Jim K. Omura, Ph.D.
Technology Strategist
Jim Omura is the commitment lead for the Thirty-Meter Telescope Commitment.
A UCLA professor of Electrical Engineering for 15 years, with stints in Australia and Brazil as a visiting professor, and founder of two Silicon Valley companies, Jim has extensive experience as an educator and also in the business world bringing technical products and services to market. He was the founder of Cylink, a marketer of network security and wireless products, and served as its chairman, CTO, and acting CEO. He has co-authored several textbooks, including Spread Spectrum Communications Handbook and Principles of Digital Communications and Coding, and published over 100 technical papers. Jim is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and the recipient of the 2005 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
Jim received his B.S. and M.S. from MIT and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.