Gamal Refai-Ahmed

Gamal Refai-Ahmed is a senior technical executive and internationally recognized leader in thermal management, silicon power architecture, and advanced packaging for AI, high-performance computing, telecommunications, and aerospace systems. Over more than three decades at AMD, Xilinx, GE Global Research, Cisco, and Nortel, he has pioneered solutions that define how heat, power, and data are managed in today’s most demanding platforms. Gamal is an elected Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of IEEE, ASME, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. Professional societies have recognized his leadership with awards such as the ASME Service Award, Calvin Lecture Award, and Excellence in Thermal Management (Allan Kraus) Award, as well as the IEEE Canada R.H. Tanner Industrial Leadership Silver Medal. He has also been elevated to ASME Fellow and later ASME Life Fellow.