Ashish Thanawala

Ashish Thanawala is an accomplished Senior Director of Systems Engineering at Owl Labs since September 2021, with a robust background in product management and technical operations across multiple companies. Prior to Owl Labs, Ashish served as a Product Manager at SiFive, where significant contributions included launching the HiFive Unmatched Linux Development Platform and generating technical marketing materials. Experience also includes roles as Senior Director of Technical Operations at B&P Automation Inc., Director of Systems Engineering at Efinix, and Director of Hardware and Product Engineering at Exar Corporation, where Ashish oversaw hardware design and mass production of advanced video encoding products. Earlier positions involve extensive work in system architecture and firmware development at Stretch Inc., Ishoni Networks, and Silicon Spice, bolstering expertise in embedded systems and reconfigurable processors. Ashish holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The University of Toledo.