President & CEO
Sameer Singhal is currently serving as President & CEO at CFD Research Corporation. He started his career at semiconductor startup Nitronex Corporation, working on design and development of III-V compound semiconductor devices (Gallium Nitride) for high-power RF power transistors. During his seven years at Nitronex, he advanced to Manager of Reliability and Product Engineering and in this role, helped develop the early-stage technology from whiteboard concept all the way to a portfolio of seven products with commercial sales.
At CFD Research, he has steadily progressed from a technical director to President & CEO. While serving as a Director, he managed the technical development and commercialization of a portfolio of technologies. Most of the development was done in direct collaboration with the DoD, DOE, NIH, and NASA agencies. Specific technologies he has helped commercialize include CFD Research’s Bio-Battery™ and SynVivo® products. He also led the development of CFD Research’s Thermal Battery technology. In his current role as President & CEO, Mr. Singhal is responsible for setting the overall vision and priorities for the company. In particular, he focuses on further leveraging the rich R&D core of CFD Research and getting technology out of the lab and into the hands of end users. This includes placing subject matter experts and their technologies on-site with the government customers. For deployment into commercial markets, CFD Research has formed an Innovation Accelerator to identify and resource promising technologies.
Mr. Singhal received his B.S. from Georgia Tech and M.S. from Stanford University, both in Materials Science and Engineering. He has over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has six issued patents.
Mr. Singhal has been active in the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce since 2017, serving as Chair in 2024. The Chamber serves over 2,000 members and is the chief Economic Development arm for the city. Sameer is also the recipient of the 2025 Russell G. Brown Executive Award.