Dr. Yihong Qi is a visionary leader with significant industrial and societal contributions, having successfully merged fundamental research breakthroughs in electromagnetics with applications to wireless communications. With more than 400 patents, he was the hardware technology driving-force for the success of Blackberry. He is the founder and partner of four technology companies, employing more than 5,000 people globally. He has mentored scores of post-graduate students, younger researchers, managers and executives. His technical and business contributions have been recognized with IEEE technical achievement awards and the Pearl Delta top 10 entrepreneur award.