NXP Connects 2023 Speakers

Ron Martino is executive vice president of global sales for NXP Semiconductors. In this role, he is responsible for driving the company’s top line growth initiatives, enabling solutions in support of our customers and ensuring high customer satisfaction

Ray has a comprehensive background in both engineering and business roles. Originally joining Motorola Semiconductors in the United Kingdom, Ray worked as a Field Applications Engineer on microcontroller and microprocessor products before moving into business roles supporting the first 32 Bit MCU product lines in Automotive.

Bill Curtis is the Moor Insights and Strategy Analyst in Residence for large-scale Internet of Things systems. Bill helps enterprises design distributed solutions that integrate the full end-to-end IoT stack from real-world devices to analytics.

A seasoned entrepreneur, technologist, and executive, Yu brings over 20 years of experience leading high-performance teams and building cutting-edge technologies and products for the data center, eCommerce, and automotive markets.

Jorge Heraud loves to combine high-technology and large machines. He is the CEO of Blue River Technology a company he cofounded in 2011 that was acquired by Deere and Company in 2017 and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Prof. Philip Koopman is an internationally recognized expert on Autonomous Vehicle (AV) safety whose work in that area spans over 25 years. He is also actively involved with AV policy and standards as well as more general embedded system design and software quality. His pioneering research work includes software robustness testing and run time monitoring of autonomous systems to identify how they break and how to fix them.

Dr. Ly is a renowned expert in artificial pancreas and diabetes technologies. Most recently, she served as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology.

As the VP and GM for the Wireless Connectivity Solutions group, Larry is responsible for driving NXP’s wireless strategy and broad portfolio of connectivity solutions that address the Smart Home, Automotive and Industrial markets. Larry has over 25 years of industry experience and possesses deep expertise in building connectivity businesses and growing platform-based ecosystems.

Kevin Po is a group product manager on the Google Nest team. His focus area includes smart home technologies and is Google's product lead for the Matter initiative.

Chris leads VDC’s syndicated research programs and consulting engagements focused on development and deployment solutions for intelligent systems. He has helped a wide variety of clients respond to and capitalize on the leading trends impacting next-generation industrial and device markets, such as security, the IoT, and engineering lifecycle management solutions.

Carlo is a senior product and business leader with experience in telecom, networking, IoT and renewable energy space. He has a combination of business, product and engineering skills. Currently leading product strategy and innovation in Comcast. He has been directly responsible for launching new products in the area of digital security, broadband platform, smart home insurance and many more.