Nikhil leads global product and industry marketing at BlackBerry QNX, the embedded software powering software defined systems across automotive, industrial and machinery. He brings 18 years of international experience across big tech and startups, spanning the US, Europe and Asia, with a background that runs unusually deep on the technical side: embedded software, simulation, EDA, PLM and systems engineering. Before QNX he was Senior Director of Product and Solutions Marketing at Jama Software, through its 1.2 billion dollar acquisition by Francisco Partners. He is a senior IEEE member and a published author on systems engineering and live traceability, a 40 under 40 Innovator for product and solutions marketing, a regular speaker at embedded systems conferences in the US and Germany, and a venture studio judge at MIT. That's about 130 words. Two notes: I've taken the acquisition figure and the award straight from his own bio without verifying either, so worth a sense check before it goes on the site. And I dropped the metaverse and blockchain publications, since they pull attention away from the fireside topic. Say the word if you want them back in.