Reza brings over a decade of experience in technology and product development to Tallwood, where he focuses on opportunities in mixed-signal and RF System-on-Chip, power and energy efficiency, as well as novel materials.

Most recently, Reza served as the Vice President of Products at Sequoia Communications, where he was responsible for delivering two RF SoC's for 3G handsets. At Sequoia his responsibilities spanned product specification, system engineering, design, test, product engineering and phone integration. Prior to Sequoia Reza spent three years as an EIR at Tallwood. Reza has carried out pioneering research in areas of deep sub-micron technology scaling, as well as on-chip DNA sequencing and bio-MEMS. His work on CMOS scaling was incorporated into the ITRS roadmap and adopted by member companies of the Semiconductor Research Corporation. His on-chip DNA sequencing research laid the foundation for Avantome, Inc., where he served on the advisory board until its acquisition by Illumina (NASD:ILMN) in 2008.

Reza holds a PhD and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University.