Ahmet Alpdemir is a game changer, entrepreneur and high-tech leader focused on value creation. He has been in the forefront of innovation and some notable firsts in the Silicon Valley over the last 30 years; 1st personal communicator (IBM Simon), first sub $300 PDA (HP OmniGo), first hybrid touch/key notebook (Vadem Clio), first PC on a chip. (VG230), first multimodal SaaS for SME (Talk411) along with initiatives such as wireless wearable computing, indoor location, connected car and V2X.. Currently he is an advisor to Board of a Machine Learning company in Silicon Valley. Most recently he led a strategic review for the Board of Cohda Wireless, a South Australian software company. Under Ahmet’s guidance the team developed sharper focus, new annual and long range plans and identified a new strategic growth segment that will increase shareholder value.. Prior to this, Ahmet provided CEO coaching, Board advisory and consulting services for Quintic Corporation, a Tallwood VC portfolio company delivering wireless solutions in the IoT and wearable computing markets. This two year effort resulted in a successful sale of Quintic assets to NXP.. Ahmet also played a key role in the successful integration of SiRF/CSR merger and ran 2 of the 3 resulting business units across 9 countries. He grew the post-merger revenues of the automotive business unit by over 20% in the first 12 months with on-target gross margins. Then, took over, and rejuvenated the declining handset business resulting in a successful sale for $310 million.. Ahmet’s high-tech experience goes back to Intel where he was the product manager for 8088 microprocessor. His entrepreneurial drive led him to Chips & Technologies for the first notebook PC where he grew the chipset revenues 300% over three years to reach $100m; then to Vadem for the first smartphone/PDA where he grew the SoC revenues from $0 to $25m in less than 2 years, and to Dialsurf, a SaaS for small businesses, where he was able to raise the Series A round of funding in 2000 in spite of the market crash.. Ahmet has sat at both sides of the table as an investor and an entrepreneur. He holds a BSEE, an MBA plus three US patents (9,002,712; 6,658,389 & 6,934,684)
