Advisory Board
Rory Moore - CEO, CommNexus San Diego
Board Director & CEO
Rory Moore is a director and CEO of CommNexus San Diego. CommNexus San Diego, formerly the San Diego Telecom Council, is a non-profit network of communications industry companies, defense industry companies, service providers, professional trade organizations, and local government. As the San Diego region’s premier communications association, CommNexus San Diego works to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of communications technology and service companies.
Rory is a serial entrepreneur. He was the seed round investor, co-founder of Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for the wireless communications and aerospace markets. Peregrine ships millions of chips every week to cell phone manufacturers around the globe. Rory was also the seed round investor and founding CEO of Silicon Wave, Inc., now owned by Qualcomm. Silicon Wave produced the world’s first Bluetooth chips. Bluetooth chips are now in over a billion devices from cell phones to automobiles. Rory was a cofounder of e-Fire.com (B2B e-commerce hub) and Optical River (0C-768 transceiver chip) and a member of the founding team of TheSupply.com (B2B e-commerce hub in the semiconductor space). Rory is was also founder of Firebird Aviation and MK-AAC, acquired by Berkeley International. The total amount of venture capital raised for Rory’s ventures exceeds $400M.
Rory is an USAF veteran, and graduate of the University of Michigan. Rory’s other interests include angel investing, competition aerobatic flying, scuba diving and surfing.