Raj Uppala is the Sr. Director of Marketing & Partnerships at Rambus for the Silicon IP business unit. Prior to Rambus, Raj held several roles at Western Digital in product management, product marketing, and ecosystem partnerships, for the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) product line and a Smart Video product line encompassing Cameras, AI analytics, and Video Management System delivered as a service. Raj began his career designing memory and mixed-signal IC’s, subsequently transitioning to marketing and product line management roles across a few Semiconductor companies. He holds an MBA from Cornell University and a MS in EE from Mississippi State University.