Iqbal Arshad Explained

Birth Name:Iqbal Arshad
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of Miami
Northwestern University
Occupation:SVP of Engineering and Global Product Development at Motorola

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.

Education

Arshad holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Miami, and a master's degree in Engineering Management (MEM) from Northwestern University.

Career

Arshad 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,[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

In 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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Justia Patent Search. Justia. 9 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Iqbal Arshad Advisory Board Profile. McCormick School of Engineering. 9 August 2016.
  3. News: Berg. Andrew. Convergence Means More Than Voice + Data. 9 August 2016. Wireless Week. 31 January 2011.
  4. News: Melanson. Donald. Google announces Android 3.1, available on Verizon Xoom today. 10 August 2016. Engadget. 10 May 2011.
  5. News: Love. Jon. Motorola Scoop Most of the Awards at CES 2011. 10 August 2016. Clove Technology's Blog. 20 January 2011.
  6. News: Lee. Nicole. Motorola Droid Bionic (Verizon Wireless) review. 10 August 2016. CNET. 6 September 2011.
  7. Web site: Google Acquires Motorola Mobility. News from Google. 10 August 2016. 22 May 2012.
  8. News: Levy. Steven. The Inside Story of the Moto X: The Reason Google Bought Motorola. 10 August 2016. Wired. 1 August 2013.
  9. Web site: X8 Mobile Computing System. www.motorola.com. Motorola Mobility. 10 August 2016. 26 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160726224731/http://www.motorola.com/us/X8-Mobile-Computing-System/x8-mobile-computing-system.html. dead.
  10. Web site: Nexus 6 from Google and Motorola: More Android. More screen. More everything.. The Official Motorola Blog. Motorola Mobility. 10 August 2016. 15 October 2014.
  11. News: Bohn. Dieter. Nexus 6 review. 10 August 2016. The Verge. 12 November 2014.
  12. Web site: Lenovo Completes Acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google. news.lenovo.com (Lenovo Newsroom). Lenovo. 10 August 2016. 30 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809174043/http://news.lenovo.com/news-releases/lenovo-completes-acquisition-motorola-mobility-from-google.htm. 9 August 2016. dead.
  13. Web site: Porges. Seth. Inside The Design Of Motorola's Shatterproof Smartphone. Forbes. 10 August 2016. 29 February 2016.
  14. Web site: Seifert. Dan. The new Moto Z is a simpler take on the modular phone. The Verge. 10 August 2016. 9 June 2016.
  15. Web site: Explore the world of Moto Mods. www.motorola.com. Motorola Mobility. 10 August 2016.
  16. Web site: Moto Mods Developer Home. Motorola Developer Portal. Motorola Mobility. 10 August 2016. 21 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090721165719/http://developer.motorola.com/. dead.
  17. Web site: Pierce. David. Motorola's Crazy Plan to Reinvent the Phone by Breaking It Into Pieces. www.wired.com. Wired. 10 August 2016. 19 July 2016.
  18. Web site: Pletz. John. Iqbal Arshad. www.chicagobusiness.com. Crain's Chicago Business. 10 August 2016. 30 October 2010.
  19. Web site: 40 Under 40 historical archive. www.chicagobusiness.com. 8 July 2014. Crain's Chicago Business. 10 August 2016.
  20. Web site: Design:Chicago 2014: Iqbal Arshad. www.youtube.com. Northwestern Engineering. 10 August 2016. 28 April 2014.
  21. Web site: Design: Chicago 2014 - Designers as Intra/Entrepreneurs. segal.northwestern.edu. Segal Design Institute. 10 August 2016. 3 April 2014.

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