Maryam Rofougaran is an inventor, a serial entrepreneur and a trailblazer in the semiconductor industry. She is also my guest for the premier episode of my new podcast, Revealing Li.
Maryam is the co-founder and CEO of Movandi, a leader in innovative RF and millimeter wave technology that is solving the coverage and network challenges of millimeter wave networks. Movandi’s BeamXR active repeater and system solutions solve real world 5G deployment challenges by increasing 5G coverage and capacity while reducing infrastructure costs by more than 50%, accelerating large-scale 5G commercialization. But this isn’t Maryam’s first time starting a company. While studying for her PhD in Physics at UCLA, Maryam co-founded her first start up, Innovent Systems which was acquired by Broadcom Corporation in 2000 and was the entrance of Broadcom into the wireless market.
Prior to founding Movandi, Maryam was Senior Vice President of Radios at Broadcom Corporation and was instrumental in starting and building the wireless business at Broadcom and in growing it to annual revenue of more than $3 billion. She is an Inventor and co-inventor on more than 300 U.S. patents. She was part of the team at UCLA that made RFCMOS and SOCs a reality. Maryam is also a member of the CNBC CEO council, GSA CEO council. We talk about everything from her childhood, to her time at UCLA, what it was like to co-founding her first start up during graduate school, her life as a CEO and as a mom, and more. She’s on an amazing journey and she shares her challenges, triumphs and secrets to her success. I hope you’ll join me for this frank, fascinating and fun conversation with a powerful woman leader.
Listen to Patience, Resilience and a Much-Deserved Nap with Maryam Rofougaran, episode 1 of the Revealing Li podcast, available now for free on Spotify and Amazon Music. I hope you enjoy the show.
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