Gary Kelson has over 35 years experience in high tech electronics ranging from VLSI chip design to general management. He received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from UC Berkeley.

He was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Silicon Systems, Inc. where he led all product and technology development.  SSI became the worldwide leader of Hard Disk Drive signal processing chips with sales exceeding $1B.

He was Senior Vice President and General Manager of TCSI Corporation where he led the Personal Communications business.  TCSI developed and licensed digital cellular chip sets for TI, AT&T, Asahi Kasei Microsystems, Oki Electric and others.

Gary is currently the Executive Director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center.  BWRC consists of 60 graduate students and 12 faculty engaged in pre-competitive, public domain, research into the design issues supporting next generation wireless communication systems.  The goals of the Center are focused on the implementation of highly integrated, low-cost, CMOS Radio SoC's using advanced system architectures and algorithms.  Application areas of interest include: improved spectrum utilization, cognitive radios, ultra-low power sensor networks, advanced a/d and d/a converters, RF/mm-wave circuits and low-power digital circuits.  Proof-of-concept prototypes are designed using BWRC's unique design flows and fabricated using state-of-the-art processes.   The Center includes a complete laboratory for circuit and system evaluation from DC to 65 GHz.

Gary has been an instrument rated private pilot for over 25 years and currently owns a Beechcraft B36TC.