[Wednesday Dec. 3] Dinner with UCLA Entrepreneur Armond Hairapetian

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WHAT: Dinner with UCLA Entrepreneur Armond Hairapetian
WHEN: Wednesday December 3 at 6pm
HOW: Fill out a brief application by clicking here by Friday November 21.
(http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pF9Nfck-y-WsVO_UD5wFyFQ)

Dear TECers!

We have an exciting opportunity for you to meet with Dr. Armond Hairapetian. Dr. Hairapetian is a very successful entrepreneur who graduated from UCLA Engineering. Join him for a dinner with 8 students to learn how his experiences at UCLA helped him build successful companies. Please fill out the online application by Friday November 21. We look forward to having you at the dinner. (http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pF9Nfck-y-WsVO_UD5wFyFQ)

This dinner is hosted by The Office of External Affairs (http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/alumni/exaffairs.html) and the EGSA Technical Entrepreneur Community (www.egsatec.com)

Dr. Armond Hairapetian's Bio:

Dr. Armond Hairapetian is the President and CEO of Starport Systems. In this role, he is responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the company, business development and day-to-day operations. Dr. Hairapetian brings more than 17 years of semiconductor-industry experience to Starport, most recently as Sr. Director and General Manager of Optical business for Broadcom Corporation. Prior to its acquisition by Broadcom in 2000, he was the co-founder, V.P. of Engineering and later the CEO of NewPort Communications, Inc, the pioneer of 10Gigabit transceivers in CMOS. Under Dr. Hairapetian's leadership, the optical business at Broadcom became the leading supplier of 10Gigabit transceivers for optical communications. Dr. Hairapetian previously worked for Rockwell's Semiconductor Division in Newport Beach, CA, and Sierra Semiconductor (PMC-Sierra) San Jose, CA as a senior Analog/Mixed-Signal design engineer.  In 2004, Hairapetian joined Miramar Venture Partners to help fund and build innovative start-up companies in Southern California specializing in solid state devices, semiconductors and medical devices. Hairapetian is a named inventor in 25 US patents. Dr. Hairapetian received a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.


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Patrick Sislian
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng.
UCLA
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