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Remi El-Ouazzane (born June 4, 1973) is a French businessman and embedded systems engineer who has led various initiatives in mobile wireless computing, machine vision and embedded artificial intelligence. El-Ouazzane currently serves as Vice President and General Manager within the New Technologies Group of Intel. Formerly, El-Ouazzane served as CEO of Movidius prior to its acquisition by Intel.

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Personal life & education

El-Ouazzane was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on June 4, 1973. He was born to a Tunisian (Tozeur) father and French (Avallon) mother. El-Ouazzane grew up with three brothers in Épinay-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. In 1996, he obtained a master's degree in semiconductor physics engineering from Grenoble Institute of Technology. The following year, El-Ouazzane graduated in economics and finance from the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. In 2004, he graduated from Harvard Business School’s General Management (GMP) program. El-Ouazzane lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children.

Texas Instruments

In 1997, El-Ouazzane joined Texas Instruments (TI) as part of the TI Young Leader Program. After graduating from the Young Leaders program, he has served in various business units within Texas Instruments, including the Broadband Communications Group and the Wireless Business Group before becoming the Vice President and Worldwide General Manager of the Open Multimedia Applications Platform (OMAP) Business Unit.

Notable Achievements at Texas Instruments

  • 2009: Pioneered the first OMAP application processor for the Android platform and spearheaded the development of the OMAP 4 platform. The OMAP architecture powered many of the first notable Android smartphone devices such as the Motorola Droid line of phones and Galaxy Nexus smartphone co developed with Google and Samsung.
  • 2012: Created a partnership with iRobot to develop robotic technologies using TI's OMAP architecture.
  • 2012: Spearheaded a deal with global audio and infotainment group Harman to incorporate TI's OMAP 5 processors into premium automotive platforms.

    • Movidius

    In early 2013, El-Ouazzane accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of Movidius. After having repositioned the company in the fields of embedded machine vision and artificial intelligence, he has led the company’s technology into products from companies like Google, Lenovo and DJI, as well as raising over $40 million in funding to accelerate adoption of Movidius technology.

    Notable Achievements at Movidius

  • 2013: Built partnership with Google's Project Tango group.
  • 2014: Launched the Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit (VPU).
  • 2015: Raised $40 million in funding to accelerate adoption of Movidius technology.
  • 2016: Closed deals with major technology companies including Google, DJI, FLIR Systems, and Lenovo, bringing Movidius technology to mainstream consumer devices.

    • Intel

    In November 2016, El-Ouazzane joined the New Technology Group at Intel following the acquisition of Movidius, assuming the role of Vice President. In this role, El-Ouazzane is responsible for continuing the engineering development and commercial deployment of Movidius technologies.

    Awards

    In 2009, El-Ouazzane was selected as recipient of the French-American Foundation’s Young Leaders Award.

    References

    Remi El-Ouazzane Wikipedia
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