Mehrdad Moslehi, Ph.D., Founder, Executive Chairman, & CTO

Dr. Moslehi founded Solexel (formerly Soltaix), his 3rd start-up venture, in 2005 and served as the company’s President & CEO until June 2009.  He received his M.S. and  Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and has extensive industrial experience in the telecom, semiconductor, magnetic data storage, and solar photovoltaic industries (ITRC – Telecom Research Center, Honeywell-Synertek, GE-Intersil, Xerox PARC, Stanford University, Texas Instruments, CVC, Veeco, Semizone, and Solexel). He has a proven track record of developing advanced enabling technologies and delivering commercial products. He was the recipient of American Electronics Association's 50th Anniversary Award in 1993 and has been recognized as a Prolific Inventor by both the USPTO and Texas Instruments. Dr. Moslehi is a Fellow of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Lifetime Member of America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals, and holds over 220 issued patents.