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Integrated Systems Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Curtis Ling, Maxlin

Talk Title: Founding to IPO: A Perspective on Technology Entrepreneurship and Fabless Design

Abstract: In the ultracompetitive world of technology startups, what makes the difference between success and failure? What are some of the key factors to creating a profitable, scalable company in the fabless semiconductor space and taking it beyond an IPO? Though this talk cannot provide definitive answers to these complex questions, I will give you a close look at how one fabless company, MaxLinear, started from scratch in 2003, defined and developed its first successful products, became profitable and went IPO six years later with 1.5 rounds of venture funding, and has since continued to innovate and grow in a challenging business environment. We will cover topics such as

· Precursors leading to starting a technology company

· The crucial interaction between engineering and marketing in defining products

· Technical challenges in integrating broadband communication receivers, and

· Business challenges of scaling a company beyond a tight-knit founding team.


Biography: Dr. Curtis Ling, is Co-founder of MaxLinear, Inc. and has been its Chief Technical Officer since April 2006 and serves as its Director. Dr. Ling has 18 years of experience in research and product development in the fields of RFIC Design and wireless systems. Prior to MaxLinear, he served as a Principal Engineer at Silicon Wave (now RF Micro Devices, San Diego), where he was responsible for RFIC design of Cable Tuner and Bluetooth SoC products. From 1993 to 1999, Dr. Ling served as a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he established a research program and laboratories in wireless communications and consumer electronics. He has co-authored several publications in technical journals and conferences. He received a BSEE from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Host: Prof. Hossein Hashemi, Prof. Mahta Moghaddam, Prof. Mike Chen

More Info: http://mhi.usc.edu/events/event-details/?event_id=898694

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Hossein Hashemi

Event Link: http://mhi.usc.edu/events/event-details/?event_id=898694