Nik Bahram
Nik Bahram is a 35-year veteran in the tech industry, including executive leadership roles at NetApp, Western Digital, Virident, NXP Semiconductors and LSI Logic. He has leadership track record in 5 startups and 5 Fortune 500 companies. His organizations have achieved fastest ramp time to $1B revenue run rate in 3 different companies. Amongst his experiences, Nik has led 500-person global engineering teams, as well as startup engineering teams delivering graphics processors, secure microcontrollers, NFC/Secure Elements, iSCSI/Fiberchannel processors and multi-protocol WiFi chipsets. In product management, he was responsible for $4B product portfolio at NetApp. At NXP Marketing & Sales, he had $250M revenue responsibility in the mobile and computing segment worldwide with 6 top mobile and computing OEMs account engagements. His current focus is on integrated Cloud to Edge AI/ML learning and inference systems for Autonomous Systems. Nik volunteered pro-bono to develop the technology ecosystem in Santa Cruz, CA as the Executive Director for the non-profit Santa Cruz Works (SCW). He developed the SCW Accelerator program in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz connecting entrepreneurs with mentors and capital. Nik holds BSEE and MSEE in Computer Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, MS in Finance from Boston College, Certificate in Business Administration from Harvard University, and has completed the Executive Education in Strategy & Innovation Management from Babson Graduate School of Business.