SiPort Management Team
Dr. David Rolston
CEO
Dr. Rolston most recently served as chairman and CEO of Forterra Systems, a provider of enterprise-grade virtual-world software technology. Before joining Fonterra, he was general manager and vice president of engineering at ATI, Inc. where he managed the development of advanced graphics/video chips used in popular personal computers, mobile phones, HD televisions, and many well-known gaming consoles. He has also held general management and marketing positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc, and served as Chairman and CEO of Multigen-Paradigm. Dr. Rolston earned a BSE from Northern Arizona University, an MSE in systems engineering and a PhD in computer science from Arizona State University.
Aiman Kabakibo
Executive VP and Founder,
Responsible for SiPort’s Products and the Handset Market Segment
Aiman brings more than twenty two years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to co-founding SiPort, Aiman held the position of Vice President of VLSI and Subscriber Engineering at Terayon where he brought to market more than twenty integrated circuits for cable modem and CMTS products, which had a combined volume over ten million units. Aiman was also responsible for the development of the DOCSIS cable modem product line for Terayon, which shipped over 2 million units. Prior to his nine years at Terayon, Aiman held multiple engineering management positions at HAL Computer Systems/Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems. Aiman holds BSEE degree from University of Tennessee and MSEE degree from Purdue University.
Oren Arad
Vice President of System & Technology
Oren brings nearly fifteen years of experience in communication systems, signal processing and algorithms. Prior to co-founding SiPort, Oren was the PHY/system architect of Terayon where he defined Terayon’s innovative communication ICs. Prior to Terayon, Oren was a senior algorithm engineer at Ultracom and National Semiconductors, developing wire-line and wireless communication systems and voice products. Oren holds a BSEE (Cum Laude) from Tel-Aviv University and completed the MSEE program in San Jose University.
Sunder Velamuri
Vice President of Marketing
Sunder brings twenty four years of experience in the Semiconductor industry. He has defined visionary products for the mobile, embedded, automotive and consumer electronics markets. Prior to joining SiPort, Sunder served as the General Manager of Mobile Products at Nvidia Corporation. Prior to Nvidia, Sunder co-founded and led the marketing and product development efforts at MediaQ, a highly successful handset chip provider (acquired by Nvidia). Prior to the ten years at MediaQ/Nvidia, Sunder held management and technical positions at S3, Chips and Technologies and National Semiconductor. Sunder holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India and M.S.E.E degree from North Carolina A&T State University
Kurt Fry
Vice President of Sales
Kurt brings eighteen years of semiconductor sales experience to SiPort. Kurt comes to SiPort most recently from Sigmatel, Inc. a leader in SoC semiconductor solutions for the mobile consumer electronic space. While at Sigmatel, Inc., Kurt served as a member of the executive staff that managed a successful acquisition by Freescale Semiconductor in 2008. Prior to Sigmatel, Inc., Kurt was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at D2 Audio where he was responsible for sales of the class D audio start-up company based in Austin, TX and later acquired by Intersil. Prior to D2Audio, Kurt held senior sales management positions at Samsung Semiconductor the worldwide leader in DRAM and Flash Memory products. Prior to Samsung semiconductor, Kurt held several sales management positions at Cirrus Logic, Inc. during his near eight years with the industry leading analog IC manufacturer. Kurt holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles.