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Alain Stas, Product Marketing Engineer, Vishay Non-Linear Resistors
Alain Stas currently serves as Product Marketing Engineer, Non-Linear Resistors, at Vishay. He has written several
articles on electronic simulation with thermistors and Resistive Temperature Devices (RTDs) for Planet Analog, and
maintains a technical blog on hackster.io that explores simulations using Vishay's components. Alain holds a Master of
Science degree in civil engineering, physics, from Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, with a specialization
in solid-state electronics and material sciences.
Olivier Gaston, Product Marketing Manager, Vishay Sfernice
Olivier Gaston holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has 27 years of experience at Vishay as an R&D manager
for mechatronics projects. Currently, he serves as product marketing manager for the company's Sfernice / Spectrol
position sensors portfolio, which covers a wide range of markets and applications (industrial, off-road, AMS, and medical).
In this role he focuses on customers' needs and experiences, providing technical support, and building and implementing
marketing strategies.
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Samy Ahmed, Senior Manager, Application Engineering, Vishay Semiconductors
Samy Ahmed is a Senior Applications Engineering Manager at Vishay Semiconductor GmbH. He's been with the
company for over ten years and currently leads the applications team for the optical sensors department. In this role
he is responsible for providing technical design-in support; creating demonstrations, reference designs, and technical
documentation; and conducting technical training. Samy holds a master's degree in electronic engineering from the
University of Dundee, Scotland.
