Drew Wingard is a founder and the Chief Technical Officer of Sonics, Inc., which has been providing SMART interconnects since 1999. He has been the original architect of Sonics' SiliconBackplane and the original creator of the Open Core Protocol specification. He currently represents Sonics on the Governing Steering Committee of OCP-IP, where he chairs the Specification working group.
Prior to founding Sonics, Wingard led the development of advanced circuit and CAD methodology for MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc. Previously he had co-founded Pomegranate Technology, where he designed an advanced SIMD multimedia processor. He received a B.S. from the University of Texas, Austin and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, all in electrical engineering. While at Stanford, Dr. Wingard's research explored the optimization of design processes between architectural, logical, circuit, and physical design with an emphasis on tools and automation.