He moved to Silicon Valley 27 years ago and has continued to concentrate on embedded systems design since. After a decade at National Semiconductor which also exposed him to the wonderful world of analog electronics, he ended up in a few startups before landing at Atmel where he managed a microcontroller applications team, then became active in academic program and trade show coordination. These responsibilities deepened his involvement with the Arduino / Maker movement supporting the entire ecosystem including system, hardware, and software design.
With 30+ years of embedded system experience, he now serves as the “Wizard of Make” for Microchip continuing his role from Atmel in which he keeps the Maker spirit alive within Microchip, educates aspiring Makers, and continues to design and build embedded systems to educate young and aspiring Makers as much as he can. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and twin daughters, along with a garage full of surplus wire and boxes of “vintage electronics” that really need to be recycled.
