- Gene Frantz - Chief Technology Officer for Octavo Systems
- One of the founders and the visionary behind Octavo Systems
- Professor in the Practice at Rice University in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
- Was the Principal Technology Fellow at Texas Instruments where he built a career finding new opportunities and building new businesses to leverage TI’s DSP technology
- Holds 48 patents and has written over 100 papers/articles and presents at conferences around the globe
- Has a BSEE from the University of Central Florida, a MSEE from Southern Methodist University, and a MBA from Texas Tech University
- Erik Welsh - Applications and Systems Manager for Octavo Systems
- Has over 16 years of industry experience designing hardware and software systems, including 11 years at Texas Instruments
- Supported hundreds of developers bringing embedded systems quickly to market
- Simplifying complex systems is a passion and mentors engineers developing embedded Linux systems
- Developed platforms for cutting-edge wireless research to provide open-access to startups
- Began his career as a SoC (System-On-Chip) designer eventually leading SoC Security Architecture development
- Currently holds multiple patents in the area of System-in-Package technology
- Has a Bachelor of Science and Masters in Electrical Engineering from Rice University
- Octavo Systems
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