Keynote Speakers
Craig Nishizaki is the Vice President of the Test Solutions Group for NVIDIA where he is responsible for providing manufacturing HW/SW test solutions for all NVIDIA’s products from chips to boards to Servers/Systems. Craig’s team works on a variety of platforms including ATE and SLT systems, while also working on custom test platforms for boards and servers. Craig’s role is to develop and support these solutions in a systematic & integrated way to provide optimal coverage while still being operationally efficient. Prior to Joining NVIDIA, Craig held similar roles at Procket Networks, Transmeta, C-Cube Microsystems, and Cypress.
Marcelo Ackermann is chair of the Industry Focus Group – X-ray and EUV (XUV) optics at the MESA+ institute of the University of Twente. He obtained his PhD in physics (cum laude) in 2007 on a shared research project between Leiden University and the ESRF in Grenoble, under the guidance of Prof Frenken and Prof. Ferrer. After that he held different leading positions in industrial research for the development of X-ray, visible and IR optics at cosine Research, Helbling Technik, SCHOTT Advanced Optics and ASML. In 2020 he re-joined academia as a full-time professor in the XUV group, focusing on the development of next generation reflective, refractive and transparent X-ray and EUV optics in collaboration with industry partners like Zeiss, ASML and Malvern Panalytical.
Andrea Lati is the Director of Market Research at TechInsights Inc. Since joining the company in 2001, Andrea has been managing and developing forecasting models as well as performing market analysis and research on electronics, semiconductor, and equipment markets. Andrea has played a key role in driving detailed fundamental-based research and developed benchmark data and forecasts widely used by the industry. In addition, Andrea has performed many custom studies for various clients and is a co-author of The Chip Insider ®. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of California Santa Barbara.