Artin Der Minassians, PhD

Eng. Executive / Mentor

Engineering Executive | Incubate and Launch Cutting-Edge Tech | Build and Retain Top-Tier Cross-Functional Engineering Teams As an engineering executive, Artin empowers companies to launch cutting-edge products. With two decades in DeepTech/HardTech startups, he builds and retains top-tier engineering teams through excellence, mentorship, and empathy. Key accomplishments include: ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: World's smallest and fastest IVR at Empower Semiconductor, producing a power management IC system 3x smaller and 1000x faster than competitors. ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: World's first solar optimizer chip at Volterra Semiconductor, successfully embedding the IC into solar panels of various technologies. ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ-๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž: World's first multi-phase low temperature-differential Stirling engine at UC Berkeley.