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Aviva is founded by a group of seasoned executives with a successful track record in technology innovation and business execution.

Aviva is a dynamic and fast growing in-vehicle connectivity solutions company enabling the world’s highest performance links for automotive applications.

At Aviva, we are utilizing our deep domain expertise in multi-gigabit technologies and networking protocols to build the world’s most advanced and highly integrated connectivity solutions that will enable next-generation software defined vehicles to move vast amounts of data at multi-gigabit speeds. By creating highly scalable and secure end-to-end connectivity solutions, our mission is to fuel the needs of AI processors and advanced sensors that drive the modern vehicles.

David Young

David Young

Co-Founder and CEO
David is an experienced senior executive and entrepreneur in the technology industry with a successful 30-year history of working in startups to multi-billion dollar enterprises.

David Young

Co-Founder and CEO

David is an experienced senior executive and entrepreneur in the technology industry with a successful 30-year history of working in startups to multi-billion dollar enterprises. David was part of the founding team at Marvell Semiconductor in 1995, where he helped create the company’s communication business. Subsequently, he helped to establish Marvell as the world's top supplier in Ethernet technology. David held multiple executive roles at Marvell including Vice President and General Manager of the wired connectivity business group as well as 3GPP wireless communication products group, and Vice President of worldwide sales for the communication product line where he achieved annual sales revenues over $1.5B.

After leaving Marvell, David was instrumental in overseeing and implementing the strategy that propelled LG’s mobile division from zero to a world-leading OEM brand in mobile smart devices, and creating a business that delivered over $20B in top-line sales. Before founding Aviva, he also developed extensive knowledge in venture capital (as a venture partner at BRV Capital) and the private equity market, where he led the exit of one of the largest cross-border private semiconductor buyouts in recent years.

Kamal Dalmia

Kamal Dalmia

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Kamal is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of building businesses from inception. He has pioneered several connectivity technologies that have shaped the industry over two decades.

Kamal Dalmia

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Kamal is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of building businesses from inception. He has pioneered several connectivity technologies that have shaped the industry over two decades. Prior to founding Aviva, Kamal was founder and CEO of Dryv, an automotive company that developed the foundational technology for modern in-vehicle communications and was acquired by Synaptics. Before that, he was Senior Vice President and Section 16 officer at Aquantia, taking the company from a pre-revenue startup to successful IPO. At Aquantia, he pioneered multi-gig technology which revolutionized enterprise networking and choreographed Aquantia's entry into the automotive market; both of which resulted in Marvell's acquisition of Aquantia.

Earlier in his career, Kamal was responsible for Marvell's flagship Ethernet PHY business and served as Vice President at Teranetics (acquired by PLX/Broadcom). Kamal founded and served as President of the NBASE-T Alliance, an industry body with 50+ company members. He currently chairs the marketing committee of the Automotive Serdes Alliance (ASA) which includes 90+ company members. Kamal holds over 30 issued patents.

Sachin Goel

Sachin Goel

Co-Founder and VP, Digital & Systems Engineering
Sachin is a technology executive with 20+ years of experience leading world-wide design teams. He has deep technical expertise and a track record of designing best-in-class chips.

Sachin Goel

Co-Founder and VP, Digital & Systems Engineering

Sachin is a technology executive with over 20 years of experience leading world-wide design teams. He possesses deep technical expertise and has a track record of designing best-in-class chips. Sachin’s career spans automotive, wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi and satellite domains. Prior to co-founding Aviva, Sachin was the Vice President of digital engineering at Marvell and Aquantia (acquired by Marvell). In this role, he led development of the industry’s first multi-protocol 802.3ch compliant automotive connectivity chip, as well as the first monolithic 10GBase-T controller/physical layer chip that was adopted by leading computer manufacturers.

Before Aquantia, Sachin was responsible for the development of one of the industry’s first 10GBase-T chips as the chip lead at Teranetics (acquired by PLX/Broadcom). Sachin holds a M.S.E.E. from the University of Maryland and a M.S. in Physics and B.S.E.E. from BITS, Pilani, India.

Hiok Tiaq Ng

Hiok-Tiaq Ng

Co-Founder and VP, Analog Engineering
Tiaq is a hands-on engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in advanced Analog Mixed-Signal designs and Analog Front Ends for enterprise and automotive applications.

Hiok-Tiaq Ng

Co-Founder and VP, Analog Engineering

Tiaq is a hands-on engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in advanced Analog Mixed-Signal designs and Analog Front Ends for enterprise and automotive applications. He has successfully managed multiple design teams around the world to collaborate and achieve first silicon success on several high speed, high linearity products using deep nanometer semiconductor process technologies.

Prior to Aviva, Tiaq was Vice President of analog engineering at Aquantia where he led the development of their Ethernet PHY AFE/Transceivers, helping to bring it public prior to being acquired by Marvell Semiconductor. Tiaq received his B.A., B.S.E.E, M.S.E.E. from Whitman College, California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University before completing his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.

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