Iqbal Arshad is an American engineer, inventor,[1] speaker and technology executive. He has served as the senior vice president of engineering and global product development at Motorola Mobility, Google and Lenovo,[2] and has been responsible for design and development of industry-leading smartphones, tablets smartwatches, wearables, silicon, and mobile computing technologies.
Iqbal Arshad | |
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 Iqbal Arshad at Motorola Mobility's headquarters at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, IL | |
| Born | Iqbal Arshad |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Miami Northwestern University |
| Occupation(s) | SVP of Engineering and Global Product Development at Motorola |
Education
editArshad holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Miami, and a master's degree in Engineering Management (MEM) from Northwestern University.
Career
editArshad re-joined Motorola in 2003 to lead product development and management. He led design & development of the first CDMA variants of the RAZR and RAZR 2 product lines, the first DROID smartphone, the first Android Tablet (Xoom) featuring the Honeycomb (Android 3.1) OS,[2][3][4] the first dual-core, dual-OS smartphone (Atrix 4G[5]), and led 4G LTE silicon and software.[6]
In 2012 Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google. Iqbal was chosen as part of the senior leadership team under CEO Dennis Woodside during the acquisition.[7] Under Google, he led the Moto X,[8][9] Moto G, and Moto 360 products. He also launched the Nexus 6 in collaboration with Google.[10][11]
In 2014, Lenovo acquired Motorola from Google.[12] Arshad continued to lead Engineering & Product Development for both Motorola in the US and Lenovo MBG (Mobile Business Group) in China. Arshad's team engineered and shipped Droid Turbo 2 (world's first shatterproof display),[13] the modular Moto Z, a collection of Moto Mods,[14][15] and a Moto Mod developer kit for 3rd parties.[16][17]
Awards, speeches, and public service
editIn 2010, Arshad was recognized by Crain's Chicago in their annual 40 under 40 list.[18][19] He serves on the advisory board for Northwestern University's Master of Engineering Management, and is a member of the IEEE. He previously served on the Illinois Innovation Council.[2]
Arshad has had several public speaking engagements, including a presentation[20] during Northwestern Engineering's ‘Design:Chicago 2014’ event,[21] and as the 2014 commencement speaker for Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering.
References
edit- ^ "Justia Patent Search". Justia. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Iqbal Arshad Advisory Board Profile". McCormick School of Engineering. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Berg, Andrew (31 January 2011). "Convergence Means More Than Voice + Data". Wireless Week. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Melanson, Donald (10 May 2011). "Google announces Android 3.1, available on Verizon Xoom today". Engadget. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Love, Jon (20 January 2011). "Motorola Scoop Most of the Awards at CES 2011". Clove Technology's Blog. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Lee, Nicole (6 September 2011). "Motorola Droid Bionic (Verizon Wireless) review". CNET. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Google Acquires Motorola Mobility". News from Google. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Levy, Steven (1 August 2013). "The Inside Story of the Moto X: The Reason Google Bought Motorola". Wired. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "X8 Mobile Computing System". www.motorola.com. Motorola Mobility. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Nexus 6 from Google and Motorola: More Android. More screen. More everything". The Official Motorola Blog. Motorola Mobility. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Bohn, Dieter (12 November 2014). "Nexus 6 review". The Verge. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Lenovo Completes Acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google". news.lenovo.com (Lenovo Newsroom). Lenovo. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Porges, Seth (29 February 2016). "Inside The Design Of Motorola's Shatterproof Smartphone". Forbes. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Seifert, Dan (9 June 2016). "The new Moto Z is a simpler take on the modular phone". The Verge. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Explore the world of Moto Mods". www.motorola.com. Motorola Mobility. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Moto Mods Developer Home". Motorola Developer Portal. Motorola Mobility. Archived from the original on 21 July 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Pierce, David (19 July 2016). "Motorola's Crazy Plan to Reinvent the Phone by Breaking It Into Pieces". www.wired.com. Wired. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Pletz, John (30 October 2010). "Iqbal Arshad". www.chicagobusiness.com. Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "40 Under 40 historical archive". www.chicagobusiness.com. Crain's Chicago Business. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Design:Chicago 2014: Iqbal Arshad". www.youtube.com. Northwestern Engineering. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Design: Chicago 2014 - Designers as Intra/Entrepreneurs". segal.northwestern.edu. Segal Design Institute. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.