COM-HPC: Pushing COMs to Far Greater Heights

Stefan has worked for Kontron and predecessor / acquired companies (Jumptec / Adastra) since 1993. Stefan has held various engineering positions over the years, including Design Engineer, Engineering Manager, VP Engineering and, currently, System Architect. Stefan was the Editor and author of the original COM Express specification in 2004 / 2005. Since then, Stefan has been a technical contributor and Secretary to COM Express revision efforts. Stefan had a major role in the COM Express and SMARC Design Guides, and was the author / Editor of the original SMARC specification. Stefan is currently the PICMG Editor for the new COM-HPC standard. Stefan has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of California, San Diego, awarded in 1977, and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, from the University of California, Los Angeles, awarded in 1985. Stefan is based in Kontron’s Fremont, California office.

CTO Americas. Jeff brings over 20 years of experience in the design and manufacturing of products for edge computing, which is no different from what was once referred to as embedded computing. These products are typically used in applications where lifecycle, reliability and quality are key concerns. Jeff leads several industry technical subcommittees and is committed to standards based compute solutions.

Mr. Best leads the SI Industry Standards team at Samtec, Inc. Throughout his 27 year career, he has repaired, tested and validated high-performance electronics within the rotor wing avionics, server platform validation and electronics components industries. Mr. Best holds a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Carolina - Columbia.