including CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors. *Key contributor to turn Telcom around from a commodity chip company to a leading edge high-performance SOC mixed-signal company, which was later sold to Microchip Technology.

* Defined & Designed single and dual CMOS audio D/A convertor ICs for PC multi-media cards and consumer electronic applications. * Built a mixed-signal IC design & CAD team * Established IC design (chip design, simulation, CAD, test, and foundry modeling outsourcing) procedures* Responsible for new products from design to release to production * Performed competitive market analysis, product definition, and engaged in technology transfer and partnership agreements* Assisted in restructuring Media Vision to a semiconductor company that was later sold to Aureal Semiconductor (and subsequently acquired by Creative Labs)

*Specialized in mixed-signal data-converters*Responsible for a cross-functional design & defintion teams focused on mixed-signals ICs for the video, imaging, test, and defense markets*Duties included market selection, product definition, and IC design (including CAD, characterization, and IC pre-production test)*Spent about 20% of time traveling and visiting customer in Asia*Set and monitored team project goals including schedule, financial, and technical objectives*Analyzed competition, set product positioning strategies, and pricing/cost objectives*Developed IC design libraries as well as semiconductor device modeling to improve first pass success*Co-invented a number A/D and D/A converters*Designed Amplifiers, comparators, S/H, and voltage regulators in CMOS, Bipolar, BiCMOS, and BiFET technologies*Defined and designed about 70% of Micro Power’s new products, and released to production over 30 IC products*Part owner and part of the transition team that purchased Micro Power Systems from Seiko Epson, turned it around, and sold it to Exar

*One of the founding IC designers of the CMOS data converters product group*Responsibilities included chip design, layout, characterization, and IC pre-production release*Assisted in CMOS fabrication process characterization & Device modeling for IC simulation*Co-invented and patented a CMOS voltage reference*Co-designed and released to production a number of 8 &12-bit D/A converters and a high-speed A/D converter*Precisions Monolithic was subsequently sold to Analog Devices.