Steve Brightfield, BrainChip

As the Chief Marketing Officer, Steve Brightfield has advanced BrainChip’s brand, go-to-market strategy, and customer acquisition during a key growth phase for Akida products. With a strong foundation in signal processing, he has developed innovative technologies across speech, audio, multimedia, and AI/ML. He brings over 20 years of experience launching semiconductor products at companies like Qualcomm and SiMA.ai, plus a decade delivering IP cores for CPUs, DSPs, GPUs, and NPUs. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University.