Morteza Saidi
Chief Technical Officer
Resonext Communications, Inc.

Morteza Saidi, Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of Resonext, has over 19 years of experience managing and developing RF products. In his previous position as Director of RF Development at VLSI Technology, Morteza developed the first 0.2-micron RF CMOS models and RF blocks for wireless applications. Other products he was instrumental in developing included analog baseband processors for CDMA application, synthesizers and transceiver for Bluetooth applications.

Prior to VLSI, Morteza worked 17 years with Philips Semiconductor where he developed the second-generation IS136 RF chip set using the latest BiCMOS technology. In addition, Morteza led the joint development of the first CDMA integrated RF and baseband product, and was also involved in a number of other core technology developments. Such cores included: FM/IF, Mixers, LNAs, and VCOs. These developments all led to a number of products that included analog cellular, IS136 GSM, Wireless LAN, and GPS.

Morteza received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan and a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan in 1979.