Dr. David Garrett is the VP of Technology and Innovation at Synaptics' Processor Division. Prior to Synaptics, David spent more than 10 years in the CTO Office at Broadcom. Before Broadcom, he was the CTO of a cryptography startup, and the Chief Architect at Syntiant. David is an IEEE Fellow and holds more than 100 U.S. and 35 international patents in machine learning, signal processing, and VLSI design. David holds a PhD in EE from the University of Virginia.