Biography

Reza Kasnavi, 51, is senior vice president of Skyworks’ technology and manufacturing group with responsibility for advanced technology development, central engineering, quality, manufacturing operations, sourcing and supply chain. From 2010 to 2018 Reza served as vice president and general manager of the open market platforms business unit, where he led Skyworks’ efforts to become the leading provider of 4G solutions for the Android ecosystem. Prior to joining Skyworks in 2010, Dr. Kasnavi spent 10 years as an investor and executive with Tallwood Venture Capital and was responsible for investments in Inphi (IPHI), Axiom Microdevices, Sequoia Communications and Quintic Corporation. During his tenure at Tallwood he also held direct engineering, product management and executive positions at several Tallwood portfolio companies including Sequoia Communications and Quintic Corporation. Additionally, he has made pioneering contributions to deep sub-micron scaling of CMOS technology and the use of CMOS technology in Next Generation DNA Sequencing. He served on the technology advisory board of Avantome Inc., an innovator in DNA sequencing technology.

Dr. Kasnavi received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.