As General Manager of Automotive and Semiconductor, Neil leads the teams that enable innovators in these markets to accelerate the realization of their vision . He brings over 30 years of experience in the embedded semiconductor and software industry in technical, commercial, sales, and strategy roles. For the past 17 years, Neil has been an industry leader in the functional-safety domain, working closely with the ecosystem, customers, and partners across the automotive, industrial, avionics, and transportation segments to build a safer world. Neil has held various positions in global corporations including Arm, Intel, Renesas/NEC, PMC-Sierra, Samsung and CoreAVI. Neil studied Electronic Engineering and has spent time living in the U.K., Germany, and Sweden prior to moving to the Unites States with his family in 2014.