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Welcome to Ostendo

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Welcome to Ostendo

Ostendo is located in Carlsbad—between San Diego and Los Angeles—the center of the Southern California research corridor. With access to key talent from renowned universities, we're changing the world.

Our Founder

Dr. Hussein S. El-Ghoroury

Our Founder

Dr. Hussein S. El-Ghoroury

A serial entrepreneur and pioneer in the mobile and telecom industries since the early 1980s, Dr. El-Ghoroury serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Ostendo Technologies, Inc. Prior to founding the company, he was CTO of IBM Microelectronics, President and Chief Executive Officer of CommQuest Technologies, Inc. (now owned by IBM)—a company that pioneered the first quad-band cellular chipset in North America—and Senior Vice President of Linkabit Corporation (predecessor of Qualcomm). Dr. El-Ghoroury received his PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University.

Our Values

Nurture crazy ideas. Do it because it's hard.

Show, don't show off.

The Ostendo Story

Lead by entrepreneurs and industry pioneers

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Dr. Hussein S. El-Ghoroury

Chairman & CEO

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Dr. Chih-li Chuang

Product Engineering & Manufacturing

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David Behzadi

Business Development

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Jason McDowall

Research & Development

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Dale McNeil

System Engineering

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Babak Razi

Strategy

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Dr. Weilong Tang

Semiconductors Engineering

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Doug Pierce

Accounting and Financial Reporting

Board of Directors

Dr. Hussein S. El-Ghoroury

Chairman & CEO, Ostendo

Dale McNeil

Corporate Secretary & SVP, Ostendo

Barak Bussel

Principal, Third Wave Ventures

Babak Razi

Principal, Third Wave Ventures