Wissam Rabadi
Electrical & Electronics Engineering graduate from University of Jordan, MSc from University of Detroit, PhD from University of Central Florida, MBA from University of Texas at Austin. Now working at Arab Science & Technology Foundation.
| Headline: | Service Provider |
| Website: | http://www.astf.net |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Software Engineering, Web Development |
| Location: | Amman, Jordan |
| Groups: | Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE) |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | angle investing, business development, Entrepreneurship, innovation managment, science and technology, strategic planing, technology transfer and commercialization, vc |
| Schools: | University of Central Florida, University of Detroit Mercy, University of Texas System - Austin |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Arab Science & Technology Foundation |
| Position: | Director, Investment and Commercialization of Technology Program |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | An independent Pan-Arab, non-profit, NGO with the mission of promoting and supporting innovation in Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship for the purpose of economical and social and development cross the Arab World.
The Investment in Technology Program within the Foundation is responsible for designing and implementing different regional programs in order to extract innovation, Commercializing R&D output, improve the overall deal flow, to screen and refine potential business ideas for licensing and investment, to conduct due diligence and to work with VCs and Angle Investors in the region to ensure successful transactions and value creation. The program is also responsible for the design and implementation of the annual “Investing in Technology Forum” ® |
| Employer: | Kaddb-Electronic Systems Group (ESG) |
| Position: | Director of Business Development |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2007 |
| Description: | ESG is a Public-Private joint-venture company with King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB). The company’s main objective is to provide integrated Electronic, Communication and IT solutions for Jordan’s Security needs. Technologies involved in these solutions include: Information & Communication Security, Intelligent Surveillance Cameras, Broadband Wireless Communications, Robotics, Geo-Information Systems (GIS), and Simulation.
Responsibilities include: Interfacing with different local and international Governmental and Defence agencies to assess their requirements, developing strategic plans for new businesses, overseeing Research and Development efforts, developing marketing plans to commercialize the developed solutions at a regional and global levels |
| Employer: | American University in Dubai (AUD) |
| Position: | Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Teaching classes in the areas of Microprocessors Architecture and Design, Image and Video Processing, Software Engineering, Computer Networking and Data Communications. Introduced and taught a graduate-level class on Entrepreneurship for Engineers. |
| Employer: | Zakroff Group, LLC. |
| Position: | Director of Strategy Development |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2004 |
| Description: | The company provided business development consulting services to assist U.S. Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SME) clients conducting business in Emerging Markets (China, Middle East and Latin America). Responsibilities include: Market Assessments, Competitive Intelligence, Strategy Development, Business Planning and Marketing Support. The company focused mainly on the Energy (Oil and Gas) and IT industries. |
| Employer: | Texas Instruments, Inc., Corporate Strategic Marketing Group |
| Position: | Manager |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2001 |
| Description: | Managing the strategic planning effort of addressing long term strategic issues facing the company, including: formulation of growth strategies, M&A, commercialization of emerging technologies and building strategic alliances. Served on the reviewing committee of the TI $100M Venture Capital Fund, and the TI $20M University Research Fund. Designed several strategic initiatives that were institutionalized and adopted by several business units within the company. |
| Employer: | Texas Instruments, Inc.,Technology Commercialization Group |
| Position: | Manager |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Identified and assessed new technologies and high growth emerging markets. Led the commercialization and development of several new vertical business units including: optical communication, security solutions, medical, digital video recorders, Voice-over-IP and internet music (MP3), that led to the generation of over $100M in revenue. Continuously interfacing and coordinating with other internal groups and business units within the company (sales, R&D, product line groups) as well as external parties (customers, 3rd parties, start-ups, academia and research centers). |
| Employer: | Texas Instruments, Inc.,Digital Imaging Business Unit |
| Position: | Worldwide Marketing Manager |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Developed a multi-million Dollar business unit from identification all they way to formulation, implementation and value realization. Prepared the business case and participated in formulating the overall business plan and strategy. Managed the worldwide marketing effort, including product development, customers’ visits, regional training, pricing policy and negotiating licensing agreements. Managed major accounts including: HP, Kodak, Konica and other Asian OEMs. |
| Employer: | Texas Instruments, Inc.,Visual Telecommunications Department |
| Position: | Senior Member of Technical Staff |
| Time period: | January 1995 - December 1996 |
| Description: | Developed the software architecture and library for digital video application. Implemented international communication standards developed by the ITU and ISO such as JPEG and MPEG. Documentation and commercial production of the software package. Provided on-site training and support to major customer including: Sony, Sharp, Casio and AT&T |
| Employer: | University of Central Florida, Center for Research in Electro-Optics and Lasers |
| Position: | Graduate Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 1992 - December 1995 |
| Description: | Developed a laser radar and target recognition computer simulation system. The software was implemented on a parallel supercomputer (nCUBE6400). The output of the computer simulation was then compared with the actual data collected from the field. The Four year project was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. |
| Employer: | University of Houston, Computer Science Department |
| Position: | Adjunct Professor |
| Time period: | December 1997 |
| Description: | Taught a graduate level class on the subject of computer vision and image processing. Over 30 Masters and Ph.D. students attended the class. The class covered various topics such as multidimensional signal processing, image filtering, image compression and coding, image analysis and understanding, and pattern recognition. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Texas System - Austin |
| Time period: | 2000 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Central Florida |
| Time period: | 1995 |
| Degree: | Computer Engineering, PhD |
| University: | University of Detroit Mercy |
| Time period: | 1991 |
| Degree: | Electrical & Computer Engineering, MSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | [1] W. A. Rabadi, “Best Practices in Technology and Business Incubators“, Work in Progress
[2] W. Rabadi, “Role of Professional Expatriates in the Economic Development of their Homeland,” Submitted to the Middle East Journal. [3] Jaaffar Alghazo,, Wissam Rabadi, and Nazeih Botros “Lessons learned from Modeling and Realization of Biological Systems Using HDL and FPGAs” Proceedings of 1st the International Medical Information and Biomedical Engineering Symposium ,March 20-22, 2006, Amman, Jordan. [4] W. Rabadi and Gene Frantz (Guest Editors), “The Digital Revolution: Changing the way we work, live, learns and play.” The Texas Instruments Technical Journal, 1st Quarter 2000 issue. [5] V. Markandy, W. Rabadi and G. Frantz, “Architectures and Visual-Processing Applications of Multimedia DSPs,” International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, January 1998. [6] W. A. Rabadi and H. R. Myler “A fast Wavelet-based algorithm for image reconstruction,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1998 [7] W. A. Rabadi, H. R. Myler and A. R. Weeks, “Signal recovery from partial Fourier information using wavelets,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1998. [8] L. Voicu, W. Rabadi and H. Myler, “Object reconstruction using Genetic Algorithms,” Optical Engineering Journal, Vol. 36, No. 10, pp.2820-2827, October 1997. [9] W. A. Rabadi, M. Perales and J. Golston, “Software implementation of H.324 video phone on a single chip,” presented at the 8th Int’l Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology ICSPAT 97, Nov. 14-17, 1997, San Diego, California. [10] W. A. Rabadi and J. Golston, “Parallel real-time MPEG2 decoder implementation on a single C80 Chip,”7th Int’l Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology, Oct. 7, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts. [11] W. A. Rabadi and J. Webb, “Scaling and filtering ASIC design for Video Teleconferencing,” Proceedings of the TI Corporate R&D Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas, August 19, 1996. [12] W. A. Rabadi and H. R. Myler, “Iterative Multiresolution algorithm for image reconstruction from the magnitude of its Fourier transform,” Optical Engineering Journal, April 24, 1995. [13] K. J. Gamble, W. A. Rabadi, A. R. Weeks and H. R. Myler “Results of two-dimensional time-evolved phase screen computer simulation,” Proc. SPIE, Vol. 2472, pp. 170, April 1995, Orlando, Florida. [14] W. A. Rabadi and H. R. Myler, “Implementation of large scale image processing algorithms on a Hypercube Supercomputer,” Proc. 2nd ASTA General Congress, Amman, Jordan, August 1994. [15] W. A. Rabadi, H. R. Myler “Pyramid framework for image reconstruction from nonimaged laser speckle,” Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 2484, pp. 309, Orlando, Florida, April 1995. [16] H. R. Myler, A. R. Weeks and W. A. Rabadi, “Speckle simulation movies for analysis and evaluation of laser radar systems,” Proc. SPIE, Vol. 2222, pp. 823, Orlando, Florida, April 1994. |
| Patents: | 1. Reconfigurable SIMD Coprocessor Architecture for Sum of Absolute Differences and Symmetric Filtering (Scalable MAC Engine for Image Processing). U.S. Application Serial No: 09/411,124
2. Video Authorization System: filed at the U.S. Patent Office, Docket No. TI-31380: August 7, 2000 |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | • Board Member, Licensing Executives Society – Arab World
• President, Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC), Orlando, Florida Chapter, (1993-1994) • Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – USA • Member of the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) • Member of the American Management Association (AMA) • Member of the Middle East Institute • Member of the Houston World Affair Council • Board member of the Industrial Advisory Committee at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida • Board member of the Industrial Affiliates Committee at Rice University, Houston, Texas • Advisory board member of the Salvation Army’s Boys & Girls Club of America - Houston Metropolitan |
