In addition to his role as Technical Advisor at Ferric, Francesco Carobolante is Principal at IoTissimo. Prior to founding IoTissimo, he was Vice President Engineering at Qualcomm, and held senior level positions at ST Microelectronics, Fairchild, and technology start-ups. Francesco created many industry āfirstsā in Power Management, Communications, SoCās and Motor Control; he authored more than 80 US patents and is a key contributor and organizer of the Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC) workshops since its inaugural edition in 2008. Francesco holds MS in Electrical Engineering degrees from UCLA and University of Padova.