Altium Experts

Andrew Smith is an engineer at Altium with a passion for making things work. He has over 15 years of engineering experience in the aerospace and robotics fields. With Altium, Andrew is striving to help everyone realize their ideas and get them working. Andrew earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Engineering and a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from

Chris is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at MacroFab. With over 20 years in technology development and leadership, he has started and led companies in the SaaS, Robotics, and Manufacturing spaces.

Dwight has spent his career in the software industry, moving from technical support to product management to marketing. He is passionate about integrating products in a way that benefits the end user, proving the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Harry A. Kennedy is an Engineer who’s excited about all things that deal with printed circuit boards. He is a Technical Specialist in Electronic System Design for Altair, where he helps customers solve problems ranging from simulation, verification, and PCB manufacturing technologies. Before that, he started working in the semiconductor industry at

Heidi is a senior application engineer in signal and power integrity. Her recent activities include the application of electromagnetic, frequency, transient, and channel simulators to solve signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) challenges. Heidi’s experience includes six years in SI and PI for ATE test fixtures for Verigy, an Advantest

Joey Rodriguez is the Director of Product of MacroFab, a growing digital electronics manufacturer. His experience spans venture capital, software, and hardware engineering across multiple industries and verticals.

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

Yoshi Fukawa received his B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, in 1988. He received a certification of NARTE EMC Engineer in 2000. He used to be an EMC committee member of JEIDA in Japan and currently a member of IEEE EMC Society. He is a founder of TechDream based in Silicon Valley who has been providing

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

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

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