Meet The Team

Dan Nilsson • CEO, Chairman of the Board

Dan Nilsson is an experienced executive with a diverse background in the technology industry, boasting over 25 years of C-suite leadership and entrepreneurial success. With a focus on semiconductor, artificial intelligence & graphics rendering , telecommunications, consumer devices, and more, Dan has held senior positions at S & P 500 companies such as AMD, ATI, Qualcomm, and Thundercomm. He has been a leading member of Teams that have developed & launched successful semiconductor commercial ASIC Chipsets with shipments in the in the Billions of Units As a founding member of successful startups like ONChannel (acquired) and Redwave, he has shown proficiency in raising capital, building organizations, delivering products, and driving revenue growth. Dan excels in technical and strategic solutions for Fortune 500 clients, with a strong track record in executive management, business development, sales, product marketing, and engineering activities.

Atif Zafar • Chief Scientist and Board Member

Dr. Atif Zafar has had a 30 year interest and involvement in computer graphics. He invented the RV64X ISA graphics extension to RISC-V that went viral in 2021/2022. He co-founded X-Silicon in order to bring that technology to market, disrupting the traditional GPU shader core architecture with full CPU functionality, with applications in AI, embedded 3d graphics, virtual and augmented reality, IOT and embedded applications. He holds several key patents in the compute-in-memory space and is developing an additional 14 patents for X-Silicon.

Ken Whitfield • Chief Financial Officer

Kenton Whitfield is a CPA, MBA with 40 years of experience as a CFO and Controller, mostly working for private equity funded companies in manufacturing, service and logistics in the Technology, Bioscience and Consumer Goods and Services industries.

Steven Turner • VP Strategy

I am an engineering/business leader with over 25 years of high tech product development experience. Working at AMD and Qualcomm I have a proven track record in creating compelling consumer products (Mobile Devices, IP. Applications, ASICs)

I am passionate about building energized, flexible teams from start-up phase to larger global organizations and focus on delivering value to our customers.

Ingolf Held • VP Product (ad interim)

Ingolf is a semiconductor executive and entrepreneur, having led R&D, marketing and bizdev of cutting-edge technologies and business from 3G/4G to mobile phone imaging to edge AI for AR/VR – including the successful M&A exit of GrAI Matter Labs as CEO.

Colin McKellar • VP Engineering

Nearly 30 years of experience for Imagination Technologies, Sony and now X-Silicon. Strong background in engineering execution, including key deliverables into the GPU for the iPhone. An inspirational technology leader who is focussed on delivering exceptional products for X-Silicon.