If you’re a smartphone power user – constantly talking, texting, streaming, surfing and jumping among apps – you can rest assured Siraj has your back.

As the analog design lead for a microcell base station transceiver project, he’s helping expand cellular network capacity in response to the exploding use of bandwidth that’s straining spectrum use, particularly at places like airports, train stations and stadiums.

Innovation is a thread running through Siraj’s career. That’s because when you can’t solve a given problem using any combination of existing technology then you have to innovate if you’re going to achieve your objectives.

Staying on top of the industry’s latest developments is an essential part of his work, and he thinks one of the most intriguing emerging technologies is the disposable organic semiconductor. Its performance isn’t anywhere close to silicon’s yet, but he believes it represents the sort of paradigm shift that could one day transform the industry.

And what’s next for him after the microcell project? With continued growth in cellular bandwidth consumption, he can already foresee the need for a subsequent generation of microcell base station technology. But he defines the ideal project in more general terms: One in which he’s applying what he knows, continues to learn and can influence technology’s ongoing evolution .