Dr. Hamid Ahmadi

All you want to know about Dr. Hamid Ahmadi

Dr. Hamid Ahmadi is the Chief Technology Architect (CTA) and a Motorola Senior Fellow ^[1] of Motorola.

Preceded by None	Chief Technology Architect of Motorola 2006 - present	Incumbent

1 Previous Job positions
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Previous Job positions

IBM

Hamid Ahmadi previously was the Vice president and Chief technical officer (CTO) of the Global Communications Sector at IBM. He was responsible for setting strategy, overseeing scientists and engineers doing exploratory and applied research, and making sure that research contributions are fully connected with IBM’s goals.

AT&T Labs

Prior to IBM, Hamid was vice president of the Global Network and IP Services of Planning and Development organizations at AT&T Labs for five years. He was also vice president and chief technology architect (CTA) for Internet and networking systems. Hamid was responsible for the creation of the highly visible AT&T Center for Internet Research (ACIRI) in joint collaboration with the University of California - Berkeley in February 1999 as well as a new networking research and development group in AT&T Labs, Menlo Park, CA.

IBM

Prior to joining AT&T, he was with IBM for 15 years, where he was the director of Security and Networking Research at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. His department was responsible for research in the areas of communications systems, fast packet switching architecture, IP and data networks, directory enabled networking, ARIS project, mobile and optical networking, cryptography, Internet security and electronic commerce. He was responsible for research and development efforts that led to two IBM Wireless LAN products (SAMBA and FENWAY). He was also co-inventor of IBM Prizma Switch technology that has been deployed in several gigaswitch routers such as Celox Networks and Alcatel. In 1994, he was the recipient of IBM’s Outstanding Innovation Award for Prizma Switch technology.