Who We Are

Hisham Haddara is the founder of Si-Ware Systems (SWS), a leading fabless semiconductor company in Egypt. Prior to founding SWS in December 2003, he was with MEMScAP from May 2000 as EVP and President of MEMSCAP Egypt and was co-founder and first GM of ANACAD Egypt in 1994. By he end of 1994, ANACAD was acquired by Mentor Graphics Corporation (MGC) where he worked till May 2000 as GM of Mentor Graphics Egypt.

Hisham has been a professor of microelectronics at Ain-Shams University, Cairo till 2016. He has authored and co-authored two books, several patents and more than 100 scientific publications in International Journals and Conferences. He received his Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics from the National Polytechnic Institute, Grenoble, France in 1988. His Ph.D. research work won the best Ph.D. thesis award for the years 1987-88, awarded by the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS).

Hisham is the chairman of the electronics division of EITESAL, (Egyptian Information, Telecommunications, Electronics & Software Alliance), the biggest technology NGO in Egypt. He served as an advisor the Minister of Scientific Research and he served on the board of directors of the National Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), the board of trustees of the Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) and the board of the IT Industry Development Agency, ITIDA. He has been recently appointed as member of the board of Zewail City for Science and Technology. Hisham has been an expert on innovation with the ESCWA UN organization since 2015.

Hisham has led Si-Ware to become a world leader in specific areas of Analog/Mixed-Signal and RF IC design enabling sensors and IoT applications as well as developing a breakthrough Optical MEMS spectral sensor. Si-Ware employs more than 100 employees and has a large portfolio of US and international patents and proprietary IP.