Whether it is assembling computers or piano arrangements, Matt has always been a creator. He is currently involved in the creation of specifications for TI designers working on motor drivers, and he sees a future in the development of innovative TI technologies that enable the electronic devices of the future.

Matt likes to think of himself as an innovator, as he has the opportunity to try out new ideas and determine how new devices at TI will work before they even make it to silicon. And although Matt has been a TIer for just a short period of time, he has already made quite an impact. His most rewarding accomplishment came from the opportunity to work with a TI customer who was looking to prototype a redesign for an actuator mechanism found on ships. Many thought that simply getting the servomechanism to move would cost over $1 million in development, but Matt brought a fresh ingenuity to the table. By using one of TI’s drive evaluation modules, he helped the customer move the actuator at a fraction of the cost.

Matt is encouraged to see that TI offers state-of-the-art devices that markedly accelerate and simplify prototyping and development. He gets to work on projects like modeling, simulating, and prototyping new controllers for camera autofocus applications; and the realization of a very low-cost short-range communication system for use in an application specific integrated circuit, or ASIC. In the near future, Matt sees himself developing motor driver booster packs for TI LaunchPad tools.