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Name
Jake Janovetz
Title
Founder & CTO, Opal Kelly
Bio
Jake Janovetz is the Chief Technology Officer and founder of Opal Kelly, a company pioneering modular FPGA integration systems that streamline the development process from prototype to production. Since founding the company in 2004, Jake has led the design of hardware and software solutions that empower engineers to rapidly deploy FPGA-based systems without reinventing low-level interfaces.
Opal Kelly’s products uniquely combine powerful FPGA hardware with the FrontPanel SDK—a robust software interface that simplifies communication between host applications and FPGA logic. The company also created the SYZYGY standard, a modern, high-performance interconnect for FPGA peripherals. This integrated approach reduces development friction, accelerates time-to-market, and supports scalable deployment across research, industrial, and commercial applications.
Jake holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is also the founder of Aligni, a cloud-based platform for component management and inventory control, and an investor with the Oregon Venture Fund.
Opal Kelly’s products uniquely combine powerful FPGA hardware with the FrontPanel SDK—a robust software interface that simplifies communication between host applications and FPGA logic. The company also created the SYZYGY standard, a modern, high-performance interconnect for FPGA peripherals. This integrated approach reduces development friction, accelerates time-to-market, and supports scalable deployment across research, industrial, and commercial applications.
Jake holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is also the founder of Aligni, a cloud-based platform for component management and inventory control, and an investor with the Oregon Venture Fund.
