Biography

Over the course of his career, Nguyen has gained a deep understanding of the energy challenges facing industries with high energy usage across world regions. He is an expert in comparative energy production and storage technologies in terms of cost, performance, life cycle and ROI, including technologies involving batteries, hydro-electric, super capacitor, air compressor, flywheel, diesel generators, and renewables, such as wind and solar. He previously served as chief strategy officer of On-Ramp Wireless (now Ingenu), a provider of purpose-built IoT connectivity, where he was responsible for the development of efficient wireless communication systems. Prior to that, he served as CEO of AppleTree Educational Center, a nationally accredited, non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive family support services, where he helped establish an innovative new learning center for children. Nguyen also founded and served as executive vice president of CommASIC, a developer of fabless wireless broadband chipsets for handheld applications, before it was acquired by Freescale Semiconductor. At CommASIC, he initiated a unique concept of Universal Wireless Architecture (UWA) IP, a novel low-cost solution that has a low power requirement, works in multimode, and has better security over a wireless network. As CEO of Linksys Consulting, he led the development and commercialization of specialized semiconductors, including application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) development, system emulation, system validation and integration. He also led the filing of more than 10 patents covering low power consumption chip architecture and implementation. Early in his career, he served as senior staff manager at Nextwave, a software development and system consulting company, as well as at Qualcomm, a leading provider of digital wireless telecommunications products and services. He began his career as a section head at General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company. In these roles, he was focused on the development of ASIC technology. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.