About Us

Aspinity is the world leader in the design and development of analog processing chips that enable near-zero power AI systems. The company’s AnalogML™ (analog machine learning) technology is the only fully analog computing architecture proven in silicon to deliver the efficiency, variation immunity, and straightforward programmability required to support next generation AI products. We live in a digital world, so not many people really understand analog. At Aspinity, we are analog experts, innovators, and professors. We know analog.

Meet Our Team

Richard Hegberg

CEO

Tom Doyle

Co-Founder and COO

Dr. Brandon Rumberg

Co-Founder and CTO

Dr. David Graham

Co-Founder and CSO

Lorenzo Ponzanelli

SVP Sales and Business Development

Dr. Marcie Weinstein

Marketing

Board of Directors

Richard Hegberg

CEO

Tom Doyle

Co-Founder & COO

Jonathan Ballon

Intel, GE Digital, Cisco

Tom Beckley

Cadence, Neolinear

Stephen DiFranco

Cypress, Broadcom, HP, AMD

Jimmy Kan

Anzu Partners, Qualcomm

Advisory Board​

Rick Bergman

Rick Bergman

AMD, Synaptics, ATI
Bill Earnshaw

Bill Earnshaw

Qualcomm, Atheros

Investors

Partners

Richard Hegberg

CEO
Mr. Hegberg joins Aspinity with strong leadership and management experience, and a proven track record of guiding companies through significant transition and growth periods. Most recently, he was the CEO at Vesper Mems, where he helped lead the company to a successful acquisition. He also served in various executive positions at NetApp, SanDisk, Qualcomm, Atheros, Numonyx, AMD, and ATI Technologies. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University with advanced studies at Wharton School of Business, MIT and Harvard Business School.

Tom Doyle

Founder and COO
Tom Doyle brings over 30 years of experience in operational excellence and executive leadership in analog and mixed-signal semiconductor technology to Aspinity. Prior to Aspinity, Tom was group director of Cadence Design Systems’ analog and mixed-signal IC business unit, where he managed the deployment of the company’s technology to the world’s foremost semiconductor companies. Previously, Mr. Doyle was founder and president of the analog/mixed-signal software firm, Paragon IC solutions, where he was responsible for all operational facets of the company including sales and marketing, global partners/distributors, and engineering teams in the US and Asia. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University and an MBA from California State University, Long Beach.

Dr. Brandon Rumberg

Founder and CTO
Brandon Rumberg, Ph.D. has more than a decade of experience with the full stack of low-power sensing technologies, spanning integrated circuit (IC) design, embedded systems and signal processing, and software development kit (SDK) creation and system integration. These combined skills provided the foundation for his new architectural approach to solving the power, size and cost issues with always-on high-bandwidth signal-processing devices. Dr. Rumberg holds multiple patents, has developed and taught three engineering courses, and has authored 20 publications — one of which earned him a Best Paper Award at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, 2015. He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University.

Dr. David Graham

Founder and CSO
David Graham, Ph.D. has more than 15 years’ experience researching and working in low-power electronics, signal processing and bio-inspired electronic systems. He has been awarded numerous patents and has published numerous papers in these areas. Dr. Graham is also an associate professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University. He was a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2012, the West Virginia University Established Career Innovator Award in 2013, and the West Virginia University Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award in 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, his M.S. and B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his B.A.from Covenant College.

Lorenzo Ponzanelli

SVP Sales and Business Development

Lorenzo Ponzanelli joins Aspinity with more than 25 years of sales leadership experience and a proven track record of building long-term relationships in the industry. Most recently, Lorenzo led the sales and marketing team at VesperMems Technology, where he won several top customers, ultimately leading to the successful acquisition of Vesper. Prior to that, Lorenzo spent more than 10 years at Micron Technology, the global leader in innovative memory solutions, where he led a team that generated more than $4.8 billion in annual worldwide sales. Prior to that, he held various positions in global sales and marketing at Numonyx BV and STMicroelectronics. Lorenzo holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Genoa and an International MBA in General Management from the Politecnico of Milan.

Dr. Marcie Weinstein

Marketing
Marcie Weinstein, Ph.D. brings 20+ years of technical and strategic marketing expertise in MEMS and semiconductor products and technologies to Aspinity. Dr. Weinstein previously held various senior roles in marketing at Akustica, a Pittsburgh-based startup company, where she defined and launched a first-to-the-world MEMS microphone, developed the market ecosystem and IP strategy, and transitioned and managed the company’s marketing strategy after its acquisition by Bosch, the world’s leading MEMS manufacturer. Earlier in her career, she was a senior member of the MEMS group technical staff at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass. She received her Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Lehigh University and her B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College.