Executive Vice President

Embedded Computing Design

Richard Nass’ key responsibilities include setting the direction for all aspects of OSM’s ECD portfolio, including digital, print, and live events. Previously, Nass was the Brand Director for Design News. Prior, he led the content team for UBM’s Medical Devices Group, and all custom properties and events. Nass has been in the engineering OEM industry for more than 30 years. In prior stints, he led the Content Team at EE Times, Embedded.com, and TechOnLine. Nass holds a BSEE degree from NJIT.

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IoT

Over the Air Updates Remove So Many Obstacles - Whitepaper

June 01, 2020

When you ship an embedded IoT product, regardless of the vertical, it's a pretty safe bet that it?s going to need updates over its lifetime.

Healthcare

Special COVID-19 Edition of Embedded Executives: Chris Rogers, CEO, SensiML - Podcast

May 28, 2020

Many pundits say that the key to neutralizing the COVID-19 virus is testing, lots of testing. That's easier said than done, unless you believe what the technology experts at SensiML are saying.

Processing

Embedded Executives: Thomas Smelker, VP/GM, Mercury Systems - Podcast

May 20, 2020

Moore?s Law has been around for a long time?around 50 years. It says that transistor count will double every 18 months. Many ?experts? have predicted that it is coming to an end.

Security

Embedded Executives: Reza Azarderakhsh, President, PQSecure - Podcast

May 13, 2020

Sometimes it takes some extreme measure to ensure the security of your device. Those extremes include quantum-safe cryptographic solutions, which is what is provided by PQ Secure.

Consumer

Tear Down: Smartwatch Boasts Two Weeks on a Charge - Blog

May 11, 2020

What really separates the Forerunner 945 from competitive devices is the battery life.

IoT

Computing at the Edge Needn't Be Problematic - Blog

May 11, 2020

Move your IoT compute engine to the Edge. If I've said it once, I've said it 100 times. The advantages are obvious.

Industrial

Not All Dev Boards are Created Equally - Blog

May 07, 2020

Development boards for industrial applications haven?t been so readily available, as they are quite different from those used in consumer and other non-critical applications.

Security

Embedded Executives: Louis Parks, CEO, Veridify Security - Podcast

May 06, 2020

I asked Louis Parks, the CEO of Veridify Security what needs to happen to really lock down our systems. Check out this week?s Embedded Executive podcast.

Software & OS

Special COVID-19 Edition of Embedded Executives: Stefan Skarin, CEO, IAR Systems - Podcast

May 04, 2020

In this Special COVID-19 Edition of Embedded Executive, Rich Nass spoke to Stefan Skarin, the CEO of IAR Systems, who lives and works in Sweden.

Analog & Power

Embedded Executives: Syed Alam, Managing Director, Accenture - Podcast

April 29, 2020

Business is going on and, thankfully, there's no end in sight. Such concepts were the topics of discussion in this week's Embedded Executive podcast, where I interviewed Syed Alam.

Processing

Special COVID-19 Edition of Embedded Executives: Thomas Fowler, VP, Central Engineering, Silicon Labs - Podcast

April 27, 2020

In this interview, I spoke with Thomas Fowler, Vice President of Central Engineering at Silicon Labs. Thomas is based in Austin, TX.

Open Source

Embedded Executives: Gurjot Singh, CEO, Lynx Software - Podcast

April 22, 2020

In this edition of the Embedded Executives podcast, Rich is joined by Gurjot Singh, CEO of Lynx Software

Storage

Special COVID-19 Edition of Embedded Executives: Anthony Ambrose, President & CEO, Data I/O - Podcast

April 17, 2020

Anthony Ambrose, President and CEO of Data I/O , which is based in Redmond, Wash., has been dealing with issues like work-from-home for quite some time, similarly to many other embedded professionals.

Automotive

Embedded Executives: Patrick Wadden, Global VP, Automotive Business Development, Vicor - Podcast

April 15, 2020

Is it better to have lower power levels in more places in the car, as opposed to one centralized place? Hmm, I?m not sure, as I think I can make an argument for either solution.

Processing

Embedded Executives: Rob Oshana, VP of SW R&D for Edge Processing, NXP - Podcast

April 01, 2020

We are in the midst of a global pandemic thanks to COVID-19, aka Coronavirus. It?s turned people?s lives completely upside down. But engineers and developers, like many people, still have jobs to do.

Industrial

Embedded Executives: Geoff Tate, CEO, Flex Logix - Podcast

March 18, 2020

Inferencing is a hot topic. Let?s start with ?what is inferencing?? Then, how do you benchmark inferencing?

Industrial

Dialog Semiconductor Connects Industry 4.0 Devices with Optimized IO-Link IC - News

March 17, 2020

Dialog Semiconductor recently released its newest member of its IO-Link product family, the CCE4503.

Debug & Test

Embedded Executives: Steve Johnson, President & GM, Digilent - Podcast

March 11, 2020

Test tools can be expensive; in some case, very expensive. But if your needs don?t extend to the leading edge, you may find that there are some much lower cost tools available.

Processing

Embedded Executives: Scott Hanson, Founder, CTO, Ambiq Micro - Podcast

February 26, 2020

Everyone wants their personal device to run longer on a charge. While many of the processor vendors have made incremental improvements, Ambiq Micro seems to have turned the equation on its head.

Automotive

AVCC Is Making Headway on the Autonomous Vehicle Front - News

February 24, 2020

It?s likely that, as the working groups dive into the details, they?ll learn more about how the different groups must interact. Good examples are security and functional safety..

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