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David Tahmassebi joined LedEngin September 2006 as President and CEO. Prior to joining LedEngin Mr. Tahmassebi served as EIR at WK Technology funds, a leading Taiwan based venture capital firm and lead investor of LedEngin.
Prior to joining WK, Mr. Tahmassebi served as President, CEO and Co-chairman of Berkana Wireless a fabless semiconductor startup focused on CMOS RF transceivers for the cellular market. Berkana was acquired by Qualcomm for $56M in December 2005.
Previous to Berkana, Mr. Tahmassebi was co-founder, president and CEO of Resonext Communications, an 802.11 fabless semiconductor company founded in November 1999. During his tenure as co-founder, President and CEO of Resonext Communication, Mr. Tahmassebi raised $68M from premier venture capital investors and sold Resonext to RF Micro Devices (RFMD) for $133M in December 2002.
Prior to Resonext, Mr. Tahmassebi held numerous executive level positions at VLSI Technology and Stanford Telecom.
Mr. Tahmassebi received his Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland in 1987 | 