Altium Experts

Julie Ellis is a Field Applications Engineering Manager and Master IPC-A-600 Trainer for TTM Technologies, the world’s 5th largest printed circuit board fabricator. As a thirty-some year veteran in electronics and manufacturing, she’s seen a multitude of success stories and failures. Working on quality problems and failures cost significantly more

Sarmad Khemmoro is an EDA and Electronic System Design veteran. He has been working with the Automotive, Aerospace/Defense, and Telecom/Consumer industries for the last 26 years on Electrical, Electronics, and Embedded systems design and simulation. For the last 15 months, he is with Altair, as vice president, managing their global business

Stephen Slater leads the SI & PI product planning and marketing team for Keysight’s PathWave Software Solutions. Over the last decade Stephen has been working closely with customers using Keysight’s Advanced Design System, for high-speed SerDes channel simulations, DDR simulation and Electromagnetic simulation for PCB applications. Prior to joining

Hi John, here is the bio for Thomas Bewley Prof Thomas R Bewley (BS/MS, Caltech, 1989; diploma, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 1990; PhD, Stanford, 1998) directs the UCSD Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Labs. The Flow Control Lab investigates a host of questions ranging from theoretical to applied, including the development of

Dr. Todd Hubing is a Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University and President of LearnEMC. Dr. Hubing holds a BSEE degree from MIT, an MSEE degree from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He was an engineer at IBM for 7 years and a faculty member at the University of Missouri

Christopher recently retired from a 37-year career with Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, and Keysight Technologies with roles spanning Executive Vice President and Electronics Manufacturing and Electronics Supply Chains. He currently resides in Santa Rosa, California, and enjoys spending time with family and providing strategic insights to

Morgan Seeton is a Product Marketing Manager at Altium where she spearheads strategic marketing initiatives for the Nexar and Octopart brands. She has spent her career working in the electronic component distribution and agricultural technology sectors where she has focused on new product introduction specifically around electronic components and

Kunjal studied Electronic & Communication Engineering at university, and currently works as a Technical Application Engineer at Altium in the Altium Bangalore office in India. Kunjal has over 20 years of direct experience with IPC CID Certification as an Sr. PCB Designer in the Space industry, various design firms, PCB Fabrication, and assembly

Jan Grooten is an Electronics Design Engineer who graduated (MScEE) in Asic design at the University of Twente, Netherlands. Besides Altium, Jan’s work experience includes Ericcsson, Sony and Plantronics where he served as Electronic System Engineer with focus on product development for Bluetooth headsets, with specialisation in small Li-ion

Pierre is the current Sales Applications Engineer for Altium’s North America region. He worked in Mechatronics Design and Fabrication at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Robotics as an Electro-Mechanical Engineer. Pierre recently joined Altium’s engineering team, and continues his hobbies in design and fabrication of miniature PCBs, CNC

Nikolay currently serves as a Software Product Manager at Altium where he oversees the complete development lifecycle for Altium Vault. He brings over 5 years of software development experience to the team and graduated from Pre-Azov State Technical University in Mariupol where he studied informatics and applied mathematics.

Daniel Williams serves as the Chief Information Officer at Samtec, Inc., an industry leading electronic component manufacturing company. As Chief Information Officer, Williams is charged with the creation of strategic IT initiatives that position Samtec as a leader in the manufacturing and design automation industry. Previously, he served as the

Aleksey Merkulov graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and is currently working as a Technical Sales Engineer at Altium. He has 3+ years of experience working as an Applications Engineer at Heatron, where he coordinated with the sales, engineering, and manufacturing teams to provide

Ethan Pierce is a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) at Altium, where he combines technical expertise with a customer-centric approach. With over 10 years of silicon valley hardware and solutions engineering experience he specialises in maintaining holistic design intent from concept to mass production, resulting in successful product deployments at

Rafał Stępień is an electronics engineer (and electronics hobbyist for over 30 years), specializing in analog, mixed, and RF electronics with over 20 years of industry experience. During this time, he has worked as a hardware engineer and electronics advisor for many companies. He holds a PhD in electronic engineering and has numerous scientific

Iryna joined Altium in 2014 and, during her tenure, held various positions in marketing and product teams. Currently, Iryna focuses on helping Altium customers realize the benefits of Altium 365.