Akbar Shokouhi
Founder, President & CEO

Prior to founding QThink, Akbar Shokouhi held various senior management level positions with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Applied Micro Circuits Corporation and Unisys Corporation. Mr. Shokouhi brings to QThink over 18 years of ASIC and mixed-signal design, semiconductor technology development, leadership, management, venture capital, and entrepreneurial experience. Mr. Shokouhi received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University. Mr. Shokouhi serves on multiple venture capital, boards of directors and corporate advisory boards, and is a member of the San Diego Telecom Council.


Grant Miller
Chief Financial Officer

Grant Miller joined Qthink in 2008 and brings more than 20 years senior financial management expertise. Miller is experienced with Technology and Services oriented growth companies, developing financial infrastructure, strategic planning, capital formation, cash management, acquisitions, and the tactical execution required for rapid growth.

He has been CFO and VP Operations for both public and private companies with domestic and international multi-site operations. He has held senior positions with Time Warner, Scubapro, USA Broadband, Alitum, and Growth Management Solutions.

Miller holds an MBA from the University of San Diego, is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with CONNECT, and a Business Advisor with Pacific Community Ventures.

Urban Jangren joined QThink in January of 2006. Mr. Jangren brings to QThink over 25 years experience in the IC design industry including front-to-back SoC design, engineering management, and operations management. Prior to joining QThink, Mr. Jangren held various technical and senior management positions at Intel Corporation, Cadence Design Systems, Unisys Corporation and Ericsson. Mr. Jangren has extensive experience managing product development teams for the communications, networking, and multimedia markets. Mr. Jangren received his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and has also completed the Management and Leadership Program at the University of California, San Diego.

Bill Lees
Vice President of Program Office

Bill Lees joined QThink in January 2000. Mr. Lees brings to QThink over 17 years of high-level technical and program management experience from Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Unisys Corporation. Mr. Lees has extensive experience managing system-on-chip design projects for the communications, networking, and multimedia markets. Mr. Lees holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. He is currently a certified member of the Project Management Institute and has earned the designation of Project Management Professional.

Bryan Heard
Chief Technology Officer

Bryan Heard joined QThink in April 1999. Mr. Heard brings to QThink over 22 years experience in the IC design industry, including significant front-to-back ASIC design, EDA tool development, EDA tool integration, and design process methodology development. Mr. Heard has extensive hands-on experience with software from all the major commercial EDA suppliers, as well as internally developed tools, having developed many chip designs across a broad range of product applications. Prior to joining QThink, Mr. Heard held various technical and management level positions at Unisys Corporation and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Mr. Heard holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Physics, from the University of California, San Diego.
 

Board of Directors

Akbar Shokouhi
Founder, President & CEO

Philip Dowley
Co-founder, Delta Utility Solutions, Inc.