Eddie He
Engineering &
Manufacturing Manager,
TekniPlex
Jason Layton
Senior Applications Engineer,
Microchip Technology Inc.
Steve Kennelly
Associate Director,
Microchip Technology Inc.
Sheila Ortiz
Head of Global Marketing &
Business Development,
InHealth Technologies
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Eddie is a senior manager at TekniPlex,
a global leader in the healthcare and
consumer product markets, providing
medical device components and a multitude
of material science solutions. Prior to
this role, he has more than seven years
of experience as an Extrusion Manager
at Baxter International responsible for
the efficient production operation of
healthcare solutions. Eddie has a degree
in Mechanical Design Manufacture and
Automation from Southwest Jiaotong
University in China.
Steve has been with Microchip Technology
since 1999. As an Associate Director he
leads both the Medical Products Group
and the marketing team for Microchip's
8-bit MCU business unit, which serves
30,000+ customers across every market
segment. Kennelly's career includes more
than 35 years of experience in program-
management, marketing, sales, and
applications-engineering and positions
at Motorola and ON Semiconductor. He
holds a bachelor's degree in electrical and
computer engineering from ASU.
Jason Layton is a Senior Applications
Engineer in the 8-bit MCU business unit at
Microchip Technology. Having started with
the company in 2015 as an intern and later
getting hired as a New College Graduate,
Jason has gained an extensive amount of
experience in PIC® microcontrollers and
embedded systems. In his current role,
Jason trains customers on Microchip's new
products to help them achieve their design
goals.
Sheila is a senior healthcare business
professional at InHealth Technologies,
a medical devices business. Sheila has
extensive experience as a marketing
and business development leader for
multinational medical technology company
GE Healthcare and leading technology
firms Philips and Barco. Sheila has a
degree in Nuclear Medical Technology from
the University of Puerto Rico and masters
and doctorate degrees from the University
of Phoenix in Business and Administration
Management, Healthcare.
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