{"230841":{"#nid":"230841","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Spotlight: Behrooz Abdi","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EName:\u003C\/strong\u003E Behrooz Abdi\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGT Degree(s):\u003C\/strong\u003E M.S.E.E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYear Degree Awarded:\u003C\/strong\u003E 1985\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Title\/Position:\u003C\/strong\u003E President and CEO\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Company\/Organization:\u003C\/strong\u003E InvenSense Inc. (NYSE: INVN)\u2014the leading provider of MotionTracking\u2122 devices for consumer electronics products such as smartphones, tablets, game controllers, smart TVs, and wearable sensors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDescribe your average workday.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMultiple reviews with engineering, sales, marketing, finance. Customer visits. Response to investor calls. Emails and presentations. Travel. There are no average days!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow did ECE prepare you for your current role?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStrong technical education, combined with a very practical approach to problem solving.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice would you give current ECE students? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnderstand how the technology you\u0027re studying can, and should, impact consumers and society at large in a positive and meaningful way. If you don\u0027t understand that, then it\u0027s just a hobby.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho was your favorite ECE professor?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Leach\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was your favorite ECE class?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMicroelectronics and Analog Design\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you think is the most important technological breakthrough of the past 20 years?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s a tie between Internet and wireless connectivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen you aren\u2019t being an Electrical\/Computer Engineer, what do you like to do?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETravel, Read\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIs there anything else you would like to add?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027m very encouraged with GA Tech\u0027s efforts to connect with industry through closer collaborations, technology and business incubation, and other efforts. Tech is a Tier 1 institution and as such carries a tremendous responsibility in nurturing the next generation of technology and business leaders to keep the United States competitive in high tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGet to know ECE alumnus, Behrooz Abdi, in this short Q \u0026amp; A.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Get to know ECE alumnus, Behrooz Abdi, in this short Q \u0026 A."}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2013-08-21 09:51:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:46","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"230831":{"id":"230831","type":"image","title":"Behrooz Abdi","body":null,"created":"1449243602","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:02","changed":"1475894901","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:21","alt":"Behrooz Abdi","file":{"fid":"197534","name":"behroozabdi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/behroozabdi_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/behroozabdi_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":69557,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/behroozabdi_0.jpg?itok=BdaY5OK_"}}},"media_ids":["230831"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"72071","name":"InvenSense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAshlee Gardner\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnline Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ashlee.gardner@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eashlee.gardner@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ashlee.gardner@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}