The Next Level: How to Turn the Edge into a Networking Powerhouse

Register link: https://reurl.cc/xeGjKb
Duration: 1 hour
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026, 11:45 AM (Pacific Time)
             Friday, September 4, 2026, 02:45 AM (Taipei)

 

Webinar Details

One or two or three intelligent edge devices can use the power of AI to level up the operations of any enterprise, whether they are powered by NPU, GPU, FPGA, or CPU. That power can be made truly incredible at scale when they are properly combined into an AI-Equipped Edge Network. In this session, attendees will learn what’s needed to bring such a network online, and how to get the most out of it once it is.

 

Featured Presenters

Hussein Osman / Director of Segment Marketing, Lattice Semiconductor

Hussein Osman is a semiconductor industry veteran, with 20+ years’ experience bringing multiple new technologies to market. Over the past 5 years he has been leading the sensAI solution development and go to market at Lattice semiconductor. Hussein is interested in creating usable and high-performance AI applications with a personal focus on medical electronics. Mr. Osman received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

 

Srinivas Shekar / Co-founder and CEO of Pantherun

Srinivas, CEO of Pantherun, brings a wealth of experience in cybersecurity, embedded product design, and high-throughput communication, with a career spanning over two decades in the semiconductor and tech industries. A computer science graduate, he began as an ASIC design engineer in the United States, gaining deep technical expertise that fueled his focus on creating secure, high-performance solutions.

Srinivas has successfully built and led two organizations dedicated to networking, consumer, and automotive sectors, holding leadership roles, including CEO, in companies that grew to over 600 employees and served clients in more than 40 countries. His expertise in designing secure, high-speed communication systems and embedded products has made him a recognized leader in industrial networking and cybersecurity.

In 2019, Srinivas co-founded Pantherun with a mission to advance encrypted data communication for edge computing, reinforcing his commitment to cybersecurity innovation. His leadership at Pantherun continues his track record of delivering secure, cutting-edge solutions for mission-critical applications in a constantly evolving digital landscape.

 

Pete Bernard / Chief Executive Officer, EDGE AI FOUNDATION

Pete Bernard spent 14 in Silicon Valley and 18 years at Microsoft pushing the envelope of edge computing products, services, and partnerships.

After receiving a B.S. in Computer Engineering at Boston University, Pete worked at Phoenix Technologies as a BIOS Developer and Product leader, eventually moving to Santa Clara, CA to focus on APAC and Japan markets. He was VP of Products at E-Color, a revolutionary color correction image services start up in San Francisco before joining Insignia Solutions as Chief Product Officer, where he drove innovations in embedded Java and FOTA technologies with major telcos and device developers and technology partners including Qualcomm and Microsoft.

He made the leap from Insignia to Microsoft and moved to the Seattle area where he drove planning, strategy, partner engagement and product management for disruptive products including Windows Phone, Zune, the infamous KIN phone, Windows on Snapdragon (Always Connected PC), Windows IoT, Azure Percept, Azure IoT and more. Pete founded EDGECELSIOR in 2023, a new type of “Technology Practice” at the intersection of semiconductors, 5G and AI.

He holds seven patents in security, imaging, smart wearables, and music streaming, and can be heard at various industry events and podcasts.

He has been at the helm of the EDGE AI FOUNDATION since April of 2024.

 

Ken Briodagh / Editor in Chief Embedded Computing Design

 

 

About Pantherun:
Pantherun is a cyber security innovator with a patent pending approach to data protection, that transforms security by making encryption possible in real-time, while making breach of security 10X harder compared to existing global solutions, at better performance and price.