Vahid Manian is chief operating officer of Morse Micro (www.morsemicro.com), a developer of advanced wireless technologies. His 35-plus years of semiconductor contributions include Vice Chairman of Board of Directors for Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and a founding member of Broadcom’s operations organization, where he grew the company from pre-revenue to nearly $6 billion, shipping over 1 billion devices annually. Prior to joining Morse Micro, he was COO of Ethertronics Corporation.