Executive Interviews

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Keshav Amla, founder and CEO of EDA start-up Avishtech, shares the motivation behind the venture and how a materials-driven approach aids designing multi-stack PCBs and improves solving EM fields.

Xavier Crosnier, CEO of United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS), describes UMS' unique founding as a center of excellence in Europe, its strategy to maintain competitive process and packaging technologies and his assessment eight months after becoming CEO.

Samuel Cho, cofounder and CTO of RFHIC, discusses the motivation to start the company, its early adoption of GaN and areas of growth.

Founder and president, Agoston Agoston, and executive VP, Brian Doxey, discuss the history and growth of HYPERLABS and the focus of its instrument and component products.

Ritu Favre, SVP and GM of Semiconductor Business at NI, talks about the company's new brand and vision plus the semiconductor business and trends in that market for NI.

Jakub Kucera, cofounder and CEO of test and measurement firm AnaPico, discusses the company’s founding, growing portfolio of instruments and its successful strategy tapping Switzerland’s reputation for quality, engineering and manufacturing.

James Thompson, executive VP of engineering and CTO at Qualcomm Technologies, discusses Qualcomm's culture of innovation, from CDMA to 5G; its advocacy of mmWave in the smartphone; and the vision of a 5G-AI-cloud computing world.

Brad Robbins, president of LitePoint, a Teradyne company, describes the company’s history, how it serves the test and measurement needs of the wireless industry and what differentiates its products.

Glen Clark, Cadence Design Systems corporate VP of R&D for custom ICs and PCBs, discusses the acquisition of AWR and the vision for integrating the two companies’ capabilities to improve the design of RF, microwave and mmWave systems.

Dana Wheeler, President and Co-Founder at Plymouth Rock Technologies, discusses the concealed weapons and security threats such as their show scanner, specialized drones for standoff scanning, and use of Wi-Fi for passive detection of threats.