Dr. Daniel Schall is CEO and Co-Founder of Black Semiconductor. He holds a PhD in graphene optoelectronics from RWTH Aachen University. His work has shaped integrated photonics for over a decade, driving innovation in chip-to-chip communication. As co-founder of Black Semiconductor, his focus is on rethinking current solutions… Read More
CEO Interview with Vivek Vishwakarma of ThirdAI Automation
Vivek Vishwakarma is an entrepreneur, investor, and technologist leading ThirdAI Automation, an industrial AI company that accelerates troubleshooting and reporting through automated root-cause analysis. A former technologist at Intel with 10+ patents and 300+ research citations, he speaks on the intersection of advanced… Read More
CEO Interview with Vivek Raghunathan of Xscape Photonics
Vivek Raghunathan has over 18 years of experience in silicon photonics. He was a Sr. Principal Engineer, Product Architect and Program Leader for Integrated Silicon Photonics at Broadcom driving key core technology development required to co-package optics with switches and demonstrated industry’s first 25.6T Ethernet … Read More
CEO Interview with Baratunde Cola of Carbice
Baratunde Cola is the CEO and founder of Carbice, an Atlanta, Georgia-based company that develops scalable interface solutions to protect semiconductors and electrical components from overheating in any physical environment. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University and … Read More
CEO Interview with RP Singh of Seasia Infotech
Rupinder Pal Singh is the co-founder and CEO of Seasia Infotech, a role he takes great pride in. Sharing insights into the business and industry is something he always looks forward to. As the leader of the Seasia Group of Companies, Singh is tasked with overseeing all aspects of operations, ensuring that the company delivers… Read More
CEO Interview with Adi Gelvan of Speedata
Adi Gelvan is a veteran tech executive and serial entrepreneur, currently serving as the CEO of SPEEDATA, a semiconductor startup redefining analytics infrastructure with its purpose-built Analytics Processing Unit (APU). Known for his sharp operational instincts and deep technical insight, Adi joined Speedata in 2025 … Read More
CEO Interview with Nagesh Gupta of llmda.ai
Nagesh has built a career spanning multiple aspects of system design and development at companies including Hewlett-Packard, Cadence, Xilinx, and Lattice Semiconductor.
He is also a serial entrepreneur. Nagesh founded Taray, Inc., which developed memory interface generators for Xilinx designs and was later acquired by … Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Jekaterina Viktorova of Syenta
Dr. Jekaterina (Jeka) Viktorova is the CEO and Co-Founder of Syenta, an Australian deep-tech company developing breakthrough additive manufacturing technology for the semiconductor industry. With a background in chemistry, electrochemistry, and advanced manufacturing, she is the inventor of the core Syenta technology… Read More
CEO Interview with Matt Crowley of Scintil Photonics
Matt Crowley is Chief Executive Officer of Scintil Photonics. A physicist by training, Matt built his career transitioning advanced semiconductor technologies from development to volume manufacturing. Before Scintil, he led MEMS technology company Vesper Technologies to high-volume production and through its acquisition… Read More
CEO Interview with Dave Kelf, CEO of Breker Verification Systems
In the functional verification space, Breker Verification Systems stands out for its vast and long-standing understanding and ability to solve many of the seemingly intractable complexity challenges, especially in the system space.
I recently talked with Dave Kelf, Breker’s CEO, who has plenty of good news to share about Breker’s… Read More


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