The Next Evolution Of Wireless Connectivity To Meet IoT Requirements (Internet of Things & WSN Europe 2014)

 

Kaivan Karimi is the Vice President and General Manager of wireless solutions at Atmel Corporation, overseeing the development of wireless connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications, with special focus on edge/sensing node system solutions from the "Things" to "Cloud." Kaivan has been an IoT evangelist since 2010, bringing more than two decades of experience working in cellular wireless, connectivity, core networking and access, sensors and microcontroller semiconductor markets, with a unique system level perspective spanning the technologies needed to make IoT a reality. Kaivan holds graduate degrees in engineering (MSEE) and business (MBA), and is an industry subject matter expert on IoT, regularly speaking at forums and authoring papers and blogs addressing relevant topics.

 

Prior to joining Atmel, Kaivan was Executive Director, Global Strategy and Business Development at Freescale Semiconductor, driving IoT edge nodes and gateways technology and product requirements, and all company-wide IoT related activities.

Atmel Corporation is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel® provides the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on industrial, consumer, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.