Mustafiz joined MIPS as CTO in 2021. He was previously COO of the SK Hynix office in Silicon Valley and before that worked as a founder and/or executive at multiple startups including Silicon Spice and SandForce, and also held management positions at Broadcom and LSI Corp. He gained experience in venture capital investing and portfolio company management while at SKTA CVC and its accelerator. Mustafiz began his career with Intel where he was involved in designing the i486 and Pentium processors and led/co-led development of flagship products such the Pentium OverDrive, Pentium-II and Merced (IA-64) processors.

Mustafiz has BS and MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is a member of the IEEE and the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies. He holds more than a dozen patents in the areas of high-performance processor design, cache and bus protocols, and digital signal processing. Mustafiz is actively involved with non-profits that provide economically marginalized children with access to quality education.