Remzi Oten, Ph.D.

I am educated to be an Electrical Engineer (Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey, 1992). I received my Master's and Ph.D. degrees fromUniversity of California, Irvine(1995,1999). My focus areas are Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, Video Processing, Intelligent Systems, and Neural Networks.

I received a prestigious award from IEEE Circuits and Systems Society: Guillemin-Cauer Award in 2003 for innovative new filters that I designed: Sampled-Function Weighted Order Filters.

I have worked in several companies as a Research Engineer, Systems Engineer, Algorithms Engineer, Researcher and Manager. I have developed firmware code for printers, scanners, and cameras. Programmed DSPs, SIMD parallel processors, ARC, ARM 7. Created algorithms, designs for CMOS Image sensors for improving image quality. (Neural Systems, Conexant, Pictos Imaging, Kofax, IC Media (Hynix), Newport Imaging Systems).

In 2001, together with my brother, we started a company, Sena Cases: high end leather cases for mobile devices. You can find a SENA premium leather case for your iPhone or iPad in all Apple Stores worldwide. Sena also has been partnered with Michael Kors for about 5 years to create mobile tech-accessories.

In 2012, we sold Sena to Targus. Sena is currently a subsidiary of Targus and I am heading the Sena team.

Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur or a friend of entrepreneurs. I am currently investing, mentoring, and helping entrepreneurs focusing in tech and e-commerce. Some of the start-ups I like: Mobile Action, WaveWorks Inc., Viviso, and Car Hub.