Scott Hartman
Hardware Engineering Manager
Abaco Systems
Scott Hartman is a hardware engineering manager at Abaco Systems specializing in the design of high performance FPGA cards for digital signal processing and RF applications. Scott has 15+ years of experience designing ruggedized embedded systems for measurement and automation severing the test and measurement, automotive, energy, aerospace & defense industries and holds a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas. His areas of design expertise include high speed digital design, HDI PCBs, multigigabit transceivers, FPGA integration, and digital logic design.
Ovidiu Mesesan
Principal Backplane Consultant
Elma Electronic Inc
With over 20 years of significant high-speed backplane designs, Ovidiu is Elma’s signal integrity expert, responsible for the design and development of standards-based backplanes. He is a regular contributor to open standards within VITA and PICMG.
Rodger Hosking
V.P. and Co-Founder
Pentek, Inc., now part of Mercury
Rodger Hosking is vice-president and co-founder of Pentek, now part of Mercury. He is responsible for new product definition, technology development and strategic alliances. With over 35 years in the electronics industry, he has authored hundreds of articles and has delivered thousands of technical presentations focused on radar, communications, software radio and digital signal processing.