The Faces of Innovation in 2023

Dec. 14, 2022

We shine a spotlight on the people driving positive change for and within the electronics industry.

This article is part of the Innovators 2023 issue.

Technology is always at the forefront of our coverage of the electronics industry in Electronic Design and on ElectronicDesign.com, but this year we wanted to also give center stage to the people that are driving the industry forward. The following 10 individuals have been nominated as key innovators in the market helping to progress technological development for the better.

Read about all of the innovators for the electronics industry profiled in 2022 below:

Women in Science & Engineering

Jennifer Aspell, CEO, BrightView Technologies

Monia Chiavacci, Senior Principal Architect, SiFive Inc.

Calista Redmond, CEO, RISC-V International

Up & Comers

Keshav Amla, CEO and Founder, Avishtech

Trailblazers

Mehmet Aslan, Vice President of Engineering and Product Development, Tektronix Inc.

Ancel Bhagwandeen, Executive Engineer, ProtofabTT

Steve Sandler, Founder, Picotest

Ding Yandoc, Lead Designer, Nexperia

David Su, Co-Founder, Atmosic Technologies

Bob Martin, Senior Staff Engineer, Microchip

Do you have someone you feel is deserving of being profiled for driving positive change and innovation in the electronics industry? Submit to [email protected] for consideration, or fill out the form at bit.ly/innovators_ED.

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