Rikard Andersson
Senior Marketing Engineer,
Automotive Products Group,
Microchip Technologies Inc.
Nils Braun
Director Product Management,
TE Connectivity
Safwan Isap
Senior Manager Product Management,
TE Connectivity
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About Our Experts
Rikard has over 20 years of experience in the Automotive
sector with more than 10 of those years spent in the
semiconductor industry. Rikard has been working for
Microchip since 2012 in several roles and is currently
covering the automotive distribution market as well as
the Nordic/Baltics and UK & Ireland direct markets for
Microchip's Automotive Product Group.
Nils Braun leads TE Connectivity's Mixed & Hybrid
Connectivity Portfolio for automotive applications. In his
global role, he is responsible for the portfolio strategy
and product defining roadmaps for modular signal, power,
and data connectivity solutions for next-generation E/E
architectures. Additionally, he has responsibility for TE's green
portfolio, focusing on initiatives to develop a more sustainable
automotive connectivity product design and manufacture.
Safwan leads TE Connectivity's Americas Product
Management team for Automotive Data Connectivity. He
joined TE Connectivity in May 2022 with seven years prior
automotive experience at Molex, Stoneridge, and Kyocera-
AVX. Safwan started his career as a Category Manager at
distributor RS Components in the UK and has spent time
working in the UK, Japan, and US.
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