Neal Bedard

Neal Bedard is an accomplished engineering professional with extensive experience in hardware and FPGA design. Currently serving as a Senior FPGA Engineer at Socionext US since February 2022, Bedard has also held the position of Director at a startup since May 2017. Prior roles include Senior Hardware Engineer at TiVo Inc., Director of System Hardware at C2 Microsystems, and various consulting roles, including at Mandrill Logic and Xperex Corporation. Bedard's notable achievements include leading the development of the patented "Core1" information appliance at Imagicast and managing engineering projects for Video CD and DVD technologies at Digital Video Systems. Their early career included significant roles at C-Cube Microsystems and Sun Microsystems, where Neal contributed to groundbreaking hardware designs and systems engineering.