
Patrick Dietrich
Patrick Dietrich, CTO, Connect Tech
Patrick Dietrich is the Chief Technology Officer at Connect Tech Inc. He has over 10 years of experience as a lead designer and project manager on numerous GPU, x86, ARM, high-speed digital designs and embedded COM-based carrier products developed by Connect Tech. Patrick received an Honors Bachelor of Science Degree in Systems and Computing Engineering from the University of Guelph in Canada. He is an IEEE member, a Licensed Professional Engineer, and an active member on various open standards technical committees.

Barrie Mullins
Director of Marketing
NVIDIA
Barrie Mullins, Director of Product Marketing, NVIDIA
Barrie Mullins is the Director of Technical Marketing for Embedded and Autonomous Machines at NVIDIA, where he is focused on enabling customers and the Jetson ecosystem to bring Deep Learning and AI to edge systems. For over 20 years he has been engaged in developing, launching and growing innovative and leading edge embedded products. He started his career as embedded design engineer in Ireland and moved to San Jose in 2007 to extend his influence and impact in the technology space. Barrie has a MBA from Santa Clara University, a Master in Engineering Management from University College Dublin and a Bachelor of Engineering from Cork Institute of Technology.