The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering will host guest lecturer Amir Aghdaei, president of Tektronix, on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:00am in the Van Leer Building Auditorium. Aghdaei will discuss how the engineer’s job is impacted by the technology trends driving our industry today. He will also share his view about the importance of technology and innovation to address the acceleration of those trends in the future.

Aghdaei was appointed president of Tektronix in May 2009. He joined Danaher, the parent company of Tektronix, in October 2008 and completed immersion learning about the company culture and the Danaher Business System. Aghdaei has more than 20 years of experience in the test and measurement industry. Prior to joining Danaher, he was with HP/Agilent and held a variety of positions in life science and test/measurement businesses. During his tenure with HP/Agilent, Mr. Aghdaei lived in Pennsylvania, Germany, Holland, Colorado, and Singapore. His last position at Agilent was as the general manager/vice president of the Measurement Systems Division.  

Most recently, Mr. Aghdaei worked at Credence as the senior vice president of sales and marketing in California. He was accountable for developing Credence’s short- and long-term strategy, refining/repositioning the company's product portfolio, and developing/executing its worldwide channel strategy.

Aghdaei will also deliver the lecture live to the Georgia Tech-Savannah and Georgia Tech-Lorraine campuses. A reception will follow the Atlanta campus lecture. For more information, please visit http://www.ece.gatech.edu/jrc-lecture.