# Seyed Tabatabaei

> Seyed A. Tabatabaei is the founder, chairman and CEO of mmTron, a Redwood City fabless semiconductor company building high-linearity millimeter-wave MMICs for 5G, 6G, SATCOM, instrumentation and defense. A PhD engineer who has worked in mmWave since 1986, he spent decades at M/A-COM, Hewlett Packard, and Endwave before starting the design house Teramics and then founding mmTron in 2020. In April 2026 the company closed a $45M Series A led by Maverick Silicon.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman and CEO at mmTron
- **Organizations:** mmTron, Teramics LLC, Endwave Corporation, Hewlett Packard / Keysight Technologies, M/A-COM, Laboratory for Physical Sciences
- **Nationality:** United States
- **Education:** Ph.D. (millimeter-wave / RF), University of Maryland, College Park, Management Certificate, MIT Sloan School of Management
- **Known for:** Founded mmTron in 2020 and grew it into a fabless semiconductor company shipping cutting-edge mmWave MMICs within three years, Led products claimed to deliver the highest linear power at mmWave frequencies in the world, Designed 46+ MMIC products for top-tier customers as CEO of Teramics

## Career timeline

- **1986** — Begins working in the millimeter-wave industry during PhD and post-doctoral research at the University of Maryland and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences
- **1980s-1990s** — First job in the mmWave R&D division of M/A-COM
- **1998** — Joins Hewlett Packard (now Keysight Technologies), leading a cross-functional team in the microelectronics organization on the manufacturing and operations side
- **2006** — Joins Endwave Corporation as VP of semiconductor products to build a semiconductor MMIC division
- **2011** — Endwave acquired by Renesas; leaves to found Teramics LLC, a mmWave MMIC design-services company
- **2011-2020** — As CEO of Teramics, designs 46+ MMIC products for top-tier customers over roughly nine years
- **2020** — Founds mmTron Inc. with Mona Molaasgari to become a mmWave MMIC product company
- **2023** — mmTron exhibits at International Microwave Symposium (IMS) for the first time, in San Diego
- **2025** — mmTron features 16 new MMIC products at IMS 2025
- **2026** — mmTron closes $45M Series A led by Maverick Silicon, with Tipping Point, J&M and others

## Achievements

- Founded mmTron in 2020 and grew it into a fabless semiconductor company shipping cutting-edge mmWave MMICs within three years
- Led products claimed to deliver the highest linear power at mmWave frequencies in the world
- Designed 46+ MMIC products for top-tier customers as CEO of Teramics
- Built a semiconductor MMIC division at Endwave Corporation
- Closed a $45M Series A financing in April 2026 led by Maverick Silicon
- Working in the mmWave field continuously since 1986

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — mmTron announced a $45M Series A round led by Maverick Silicon, with participation from Tipping Point and J&M, to accelerate development and production of high-linearity mmWave products.
- **2025-06** — mmTron featured 16 new MMIC products at IMS 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://mmtron.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/seyed-a-tabatabaei-5b91805

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