16:35 – 17:15
Panel Session Fueling Innovation and Overcoming MEMS Adoption Challenges: A Path Forward
Moderator
Britta Aldejohann
TE Connectivity
Britta Aldejohann is a Principal R&D/Product Development Engineer at TE Connectivity, specializing in sensors for minimally invasive applications such as catheters and endoscopes. With over two decades of experience at TE, Britta has demonstrated technical expertise and leadership in the field of sensor technology and product development.
Britta’s journey at TE Connectivity began in 2003 when she joined as an intern. Over the years, she has held various technical and managerial roles, showcasing her versatility and commitment to innovation.
Britta holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree (equivalent to a Master of Science) in Electrical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany.
TE Connectivity
Company Profile
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 130 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS.
Panelist
Alissa M. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC
Dr. Fitzgerald has over 30 years of engineering experience in MEMS design and fabrication. Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked in engineering and management positions at several high-tech companies. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics. She co-authored MEMS Product Development: From Concept to Commercialization. In 2013, she was inducted into the MEMS Industry Group Hall of Fame and in 2024, she was Sensors Converge Executive of the Year. She is a board director for Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq:RGTI) and the IEEE Spectrum Editorial Advisory Board.
A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC
Company Profile
Founded in 2003, AMFitzgerald has been a key development partner to over 200 clients around the world, ranging in size from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Our team of experts develops all types of MEMS sensors and actuators for applications in consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial, aerospace, and scientific markets. MEMS products designed and developed by AMFitzgerald are helping to save lives, improve quality and safety of life, and reduce waste and inefficiency in industrial processes. Our services range from technology strategy to design-prototype-test, and supply chain management. We can accelerate the ramp to volume using integrated design-for-foundry relationships for piezoresistive pressure sensors and PZT piezoelectric MEMS. We also help shape our customers’ business and product strategies by leveraging our deep technical knowledge and unique industry insight. We are well known in the MEMS industry for our technical expertise, practical approach to manufacturing, and forthright assessment of risk. Our customers trust us with their most critical projects and return to us year after year. Want to know more? Ask us at info@amfitzgerald.com.
Panelist
Marcellino Gemelli
Bosch Sensortec
Marcellino Gemelli received the ‘Laurea’ degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pavia, Italy while in the Italian Army and an MBA from MIP, the Milano (Italy) Polytechnic business school. He is currently based in Sunnyvale (CA) USA, responsible for business development of Bosch Sensortec’s MEMS product line. He is also an angel investor and advisor to tech startups. He previously held various engineering and product management positions at STMicroelectronics from 1995 to 2011 in the fields of MEMS, electronic design automation and data storage. He was contract professor for the Microelectronics course at the Milano (Italy) Polytechnic from 2000 to 2002.
Bosch Sensortec
Company Profile
Bosch Sensortec is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bosch Group, dedicated to developing and marketing a comprehensive portfolio of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors and solutions for consumer electronics. Headquartered in Reutlingen, Germany, the company was founded in 2005 and has since become a global leader in MEMS sensor innovation. Bosch Sensortec’s product offerings include motion sensors, environmental sensors, smart sensors, and software solutions that power a wide range of devices such as smartphones, wearables, drones, and IoT applications.
By leveraging Bosch’s decades of experience and leadership in automotive MEMS sensor technology, Bosch Sensortec brings industrial-grade performance to the consumer market. With a focus on miniaturization, energy efficiency, and intelligent sensing, the company enables smart, connected devices that respond to their environments with precision and reliability. Through continuous innovation and a strong global network, Bosch Sensortec plays a pivotal role in advancing next-generation sensor technologies for an increasingly digital and mobile world.
Panelist
Martin Lim
xMEMS Labs, Inc.
Martin Lim is currently VP of MEMS Technology at xMEMS. His role is to develop a piezoMEMS platform to support microspeakers and to develop ultrasonic air pulse technology which is the foundation for the next generation audio devices and the fan-in-chip air pumps for microcooling. Prior to xMEMS he was a co-founder of InvenSense where he established the CMOS-MEMS wafer bonding platform for inertial devices with wafer production rates exceeding 5000 wafers/month cumulative across multiple CMOS-MEMS foundries. Previously, he held key roles at Systron Donner Inertial, Sitek, and Xerox PARC, leading process integration for gyroscopes, pressure sensors, and acoustic MEMS. With multiple patents and publications, Martin has been instrumental in advancing MEMS process technologies for consumer electronics, automotive, and industrial applications worldwide.
xMEMS Labs, Inc.
Company Profile
Founded in January 2018, xMEMS Labs is the “X” factor in silicon MEMS with the world’s most innovative piezoMEMS platform. It began by delivering the world’s first solid-state True MEMS speakers for wireless earbuds and other personal audio devices. xMEMS’ “Sound from Ultrasound” technology delivers high-fidelity and full-bandwidth sound in a 1-mm thin package for earbuds, smart glasses, and smart watches.
xMEMS has evolved its ultrasonic piezoMEMS platform to also produce the world’s first μCooling fan-on-a-chip delivering critical active thermal management to smartphones, SSDs, XR and even isolated areas of datacenter rack servers underserved by conventional cooling technologies.
xMEMS has over 200 granted patents worldwide for its technology. For more information, visit https://xmems.com.
Company Products & Services
Panelist
Mitchell Hsing, Ph.D.
InchFab
Mitchell Hsing, is the Co-Founder and CEO of InchFab, a low-cost, fast-cycle-time foundry solution for sensors and actuators. InchFab was born out of frustration from Mitchell and his co-founder’s struggles with the lack of access and high barrier of entry needed to make microdevices. Innovators at heart, Mitchell’s aim is to lower the barrier of entry and enable more people to innovate on the microscale. Mitchell holds, S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and B.S. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
InchFab
Company Profile
The founders of InchFab developed the core fabrication technology that now drives InchFab – a ultra-low-cost scalable “micro-sized” fab platform. Today InchFab uses this platform to provide highly flexible and cost-effective foundry services to its customers and partners. In 2025 InchFab announced that the complete microfab equipment set and facility is being offered. This turnkey wafer fab is a low capex alternative to anything available. It’s ideal for startups, universities and low to medium volume corporations.
Company Products & Services
Wafer foundry services and tunrkey minifabs
Panelist
Eric Aguilar
Omnitron Sensors
An award-winning entrepreneur, Eric is a visionary leader in the field of advanced sensor systems for complex systems such robotics and autonomous platforms.
Throughout his distinguished two-decade career, Eric’s passion for sensor design and innovation has made him a key player in the industry. His expertise includes leading teams at renowned companies such as Tesla, where he managed a crew of 300 engineers on the firmware for Model 3, and at X, where he spearheaded the development of Google Project Wing, an autonomous drone delivery service.
Eric’s expertise in sensor integration includes a leadership position at various renowned robotics companies. His role in steering product development for a sensor company later acquired by Google — as well as his pioneering work building sensors for drones at US Navy Research Labs — further showcase his depth of experience.Eric earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University and completed the Stanford Entrepreneurship program. His work continues to shape the future of MEMS and sensors technology, making him a sought-after thought leader and speaker in the field.
Omnitron Sensors
Company Profile
Omnitron Sensors is rewriting the script on building high-performance low-cost sensors for the world of tomorrow. Leveraging its executive team’s extensive experience designing, fabricating, and using MEMS sensors, Omnitron has developed a “new topology for MEMS” that addresses some of the most pressing pain points in MEMS manufacturing.
Featuring the clever arrangement of silicon process steps and a new packaging method, Omnitron’s topology significantly improves performance to produce robust, rugged, reliable, repeatable, and low-cost MEMS sensors in high volumes by leveraging commercial MEMS foundries.
The company’s first proof point of its new topology for MEMS is a large, robust, low-cost, MEMS scanning mirror for long-range LiDAR.
