“Jim Omura received his BS and MS degrees from MIT and a Ph.D from Stanford. A former UCLA Professor of Electrical Engineering and founder of two Silicon Valley Companies, Omura has extensive experience bringing technical products and services to market. He was the founder of Cylink and served as its Chairman, CTO, and acting CEO. Cylink marketed network security and wireless products and had a successful IPO in 1996. He has co-authored textbooks including PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND CODING, McGraw-Hill, 1978 (co-authored with A. J. Viterbi) and SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS HANDBOOK, McGraw-Hill, 1994 (co-authored with M. K. Simon, R. A. Scholtz, and B. K. Levitt) and published over 100 technical papers. Omura is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.” (Source: Rosum)
