For more than 30 years I've been involved in both the hardware and software design of embedded systems.
Even when I started to manage design teams and international projects -- including having both planning and budget responsibilities -- I also remained active in hardware and software design.
This allowed me to better-support the work performed by my teams; also, it helped me to keep in touch with daily research and development problems.
To this day, I have not lost my passion to start new designs, learn new technologies and techniques, explore new fields, and accept new challenges in both design and management roles.
I enjoy working with new people on new problems, and I would very...