Telewave, Inc. announced that Robert Bagheri has joined the company as chairman and chief executive officer.

Mr. Bagheri has more than 35 years of experience in executive, management and engineering positions within the electronics industry. Before joining Telewave, Mr. Bagheri was founder, investor and chairman of a stealth start-up serving the wearables and mobile markets.

He was formerly chief operating officer of 3D additive printing pioneer EoPlex, Inc., executive vice president of operations, quality, reliability and software at media conversion company Zenverge, Inc., senior vice president of central engineering and operations, quality and reliability at Applied Micro Devices and executive vice president of operations at Silicon Image and SiRF Technologies.

He earlier held product engineering and management positions at S3 Inc., Zoran Corp., Microchip Technology, IMP, Inc. and Monolithic Memories. Mr. Bagheri received his EE degree from the Cleveland Institute of Technology.

“Telewave has an impressive 45-year history of growth in serving the telecommunications industry,” said Mr. Bagheri. “I look forward to expanding the company’s presence in its core markets and exploiting new opportunities as wireless communications enters one of the most vibrant periods in its history.”