IEEE University of Toronto Student Branch

Nadia Khatir,
AMD, Manager, Diagnostic Tools and Utilities Development

Career summary:
Over 10 years of contribution to semiconductor industry in leadership roles. I started my career in hightech with a startup company called Medialite. Medialite has offered to the world, the first high speed device using ADSL technology. My role was to develope layers of the software stack . As a result of the success of the product, the company was offered to Join broad band department of Analog Devices Inc. The merge was toward providing the total solution for "Central Office - Modem Users" from end to end. My role on that project was leading the team responsible for USB modem software (driver, firmware and control panel).

Next I continued my career as software PM for ATI. During this period, I managed projects of FireMV (multiple screen software rendering) and Power Play (comprehensive power saving features).

My current position in AMD is to manage the firmware engineering team responsible for developing diagnostic tools and utilitiesfor all graphic devices.

Prior to semiconductor industry, I was working in technical lead roles developing database banking applications for over 8 years.

I got my BSc, Software Engineering from National(Shahid Beheshti) University of Iran in 1990.
I am mother of two children and immigranted to canada in March 1996.