SBT C Suite Spotlight Keith Kressin, CEO, MemryX - Full conversation

In this installment of the C Suite Spotlight, President Justin Kinsey talks with Keith Kressin, CEO of MemryX.

With over two decades in semiconductors, Keith has witnessed—and driven—the industry's evolution from general-purpose CPUs to dedicated cores like DSPs, ISPs, and, most recently, AI accelerators.

His career began in hardware/software design at Texas Instruments before he transitioned to Intel, where he led mobile chipset product lines. It was during his time at Intel that he earned his MBA and moved into technical leadership roles in sales and marketing.

Keith led various companies in the 2000's including Qualcomm, where he played a pivotal role in business, product, and strategic planning for their famous Snapdragon line and their application processor technologies -- such as AI, GPU, CPU, camera, audio, and memory.

With a strong tailwind of experience in these sectors, Keith took the opportunity to become CEO of MemryX right as the rise of AI was happening and today, leading the charge in next-gen AI acceleration, optimizing machine learning and computer vision worldwide.

Here is the list of questions and timestamps:
00:00 - Opening
00:44 - Can you give the audience a brief overview of your career path thus far?
03:07 - Was there a moment in your life when you knew you wanted to become an engineer?
04:19 - How has being an engineer been like having a superpower as a business leader in the microelectronics sector?
05:54 - For those who aren't familiar with MemryX, can you tell us what they company is working on?
07:25 - The AI sector is shifting from training LLMs to inference. How is MemryX helping its customers make that transition?
09:03 - Are there specific applications for improving processing and memory efficiency for AI that MemryX is laser-focused on?
11:24 - Can you share one of two customer deployments MemryX has enabled that your team is most excited about?
13:44 - Offering full-stack solutions can create a scenario where customers continually ask for more. What's MemryX's stance on this?
15:31 - What are some of the trends that you are seeing in the AI sector that you think other executives might not be?
19:57 - Talent attraction in the AI sector is a fierce battle. What steps has MemryX taken to differentiate itself among other hardware companies and attract the best people?
23:02 - What is one aspect of MemryX's culture that would surprise someone from outside the company to learn?
25:13 - Would you agree that by investing in your people it becomes a virtuous cycle that promotes loyalty?
26:51 - If there were a passionate, entrepreneurial engineer who didn't need a new job, but was interested in learning about MemryX, what would you say to convince them to join?
27:34 - What is the best way for a potential employee, customer, or investor to reach out to connect with you?
28:10 - Closing

For more details about the work that Keith and the team at MemryX are doing, visit: https://memryx.com/

You can find and request to connect with Keith on LinkedIn:
  / keithkressin  

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