
Nigel Forrester
Director of Product Strategy
Concurrent Technologies
Nigel Forrester is Director of Product Strategy for Concurrent Technologies and is based at their UK headquarters. He has responsibility for product strategy and partner relationships to augment the value of the company’s strong processor board portfolio. Nigel has previously held technical product and vertical marketing roles in the embedded computer industry and is an accomplished speaker and author.
He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science and Statistics from Reading University and can be contacted at nforrester@cct.co.uk

Robert Persons
Senior Presales Architect
SMART Embedded Computing
Robert Persons applies his extensive knowledge of embedded real-time systems, open standards hardware, and real-time software to help SMART Embedded Computing customers accelerate their projects. His 30-year career has included avionics software development and field support of military, aerospace, telecom, and rail customers. He has also represented SMART EC on standards bodies and conference advisory boards, and holds a dual Bachelor of Science Degrees in Computer Science and Zoology

Ken Grob
Director of Embedded Computing Architectures
Elma Electronic
Ken Grob is Director of Embedded Computing Architectures for Elma Electronic and is responsible for driving the company’s integrated solutions. He is a regular contributor to both SOSA and VITA standards development. He holds a BSEE from Drexel University and has been in the embedded computing open architectures industry since 1985.