Name of speaker:  David W. Blevins

Title of Talk : Cypress Semiconductor Solutions for IoT and Wearables

Abstract of talk: David W. Blevins will discuss the PSoC (Programmable System on Chip) Bluetooth Low Energy products, and also Cypress’s new Energy Harvesting technology.

Speaker Bio: 

Dave Blevins is a Field Applications Engineer and Cypress Semiconductor Product Specialist at Arrow Electronics, a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components. Previous roles were Product Marketing Manager at internet security provider Check Point Software, Technical Marketing and Product Management at Xilinx, Inc., Field Applications Support at two programmable logic software startups, and hardware design at Hewlett-Packard.

Dave received his BS degree in electrical engineering at Washington State University. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional, and holds certificates in embedded systems from UC Santa Cruz and internet security from CompTIA. He is also an instrument-rated pilot in airplanes and helicopters, and in his spare time he enjoys making noises with modular music synthesizers and playing electric guitar, loudly.