Leadership Built for Semiconductor Execution
Zentral Semi is led by a team with deep experience in semiconductor architecture and system-level design, focused on building deterministic edge compute and independent safety supervision platforms.
The founding team brings hands-on experience across semiconductor design and platform development, forming the foundation for Zentral’s approach to scalable and robust edge systems.
Mazen Allawi
Global Semiconductor Executive & Founder
Mazen Allawi is a global semiconductor and automotive technology executive with more than three decades of experience across automotive, consumer, industrial, and semiconductor markets.
As Founder and CEO of Zentral Semi, he is leading the company’s mission to develop deterministic edge AI compute and independent safety supervision platforms for automotive ADAS, autonomous systems, robotics, and industrial drones.
His career spans semiconductor product strategy, automotive systems, customer-facing engineering, post-silicon execution, manufacturing readiness, and global ecosystem development across GlobalFoundries, Microchip Technology, Standard Microsystems Corporation, and Kleer Semiconductor.
Core Expertise & Focus Areas
Allam Steitieh
Global Technology Executive & Founder
Allam is a global technology executive, product leader, and entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience building and scaling mission-critical software, firmware, and AI-enabled platforms.
As Co-Founder at Zentral Semi, Allam brings deep expertise in system architecture, platform engineering, large-scale execution, and customer-focused technology transformation.
He spent nearly two decades at Dell Technologies leading global engineering organizations of 800+ engineers and managing $80M+ annual budgets across BIOS, firmware, factory tools, DevOps, diagnostics, and client software.
Core Expertise & Focus Areas
Strategic Advisors Across Semiconductors, AI, Automotive, and Systems Execution
Dr. Baker Mohammad
Semiconductor & Embedded Systems
AI Hardware & Advanced Architectures
Semiconductor and embedded systems leader with deep experience in computer and electrical engineering. Chair of Computer and Information Engineering at Khalifa University. Expert in AI hardware, embedded systems, and next-generation computing platforms.
Dr. Hani Saleh
Semiconductor & Systems Engineering
High-Performance Computing & AI
Semiconductor and systems engineering expert with strong experience in advanced silicon technologies, AI, embedded systems, and high-performance computing architectures.
Henry Muyshondt
Automotive Networking & Compute
Automotive Ethernet & Zonal Architectures
Automotive networking and compute systems executive with deep semiconductor industry experience. Expert in Automotive Ethernet, zonal architectures, and centralized vehicle compute platforms.
Joseph Chow
Global Hardware & Operations
Hardware Systems & Lifecycle Management
Seasoned global hardware executive with extensive experience delivering complex technology platforms from architecture through high-volume manufacturing.
Built for Autonomous Edge Intelligence
Zentral Semi’s leadership and advisory team combines semiconductor execution, autonomous systems experience, AI hardware expertise, firmware and platform engineering, global operations, and advanced compute architecture to support the development of Z-AI and Z-SAFE.