# Zia Hasnain

> Zia Hasnain is a technology entrepreneur and engineer based in San Jose, California. He co-founded Innowi and served as CEO from 2014 to 2022, following engineering roles at Motorola and NVIDIA. Since March 2023, he has been co-founder and CTO at AIO, a restaurant technology company co-founded with Alex Hult.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CTO at AIO
- **Organizations:** AIO, Innowi Inc., NVIDIA, Motorola Mobility, Motorola Incorporated, Shure
- **Education:** Master’s degree; concentrations in product development, entrepreneurship and leadership, Northwestern University, M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Innowi and led it as CEO from 2014 to 2022., Led Innowi during the 2017 introduction of ChecOut M, combining mobile payment acceptance, POS and reporting., Named co-inventor on US10375217B2 for a hybrid housing for a mobile transaction device.

## Career timeline

- **1996-2000** — RF Engineer II at Shure.
- **2000-2003** — Senior GSM RF Hardware Engineer at Motorola.
- **2003-2005** — Senior Staff CDMA Hardware Engineer at Motorola.
- **2005-2008** — Hardware Team Lead at Motorola.
- **2008-2012** — EE Hardware Manager for DROID 3 at Motorola Mobility.
- **2012-2014** — Senior Platform Engineering Manager in NVIDIA’s Tegra mobile division.
- **2014-2022** — Co-Founder and CEO of Innowi Inc.
- **2015** — Named co-inventor on an integrated hospitality and restaurant management system application filed June 1.
- **2017** — As CEO, announced Innowi’s ChecOut M mobile POS and payment device.
- **2018** — Named co-inventor on Innowi’s point-of-sale platform design patent D831106, granted October 16.
- **2023-present** — Co-Founder and CTO at AIO, beginning March 2023.
- **2025** — Featured in a STEP Dubai 2025 video shared by co-founder Alex Hult.
- **2026** — Signed an April 27 AIO equipment authorization letter as CTO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Innowi and led it as CEO from 2014 to 2022.
- Led Innowi during the 2017 introduction of ChecOut M, combining mobile payment acceptance, POS and reporting.
- Named co-inventor on US10375217B2 for a hybrid housing for a mobile transaction device.
- Named co-inventor on point-of-sale platform design patent D831106.
- Co-founded AIO and serves as CTO.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — AIO’s April 27 equipment authorization letter identifies Hasnain as CTO.
- **2025-02** — Alex Hult shared a video titled “Zia Hasnain of AIO App | STEP DUBAI 2025.”

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zia-hasnain-3781785

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Last updated: 2026-10-15