Leadership Team
Dan Bliss
David Blaauw
David Blaauw
President, Co-CEO
Dr. Daniel W. Bliss is a Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also the Director of ASU’s Center for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures. Dan received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego
President, Co-CEO
Dr. Daniel W. Bliss is a Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He is also the Director of ASU’s Center for Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures. Dan received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics from the University of California at San Diego (1997 and 1995), and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from ASU (1989). Dan is a Fellow of the IEEE and received the 2021 IEEE Warren D. White Award for Excellence in Radar Engineering. He has published two textbooks and more than 200 technical articles and conference papers.
David Blaauw
David Blaauw
David Blaauw
Co-CEO
Since August 2001, Dr. David Blaauw has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he is the Kensall D. Wise Collegiate Professor of EECS. Until August 2001, he worked for Motorola, Inc. in Austin, TX, where he was the manager of the High Performance Design Technology group and won the Motorola Innovation award. David
Co-CEO
Since August 2001, Dr. David Blaauw has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan, where he is the Kensall D. Wise Collegiate Professor of EECS. Until August 2001, he worked for Motorola, Inc. in Austin, TX, where he was the manager of the High Performance Design Technology group and won the Motorola Innovation award. David received his B.S. in physics and computer science from Duke University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991. He has published over 600 papers, has received numerous best paper awards and holds 65 patents.
Tuan Nguyen
David Blaauw
Jacob Holtom
Vice President of Engineering
As the Vice President of Engineering, Tuan is responsible for all development aspects from concept through mass production, including semiconductor, embedded software and reference hardware. A seasoned semiconductor development executive, Tuan is uniquely qualified for leading and growing engineering teams fro
Vice President of Engineering
As the Vice President of Engineering, Tuan is responsible for all development aspects from concept through mass production, including semiconductor, embedded software and reference hardware. A seasoned semiconductor development executive, Tuan is uniquely qualified for leading and growing engineering teams from ground zero to large functional teams, with experience across five Silicon Valley startups. Over his career, Tuan has led teams across IoT, mobile handsets, broadband communications, consumer electronics, consumer voice and audio, PC multimedia and optical storage markets.
Jacob Holtom
Jacob Holtom
Jacob Holtom
Chief Systems Engineer
Dr. Jacob Holtom is the Chief Systems Engineer at DASH Tech Integrated Circuits. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University (2023), and his BS in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University (2019). His dissertation work was in distributed coherent communication systems algorithms and implementation.
Tutu Ajayi
Jacob Holtom
Tutu Ajayi
Senior Engineer
Dr. Tutu Ajayi is a Senior Engineer at DASH Tech Integrated Circuits. He received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 2008 and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 2021. His research interests lie primarily in cross-layer computer architecture, with an emphasis on realizing research into ASIC or FPGA platforms.
Dan Yetso
Jacob Holtom
Tutu Ajayi
Vice President, Go-to-Market
Dan Yetso is the Vice President of Go-to-Market, driving product marketing, business development and corporate strategy initiatives. A long-time Silicon Valley marketing leader, Dan has enjoyed building and growing integrated go-to-market efforts at some of the world’s biggest brands, including Google, Microso
Vice President, Go-to-Market
Dan Yetso is the Vice President of Go-to-Market, driving product marketing, business development and corporate strategy initiatives. A long-time Silicon Valley marketing leader, Dan has enjoyed building and growing integrated go-to-market efforts at some of the world’s biggest brands, including Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Wells Fargo, VeriSign and Fujitsu. Dan has also led marketing at various startups, launching products, building brands and creating entirely new categories.
Brittany McCall
Brittany McCall
Brittany McCall
Head of Operations
Brittany McCall is the Head of Operations for DASH Tech Integrated Circuits and member of the founding team. She is also Assistant Director of Project Management at Arizona State University’s Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA) center, where DASH Tech originally spun out from. Brittany re
Head of Operations
Brittany McCall is the Head of Operations for DASH Tech Integrated Circuits and member of the founding team. She is also Assistant Director of Project Management at Arizona State University’s Wireless Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA) center, where DASH Tech originally spun out from. Brittany received her B.S., Political Science (2013) and M.S., Global Technology & Development (2019), and is working toward a doctorate in Innovation in Global Development at ASU. In her prior life, Brittany worked in financial services in international and offshore operations, and previously held broker licenses.