Shervin Kiannejad
About Shervin Kiannejad
Shervin Kiannejad is an Embedded System Engineer and Co-Founder of SignalFox, Inc., where he has developed innovative hardware solutions for wireless network security. He has over a decade of experience in the field, including roles at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Shervin Kiannejad has been employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as an Embedded System Engineer since 2016. In this role, he focuses on developing embedded systems that support various research initiatives. His work contributes to the laboratory's mission of ensuring national security through scientific innovation and advanced technology.
Co-Founder and CEO at SignalFox, Inc.
Since 2018, Shervin Kiannejad has served as Co-Founder and CEO of SignalFox, Inc., located in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played a critical role in developing innovative hardware solutions, including self-powered, long-range RF sensors. Under his leadership, SignalFox aims to automate wireless network security and management, addressing challenges such as spectrum allocation and interference mitigation.
Education and Expertise
Shervin Kiannejad earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Northern Illinois University, where he studied from 2006 to 2009. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his work in embedded systems and RF technology.
Previous Experience in RF Engineering
Before his current roles, Shervin Kiannejad worked as an RF Engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2010 to 2014. He later served as a Senior Hardware Engineer at TransCore from 2014 to 2016. These positions allowed him to develop expertise in RF technology and hardware engineering, which he applies in his current projects.
Innovations at SignalFox
At SignalFox, Shervin Kiannejad co-invented technology that extracts precise data from wireless network physical layers, enhancing security and predictive analytics. He contributed to the development of IP67 rated RF instrumentation edge sensors, which are unique in the market. Additionally, he pioneered the use of RF metadata generation to train AI/ML algorithms for improved network analytics.