Bringing Low Power, High Performance Audio and Voice to Market on the i.MX RT600 Crossover MCU

Brendon Slade is the Director of the general purpose MCU Ecosystem team. He has more than 25 years of experience in the DSP and microcontroller industry where he has held design, applications and technical marketing roles serving industrial, mobile, automotive, voice communications and audio processing markets. His team focuses on enablement of NXP's Arm® Cortex®-M based MCUs, working with partners and NXP's internal software teams to define and deliver complementary development tool and software solutions. A graduate of the University of Plymouth, UK, he lives in Sunnyvale, California and holds patents in debug technology.

Mike Vartanian is a Director of Strategic Partnerships at DSP Concepts. He has more than 20 years of experience in DSP and audio holding several positions in embedded software development, business development, and corporate strategy. Mike is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard University and holds several patents in speech enhancement.