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Mr. Abdi, President and CEO at RMI, a seasoned veteran with over 22 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, has a proven track record of growing profitable businesses at Qualcomm, Inc. (NasdaqGS:QCOM) and Motorola SPS (now Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.). Prior to his appointment at RMI, Mr. Abdi held the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies (QCT). During his tenure, QCT became the driving force behind the transition to 65nm technologies, successfully acquired and integrated several product and technology companies and moved into the top ten list of semiconductor companies. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Mr. Abdi held leadership and engineering positions of increasing responsibility at Motorola in its Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS). His last role at Motorola was Vice President and General Manager for the radio products division, in charge of RF and mixed signal ICs for the wireless mobile market, where he led Motorola to its number one market position in RF ICs. Mr. Abdi received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University and his Master degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. | 