# Houri Johari-Galle

> Head of Optics System Architect-AI hardware and Data Centers

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/houri

## Work Experience
### Head of Optics System Architect @ TE Connectivity
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Leading end to end optical solution for AI Clusters and Data centers for scale up and scale out

### Senior Director of System Engineering @ PsiQuantum
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Developing Data Centers for quantum computing, system design with optical and photonic IC, electronics, mechanical and thermal.

### Senior Director of Engineering @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Photonics, Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), Photonics IC, Optical systems and IOs for communications in data centers and AI. System on Chip (SOC), System Level Integration, Foundry Services, Sensors, Develop Technology roadmap & KPIs; Direct Customer Interface & working with internal cross functional and suppliers/vendors. product development

### Sr. Director, MEMS Technology Development @ TDK InvenSense
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
Product launch from concept to very high mass products>500 million units 
MEMS Motion Sensors, System modeling, Technology and product development, Direct responsible individual for all customer technical interface
 Delivered very high volume customer products, Win customer programs with top tier 1 customers

### Director, MEMS Design @ TDK InvenSense
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018

### Senior Manager, MEMS Design @ TDK InvenSense
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Sunnyvale, CA

### Sr. MEMS Advanced Development Eng. @ Analog Devices
Jan 2008 – Jan 2013
Technical team leader for next-generation MEMS sensors development
Creating and leading a team through influence and collaborate with multi divisions
Creating commercialization plans and raising internal funding 
Creating patent portfolio for MEMS R&D projects 
Brainstorming and root-causing product development obstacles 
Creating roadmap, schedule and risk assessment
Executing complete design of MEMS sensors
Developing novel and robust fabrication process technology

### Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2003 – Jan 2008
Designed, fabricated and characterized high frequency capacitive bulk acoustic wave gyroscopes
Designed, fabricated and characterized multi-axis gyroscopes for consumer electronic applications
Designed, fabricated and characterized polysilicon and silicon capacitive MEMS resonators
Designed, fabricated and characterized high value embedded vertical capacitors in silicon
Designed and modeled MEMS inertial sensors using finite element software (ANSYS, COMSOL)
Multi-variant optimization for a variety etches and deposition process in Georgia Tech cleanroom, especially for high aspect ratio trenches (Bosch process)


## Education
### PhD in MEMS, Mechanical Eng., Minor: Electrical Eng
Georgia Institute of Technology

### MS in Mechanical Eng. MEMS sensor concentration
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

### BS in Mechanical Eng.
Sharif University of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/houri-johari-galle-39b0b320

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Last updated: 2026-04-13