Iboun Taimiya Sylla PhD, MBA
Senior Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Senegal at Republique du Senegal- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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French Native or bilingual proficiency
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Arabic Professional working proficiency
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Mandingo Native or bilingual proficiency
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Wolof Native or bilingual proficiency
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Fulah Limited working proficiency
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Bambara Native or bilingual proficiency
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Dutch Professional working proficiency
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Bio
Adrian Harris
Iboun has a rare and valuable combination of wireless technology, comprehensive systems engineering and business development expertise. His understanding of wireless technology is formidable and gives him the ability to dive into any kind of application requiring Wireless connectivity at the great satisfaction of customers.
Modupe Ajibola
I had the opportunity to work with Iboun while at TI years back to support a major account in Louisiana called Sensors Metering at the time. Iboun's in depth knowledge of the TI wireless Chipcon solution, and his ability to tie solutions to clients long-term goals was instrumental in helping us us win at the account. Working with Iboun was very easy since he complied with my strategic focus on the account and not just what his product line needed to push.
Adrian Harris
Iboun has a rare and valuable combination of wireless technology, comprehensive systems engineering and business development expertise. His understanding of wireless technology is formidable and gives him the ability to dive into any kind of application requiring Wireless connectivity at the great satisfaction of customers.
Modupe Ajibola
I had the opportunity to work with Iboun while at TI years back to support a major account in Louisiana called Sensors Metering at the time. Iboun's in depth knowledge of the TI wireless Chipcon solution, and his ability to tie solutions to clients long-term goals was instrumental in helping us us win at the account. Working with Iboun was very easy since he complied with my strategic focus on the account and not just what his product line needed to push.
Adrian Harris
Iboun has a rare and valuable combination of wireless technology, comprehensive systems engineering and business development expertise. His understanding of wireless technology is formidable and gives him the ability to dive into any kind of application requiring Wireless connectivity at the great satisfaction of customers.
Modupe Ajibola
I had the opportunity to work with Iboun while at TI years back to support a major account in Louisiana called Sensors Metering at the time. Iboun's in depth knowledge of the TI wireless Chipcon solution, and his ability to tie solutions to clients long-term goals was instrumental in helping us us win at the account. Working with Iboun was very easy since he complied with my strategic focus on the account and not just what his product line needed to push.
Adrian Harris
Iboun has a rare and valuable combination of wireless technology, comprehensive systems engineering and business development expertise. His understanding of wireless technology is formidable and gives him the ability to dive into any kind of application requiring Wireless connectivity at the great satisfaction of customers.
Modupe Ajibola
I had the opportunity to work with Iboun while at TI years back to support a major account in Louisiana called Sensors Metering at the time. Iboun's in depth knowledge of the TI wireless Chipcon solution, and his ability to tie solutions to clients long-term goals was instrumental in helping us us win at the account. Working with Iboun was very easy since he complied with my strategic focus on the account and not just what his product line needed to push.
Experience
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Republique du Senegal
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Government Relations Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Senegal
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Jun 2022 - Present
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Palma Ceia SemiDesign
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United States
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Semiconductors
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1 - 100 Employee
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Worldwide Field Application Engineering Director
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Jun 2018 - Present
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Worldwide Director of Product Marketing & Application Eng
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Jun 2018 - Present
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Executive Director
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Jan 2014 - Jun 2018
•Managed team of engineers including design, test, marketing, system applications and customer support.• Definition and the implementation of Blue Sahara Technologies (BST) Marketing and Business Development Strategy.•Revenue Forecast, target Segment identification and partnership agreements•Manage Clients relationship and Academic world collaboration•BST staff supervision for products definition, product development, Information systems support and technical training services to different companies. •Manage ressources for helping companies with little design capabilities to develop embedded systems products that involve hardware and software definition. •Helped clients understand market trends in the connected health space, Internet of Things (IoT), wireless technology connectivity and Telecommunications in general.•Developed seminars for clients’ engineering, marketing and operation staff in product definition, product development as well as marketing and business development.•Developed workshop and training materials focusing on analog, wireless, embedded systems, power management, Telecommunications and Leadership.•Defined IoT based monitoring system for pregnant women condition to avoid preeclampsia•Managed the Tools development team. Defined the software required to support products•Helped clients develop information Systems: - Business needs analysis -User document development -Test criteria and plans implementation -Risk analysis
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Texas Instruments
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Telehealth / Wireless Medical Business Development Manager
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Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
•Responsible of designing and executing Texas Instruments strategy to grow Telehealth Business.•Works closely with Telehealth and Medical device Manufacturers to understand market drivers and key care about.•Works across Product line and Business Units to help in new products and reference design definition.•Increase Texas Instruments visibility in RPM; •Involve in Both Strategic and Tactical Marketing.•Revenue Forecast•Develop fully understanding of market trends and needs. •Market Research and Monitoring of competition activity•Maintained clear communications between all divisions; regular updates to Senior Management to assess progress and redirect strategies.•Represents Texas Instruments Continua Health Alliance.•Co-chair of the Continua Health Alliance Emerging Markets Working group•Frequent Speaker at various Connected Health conferences.•Texas Instruments Spoke person
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Business Development Manager - Low Power RF
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Oct 2006 - Dec 2010
Define strategy and tactics to help increase Texas Instruments LP-RF products Net Revenue.Identify new type of applications for LP-RF productsUnderstand competition products and market strategy
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Lead RF Application Engineer
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Sep 2004 - Oct 2006
- Low Power RF Products ( sub-1GHz products, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, 2.4GHz).
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Lead RF Test/Application Engineer
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Mar 2000 - Sep 2004
- PDC, GSM, WCDMA , Bluetooth products
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R&D Engineer (RF Design)
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1998 - 2000
Member of Philips Research Laboratories RFCMOS technology pipe cleaner team.Worked on the design of Philips first Bluetooth SoC devices. Designed Mixer, LNA and Test strategy. Member of Philips Research Laboratories RFCMOS technology pipe cleaner team.Worked on the design of Philips first Bluetooth SoC devices. Designed Mixer, LNA and Test strategy.
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Microwave/RF Design Engineer
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1993 - 1996
Designed Amplifiers, Vector modulator, Oscillators in both L Band and KU Band using GaAs, and Microstrip technologyLead test and characteziation engineer of RF/Microwave circuits. Designed Amplifiers, Vector modulator, Oscillators in both L Band and KU Band using GaAs, and Microstrip technologyLead test and characteziation engineer of RF/Microwave circuits.
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Education
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2005 - 2007
The University of Dallas
MBA, Corporate Finance & Strategic Leadership -
1996 - 1999
Polytechnique Montréal
PhD, Electrical Engineering -
1993 - 1996
Polytechnique Montréal
M.Sc, Electrical Engineering -
1985 - 1990
Université de Tunis
B.Eng, Telecommunications
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