

Maha brings over 15 years of proven track record in design, development, manufacturing, management and marketing of RF, Microwave, and Optical Communication systems and subsystems. She held key management and technical positions in San Diego Research Center, UlmTech, Optical Access, LightPointe, and Tiernan Communication. Her responsibilities spanned from end-to-end video communication systems over satellite to enabling last mile wireless broadband networks using microwave and optical technologies. Her strong analytical, engineering, and physics skills allowed her to solve challenging problems from channel modeling, coding, and modulation to advanced RF and optical front end optimizations using single and multiple propagating channels.
Dr. Achour holds a doctorate degree in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and completed the Master Degree Program in Wireless Communication Theory and Systems, at University of California at San Diego (UCSD). She authored over 25 publications in engineering and physics and over fifteen granted and pending patent applications.