Farhad Tabrizi
Chief Executive Officer and President

Farhad Tabrizi is president and chief executive officer of Grandis, Inc. In January 2007, he was appointed to this position, succeeding William Almon, Grandis co-founder, who remains a major shareholder. Tabrizi joined the company from Lexar Media, Inc., where he served as vice president, supply chain management and corporate development. Previously, he was vice president of worldwide marketing for Hynix Semiconductor. In this position, he focused on developing, marketing and supporting Hynix's strategies for growing the corporation's DRAM and flash businesses. Prior to joining Hynix, he held various management and design positions at leading semiconductor companies. Tabrizi brings to Grandis over 23 years experience in senior management, design, marketing, supply chain management, business development, strategic alliances, and industry standard committee chairmanship in the electronics industry. He received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis.

Yiming Huai
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering

Yiming Huai has over 20 years’ technical and senior management experience in thin-film materials, processing and devices. Prior to co-founding Grandis, he served as Senior Thin-Film Director at Read-Rite Corporation, where he led the development and manufacturing of industry-leading high-density spin-valve recording heads for hard disk drives from 1996-2002. He previously worked as a Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on ultra-high density magnetic sensors and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, both in Physics, from the University of Montreal in Canada. He has published over 90 papers in scientific journals, holds 34 patents and has more than 40 patents pending.

Allen Morton
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration

Allen Morton brings over 20 years of senior financial management experience in both venture-backed and public companies. Prior to joining Grandis, he served as CFO at Veraz Networks, a VOIP solutions company. Prior to Veraz, he was the CFO at Onetta, an optical amplifier company, where he led the successful sale to Bookham. He held senior financial management positions at IBM and Compaq Computers, in which he had Director Finance responsibility for Divisions with sales in excess of $1 billion.  He received his Master in Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara.