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As Edge AI continues to grow as a foundational technology in many industries, it’s important to have a clear framework when designing it. Register now to find out more.
As Edge AI continues to grow as a foundational technology in many industries, it’s important to have a clear framework when designing it. Register now to find out more.
Thu, Sep. 03, 2026 · 8:00 am (PDT)
Senior Manager PSOC™ Edge, Infineon Technologies
Experienced technical product manager focused on go-to-market strategies for microcontrollers and microprocessors. Together with his team, Omar Cruz recently introduced a new Machine Learning enabled microcontroller to the market: PSOC™ Edge. He is based in Austin, Texas. After working for well-known processor IP and semiconductor companies, he joined Infineon in 2023.
Head of Machine Learning, Imagimob, An Infineon Technologies Company
Sam has spent nearly a decade at Imagimob, an Infineon Technologies company that develops products for the DEEPCRAFT™ brand of Edge AI software. He holds a Master’s in Electrical Engineering, earned through studies in Australia and Sweden. He has led multiple end-to-end Edge AI projects to production and now heads Imagimob’s Machine Learning team, helping customers successfully accelerate their Machine Learning journey.
Thu, Sep. 03, 2026 · 9:15 am (PDT)
Vice President of Business Strategy, Analog Mixed Signal at Renesas
Karthi Gopalan is a semiconductor executive and the VP of Business Strategy for Analog Mixed Signal at Renesas Electronics. She is known for shaping the narrative around “Physical AI.” Her work focuses on how semiconductor technologies become the nervous system enabling autonomous machines & advanced robotics for smart cities, industrial and automotive markets. She sits at the intersection of semiconductor excellence and AI evolution. She has a proven track record of managing high-stakes Power & Analog business units, providing the essential infrastructure that fuels modern computing. At AI Day, she explores how strategic semiconductor growth and hardware-level breakthroughs are the true catalysts for the next generation of AI—successfully bridging intelligent models into the real world.
Editor in Chief Embedded Computing Design
Thu, Sep. 03, 2026 · 10:30 am (PDT)
Editor in Chief Embedded Computing Design
Thu, Sep. 03, 2026 · 11:45 am (PDT)
Director of Segment Marketing, Lattice Semiconductor
Hussein Osman is a semiconductor industry veteran, with 20+ years’ experience bringing multiple new technologies to market. Over the past 5 years he has been leading the sensAI solution development and go to market at Lattice semiconductor. Hussein is interested in creating usable and high-performance AI applications with a personal focus on medical electronics. Mr. Osman received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Chief Executive Officer, EDGE AI FOUNDATION
Pete Bernard spent 14 in Silicon Valley and 18 years at Microsoft pushing the envelope of edge computing products, services, and partnerships.
After receiving a B.S. in Computer Engineering at Boston University, Pete worked at Phoenix Technologies as a BIOS Developer and Product leader, eventually moving to Santa Clara, CA to focus on APAC and Japan markets. He was VP of Products at E-Color, a revolutionary color correction image services start up in San Francisco before joining Insignia Solutions as Chief Product Officer, where he drove innovations in embedded Java and FOTA technologies with major telcos and device developers and technology partners including Qualcomm and Microsoft.
He made the leap from Insignia to Microsoft and moved to the Seattle area where he drove planning, strategy, partner engagement and product management for disruptive products including Windows Phone, Zune, the infamous KIN phone, Windows on Snapdragon (Always Connected PC), Windows IoT, Azure Percept, Azure IoT and more. Pete founded EDGECELSIOR in 2023, a new type of “Technology Practice” at the intersection of semiconductors, 5G and AI.
He holds seven patents in security, imaging, smart wearables, and music streaming, and can be heard at various industry events and podcasts.
He has been at the helm of the EDGE AI FOUNDATION since April of 2024.
After receiving a B.S. in Computer Engineering at Boston University, Pete worked at Phoenix Technologies as a BIOS Developer and Product leader, eventually moving to Santa Clara, CA to focus on APAC and Japan markets. He was VP of Products at E-Color, a revolutionary color correction image services start up in San Francisco before joining Insignia Solutions as Chief Product Officer, where he drove innovations in embedded Java and FOTA technologies with major telcos and device developers and technology partners including Qualcomm and Microsoft.
He made the leap from Insignia to Microsoft and moved to the Seattle area where he drove planning, strategy, partner engagement and product management for disruptive products including Windows Phone, Zune, the infamous KIN phone, Windows on Snapdragon (Always Connected PC), Windows IoT, Azure Percept, Azure IoT and more. Pete founded EDGECELSIOR in 2023, a new type of “Technology Practice” at the intersection of semiconductors, 5G and AI.
He holds seven patents in security, imaging, smart wearables, and music streaming, and can be heard at various industry events and podcasts.
He has been at the helm of the EDGE AI FOUNDATION since April of 2024.
