Iqbal Arshad

Arshad re-joined Motorola in 2003 to lead product development and management. He led design & development of the first CDMA variants of the RAZR and RAZR 2 product lines, the first DROID smartphone, the first Android Tablet (Xoom) featuring the Honeycomb (Android 3.1) OS,^[2][3][4] the first dual-core, dual-OS smartphone (Atrix 4G^[5]), and led 4G LTE silicon and software.^[6]

In 2012 Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google. Iqbal was chosen as part of the senior leadership team under CEO Dennis Woodside during the acquisition.^[7] Under Google, he led the Moto X,^[8][9] Moto G, and Moto 360 products. He also launched the Nexus 6 in collaboration with Google.^[10][11]

In 2014, Lenovo acquired Motorola from Google.^[12] Arshad continued to lead Engineering & Product Development for both Motorola in the US and Lenovo MBG (Mobile Business Group) in China. Arshad's team engineered and shipped Droid Turbo 2 (world's first shatterproof display),^[13] the modular Moto Z, a collection of Moto Mods,^[14][15] and a Moto Mod developer kit for 3rd parties.^[16][17]

In 2010, Arshad was recognized by Crain's Chicago in their annual 40 under 40 list.^[18][19] He serves on the advisory board for Northwestern University's Master of Engineering Management, and is a member of the IEEE. He previously served on the Illinois Innovation Council.^[2]

Arshad has had several public speaking engagements, including a presentation^[20] during Northwestern Engineering's ‘Design:Chicago 2014’ event,^[21] and as the 2014 commencement speaker for Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering.