[UCI-Calit2] Henry Samueli presentation today-5 pm

[Anna Lynn Spitzer]

The Story of Broadcom - How a UCLA Professor Became a Successful Entrepreneur
Time:                 5 p.m.
Date:                  Thursday, March 6, 2014
Location:            McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium
Winter Quarter 2014 Entrepreneurship Seminar Series
Featuring Henry Samueli, Ph.D., co-founder and chief technical officer, Broadcom Corp.
Free and open to the public (seating is first-come, first-served)
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Dr. Henry Samueli is a co-founder of Broadcom Corp. and serves as chairman of the board and chief technical officer (CTO). In this role, he is responsible for driving the vision of Broadcom's research and development activities as well as helping to lead corporate-wide engineering development strategies.
Since 1985, Samueli has been a professor in the electrical engineering department at UCLA, where he has supervised advanced research programs in broadband communications circuits and digital signal processing, and he has published more than 100 technical papers in these areas. He has been on leave of absence from UCLA since 1995. Samueli is also a distinguished adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UCI. He was the chief scientist and one of the founders of PairGain Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the digital subscriber line (DSL) industry, and he consulted for PairGain 1988-1994. From 1980 until 1985, Samueli served in a variety of engineering management positions in the Electronics and Technology Division of TRW, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of military broadband communications systems.
Samueli received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from UCLA. He is a named inventor in 70 U.S. patents. In June 2012 he was awarded the Marconi Society Prize and Fellowship, and in December 2011 the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) named him the winner of the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
The Entrepreneurship Seminar Series provides a real-world introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship.  Through a series of presentations by prestigious entrepreneurs and industry leaders, participants will explore the various organizational, strategic and financial challenges facing successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs.  Topics include start-up strategies, business idea evaluation, business plan writing, and introduction to venture capital.
More information: http://www.eng.uci.edu/events/2014/2/story-broadcom-how-ucla-professor-became-successful-entrepreneur

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